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roland. ([personal profile] gradenine) wrote in [community profile] citylogs2023-07-20 12:51 pm

( semi-open ) though it may hurt today

WHO: Roland ([personal profile] gradenine) & some of you guys
WHAT: July catchall + event
WHERE: Vaults, then some formalwear shop (get in losers we're going shopping)
WHEN: The rest of July
WARNINGS: Major Ruina and Leviathan spoilers in the first prompt. Death, murder, the usual Project Moon warnings apply, probably. Please refer to his opt-out for more info.




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coolerjunpei: (031)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2023-07-23 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Thanks king, he doesn't want to talk about murder for once. It's becoming a real overarching theme in this place, so on the one hand: he's been right all along, he knows it!! But on the other: god. Exhausting.

So, first:]
You're the one who picked out the dots in the first place...

[Picky! Junpei squints very intently at these other ties; he can see the slighter, subtler patterns, make no mistake - but those don't make them "different ties" to him, because he's a schlub who can't dress. He shrugs, like, okay, sure? If Roland says they're different, they're probably different in a way that matters.

To other people, anyway.]


Well, I saw you were in here, so... [so he came for the friendship time, don't perceive him for this. Ahem. Pivoting,] I don't really do suits.
limbical: (who knows how to swing)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-07-23 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
What? It's not like I've spent all my life as a doctor. I did other things too. Though technically I was a butler who happened to learn how to bartend on the fly.

[you aren't just born a doctor gosh!]

Anyway. I have a few specialties, and I'll fix up something for you. Hell knows we need it after this bullshit.
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[personal profile] appendages 2023-07-23 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ fashion was likely a part of the whole package yoshida labeled "normalcy." he supposed normal teens his age had at least a passing interest in the concept of dressing themselves. he supposes even creatures in the wild bare their colors, songs, and dances to attract mates and to simply increase their overall sociability within the constructs of their society. but, his thoughts on social constructs aside— as much as he is aware of that, he's always simply opted to what was safe and practical.

that said, he somehow manages to traverse to this specific establishment and he's met with a stranger who asks him for advice. there is a slight pause as he seems to mull over it.

there's almost a tension in the air as he puts his hand to his chin as if in deep thought. before he responds with a simple:
] Why these five? [ time to delve into the tie philosophy.... ]
icanfixer: (08)

[personal profile] icanfixer 2023-07-23 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ wow, full name!!!! now she's really in trouble!!! she's absolutely ignoring him so they can dip into a less formal, but still higher end boutique, the outside mannequins placing it more chic than business. comfort and aesthetics over function. ]

Young Sinclair's eye is second to none when to comes to appropriateness of design, but I daresay I have acquired some knowledge as well! Remain here, and I shall return momentarily!

[ as she leaves him near to the front of the store, lined with sundae dress wearing mannequins for ladies and silky looking v-necks for men.

then, an additional call from between the various racks-- ]


If I return and find thee gone, I shall be far angrier than about the train!

[personal profile] blattella 2023-07-23 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
No one's fit for it, but we still all fall in love and want it. Shut up.

[TELL HIM HE'S WRONG, BITCH. SHUT UP. DREAMS ARE ALLOWED!!!

But

man, yeah. He almost says something like 'what, so you could die together?', but....Well, yeah. He knows he'd want that, if it were him.
]

You mind if I ask what killed her? [Because that's the interesting thing, in the City. How one dies, not that one died at all. And this is all so much better than having to share his own agony, though. Not like they're getting out until that happens. Suck shit, future Gregor!]
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[personal profile] unrequite 2023-07-24 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Well, on the bright side, that would cut down your list by one. That's progress.

[ Midnight nods. ]

The white stripes are rather nice, in my opinion. It's a bit of variety. Have you ever thought about going without, though?
limbical: (great now i have to pick new lyrics)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-07-24 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Don't mention it. I would say if anything, consider us even.

[After all, Daan might not have had a visual breakdown in front of Roland but god damn he was close! Real damned close!]

For now, it seems like we have to worry about getting the hell out of here. What a pain.
coolerjunpei: (nice neck)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2023-07-24 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Not this kind of detective agency... [He shrugs; they accepted his cool leather jacket as detective wear, he supposes. Anyway, Junpei was definitely paid under the table in cash at a shady office that didn't care that he showed up one day and asked for a job with zero experience, soooo.

So no, he's never worn a suit. Or been to prom, probably... But he knows Roland's fashion sense is boring the hell out of him, speaking as a guy who is also always dressed in monochrome, so after a beat of watching him go back to the black and white ties, Junpei turns to the nearest tie rack with some color on it and selects a cool red one.]


Here. What about this one?
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[personal profile] appendages 2023-07-24 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ is there any world that is truly fit for the youths to live in....

but, to be fair, yoshida gravitated to the same type of colors, but probably not for the same reasons. still, he simply seems to nod. if this man was here for the tastes of just an average high schooler, it isn't like he'd know, but he was more than willing to state his opinion.
]

A thing or habit? [ not that it makes a difference in the grander scheme of things. ] What do you think of red? [ but, almost opposite to that, he does choose the middle tie, hovering it a few inches away from the man's chest as if urging him to try it on. ]
limbical: (the only cat who)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-07-25 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[don't worry man, one day for sure]

Where is what?

[There's a confused moment, then it occurs to Daan that maybe the gloves are more than just a piece of clothing. Are they empowered in some way?]

Items with an otherworldly effect don't appear to work in this place. I encountered this problem when I arrived with some unique medication that no longer held any healing properties. So, if that was supposed to make a new door for us or something, I'm afraid we're out of luck there.
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[personal profile] icanfixer 2023-07-25 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
That he is! We had the fortune of visiting his home as well -- I could imagine it a lovely place to live, if it were not for innocents staked on nails throughout the town!!!!

[ but that's neither here nor there... ]

I would not ask him about it, though; it is something of a sore point.

[ ... because of the innocents staked on nails, probably... anyway. she's peeking around a rack to make sure he's still there, then moving to another with flashes of color in her arms. a lot of colors. ]

His way of speaking gives it away more than anything, does it not?
limbical: (cause everything else is obsolete)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-07-25 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have a whole lot of knowledge on that sort of thing. But it's also not surprising when you can't even find a car with a fucking engine in this place.

[wompwomp anyway]

Right. The riddle about sharing. I feel like we did quite a bit of that. Is there more to it? [Fortunately, he did pocket the note, so he's gonna just unfold it and hold it out to Roland so they can review it.]
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[personal profile] cranekin 2023-07-25 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
The moon.

(He leans over the rail, practically hanging over it but still keeping his balance.)

It looks like the one back home. The same cold light, the back we can't see...

(He sounds a little wistful.)

And the same sea.

(Yeah. The moon has a sea.)
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[personal profile] cranekin 2023-07-25 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a sea on the moon.

(He says like its totally obvious. There's no doubt at all that there is a sea there.)

Someone told me about it a long time ago. It's called the Sea of Tranquility. It's completely silent and when you walk along the shore... your footsteps never disappear.

(And then he laughs,)

Sorry, sorry. I suppose I'm feeling a little nostalgic!

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