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. ]
nichocolatine: (pic#10160298)

STILL ANONYMOUS... he's so SLICK

[personal profile] nichocolatine 2023-10-12 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
i have it on good authority youve fucked yourself (over) before so im gonna call bs
kampfgeist: (sigh | what a headache)

SOOOOO SUBTLE

[personal profile] kampfgeist 2023-10-12 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ HOW DOES HE REPLY TO THIS WITHOUT—it's fine. this is just collateral damage. ]

and i have it on good authority that getting fucked and getting fucked over are definitely not the same thing
nichocolatine: (pic#10160343)

1/2

[personal profile] nichocolatine 2023-10-12 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ now who the fuck told you that huh heine ]
nichocolatine: (pic#10160368)

2/2

[personal profile] nichocolatine 2023-10-12 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
depends on who youre fucking tbh
kampfgeist: (shock | not that again)

[personal profile] kampfgeist 2023-10-12 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ okay well now heine is thinking about who badou might have fucked to have this opinion so

he's just going to leave this one on read

badou 1 heine 0 ]