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[secondthoughts]

Who ☀ Hector & "everyone"
What ☀ It's Hector's birthday!
When ☀ August 5
Where ☀ Lumina Cloth. Surprise!
Content Warnings ☀ drunk people, will add as needed

[ Arrive at Mac Anu, where the welcome party was held, to find it...empty? A quick look on the forums shows a little edit to Hector's post:

We're popping Lumina Cloth's cherry! See you there :-)

So that's where he is.

In the center of the brightly illuminated nighttime city, Hector's set himself up for his little get together. But since he doesn't have any tables or plates or anything fancy like that, all the alcohol and food he bought from various vendors are just...strewn around the floor. The food is probably still good to eat, though. It's fine. Take what strikes your fancy!

Hector's wearing his outfit again. He lounges on the steps of that funky spinny thing in the center of town, and anyone who gets close enough to hear him will hear music coming from his mic. Give him a break. He's doing his best.

When enough people have gathered, he might actually get up and drag everyone into a drinking game.

So enjoy—eat, drink, mingle, and smack your friends! PvP is enabled here, after all :) ]

Comments

[gluttoning]

[oooooooooooh my god

He just rolls his eyes.]

...Sure.

You took a drink, right? Only child, or no?

[trollophoroi]

[ Wow. This guy really wants to bring suffering upon himself, doesn't he? After all of that, he still asks? Fandaniel looks him dead in the eye and smiles. ]

My little sister died when we were still children. Do you think that would fall under being an only child or...?

[gluttoning]

[He's not asking you to air out your family tragedy, sir, we're playing a game :crymeow:

...]

Either way counts. That's not really a call I get to make.

Sorry for your loss.

[trollophoroi]

[ He's well aware but he also wants to see the poor guy squirm. Ultimately, though, he just shrugs. It isn't a topic he'll linger on beyond adding, ]

It doesn't matter either way.

[gluttoning]

[He either doesn't see the bait that's been laid, or he is purposefully ignoring it. Either way, that doesn't get a response for a hot second.]

Just for the game, Fandaniel. This isn't an argument.

[trollophoroi]

[ All that gets is a snort of laughter. ]

Hah! Was I arguing? I really do mean that it doesn't matter either way.

[gluttoning]

[...]

Mn. Sorry. I got it.

Maybe you could try asking something better.

[He'll just shove another cookie into his mouth to avoid the rest of this conversation.]

[trollophoroi]

[ Don't ellipse at him, young man. That silence sounds almost like pity. ]

Something better. Let me see. [ Ah, he knows. Something greatly removed from the family topic. ] Never have I ever... failed a test.

[gluttoning]

[Oh.






Let's.....hope that Levi isn't looking as Barrett just takes as quick of a sip as possible.]

Yeah. That's probably better.

You must be pretty smart, then.

[trollophoroi]

[ Much better. ]

An understatement, to be sure, but yes, I do like to think that I'm pretty smart.

[gluttoning]

[easy there, satan]

...Uh-huh. Did you do any postgraduate sort of stuff?

[trollophoroi]

Mmhm. I got through my undergraduate work early and just kept going.

[gluttoning]

Congrats. It must have taken a lot of work. Lot of money, too.

Hope you enjoy whatever you're doing with all that. That's way out of my league.

[trollophoroi]

Less money than you would think. A lot work, however, I will give you that. I had virtually no life for so many years.

[ And now he's in a fancy VR MMO beta test, so, uh, probably still no life. Yeah. ]

Ah, but the game won't move forward if we keep lingering on this question, too. Next!

[gluttoning]

[He'll let someone else draw up the next question, but he'll pensively swirl his drink in his glass as the discussion moves elsewhere.

A lot of work... maybe that was his problem.]

[trashtier]

[Levi literally just got here and it's already so much.

He spots Fandaniel talking to Barrett, then the general sense of discomfort...

Sigh. SIIIIGH. He's not doing anything yet but he's definitely watching.]

[trollophoroi]

[ Fandaniel is only teaching your little brother a life lesson, Levi-chan, no need to hover~. ]