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#10160303)

[personal profile] nichocolatine 2023-10-14 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ LISTEN TECHNICALLY THAT'S JUST M*STERBATING ]

anyway
tell me again heine lights up the room when he smiles etc
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[personal profile] icanfixer 2023-10-14 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 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 ]
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[personal profile] nichocolatine 2023-10-29 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ayo?? what landmine did he incite walk into just now? ]

damn youre kinda intense huh

[ look at him, world's best actor, feigning like he hadn't already clocked that about her two seconds into meeting her. ]

dont you worry your pretty little face, i dont got any intention of fucking shit up for anybody

[ lol at "gentle heart" though ]

besides, its not like it was anything serious
anything like that would be kinda stupid anyway
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[personal profile] icanfixer 2023-10-29 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ HMMMMM. ]

VERY WELL THEN
DEAR HEINE'S SMILE IS ALIKE TO THE MOON
A GENTLE GLOW THROUGH THE WINDOWPANE
WHILST IT MAY NOT ILLUMINATE A ROOM IN FULL, IT FEELS KIND AND WELCOME AMIDST THE DARK