tabularasa_rp | November Catch-all

[Goddammit— Why is this little kid so fucking funny? You are making it really hard to be annoyed by you right now! Luckily, Virdi is distracted by her own joke long enough to flub the second ball - and her score still has a lot of room to grow before it beats Iwa’s.]

Having a little too much fun there, are ya? [His grin is positively shit-eating.]

You know, in most sports there’s a rule against gloating - especially before you’ve won the game.

Auuuuuuuuuughh!

[She really
can't even blame anyone
which is her usual go-to for any situations like this]

That's it! No more Miss Nice Viridi! Don't make a single peep; we're playing this ball in Silent Mode! No distractions! Only winning!

[Silent Mode begins awkwardly with Viridi boring a hole through the pinball table with her laser gaze.]

[He doesn’t remember agreeing to those terms, but very well! If she wants a silent round, then he’ll give her a silent round - and I’ll come out on top anyway, he thinks. His game should speak for itself afterall - and that’s not exactly a quiet score he’s got racked up there.

[This won’t stop him from watching her very intently though. You ever notice how the back of your neck starts to tickle when someone stares at you too long? Is that getting annoying yet, Virdi? Is it? Hmmm?]

[No!!!!
Your staring only makes her stronger!!
She's fueled by hatred and spite and the need for attention so it works out

The beeps and boops and chimes of the table are all that break the silence as Viridi bites her tongue and continues to play with an admittedly high level of skill. As the game asks her to spell out the letters 'PIRATE' or 'ENTER THE RAMP!!!', she completes the tasks with only a few errors.

Soon enough...]

Ultimate Challenge: Find all 10 Secret Barrels for the Pirate's True Treasure!

[And across the board, 10 points light up.]

Ha!

Ha-ha!

I'm nearly there! I can taste the victory!

Hey! Whatever happened to making it a silent round, huh?

[Is someone getting irritated that they’re about to be schooled by a little girl? Maybe.]

I said you're not making a peep. I get to do whatever I want.

Speaking of which, can it!

[she specifically lost the last ball because she was too busy talking and not the other way around
but that's unimportant]

Just sit back and watch.

[1... 2... 3...

momentary pause as it gets caught in a cluster of bumpers

4... 5... 6... 7...

Viridi's making some kind of weird 'nnnnnnn' concentration noise under her breath now.

8...

plinkplinkplinkplinkplinkplonk

9...]

This is it! The Forces of Nature seize their greatest victory! I am... the Pirate Queen!

[10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The board goes wild with lights and sound.]

What kind of rule is that?!

[Iwa watches in frustrated amazement as the little creep actually beats his score - and not by just a little! And in one go too! Why the little...

[The frustration doesn’t last long though - at least not on his face. Iwaizumi is all about the thrill of competition, after all, and he’s never been a sore loser (at least not outwardly). Even so...]

Yeah, yeah, so look at you then. Lucky break, I think.

[Still, this little pinball excursion is...probably the most fun he’s had around this place - and with some snot-nosed little brat at that. A small smile tugs at the corner of his lips.]

You’ve got skills, you little brat. Who’d have thunk?

I did!

[...technically true]

Just like I said all along.

[Viridi doesn't even bother to keep playing - the ball plonks into the hole the moment she's attained the PIRATE'S TRUE TREASURE YAAAAAAAR, and she turns with a triumphant expression.]

Hm ~

Don't worry too much about it. It's not every day that you get to compete against a goddess.

[The way she drops the game as soon as she beats his score pains him, and he looks it for a split second, but quickly bounces back with a highly sarcastic snort.]

Right. A pinball goddess, are you?

You played a good game, but don’t you think that’s going a little far?

No, pinball-head. I mean I'm a Goddess.

[She rolls her eyes as if this were obvious to everyone.]

I don't wear these accessories just to be fashionable, you know. I mean, they are, but. Can't you see the divine radiance seeping out of my pores?

[that's actually just sweat]

You had the honor of losing to the Goddess of Nature! You should really be proud.

[He raises his eyebrows. Yeah, okay.]

The Goddess of Nature, huh?

You’re like six.

[Before he was saying you were ten. Did you just get demoted?]

It's a form I take on to be more familiar to you pudding-brain humans!

[Viridi screeches. ...The sound registers just below the upper threshold of human hearing.]

Cannot believe I have to justify myself to all of you people. ...And worse - the worst kind of human!

Teenagers!

Edited 2020-11-13 00:46 (UTC)

[Iwaizumi cringes a bit and covers his ears at the diet dog whistle Virdi lets out, but starts laughing a little at her explanation. Okay, so in this place that’s not out of the realm of possibility, but—-]

Why would a goddess choose to look like a baby if she wants humans to respect her? Not that I’m sure I believe you anyway.

[You’re fun to rile up though.]

I look like a dazzling paragon of youthful vigor! I'm the Goddess of Nature! Life, Youth, and Vitality (tm)!

[also screaming]

Don't you go criticizing my looks, Mr. I Was a Teenage Porcupine. You don't even wash your hair, do you? You probably just stand in the shower and let the water drip and think it's good enough!

Let's not even get started on those pores.

Woah, what the—-[He has endured far too many porcupine comments in his days to care what you have to say! Besides, he uses 3-in-1 shampoo/conditioner/body wash like any respectable(?) teenage boy.]

Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say, Little Miss No More Tears. [You know, like the baby shampoo.]

Quit screamin’ already. Aren’t goddesses supposed to be dignified or something?

I bet soap touches your face once a week at best.

[Viridi sniffs daintily.]

I am dignified. With people who deserve it.

[She hops off the little stool she'd needed to reach the pinball machine (no comments necessary) and returns to her milkshake, her nose still upturned.]

My gifts are wasted here. In my world, people would be falling all over themselves getting in line to be beaten at pinball.

[that seems highly doubtful]

Ah, right. Like with your dignified milkshake and your dignified stepping stool. You need a dignified booster seat, O Mighty Nature Goddess?

[Comments necessary. She does look a little short at that table, and that has him snickering.]

Lighten up, would ya? And here I thought we were having a pretty good time.

Milkshakes are a divine delicacy!

[edging close to that shriek again]

If I can't manifest nectar and ambrosia on demand, this is a close second. You wouldn't understand. Your palate is unrefined. Pearls before swine.

[There follows a long period of angry slurping.]

We are not having a good time. That's a Lifetime movie starring two B-listers with attitude problems learning to get along, and I'm at least A list material.

We're fated rivals!

[how is that any less B list]

Just, you know, you're wildly outclassed in every way, and everyone secretly pretends not to know it.

[Believe it or not, this is actually Top 3 Interactions Viridi Has Had With Humans Here So Far.]

Wow.

[Pause.]

You’re kind of a bitch, actually.

[If she’s not really ten, then that’s not really a horrible thing to say, right? Right?]

Think whatever you want, you little twerp. You may be a goddess where you come from, but none of us are shit here. Welcome to the common rabble, I guess.

...Excuse me?

[Well that was a wild tone shift from what she had considered to be a pretty predictable interaction. Viridi looks momentarily stunned before a dark cloud crosses her face. It's really not OK to say to anyone, ever, whatsoever!]

I don't usually do this, but I'm going to give you a chance to backtrack five seconds and pick some different words.

[Her voice is as soft as it's been all conversation.

There is a certain role that Viridi plays into - one that she comfortably fits after millennia of existence. A needling sharp-tongued, quick-to-insult bantering comic.

Her true personality is something somewhat different.]

[Looks like he did strike a nerve, and that feels...

[Not good. Not good at all, actually. Since when is he one to go around throwing nasty words at little girls - or goddesses? Guilt sits in his gut like a brick, and his jaw clenches a little. It’s a pretty shitty feeling, to realize how shitty you’ve been.]

Right.

That...[Dammit, that was—-] Out of line. You’re right.

[It would sound pretty lame to try patching shit up with some half-ass apology now, though. Then again, maybe he should let pride stop interfering with his decision making. He asks himself why exactly he cares either way, but Iwa isn’t a bad dude deep down. And he was having a good time.]

Not sure what I could offer a goddess. Maybe I could make it up to you somehow anyway.

I wasn’t kidding when I said I was having a good time, you know. Shit words aside.

[There are a few odd moments when Viridi stares with an indecipherable expression at Iwaizumi, her amber eyes holding something like... judgment. Impassive scrutiny. As if she is seeing through him somehow.

In that moment, with that inscrutable gaze and that ageless face and the fresh blossoms woven through her hair, it seems almost possible to believe that she is something close to what she claims she is. Almost.

Then she ruins the effect by slurping the rest of her milkshake.]

...

I'm sure you'll find a way.

[She hops out of her chair.]

I wouldn't have stuck around if I were having a bad time.

I'll see you, Iwa.

[He wouldn't know this, but she hasn't called anyone here by name at all.]

[That gaze is...a heavy one for sure. Somehow she doesn’t look so much like a snot-nosed brat when she...stares through him like that. Is he actually getting goosebumps right now? ‘Cause that’s kind of annoying.

[She doesn’t just call him by his name, but a pretty familiarized version of it at that. If it weren’t for the scoreboard’s character limit, she probably wouldn’t even know it, but it’s a painful thing to hear, something he realizes he hasn’t actually been called yet since coming here. “Memorize it,” he’d said. What an idiot.]

Hey, goddess. [He calls after her as she’s leaving.] You said your name’s Virdi, right?

Or is there something else I should call you?

It's... Viridi.

[There goes her cool exit. She sighs slightly.]

Or you can call me 'Your Divine Benevolence,' but I feel like that wouldn't fly.

[She seems to be back to normal, anyway.]

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