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Post by Chimera on Dec 24, 2019 23:30:11 GMT -4
410 WC oh look, nerds | One ridiculously sappy Christmas classic with janky, sort-of-creepy stop motion animation down, only four movies until the next one. So far, so good.
Chimera was off to the side of the room on a thick blue bean-bag chair near the window. With how many students had shown up--even with there being two rooms for them to drift between--it was still pretty warm in there. Warm enough that somebody with a thick layer of fur needed to be near a slightly ajar window to avoid feeling overheated. He was watching the movies with half of his attention and scanning over the rest of the students with the other. It was still his job as Disciplinary Committee to keep an eye on things, but...so far, so good, even with Yumi and Red in the room. Not that he was profiling, but...
...well...
Anyway. Finishing off the last of the meat on his FCK chicken wing he stood up from his spot and moved to the back of the room to re-plate. There was still a ridiculous amount of food left; not as much as there had been when Emi had decided to cater but still enough that the students with insane metabolisms could eat their fill without worrying about starving the rest of them. He grabbed about couple of wings and went to refill a ceramic mug of coco as well while he was up. He had to lift the nose he was wearing to drink it but oh well.
Oh, right, did I forget to mention? Somewhere between the night beginning and Yojin's smart-ass getting to the club room, he'd been given the dumbest accessory he'd been given by his roommate in a while: a literal light-up red nose to stick on the end of his snout, that blinked in time with the ones on the ceiling despite being--as far as he could tell--completely unconnected to them.
If only Yojin could put his time and effort into something that wasn't making his life harder and/or annoying the majority of the school population, then maybe someday he'd be the greatest technical marvel to come out of U.A. Alas.
With plate and cup on paw he returned to his spot, settled back into his bean-bag, and nudged his aforementioned smart-ass roommate with his elbow, jostling the lights that, too, were dangling from his stupid looking sweatshirt.
"Hey, refilled your coco. What's next on the playlist? I forgot already."
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Post by Hino Yojin on Dec 24, 2019 23:40:58 GMT -4
自由自在 2-Ss should stand for "santa studies"
For some reason, the fact that he’d been at UA for more than a full year hit Yojin hardest at Christmas. Over a year of studying mechanics in a setting he’d never dreamed of, over a year of odd friendships, living alongside aggressive, idealistic, and stubborn hero students, a year of worrying for--or being frustrated by--Tsutsuji-sensei. a year of Damage Control and ducking authority; one Christmas movie night to the next, a perfect circle. Such was the power of ritual. He’d missed the start of the first school year, so this was where the string closed, the chain connected.
It was a goddamn weird feeling, especially since he wasn’t used to being sentimental. Fuck, it wasn’t even the biggest holiday of the year. Just a stupid little ritual Chimera and him had cooked up, half out of fear that their friends had been about to kill each other last year.
Things has mellowed a bit.
This time, instead of being fashionably late, Yojin had set up early. Literally set up--he’d been hauling speakers, running wires, assembling the projector and decorations all day. Maybe he could have been at work, but who the fuck was buying illegal weapons on Christmas Eve? Besides. This was a tradition, now. He was going to take pride in it.
Yojin’s pride expressed itself in the way he slouched in the back of the room atop a pile of three stacked mattresses, a steaming thermos of chocolate (with a shot of espresso, so he wouldn’t fall asleep this time) in his hand, festively dressed in his least-tattered red hoodie, wrapped in glowing, multi-colored christmas lights. Become the festive spirit. Be the tree. He even looked less grumpy than usual, if still exhausted, deep, dark bags under his eyes. Decorating was tiring too.
“Dark Christmas. The Slasher--we kick it up, before we simmer down with Miracle on 69th Street. I think. Unless I switched it--then, the people who fall asleep during "Miracle" are going to be really damn confused. So Chimera--” He bantered cheerily, his voice full of the certain smug satisfaction of a man who’d forced his best friend into wearing a light-up red nose to greet the guests. “Who's your bet on who gets here next?”
A nice, friendly continuation of the conversation. An olive branch of peace, of a sort, as he reached out to take the paper cup, and pour it straight into this thermos before taking a drink.
“My guess would be Tetsuko, but she’s visiting Elise. Therefore...I speculate, the wildcard. The crazy foreigner. The skater. My more heroic, but perhaps, less machine-e-ly talented counterpart. Red.” Yojin added, grinning widely. A bold choice. Especially if Red and Yumi had their own christmas plans. Plans, that perhaps, mirrored Tetsuko and Elise’s. Yojin was willing to risk it, though. He had a feeling.
“Do you have a counter-bet? I say the winner gets next drink. So who’s it going to be--Kaz? Or is he still visiting family? Kouta? I’d be careful, I think your sister has sed--er--bullied a lot of the first years into visiting her. Maybe Momoko?” Yojin continued, deftly changing word mid-sentence so Chimera wouldn’t glare at him too much. Besides, intimidated fit Angie’s style much better. Intimidated. Badgered. Threatened. Like a little Yakuza don, and Yojin might know.
“If it’s Momoko, I hope she likes the 'bot.” Yojin added, nodding proudly at the robot by the door. It was a custom model, a pole stuck to an immobile base, but with four articulated arms and hands capable of serving drinks and cookies, and steaming hot and greasy FKC Chicken. Just to add to the style, Yojin had dressed it as an elf.
And then wrapped it in lights. He liked lights. Also, if he blew out the generator enough times, UA might buy a new one, one capable of supporting bigger projects.
It paid to plan ahead, because now all he had to do was sit back, and enjoy more movies in good company. Honestly, crazy western holiday that it might be, Yojin had always enjoyed Christmas. Santa Claus was an excellent role-model for a mechanic--one day a year of miracles, omniscient, stylish transit and then gone.
"Don't let me sleep right? I need to catch Wuppets with your sister, I promised. Also, I want to rev up the sleigh at midnight, and go for a tear on the track. Busy night!”
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Post by Chimera on Dec 26, 2019 12:45:04 GMT -4
475 WC >_> Hmmmmmmm... | Chimera wriggled a little in the beanbag until it was back into a shape more fitting himself and not, well, bean-shaped, giving a small snort of amusement at Yojin's retelling of the upcoming films. He didn't like horror films too much but a couple years of learning to combat danger--as well as the general camp of said horror films--made it easier to stomach them. "I guess it'd be better to play it earlier than later...too late and somebody's going to have nightmares."
Once he was settled he started gnawing on one of the chicken wings--not the spicy blend, because his stomach didn't like it--as the blood-splatter styled letters of "DARK CHRISTMAS" came up on the screen several mattresses away. His ear perked in Yojin's direction. One of the good things about having enhanced hearing was you never needed to worry about hearing somebody over a loud movie. The downside was that occasionally he could hear the films in Angelica's room, and the disruption gave him a headache. Whoops.
Next time, maybe he'd soundproof the hallway a little.
Next time. Heh.
"I want to be on Charlie actually," he glanced down at his plate, concern for a moment clouding the cheerful air around him. It was lessened by the still steadily pulsing glow of his nose. "She's not going to be near Angie if she can help it, but I think she could use a break. Those night cram classes are killer."
"Other than her...there's still some first years I think who'd like action more! Not everyone is--" Chimera took a second to glare at Yojin, catching that last-second word-swap a moment too late, "--...not everyone is that scared of her. Maybe the kid from DC will come. What's his name,...Yasashi. He seems like the kind of guy who'd like the louder side of Christmas cinema. Maybe."
He continued to chew up the chicken with his strong, sharp canine-like teeth. It was easy to rip through the bones with them by accident, and eating those still wasn't good for him, so he had to be careful. As he munched, though, his eyes traveled back up to Yojin atop his Princess and the Pea arrangement.
Since the first time Yojin saw Angelica in the chat room--using his account to post a picture of herself, no less, the damn brat--they'd been throwing playful little remarks back and forth. He called her "Angie", something she only had tolerated from himself before, she called him "Hino-chan", wink-face emotes kept flying around. It wasn't unlike Angelica to be affectionate with people she liked, but...something about it was rubbing him the wrong way.
"Not to be that brother, but you remember we're showing it here, too, just later. Do you have to keep up with the..." Chimera waved his paw, "...with her?"
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Post by Rowan Sakamoto on Feb 8, 2020 5:01:01 GMT -4
 tags here | ◀ | The heart is a heavy burden ❤ Being a small person mad her almost able to curl up in the other beanbag but it was time to get some food. Her stomach was making soft growling sounds because of the smell within the room. She had no idea that people ate all this stuff which would be a shocker on her face not much alter. She would finally go and get up, tug on her shirt a little, it was obvious that the girl was highly uncomfortable but she would manage. She simply took a deep breath as she looked at the screen and the bloody letters on it made her regret coming in general, it reminded her of things she did not want to think about. Maybe she would play on her phone for the whole movie, would she manage that? Shouldn't Christmas movies be like happy and cliche? Or were that the western ones that she had always watched at Grandma Rowena's place. She did not want to think about that and she threw her bag in the beanbag so she considered it claimed, she wasn't sure if it worked that way but it would be for the best. She could hide, she could cover herself, she could imagine that Miku's mother was right and convince herself she was doing a lot better, mhm, yes.
She stood at the table not much later, listening in to the whispers without actually registering what they were saying, it was just nice to know she wasn't alone. Yet she had not really talked to anyone. She stared at the FCK as she never had that before and she wondered if she should try or go for the safe option of popcorn. It looked weird and yet tasty, she felt hesitant, which made her wonder if she should ask. People would probably think her silly but that's when she heard a voice that made her even hold her breath and in the dark, she tried to find the two she heard talking. And even if Hanako was right, her stomach made a firm drop when she heard the words your sister and I promised. Oh. Yes, why bother, ehm no that wasn't what she wanted to feel, it was all fine and stuff. She tried to quickly get something only for her bowl to fall, yes she brought one for popcorn and even if it was hard carton it made a strange sound, "Sorry." She whispered and quickly got it and stood up straight again, quite rigid. Why not just go? Why was she here in the first place?
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Post by Crimson on Apr 11, 2020 16:12:51 GMT -4
Chimera You currently have - EXP, and you gained 8 EXP for this thread! Hino Yojin You currently have 286 EXP, and you gained 7 EXP for this thread! Rowan Sakamoto You currently have - EXP, and you gained 4 EXP for this thread!
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