astraphilia: (when i was a child i heard voices)
reno "mothreno" ffvii ([personal profile] astraphilia) wrote in [community profile] citynet2023-10-11 02:34 pm

video ; @thundaga

[ hello and welcome to Boredom Hours, sponsored by one too many midafternoon beers and a perpetual inability to not immediately make his ennui everyone else's problem. today's host is... Reno!

when the video starts, it's to a shockingly decently framed shot of Reno doing the hooligan squat on the front stoop of his apartment building. he's got a lit cigarette hanging from his mouth, and once he's sure that the video is rolling he takes a long drag of it before he speaks. ]


Sup. I'm Reno. Some of ya may know me from my colorful past as "guy who got yanked into pool by tentacle monster."

[ probably nobody knows him that way but it's fine. we are not concerned with strict veracity here. Reno blows a neat smoke ring and grins the kind of grin that means he knows he's being a pain in the ass. ]

I was thinkin', y'know, there's only so many of us. Probably ain't a bad idea to get to know each other, right? [ he gestures with his cigarette as he speaks as if to underscore his words. ] We need some conversation starters. Some icebreakers, y'know? Everybody's favorite highlight from their corporate bonding retreats.

So! [ he holds up a hand to count on.

one finger. ]
Two truths and a lie. Post 'em, let other people guess. I'll leave mine too. Shoutout to the blond girlie who had that party a couple months back for this one.

[ two fingers. ] Hot or not. Or smash or pass, whatever you wanna call it. Post yourself and let people vote, if you're brave. Or post your friends if you want to fuck around. You can all see my face right now so count that as my submission.

[ three fingers. ] Creativity exercise, open prompt. You can go anywhere, be anybody, do anything you want. The world ain't ending and there's no war or whatever the hell going on. Who are you and what are you doing? [ brief smoke break, and then Reno stubs the butt out on the cement, exhaling as he says, ] Me, I wanna make mediocre coffee for minimum wage and not worry about shit except makin' rent.

[ and lastly, four fingers. ] "Reno, this is fuckin' stupid and I don't want to do it." Okay, nobody's got a gun to your head. We ain't even got guns here. Do what you want.

[ his four fingers curl in so he can offer a cheerful, if a bit manic, thumbs-up before he reaches out to turn off the video.

just before he touches the button, though, he pauses as if something just occurred to him— ]
Oh, shit—also, drop map pins for your favorite restaurant in this place. I'm in the market for new eats, bonus points if it's spicy.

[ okay, now he's gone. ]
nomoresharks: (knifecat.jpg)

text; un: hythlodaeus

[personal profile] nomoresharks 2023-10-12 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Hot.

Quite the skillful entry indeed.


[He knows false innocence when he hears it.]
onlythans: (💔 i am through with this)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-10-12 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Now there's something I never thought I would warrant.

Approval from the days of eld.
nomoresharks: (Pondering small bird children)

[personal profile] nomoresharks 2023-10-12 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm... I'm not sure how I feel about that. When you put it that way I sound positively ancient.

[he has no idea why that's a pun but i have no regrets]
onlythans: (💔 and take me away)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-10-12 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'd call them the days of paradise, but unfortunately my only source of reference on that is not one I would consider unbiased.
nomoresharks: (Troubling thoughts)

[personal profile] nomoresharks 2023-10-13 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
I will admit that compared to what most people have to go through it seems that way at times but... I still can't help but think *paradise* of all things is a bit of an exaggeration.

[But boy oh boy does it sound like an exaggeration Emet-Selch would make]

I wonder if there's a word for "very, very nice but not entirely perfect when looking at it through untinted lenses." The description seems too long otherwise.
onlythans: (💔 'cause their girlfriends do)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-10-13 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
There IS a word for that.

"Home".
nomoresharks: (acceptance)

[personal profile] nomoresharks 2023-10-13 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Simple, to the point, and straight to the heart. A fine choice indeed.
onlythans: (💔 i am through with this)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-10-13 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, then, call me "home", because that's as apt a descriptor of me as it is old Eitherys.

[He's teasing, clearly. A little levity is likely warranted, since he does like Hyth and all.]
nomoresharks: (McLosin It)

[personal profile] nomoresharks 2023-10-13 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[If it takes Hythlodaeus a moment to reply, it's only because he's absolutely losing his shit laughing.

Fair play, good ser! Fair play indeed!]


A shame it doesn't work the other way around. "There's no place like Thancred" just doesn't have the same ring about it.
onlythans: (💔 you can ride it)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-10-13 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
You're only saying that because you've not tasted my charms yet. I can think of a few dozen conquests who'd find it eminently accurate.
nomoresharks: (What a surprise!)

[personal profile] nomoresharks 2023-10-13 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that an invitation I read?