video ; @thundaga

[astraphilia]

[ 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. ]

Comments

un: anonymous | text | part last

[nichocolatine]

[ this is it, folks, we've reached the end. cookies for everyone who's managed to make it this long, but trust that badou knows how to end a show. ]

HOT OR NOT/SMASH OR PASS:
#1 guy to come in and save your ass so long as he feels like it:

[ surprise, it's heine. BETCHA DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING, HUH? still candid, taken a lot earlier than the others had been. it was the evening of that roof party, the one this game's benefactor so graciously shouted out. the string of twinkley lights makes for a nice backdrop for this particular shot — taken from across the roof, catching heine mid-chuckle, looking about as relaxed as one can be. and if this photo feels a little different than the others? mind your business. ]

text | @stray

[kampfgeist]

pass

STILL ANONYMOUS... he's so SLICK

[nichocolatine]

i have it on good authority youve fucked yourself (over) before so im gonna call bs

SOOOOO SUBTLE

[kampfgeist]

[ 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

1/2

[nichocolatine]

[ now who the fuck told you that huh heine ]

2/2

[nichocolatine]

depends on who youre fucking tbh

[kampfgeist]

[ 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 ]

@DONQUIXOT3, video

[icanfixer]

[ WELL IF IT ISN'T HER BOY HEINE!!!!!!!!! and at her party too... how can't she feel fondness for this totally anonymous person. ]

A spectacular shot!!! Dear Heine is certainly an attractive man, and he is much fun to draw as well. Though I do think what outshines all may perhaps be his good-natured attitude, and I count him among my best alongside Ser Badou... There is a number of things we have in common, and even in our differences I find things to treasure; I shall be dour ever the day we depart one another.

[ his smile really is nice... don can at least note that the same feeling she gets about certain others is similar to this and therefore properly put a hand on it, she can love her friends she just has to make sure it does not endanger her life's mission ]

still text still anonymous but he appreciates your enthusiasm as always

[nichocolatine]

hell yeah thats the spirit
aint he pretty? esp when he smiles right shame he doesnt smile more
someone must annoy him too much

she's here to be a one woman cheer team

[icanfixer]

Oh, that would most certainly be the aforementioned Ser Badou. I have chided him before about his attitude, but I think that they have long gotten into a kind of rhythm to it, so it does not bother me anymore; it is alike to how Ser Heathcliff and Ishmael get onto one another, perhaps even down to the harshest of tones reserved for those who worry another.

[ ... actually thinking of them that way yeah no that's totally it, she looks surprised then satisfied with her assessment. ]

They are close, despite the hurt they cause one another. Nonetheless!!! Thou'rt correct, and I know this for when he smiles in my company I am happy to receive it. It makes one wish to make it happen a little more often, does it not?

bless her tbh

[nichocolatine]

[ don please stop reading these boys for filth it's so uncool ://// ]

im sure it happens plenty around you
you work so hard for it, dontcha?

[icanfixer]

[ not her fault y'all are literally her sinners strike up a deal with faust and let's get you dressed

also why does that look like a tease. does she work hard for it. sorry she's thinking, looking off to the side. does she... she doesn't really notice if she's working hard to make someone smile... at the very least, she doesn't consciously try. ]

Hmhm... No, it is rather the side-effect of spending time together. I need not try very hard to make him smile no more than he has try hard in return -- I hardly have any other expression around him!

[ just like her other friends. ]

[nichocolatine]

dont think you have any other expression around most anybody
but i get your point

[icanfixer]

[ . okay point. she blocks out most times she isn't happy around someone and doesn't have a single inkling of the kinds of faces she makes otherwise so it's fine. ]

I would have to ask others if that is true, but I cannot imagine the answer would be different than thine. Are thee a friend of his as well, or will I have to take thy hands for the picture he most certainly did not allow thee to take?

[ not that. she knows who this is. but it is the principle of the matter and she is being so polite. ]

[nichocolatine]

[ he should probably fess up for the poor deception this has been anyway.... but he's so bored, you know? ]

now now maybe i got the pic from someone he was ok with
you ever think about that?

[icanfixer]

Nay, for I do not imagine there are many on that list.

[ is she calling him a friendless loser ]

[nichocolatine]

you just mentioned that baddy guy!

[ god, look at him. an absolute spy. ]

i coulda gotten it from him

[icanfixer]

Nay, he is not so lowborn to offer a picture of his partner to a complete stranger simply for the purpose of asking for others' opinions. He would do it himself.

[ cause theyre friends 🥺 ]

[nichocolatine]

[ hmm. ]

who said i was a stranger?
maybe were close

[icanfixer]

How close?

[ who is friends with badou............ ]

[nichocolatine]

[ .......... ]

we fucked a couple of times

[icanfixer]

[ THE LIES YOU FUCKING WEAVE BADOU NAILS. ]

I see. I suppose thou art rather close then.

[nichocolatine]

[ LISTEN TECHNICALLY THAT'S JUST M*STERBATING ]

anyway
tell me again heine lights up the room when he smiles etc

[icanfixer]

[ the way you would censor that ]

Thou'rt quite taken with him, aren't thee? In that case, all me to give thee the "shovel talk" I have been told about!

[ ahem. sorry. she has a thought process here but she's gotta protect her boys. ]

It is in thy best interest to stop playing with Ser Badou's gentle heart and to keep thy mitts off Heine as well, good ser and or madame! For if we should ever meet, I shall rend the flesh from bone and dangle thy barely conscious form over the highest building I can find, 'til last I drop thee with a splatter unto the pavement below! I know well what it looks like, and I have been told in no uncertain terms how it feels, so I can guarantee it is a most gruesome and painful way to go! Renounce thy relations with Badou and ask me not of how Heine's smile lights up a room, it is more like to the gentle flickering of a flame which grants one warmth and causes one to draw near!

[ took a while but they got there eventually ]

not here

[kampfgeist]

[ aint he WHAT ]