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ไปฃใ€…ๆœจ ้™ [Yoyogi Shizuka] ([personal profile] eisei) wrote in [community profile] shardbond2025-01-16 09:14 pm

Week 1 - Midweek Meeting Mingle

[ It's been a few days now. Everyone is fairly certain of that, even despite the lack of day/night cycle in space. For better or for worse, the sight of the other chosen has become familiar to everybody. Yet, the group still lacks cohesion. At the very least a certain extremely pink person among you all thinks this way.

At some point today, everyone will have been tapped by Shizuka (or people who could easily be convinced to play errand boy for him) to come meet around the Terminal for some much-needed strategizing. Refreshments are not provided, it's strictly Bring Your Own Rations.

The important thing here is getting together and exchanging info, which Shizuka is going to at least try and facilitate. He steps up and adjust his glasses. His tone is somewhere between serious and haughty, which anyone who's spoken to him will recognize as his default voice. ]


Good afternoon [ he has decided it's afternoon ] and thank you for coming.

It's come to my attention that most of you don't have any prior experience with being a chosen superhero, and that - perhaps even more pressingly - our original realities vary quite drastically from each other.

Milling about like headless chickens is getting us nowhere fast, so let's get some basic introductions and strategizing over with, shall we?

((ooc: to streamline things a little, there are sub-headers for different discussion subjects. feel free to add your own if something isn't covered yet!))
guffawsungraciously: boy does he love playing with his bangs. (are you there?)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2025-01-16 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[he thinks about it.]

Well, in both cases you do need to have someone who is actually the brains of the operation...
divinevoid: (๐ŸŸจ GRIN)

[personal profile] divinevoid 2025-01-16 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ They'll just pipe up from a corner where they are half-way being a menace and maybe...sort of not. ]

Oh? Another volunteer?

We have so many willing individuals today. How fortunate!
divinevoid: (๐ŸŸจ TROLL)

[personal profile] divinevoid 2025-01-17 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ They just end up snickering a little...they didn't expect to get such a response, but somehow that enhances their amusement. ]

A bit cranky, aren't you?

Well, I could have certainly said far worse by now, hm?
guffawsungraciously: a possibly downcast pissy look (GRUMBLE GRUMBLE.)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2025-01-17 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
...It simply sounds extremely tiresome.
divinevoid: (๐ŸŸจ SELF-SATISFACTION)

[personal profile] divinevoid 2025-01-17 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose I can understand that.

I didn't bother volunteering myself for that very reason.

[ Lead the tiring leadership duties to someone else! ]
guffawsungraciously: kind of a neutral dutch angle? it's frowny. i'm bad at describing expressions (hey hendrik look at me.)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2025-01-17 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
You seem more interested in sitting back and snacking as you watch the performance, really.

[which like. respect...?]
divinevoid: (๐ŸŸจ โœจ)

[personal profile] divinevoid 2025-01-17 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ They let out a small chuckle at that, as if the amusement's never left (it hardly ever seems to, really.) ]

Oh, you're not wrong at all. Even I would have also seen the benefits in indulging in a 'snack' just like anyone else, though I am easily doing just fine without.

...There is also something infinitely satisfying to enjoying the show - not always, of course. But, at a time like this? Certainly.

Why, if you had the chance to observe some conversations, there could be some amusing tidbits to catch sight of.
guffawsungraciously: most of his expression is obscured by his armor! you can interpret it how you like. (bitch.)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2025-01-17 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
So have you been trying to be a fly on the wall for this whole... experience, or just the meeting?
divinevoid: (๐ŸŸจ REPORT)

[personal profile] divinevoid 2025-01-17 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Now, for this, they will place their hands on their own hips, before holding one hand out to their side as they explain, and then allowing it to drop down, another smile curling upwards on their face. ]

A good question, Sir Jasper.

Yet, I must confess...there is nothing so logical nor feasible as only remaining as such during the entirety of this "experience".

We are all here to "save" this pitiful world, thus this place has already forced us all into a state of action rather than allowing us to truly embrace the role of the observer. [ ... ] After all, have you witnessed some of those lingering mindless creatures waltzing around? Quite a nuisance, really.

Due to the nature of others, I can enjoy such a status purely during a meeting.

As for you - you will most certainly consider yourself more inclined towards being a man of action, yes?
Edited 2025-01-17 12:48 (UTC)
guffawsungraciously: again, the aggressive side-eye (the aggressive side-eye)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2025-01-19 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Generally, yes. I have never found myself content to remain as a mere observer... though I do think there is wisdom in discerning when it is best to stand back and observe and when to act.
divinevoid: (๐ŸŸจ BRAG)

[personal profile] divinevoid 2025-01-20 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ A wisdom that may as well spell the difference between life or death in a given situation - so, it's only natural that they agree. ]

Oh, certainly. There are quite a number of fools out there who can't bother to know when to make the correct timing between either choices...but, well.

Those who do typically end up surviving quite a bit longer.
guffawsungraciously: he's pissiliy crossed his arms (as the friendship goes resentment grows)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2025-01-20 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. Rare is it that someone has the luck to survive despite that, but it does happen.

Unfortunately.