Heavenly Blanc Void Party

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🥂 HEAVENLY BLANC VOID PARTY 🥂 Who: Everyone! What: Heavenly Blanc mingle and info exchange Where: The Heavenly Blanc Bar and Café When: "August 1"; but really, what is time Content Warnings: N/A Maybe you heard through word of mouth, or got an invite from the barista and barkeep directly, or spotted the handwritten paper invites hung up around the area, but there is a gathering happening at the Heavenly Blanc Bar and Café TODAY! So feel free to stop by, hang out, have some drinks, and share some stories. 🍺 DRINKS: Coffee will be served by Ren, and Tifa will be handling the other drinks. There's a wide variety behind the bar, ranging from alcoholic to the non-alcoholic, with delicious cocktails (yes, including virgin ones for the minors) to pick from. And before you ask - no, if you are underage, you may not have alcohol. Tifa will be very strict about it, and anyone who tries to bypass her imposed law will be subject to room temperature tapwater for the rest of the party. 🎲 GAMES: Various boardgames that came along with Le Blanc will be made available for all to play, including a Shogi board for the strategically inclined (and whoever knows how the heck to play it). Along the side wall are two pinball machines, and while they don't light up and make sounds, the mechanisms inside them still work, so they aren't completely out of the picture! Next to them, between the jukebox and the door is a dart board. Please do be mindful when throwing darts, as the light filtering into the bar through the front windows is very minimal. 🤔 INFORMATION EXCHANGE: The important part! When all are gathered inside the bar, Tifa and Ren will make a small announcement for everyone: "Now that we've all had the chance to take a look around and get our bearings, I wanna encourage everyone to exchange what you know, or what you've found. Even share it with the rest of us! Locations, ideas, theories - anything that could be useful in helping us all figure this out. We all come from different worlds, but we're stuck here, so we're in this together until we're not, yeah? Let's make friends and play nice, and most importantly, have fun today! Oh, and if you're coming and going, make sure to close the door nice and tight behind you." "It's nice to see everyone. Since we're stuck here together, let's cooperate well." ☕ OOC NOTES ☕ This is the open mingle post for the Heavenly Blanc void party! Please feel free to top-level and tag around. There is a top-level included here for you to post OOC notes of what their characters have discussed on the log, as well as their own thoughts about the world. If there is anything important that people should know, please reply to the top-level with the information, so that it's easy to find for everyone. General info posts about what your character will be talking about are fine as well. Just please try to avoid multiple edits if you can as you thread if you are going that route! for the sake of my dw inbox... Because this is an info exchange/mingle post, we encourage thread-jacking. However, we know that not everyone is into that kind of thing, so if you are okay with others hopping into your threads, please be sure to indicate it in your top-level. Questions about the log can be directed to the ooc post. Have fun!

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[laconism]

[Red cannot wrap his head around the logic that some pieces of paper are superior to actual real life Pokémon, but well, he supposes that's not actually important right now. What is important is the sheer hostility in Kaiba's tone and expression towards Blue. He doesn't doubt that Blue was the one who started this whole confrontation in the first place, however it still doesn't justify Kaiba putting his hands on him and basically threatening to do it again. Red knows better than anyone else how much of an obnoxious jackass Blue can be, but he would never start a physical fight with anyone (besides Red, sometimes).

Being the battle maniac that he is, Kaiba's malice instinctively makes Red want to get in the other man's face and goad him into a fight or flight response. If Red himself was the target of Kaiba's ire and there weren't other people to worry about, he would follow that instinct without any hesitation. However, his top priority at the moment is keeping Blue out of harm's way, and it seems like the best way to do that is to just fuck off like the guy clearly wants.

He wraps an arm around Blue's shoulders, keeping a firm grip on him as he attempts to walk his friend back over to his table.]

[halloflamer]

[The tensing of Blue straining against Red's guided hold can be felt in the sinew of his chest and arms under Red's hands as Kaiba taunts; but he's all grins, vindictive mischief wildly glinting in his eyes. Red knows that look well; when they were kids, anytime Blue crossed paths with him, Blue was like this.]

[Sometimes, even a sociable guy like him was into picking fights.]

Yeah, wonder what'll happen when there's two card-playing nerds to push around. Sounds like it'll be fun to me.

[Blue really wants to know what exactly 'what else' entails. He really really wants to stick around and see--]

[But Red's hold is firm; and he can't really get back up in Kaiba's face like he wants to. His jaw works around his smirk, the tension loosening a bit to allow Red to guide him back.]

It's too bad; it wouldn't be any fun for 'vee to kick the snot out of a piece of paper.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[If Red had merely asked, Kaiba could have offered up an itemized list:

I. You don't have to provide food, shelter, water, or
other amenities for playing cards.

II. Cards don't shed, get ill, need shots, require
medical treatment, or tear up your personal
belongings. You also don't have to clean up after
them.

III. No moral ambiguity about using a card in combat. The
last thing a large corporation like his needs is a
bunch of environmental activists on his doorstep.

IV. Cards are not limited to their original strengths
and weaknesses, they can be altered or enhanced by
support cards in the construct of the game, this not
only places more emphasis on strategy it also
ensures that no to games will ever be too alike.

V. More compact and easier to carry. Even with
pokéballs you can stuff a hell of a lot more cards
into a briefcase than spheres. He would like to
use that compartmentalizing technology to improve
storage for non-organic items however.

VI. Seriously.. someone please stop him...

VII. He hasn't even gotten to gush about holographic
technology yet or how he plans to expand the
programming in the future!

As for the likelihood that this would turn more physical, Kaiba's estimation was low. Especially based on how Blue's reinforcement was so accommodating. Despite having boldly inserted himself into a matter that didn't concern him, the other boy (Ie. Red) had (in Kaiba's opinion) capitulated rather early. A regular paper tiger- he knows the type. As long as you stand your ground firmly, they back down.]

Go on. Run away with your tails tucked between your legs like the cowards you are.

[Probably shouldn't have said that. Did he amend it or retract it in an attempt to smooth things over. H E L L no]

I'm sure that you think you really got one over on me with that retort but I'm struggling to find the point. [Then to further elaborate] If you're planning on dissuading interest in duel monsters through intimidation tactics two can play that game- and I have had far more success and experience at it than you. [He paused to take in a breath] Besides- depending on the duelist you'd find it hard to live up to those words. [Thinking specifically about his rival here. Yami- can't you just mind crush this little weasel then go back to being 'reformed']

[By this point, Kaiba wants to give the guy a firsthand demonstration of the or else, even if it is beneath him.]

Just how long to you intend to keep hiding behind others? [Kaiba sneered, feeling superior and still displaying his haughty demeanor] For the record, I'm not concerned about your furry oversized rat.

[laconism]

[Red is glad that he didn't ask because he would have stopped paying attention by the third point. Similar to right now, actually. He continues walking towards his table at the other side of the room with Blue as Kaiba talks, so it doesn't take long for his words to start to blend in with the many other chattering voices around them. He caught something about them being cowards, but after that he lets Kaiba's words fade into the background. Is this guy really so desperate to have the last word that he can ramble like that even at their increasingly distant backs? How pathetic.

Maintaining his hold on Blue, Red leans his head in close to his ear just long enough to offer some quiet, blunt words in an attempt to dissuade him from trying to prolong this pointless conflict any further.]

That loser's not worth it.