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ren ([personal profile] forethinking) wrote in [community profile] tabularasa_rp2021-01-05 08:06 pm

(mingle/open) happy new years!

Who: Void Citizens
What: New Years Mingle!
Where: Heavenly Blanc
When: January 1st
Content Warnings: None!!



HEAVENLY BLANC
THE VOID, ON JANUARY 1ST
Ren
Food & Organization
Blue
Food & Organization
Eevee
Moral Support
Pidgeot&Arcanine
Lifting
YOSHIZAWA
Food & Organization
We hereby start the Void Calendar! All over the Void since yesterday, several handwritten notes have been taped or stapled to the Void's most populated areas in the hopes to drive the people to the popular bar/cafe. Heavenly Blanc's exterior has been protected from any upcoming storms by a large awning, and more tables and chairs have been temporarily set to settle any issues of overcrowding on the inside. Upon entering, one will be able greeted by the aroma of curry, although the spices vary from pot to pot, and coffee and alcohol will be served throughout the evening.

Within the interior of the bar, a small space has been divided and cleared out -- next to the jukebox. There, one will find a few microphones resting on their stands, waiting for whoever is brave enough to sing on them to whatever is playing in Heavenly Blanc when the storm hits. Last, but not least, a whiteboard has been visibly placed next to the entrance. It reads: "Names of the Months", and you may either write your own or add sticks to vote on your favorites.
CODING BY
forceofnature: (Surprise)

[personal profile] forceofnature 2021-01-08 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Golly.

Look, it's Seto Kaiba, here to try and look superior to other humans over a meaningless status based on a failed economic system that doesn't matter. Enormous surprise.

[obviously viridi has never worked any job]
forceofnature: (Patronize)

[personal profile] forceofnature 2021-01-08 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[She's noticed him! There's... something she can't quite place.

Until she realizes that he's the guy in the Heavenly Blanc all the time anyway and she's here ordering endless milkshakes constantly which is obviously the only place she knows him! Clearly. Could not have possibly met him anywhere else. Gotta abide by the impenetrable domino mask.

He gets a shared eye roll of solidarity.]


Jobs are just a way for you people to be horrible to each other. Overthrow the bourgeoisie! Begin the revolution!

[ok maybe he's feeling less solidarity now]
forceofnature: (Confused)

[personal profile] forceofnature 2021-01-08 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, I can't play this game.

Never have I ever done anything in the lived experience of a human? I'm just here to dunk on Kaiba.

[it's true she's been following him around waiting for an opportunity]
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[personal profile] simulatio 2021-01-08 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets a laugh from Akechi, albeit a polite one, as he lifts his glass toward her briefly in salute before taking his prerequisite sip.]

I wouldn't call it "failed" where I come from, but I certainly would agree that here, it's entirely meaningless, Miss...?
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[personal profile] forceofnature 2021-01-08 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Viridi.

I've seen you around.

[The proof of Viridi mellowing in three months is that she doesn't even take a chance to dunk on a new human.]

I'm looking future-ward. One day, you'll all be sorry you abandoned your hunting gathering ways. It was Adam and Eve in the Garden, not Adam in the slums and C-Eve-O in the penthouse.
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[personal profile] simulatio 2021-01-08 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Akechi, [he supplies, in case she hasn't heard anyone address him by name yet.] I apologize that we haven't spoken sooner. I quite like the way you think.

[Out of the corner of his eye, he's looking for Haru without being too obvious about it. Ignoring Kaiba completely, though.]

And what is the solution you would propose?
forceofnature: (Default)

[personal profile] forceofnature 2021-01-08 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[oh boy
is akechi ready for this]


A return to living in harmony with nature! Your cities are polluting spewing nightmare factories, your technology is gouged from the treasures of the earth, and you use 'grows on trees' as a saying to indicate that something is easily replaceable when news-flash, you're making like, thousands of plants and animals go extinct every year.

When people accept that they are caregivers of the earth and stop bickering over imaginary human concepts like... wealth, you'll have returned to what you were meant to be.

Want to sign up for my newsletter? I can go on for pages.
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simulatio: (244)

[personal profile] simulatio 2021-01-08 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh boy. He is not, but she has a childish enthusiasm that he can appreciate.]

People can be truly despicable, [he agrees instead of commenting directly on what, exactly, is so despicable. He doesn't really care about the earth, or or nature, or plants and animals going extinct, but nor does he particularly care overmuch about the future of the human race, either.]

It's an interesting way of looking at it. Unfortunately as things stand right now, I'm afraid many of the powerful people in society would be loathe to give it up.
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[personal profile] forceofnature 2021-01-08 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh, I know!

I mean, I'm from ancient Greece, you're clearly from some future Eastern nation, but the problem with humans never changes.

That's why I vote we start over. Humans 2.0: the better ape!
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[personal profile] simulatio 2021-01-08 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Japan, yes.

[He snorts a laugh at her blunt declaration. Someone being from ancient Greece doesn't surprise him as much as it might have several months ago, but it is still interesting to him specifically. Especially:]

May I take that to mean you don't care overmuch for the great philosophers of your time? I've read some of their works, but you don't seem the type to be interested, Viridi-chan. Did you ever meet them?

[At least he's not underestimating her for being, like, a child. He doesn't know how to talk to children at all, so he just talks to them like he does everyone else; slightly too-polite whilst still being slightly too-familiar.]
forceofnature: (Surprise)

[personal profile] forceofnature 2021-01-09 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm not from your Greece, exactly. I just used it as a culturally relevant touchpoint. But I know who you're talking about - those bearded men sitting around in town squares ranting or raving or wearing barrels and who end up getting poisoned by their peers. Hemlock gets a bad rap.

It's really just more evidence that humanity is out of control.

No, in my version of the world, there are just battalions of thugs razing the land and murdering each other.
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[personal profile] blue_eyed_obsession 2021-01-08 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
It hasn't failed me.

[.. and that's all that matters. Both Viridi and Ren get side-eyed for the revolutionary comments.]

I worked hard to obtain my position, and holding a job is necessary for survival. [So talk of ripping it all away from him doesn't go over well]

Besides, I'm superior to others for a number of reasons. This is only one of them.
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[personal profile] forceofnature 2021-01-08 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Viridi makes a long gagging noise.]

Oh, can it, Adam Smith. We bicker about the little things, but this is obviously just you being a dillweed to be a dillweed.

Not that I care about any of you but the rich always stomp all over the poor. And that's why humans are the way they are. For some of you, your meaningless push to get higher on the totem pole crystallizes into a callous disregard for everything and everyone else.

[...well now she takes a drink]
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[personal profile] simulatio 2021-01-08 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, do tell. Please, enlighten us as to your superiority.

[Akechi just resting his chin in his hand, smiling as if he's not saying anything rude at all.]

I'm afraid I have yet to see any obvious signs of superiority other than a complex.
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[personal profile] blue_eyed_obsession 2021-01-08 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Wow, it's all coming out now.]

How the vultures descend at the slightest chance they might be able to snag a piece of me.

[Harrumphing and drawing himself up to full height as he folded his arms]

I didn't realize I would be under interrogation just for participating in a childish game. [Outnumbered he didn't waver in his assertions however] Do you want bullet points or an essay?
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[personal profile] simulatio 2021-01-08 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Vultures? Interrogation?"

[Akechi crosses his legs, leaning back more comfortably in his chair as he brings his hand to his chin, tilting his head as if studying the other man carefully. The defensiveness is amusing, and it shows in the small, satisfied smile hovering over his lips.]

The implication that I have any interest in a "piece of you," is quite absurd, allow me to reassure you. I'm simply curious as to why you insist on proving your superiority to those around you, when previous titles and wealth mean less than nothing to the general population of this prison. But please, I await your bullet points with bated breath. Do tell me how your position in the business world grants you superiority over the rest of us mere mortals.

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[personal profile] blue_eyed_obsession 2021-01-08 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
You should really see someone about that perpetual hairball of yours, you wouldn't want to choke on it.

[His little way of complaining about just how many times she mimics that gagging sound in a week. It's really unpleasant and she should knock it off]

That's your interpretation, but if everyone here was being intellectually honest on the subject I would be in the lead with this submission.

[Only one person has been.. so far]

Sounds more like you have a problem with the wealthy than I have in the reverse. [Sure, the term 'dead-end job' isn't a flattering one but he hadn't said one way or the other how he felt about people who had to work them. That was reserved for a case by case basis. Plus, there were those contributions he made to the underprivileged which he continued not to use for gloating rights. If it ever came up, he knew these people would assume it was for tax write-offs only. Plus he had some principles, this work was untouchable by naysayers, and he would protect the privacy of those who benefitted from it.] You know, whenever you speak in generalities you're guarantying your inaccuracy. [Then his expression sours] Nothing I do is meaningless. [He was securing his future, and his brother's and ensuring they could never be mistreated by anyone ever again]
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[personal profile] forceofnature 2021-01-08 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
How's this for generalities?

[Viridi smiles cruelly.]

You're petty and mean, and you can't stand going for ten seconds without hyping yourself up because you're insecure. When you're called out, you spin allll kinds of ways to try to make yourself out to not be the bad guy. You're taking a party thrown by... I mean, I'm not gonna say positive things about them, but people who like, can actually not be awful, to be more awful. For no reason.

And as you know, I hate all humans, so yes, obviously, you're right about that.

...Ooh, never have I ever not spoken my truth at all times. High-five, girl.

[She gives herself a high-five.]
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[personal profile] blue_eyed_obsession 2021-01-08 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Insecure?

[W o w. That almost gets him to crack a smile, albeit a cruel and unfeeling one]

I'm confident in myself and what I'm capable of but somehow you read that as, insecure. [Pronouncing the word as it it was something vile that should be disposed along with the rest of the trash] You're the one that jumped onto this subject and made it into a thing. I was merely attempting to play a game with these losers and I see that I needn't have bothered. No one here is mature enough to handle it.

You've made that obvious, and if it wouldn't leave a bad taste in my mouth I'd almost agree with the sentiment. [Humans aren't his favorite beings, especially not currently]

You know what? Isn't it long past your bedtime? [You're like 9 right?] Why don't you just clear out of here with your self-righteous attitude and hit the road?
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[personal profile] forceofnature 2021-01-08 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
At the heart of narcissism is insecurity. Look it up, science man. Funny thing is, they never recognize that's what it is.

[Viridi calmly slurps more milkshake.]

I'm awful, but at least I know I'm awful. You're just delusional! Please, I'm not human, and even I know this would go over like a lead balloon.
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[personal profile] blue_eyed_obsession 2021-01-08 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Not surprisingly, Kaiba wouldn't define himself as narcissistic]

Psychology is a whole other field..

[.. And not one he's fond of, least not when people try to apply it to himself]

You certainly are. [Not even going to argue with that assessment] It didn't have to devolve into.. this! [Almost everything he touched tonight seemed to go haywire. He should have just stuck to: Never have I ever enjoyed a party. or: Never have I ever enjoyed the company of others! This socializing was too much work for too little gain. Next time he'll trust his instincts and stay home.

Or would these people be counting on that?

Could just show up to spite them... or spare himself..spite...spare.... eh, that's a bridge to be crossed at a later date
]
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