this room is so bright. there is a lot going on here, and fei du, like a true gen zer, has his phone in his hand, absently taking a picture of the surroundings. when he spots jonas and his rightful confusion, he lifts his phone and mimes taking a picture. ]
They're backgrounds for people to post on social media - the idea is to capture a good picture of yourself in a different background instead of something normal. Drawing attention, and all of that jazz. A bit disorienting, huh?
[ glad fei du's a zoomer. jonas is a modern but he truly looks so baffled and annoyed by this concept for a hot second. ]
That's. One of the stupidest things I've ever heard. [ it's almost absurdly funny. ] I mean I get it, I've taken a lot of selfies, too, but this is a little overkill.
It is very stupid. Then again, what is social media if not on the vapid side?
[ as he picks up his phone and takes a picture anyway, though not a selfie - just of the absolutely ridiculous room itself. ] What sort of theme do you think this one has? Phorange...?
The aesthetic of the tasteless, probably. I don't even have a fashion sense and even I can tell this is pretty bad. [ it could just be because it is bright orange. ] Maybe some of the other rooms aren't as terrible though. I haven't checked yet.
Yeah, sure. [ and he begins to walk in a random direction to find another room. ] If they're here, we may as well. And it can't hurt to get an idea what's available anyway.
[ does not argue about fashion sense, he will leave this to fei du. ]
[ maybe. might've been a test to see what he could do. ]
Hey man, I don't know how people live their lives. You can't tell me there's a zero chance we have at least one person like that here. [ but he hums a little. photos. right. ]
Call it proof of how ridiculous this is? [ it's not a no though. ]
[ imagine i had been like "he gets hit in the face" ]
Oh, I'm sure. [ dreamwidth user onlypets (no). but, amused, he leans on the edge of the bathtub and pulls up his phone, turning the camera on to selfie mode.
a bit deadpan, as he holds up the ball with his other hand: ] Cheese.
[ fei du your mystewy. but jonas is looking at the photo before nodding. yes. perfect. ]
Yeah. I've had to explain it to a few people since we've gotten here and every time I do it makes me even more curious what they have instead. But there's the whole...different planes thing. So maybe it's not as weird.
Libby explained a possibility for it and ever since I've kind of decided just not to think that hard about much of this. Seems a lot safer that way. [ but there is. gerard. yes. ] Pretty sure the frog surprised everybody, including the frog. But I've only talked to him a little bit.
...anybody else leave enough of an impression on you yet?
Depends on what you mean by impression. [ this comes with a little smile. ] We've got quite the interesting crew, don't we? To say people from all walks of life is putting it lightly.
I'm fond of my teammates - well. Wenzhou's passable. The other two are lovely. [ be nice to wenzhou ] What about you?
I haven't spoken to your teammates much but they seem okay. Mine've been...a lot better than I thought. But even before we settled I kind of tried to get an impression of most people here. People like Shenhe, Wolfwood, Vash, Ylfa, Rin, Matsui, D, Shu...they've left some kind.
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this room is so bright. there is a lot going on here, and fei du, like a true gen zer, has his phone in his hand, absently taking a picture of the surroundings. when he spots jonas and his rightful confusion, he lifts his phone and mimes taking a picture. ]
They're backgrounds for people to post on social media - the idea is to capture a good picture of yourself in a different background instead of something normal. Drawing attention, and all of that jazz. A bit disorienting, huh?
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That's. One of the stupidest things I've ever heard. [ it's almost absurdly funny. ] I mean I get it, I've taken a lot of selfies, too, but this is a little overkill.
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It is very stupid. Then again, what is social media if not on the vapid side?
[ as he picks up his phone and takes a picture anyway, though not a selfie - just of the absolutely ridiculous room itself. ] What sort of theme do you think this one has? Phorange...?
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Phorange you glad I didn't say banana... [ this is a horrible joke. ] I'm thinking they didn't have anything specific in mind, actually.
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For the aesthetic, you think? Some aesthetic, at least.
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[ this sounds delightful, actually. ] As for fashion sense, I've got you covered. Let's see what other monstrosities we can find.
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[ does not argue about fashion sense, he will leave this to fei du. ]
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off to the next room they go! ]
Aika did say that we'd find plenty of funny places as we went along here. I guess this must only be the beginning...?
[ and the next room is
a bubble bath. ]
...Hmm.
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[ bath...room. ]
...is this better or worse than the last one? [ but he enters the room, picking up the rubber ducky. hello? ]
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Splash.
[ please. ] I think it's a little better. It's at least less orange, which is a point in its favor.
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I will give it that. Ten points for being less eye-searing, minus three for being questionably suggestive. [ it's a bathtub. ]
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Is this the place for those kind of photos? [ jokingly ] It's a solid mediocre, I agree.
[ as he digs around in his pocket and pulls out his phone. ] Come on, we might as well take one.
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Hey man, I don't know how people live their lives. You can't tell me there's a zero chance we have at least one person like that here. [ but he hums a little. photos. right. ]
Call it proof of how ridiculous this is? [ it's not a no though. ]
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Oh, I'm sure. [ dreamwidth user onlypets (no). but, amused, he leans on the edge of the bathtub and pulls up his phone, turning the camera on to selfie mode.
a bit deadpan, as he holds up the ball with his other hand: ] Cheese.
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I guess it's a good thing you know what a camera is in the first place.
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anyway this comment makes him chuckle as he examines the picture and holds it out for jonas's inspection. this is a very Ironic TM picture. ]
That is something that seems to afflict a big portion of our group, huh? It's almost hard to imagine living that way.
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Yeah. I've had to explain it to a few people since we've gotten here and every time I do it makes me even more curious what they have instead. But there's the whole...different planes thing. So maybe it's not as weird.
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fei du shakes his head, quipping - ] The frog surprised me. [ as he tucks his phone back into his pocket. ] Though, he is very nice.
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...anybody else leave enough of an impression on you yet?
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I'm fond of my teammates - well. Wenzhou's passable. The other two are lovely. [ be nice to wenzhou ] What about you?
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I haven't spoken to your teammates much but they seem okay. Mine've been...a lot better than I thought. But even before we settled I kind of tried to get an impression of most people here. People like Shenhe, Wolfwood, Vash, Ylfa, Rin, Matsui, D, Shu...they've left some kind.