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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

[wowcool]

I do like your hat. It suits you!

[But that does make him think. Even Pete's gotten to manage something that makes him stand out........]

[...]

Say. What do you do when...people judge you for...what you have to deal with? Which they shouldn't, of course, but. I'm curious.

[conjecturecycle]

[Well, that's an easy one to answer.]

I tell 'em to fuck off.

[wowcool]

[:o]

Just like that?

[conjecturecycle]

Sure.

[But since he's sensing that Anaido may in fact be a fellow weirdo in some way... he'll add;]

It ain't easy at first ta actually mean it. But I've had a long time to practice.

[wowcool]

How long is long?

[a]


[beat]

Ah! Mister moderator! Are you a very cool old man?

[conjecturecycle]

I ain't old! I'm barely in my forties!

[His avatar, if it reflects him completely accurately, looks pretty good for that age.]

[wowcool]

Aw.

[NO OYAJI MISTER MODERATORRRRR]

Anyways, you don't look a day over, uh, 20!

[conjecturecycle]

[Hm. Well fine he can be plued with compliments.]

Virtually no sun damage'll do that.

But to answer yer question, it's not something I can put a number on because it's something gradual, changing the way you think about things.

[wowcool]

On second thought, please don't put a number to it.

[: )]

Ah, but yes! It makes sense, I suppose. Do you feel like there was a turning point in your attitude, though?

[conjecturecycle]

[CRYSTALLLLLLL]

Well...
[Pete shifts his weight as he mulls it over.]

Honestly it was changing my style. Getting called pinky or casper or whatever else don't mean as much when I'm choosing to be those colors, y'know? You lean into it and they can't do so much about it.

[wowcool]

Ah, so you doubled down. If anyone goes against it, you're like "that's who I am!"

[A little sigh.]

I wish I could be as courageous as that.

[conjecturecycle]

I don't see why you can't be. Seems to me you don't have much of a filter.

[wowcool]

It depends on the filter you use, mister moderator. I use one that doesn't rub too many people the wrong way, if I can help it.

[conjecturecycle]

[Hm. Much to read into this comment.]

So you're acting this way to just avoid rocking the boat or pissing anyone off?

Listen, no matter what you do, there's always gonna be someone who isn't gonna like you. If you ask me, I'd rather just be honest and that way at least those people hate what's acutally me and not some fake version of me.

And then also if people like you then, you feel like they actually like you, y'know?

[wowcool]

Yes and no? I suppose I want to have fun while I'm acting out. And its a bit of an exercise, too. There's a lot of reasons. Maybe it's just about being someone better than the me I am, you know.

[A little sigh.]

Maybe I shouldn't take a chance on people liking the real me. I know I wouldn't.

[conjecturecycle]

[Buddy....]

Listen, I'm no therapist, so take what I say with a grain of salt, but. No matter how much you think you suck, there's always someone out there who likes it for some reason. People got different tastes after all.

Like, not ta get too real or anything [As if Anaido hasn't already] but I know I'm generally a pretty unlikeable bitch. But something about the exact way that I happen to suck seems to be ok for Billy? He's been my roommate for over a decade now, so I figure we gotta be friends for real at this point. And since he knows I suck, I don't gotta pretend around him. And that's nice, y'know? Easy.