the rumpus and ruckus are comfortable now
It’s not the easiest thing for him, wearing a smile that isn’t real. It’s always come naturally, easily, so the conscious effort of it now is distracting. He has to remember how it’s supposed to feel, the shape of it on his face, careful not to overdo it like a kid yelling cheeeeeese, scrunching every feature in hopes the picture (and the moment spent without play) will end sooner. He tries to summon good memories to help, starting off strong with puppies, but they don’t hold a candle to the echoes in his mind of the panic that had ricocheted down the stone walkways of his home. The same home brought down by the very people who now thought it considerate to host a pool party, like each event had been nothing more than an item on their summer fun to-do list.
Sighing through his nose he relents a bit on the focus to fake it 'til he makes it, munching on the hot dog as his gaze finally drifts, when previously it had been honed in on Pierce alone. He spots Flora, already talking with Jack. Guess she's talked to him again. Kaisel resists the urge to roll his eyes and throw himself off his floatie, instead watching as Vesper joins the water. His siblings can’t be far behind. Then there’s Vox. Kaisel’s simmering fury kicks back with renewed strength, his grip tightening until the bun squishes into the meat in a sad, unpalatable mess. He checks himself with a squint toward the sun, letting the light rearrange the creases of his expression back into something smoother.
When Sohalia casts a slight shadow over him, he sets the mangled dog on the edge of the void-viper donut, glancing up with a careful pull of his lips. “Me?” he says a little too high, shaking it off with an empty laugh. “Never better. I was ready to move anyway. Didn’t think it’d be across all of Caido, but such is life, right?” Over her shoulder, he spots Calypso joining her brother, as expected. He lifts a hand in a small wave to her, but little more—he's not overly interested in chasing a pretty girl when he feels like he could chew the air here.
His focus shifts toKoa as he arrives, and Kaisel offers a reply just as soft, but laced with the kind of worry he rarely lets in. “No. I thought she was with you?”
Sighing through his nose he relents a bit on the focus to fake it 'til he makes it, munching on the hot dog as his gaze finally drifts, when previously it had been honed in on Pierce alone. He spots Flora, already talking with Jack. Guess she's talked to him again. Kaisel resists the urge to roll his eyes and throw himself off his floatie, instead watching as Vesper joins the water. His siblings can’t be far behind. Then there’s Vox. Kaisel’s simmering fury kicks back with renewed strength, his grip tightening until the bun squishes into the meat in a sad, unpalatable mess. He checks himself with a squint toward the sun, letting the light rearrange the creases of his expression back into something smoother.
When Sohalia casts a slight shadow over him, he sets the mangled dog on the edge of the void-viper donut, glancing up with a careful pull of his lips. “Me?” he says a little too high, shaking it off with an empty laugh. “Never better. I was ready to move anyway. Didn’t think it’d be across all of Caido, but such is life, right?” Over her shoulder, he spots Calypso joining her brother, as expected. He lifts a hand in a small wave to her, but little more—he's not overly interested in chasing a pretty girl when he feels like he could chew the air here.
His focus shifts to
Kaisel
everybody come hang, let's go out with a bang
Wearing a watery blue, faded and stretched-out sparkling hair tie on his left wrist
