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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.




art credit | plotting comment | event log
hmu if you want a starter!
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sorry for the delay! work busy's over, so i'm back. cracks those knuckles

[personal profile] fussiest 2023-07-26 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ the nest kid: currently being his nest-iest carefully examining the set of roland's suit. fascinating, kaveh thinks. custom-made material that is durable, and can withstand blows. and yet the suit itself still contains a neat and classic line all the way from lapel to hem.

kaveh side-steps to examine the side profile, and then, with a dip of his head, examines the hem of the cuff with a thoughtful hum - and it's thin, too. perhaps not breathable, but suits like those typically aren't. it doesn't make them any less effective, but it also means that they're likely terrible to try and wash.
]

What sort of blows? Edged force, blunt force, or elemental force? [ wait, teyvatian elemental laws don't apply - oh, but that doesn't meant there aren't comparable ones. kaveh considers this, and lets the question stand for itself. in any case: ] Well, in any case, your suit is matte. You see here? [ kaveh's head tilts in askance, before he gently taps roland's sleeve. ] It doesn't quite catch the light in any kind of noticeable sheen. The ties you've picked out seem to be pure silk; they're catching the light just fine. Any one of those that you pick will draw the eyes to your chest in a way that's incongruous with the way you look. It's also dangerous, isn't it? Assailants will aim for whatever they see first.

[ hm. kaveh straightens. ] Come with me. I thought I saw a few more ties in the back. There has to be one that matches; and have you thought about tie pins? Or cufflinks?
indwelt: (056)

finally here for insanity days later

[personal profile] indwelt 2023-07-27 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sometimes you see a man screaming on the ground and that's a normal every day occurrence for you.

Just kidding, it sure ain't, otherwise Welt would be a lot more indifferent to the sight in front of him. He had been slowly sifting through the seemingly endless vaults contained within the bank - is his own in here somewhere, are there any other names listed that might give him some sort of clue as to the secret behind this place - but the abrupt noise has his head snapping around and his feet moving forward of their own volition. ]


Hey—

[ His mind follows the frantic pace of his footsteps, conjuring and then dismissing possibilities one after another. One hand reaches out as he crouches down, fingers wrapping around the other man's. ]

It's alright. It'll be alright.

[ Maybe it won't be alright, he can't know that for certain when he has no other clues to go off of, but it's the only solace he can offer right now. ]
limbical: (i'll do it i swear)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-07-28 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
It's pretty excessive, if you ask me. Still, I guess it's not like we could take the cars anywhere anyway.

[Daan shrugs, putting on a faint smile.] Oh, I'm reliable? I'll take the praise. [But more seriously, he adds:] Anyway, I'm in agreement about sharing. I feel like we both had plenty of that already, and I'm not eager to get into more details myself.

I don't know how I'd have you use the sewing kit, though. Unless you want to make something with it?
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[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2023-07-28 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[worse: junpei is a zoomer

Anyway, what's wrong with the tie... Junpei considers a super cool "could have fooled me" joke, but actually:]


I thought it looked like a nice tie.

[What's wrong with it!! It's hip! Some people like patterns they can see, unlike those other ties he still doesn't think are actually different.]

What about a bow tie? [lmao]
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[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2023-07-28 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
You look like a guy who wears a suit every day. Didn't you get the memo? We're all unemployed here.

[Put on some goddamn sweatpants, Roland, damn. But Junpei can play along with Roland's compulsive suit-wearing behavior, looking again at the ties. Stop him before he finds a bolo tie and ages 40 years instantly...]

I guess if you don't like the dots or my red one, pick the boring plain one.
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[personal profile] icanfixer 2023-07-28 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ happy don can say concerning things even to her own city-fellows. ]

And there, thou art mistaken!

[ ... but maybe it's because they're companions she can say so confidently. she's coming over with. a whole mess of colors. each one of these is a different link, setting them down in another chair nearby with a hefty exhale; don quixote turns to him with her hands on her hips. ]

Young Sinclair hath a spine as straight and strong as any others'! In fact, I would say he is merely too reactive -- but that owes to his youth rather than anything else. [ as if she is one to talk. ] But he is strong and courageous, and though naive he may be at times there is no doubt he is a quick learner as well. It is not his fault he was born in circumstances most fortunate, after all!

[ but he does learn quick, and that's good. adaptability is needed. ]
limbical: (but with a square in the act)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-07-28 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a soft noise from Daan, almost a laugh as he takes the gloves. Excellent make, well made; after his life living in the Baron's estate, Daan has gotten an eye for these things, for better or for worse.]

Of course. One could hardly blame you. [Daan certainly doesn't!]

Hell, I sure hope so. I've sutured enough patients. [He smiles wryly.] I never learned to make clothes or dolls, but I'm an excellent surgeon. I'd be lucky to know how to make curtains, though.

These gloves are beautiful. Good taste, I should say. Though I'm not sure what abilities you were expecting of them.
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[personal profile] fussiest 2023-07-28 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Kaveh, actually, first and foremost. I'm also an architect. [ it's said with a self-deprecating little smile, the kind that speaks to a not very funny in-joke. but kaveh continues as he navigates them past rows upon rows of blacks and silks and cotton composites: ] I just happen to have had a very good tailor. He never stopped complaining about how my torso was just a little too short, and my arms a little too long. The man was a miraclemaker, which made up for how often he threatened to never tailor for me again. But because of that, I learned a thing or two about textiles and how it ought to fit on a man's body.

[ fire, though. something about the emphasis suggests to kaveh that it isn't just a mere figure of speech. protection against pyro energy has always been a priority in sumeru, given the abundance of greenery and the textiles that they have reliable access to. it's just lucky that the rainforest is too humid to allow for unattended fires to catch on too quickly. it suddenly has kaveh wondering what the fire prevention systems are like in a city like this. he hadn't looked into it. it could be relevant.

still: the swatches before them are the kind of lightless monochrome that speaks to technical design. kaveh stops at a display with a thoughtful hum. unloading his own armful of textiles on the case, he reaches over it so that he can take out another set of ties.
]

Ah, for you, I'm thinking something like this. [ his fingers skirt over the material, and then, holding it up, gives roland a critical look-see. ] A bit of subtle elegance, but it doesn't take up the entire show. It's also a little easier to clean if it gets dirty. Try it on; there's also a skinnier version, and I can't tell if it'll look better on you or not if it's not modeled.
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[personal profile] immortalpoet 2023-07-29 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
I know I can't, but...

[She's always dancing out of his reach. She works like a chess grandmaster. In the end, you only meet with her pawns.]

[The contempt makes him raise his head, clarity returning ever slightly into his morose gaze. It reminds him, with a raw feeling, of that night. Tears behind a mask. A tone filled with murderous intent. Not directed at him this time, but...]


Whatever. I'll....I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. She will pay. I assure you of that.

[Why does he feel like he needs to promise that to Roland? He doesn't know. It's like an urge. Roland as penance. Roland as judge and executor. He let his dreams flow that one time, even though they barely knew each other.]

[He wants a soul like him to understand, that's all.]
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[personal profile] cranekin 2023-07-29 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
A sea.

(Not the sea in particular.)

It was much louder... and if you went there today, you would never know who had been there before.

(Wistfully, sighing,)

Imagine erasing thousands of lives. In the end, they just become a number.
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[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2023-07-29 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, you're preaching to the choir here about being restless. Still, it's not like I'd want my old job back. Uh, either of them.

[Seeing the horrors of human depravity or working part-time night shifts in retail, wowza... yeah, he's fine as far as being unemployed goes. It's the existential restlessness that's getting to him now, but maybe he's just bored! It's fine.

So, since he is probably just bored,]
I guess I could try on a suit, but you have to let me keep the red tie. How do I pick out the rest...?
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[personal profile] appendages 2023-07-30 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ there is probably some sort of psychology connection between instantly correlating red with the color of blood... but, since yoshida is as blind to it as everything else, he can only really speculate what this man didn't seem to like about it.

maybe it really was a bad design?
] What made it "meh"? [ he asks absently before he pulls up a random tie clip. the tie clip he picks up happens to be a tentacle tie clip. totally standard and normal. with that, he clips it straight onto whatever tie roland may already be wearing. ]

What about grey?

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