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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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[personal profile] indwelt 2023-08-15 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ i can't believe you didn't have roland punch welt, i feel like i'm truly missing out

Welt, for his part, is oblivious to the inner workings of this man's mind, and would no doubt be glad to have avoided a punch to the face. (Even if I think he still should have gotten one.) The warning comes as bit of a surprise but he takes the words seriously, nodding in slow understanding as his gaze goes back to the deposit boxes. ]


I'll see how long I can leave it in there.

[ Though somehow he feels that'll bite him in the butt eventually. ]

Do you have... [ what's the right word here ] visions like this frequently?
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[personal profile] appendages 2023-08-15 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
I'd like to treat you to something better, but I suppose we're limited here. [ using the word "limited" when everything was free here seemed... inaccurate, but who really cares. ] Who knew everything being free would be such a pain.

[ but, he looks over the suit, before giving a small hum of consideration. ]

You think purple is my color? [ if there is any awkwardness, yoshida doesn't seem to notice, and so does little to alleviate the actual tension. instead, he decides to up the stakes. ] Sure. [ a thoughtful pause. ] Whatever you choose, I'll wear the next time I go out.

[ he crosses his arms over his chest for good measure. ]
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[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2023-08-15 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Grumble mumble he's going to put his normal guy clothes back on... he doesn't know what to do with this suit and he's definitely not classy enough to do something like put clothes back on hangers, so it's all bunched up and draped over his arm as one mass of cloth when he comes back. Hi. So about his bitchless status. It's quantum, actually.]

Okay. ...This is weird. There is a usually-not-dead girl, but...

[...maybe this would be easier with the visual aid? He digs in his jeans pocket for a moment before producing the cracker jack box engagement ring, which he does indeed carry around with him at all times. He holds it up. Roland has earned the Junpei's Romantic Backstory experience, so here goes.]

I asked her to marry me, [not in. so many words. no one said "marry me," never MIND,] but only in a different history...?
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[personal profile] fussiest 2023-08-15 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ an imitation of one, kaveh thinks, as he considers the premise. it doesn't surprise him, though he wishes that perhaps he had been around to see it for himself. something that stilted and in mimicry of human enjoyment offers insight into the viewpoint of whoever made this place into a reality. that they bothered with a party at all, actually, is a surprise to kaveh that he supposes he can ask more about later.

but more importantly, clearly:
]

Well, no. Not necessary. But if we're not going to go with link cuffs or a tie pin, then a little bit of extra accessorising couldn't hurt. [ kaveh's eyes gleam. in case roland has time to protest, he launches rapidly into his pitch. you have to be quick about this sort of thing, just in case: ] They won't get in the way, if that's your concern. Not all earrings have to dangle, or even be fancy. A pair of simple, silver studs can go a long way to accessorise and compliment the rest of your outfit without detracting from it. Not to mention that it really will give you a 'new coat of paint', so to speak, and opens up the options for other coats of paint in the future.

[ a beat. ] And piercings don't really hurt.
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[personal profile] indwelt 2023-08-15 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ UNBORN CHILD? HELLO?? why is roland's backstory like this, i'm depressed ]
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[personal profile] indwelt 2023-08-15 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Guess who else is depressed? This guy, standing right here, his expression growing increasingly more distressed the more Roland talks. Not like obviously so, because after 80-some years of constant loss, you learn to rein in your outward emotions, but enough that some of it shows on his face.

He's sorry, too, for making this man repeat a clearly unpleasant story. ]


Just because it's common doesn't make it any easier to swallow. Emotions are complex things and hard to control even during the best of times.

[ Sorry, he will continue to be a reasonable human being because it's either that or finding some trauma hole of his own to stick his head into, and that's not happening just quite yet. ]

Are you planning on keeping them [ with a nod towards the gloves ] despite everything?
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[personal profile] unrequite 2023-08-16 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ Midnight laughs. It's a short, sharp sound. He clearly finds the idea of target practice funny, but in both senses of the word. ]

If someone is very determined to kill you, love, then what you're wearing won't be any discouragement to them. Might as well wear what you like.

[ Midnight widens his eyes at Roland, raises his eyebrows and grins, and walks between the aisles like he hasn't said something both true and mildly unhinged. ]

Although you're underselling yourself with regards to the way you look, if I understand you correctly. Then again, I think most people do.
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[personal profile] indwelt 2023-08-16 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ i can truly never play this game or else i will die of depression

Good on Roland for taking things in stride though, even if the fact that he can so easily is, well, as stated before, extremely depressing. But if he wants to move on then the least Welt can do is respect his wishes and follow right along.

He's seen worse in his 80-some odd years of life, you good Roland. ]


Welt Yang. [ If that sounds familiar, it's because he's one of the handful of losers who only knows how to set his display name as his real name. When will someone teach him about internet safety. ] I'd say it's a pleasure to meet you but...

[ Well. That would be a bald-faced lie. MORE IMPORTANTLY! ]

A 'fixer'?

[ How obvious is that capitalization there.... ]
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[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2023-08-16 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, yet again, Junpei forgets who all he's mentioned The Histories to. He should just make another crazy paranoid guy post, but about time travel...

There's a beat before he, uh, lowers that hand holding the ring, so he's not just waving it in Roland's face this whole time.]


Uh, well, you know about quantum mechanics? The many-worlds interpretation, certain observations can't exist absolutely, blah blah? That's all real. That's what I mean by a different history. Like...

[He glances down at the messy suit pile on his arm,] There's another history where you thought this tie was cool, even if it was just to humor me. You following?

Anyway, in some histories, me and Akane—uh, that's her—aren't alive anymore. That's all.

["that's all"]
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[personal profile] unrequite 2023-08-17 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes.

[ Midnight's busied himself with a table of neatly folded slacks, but he looks at Mr. Roland over his shoulder. ]

Now, do you really doubt that I do, or did you just want me to say it? Because I will.
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[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2023-08-17 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[What, what is this problem, is this not Quantum Basics?? But no, okay, Junpei sees the problem. He's merely been studiously trying for the past however many weeks not to think about dying in a bunch of awful ways.]

Ah, uh... A version of me, yeah. Although for other seriously too quantum reasons, I do remember it. Guess it was to give us context.

[But the point isn't the quantum antics or the mastermind's complex motives; he thought they were gonna talk about his confused rizz...]

Look, if you want to be technical, it's the consciousness that moves around the other histories, not the body. [does that help????]
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[personal profile] unrequite 2023-08-18 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Midnight tuts, unfolding a pair of trousers and examining them. ]

And despite the brave soldiers that came before me, sincerity in tow, here you are, still in the throes of your doubt.

[ Quite the complex to be carrying around. ]

How do I disabuse you of this illusion you have? What do I have available to me but sheer persistence and honesty? Please, do let me know how I can help.

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