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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

[dissimulative]

[ Oria the frog makes an affirmative squeak. ]

It sounded like I was specialized in that topic, right, ribbit? I'm good at that, ribbit.

[ So there's one thing Oria does well with enough patience, practice, and repetition. ]

[ganymed]

[ Hah! Look at him, he got it right (?) ]

It did sound like it...if you're good at it, is it something you've gone to school for?

[ Or is it something Oria has happened to pick up on his own free time? With enough PPR. ]

[dissimulative]

[ .................. Oh.

Hm. ]

Debate club, ribbit!

[ It seems plausible, at least. ]

[ganymed]

Debate club has those kinds of requirements...?

[ That seems strange to him, but you know, he never really had gone to a 'debate club' or anything like that during school years. So what does he know? ]

[dissimulative]

No, but it adds to the fake credibility that persuades people into believing in you, ribbit. Belief is a very powerful thing, ribbit.

[ The nicest person you know could suddenly turn against you for the sake of their beliefs. ]

[ganymed]

That's certainly true.

[ Ganymede's brows furrow for a moment, feeling like he's missing something here. But, it is true that belief is powerful. That is the basis of religion, isn't it?

Though also... ]

...So, basically you're also saying that either you learned what you did for debate club to make you better at persuading people, or you learned how to sound convincing on any topic because of your participation in the debate club?

[dissimulative]

[ sweating intensifies uhhhhh ]

Aren't those basically the same thing?!

[ganymed]

[ Maybe he can feel the sweating, maybe not. ]

Oh, they're definitely not.

[dissimulative]

Then let's just say that I got better at it for my own sake!

[ Whether that's to convince others to believe him or to get better at debate club. He'll leave it open ended for you, Ganymede... ]

[ganymed]

[ He'll snort. For once he gives frog!Oria a teensy break. ]

Alright, sure, that will work just fine.

[dissimulative]

[ I forgot he was a frog for a second so I'll just say Oria was frazzled enough to forget ribbits. Even if they're supposed to be automatic. Don't look at me..........

Oria the frog pouts and lets out a SQUEAK. He knows that Ganymede isn't satisfied with the answer, but Oria will keep it that way.

And then hop off because it's what frogs do. ]