Post by Random🎲McConalogue on Mar 14, 2024 21:12:59 GMT -5
A cave beneath a wishing well, the proto-stream slowly carving a vague channel across the floor.
She stands against the wall, cloak draping over her face leaving it in a mix of shadow and vague highlights. She glances downwards at the floor, or perhaps the pile of coins behind the camera
Random: The most fundamental, ethereal problem with wishes and dreams is always what you do after
How do you adjust to not having to worry about the thing happening or not?
All the time and thinking and feeling space that's suddenly free
And one less thing to aim for
She tilts her head, letting everyone think that over. It's hard to see her expression between the cloak and the gloom, but it's definitely her
Random: You've achieved the dream, now what? Settle with that and do no more?
Nah. This isnae the place for that. It's comfy to settle, your wish is what you came for, why would you risk that?
Her voice faintly echoes, barely registering, but in the absence of any other sound, it's noticeable
Random: You've worked so hard for it beat And the rest of the universe. Mostly the rest of the universe, as it turns out
Supremacy's been and NOMAD's the new Tapout champion, that's one of his wishes realised, and it'll stay realised until it ends and the risk pays off. That's how things are at the big, shiny end, but...
There's a thing where everybody I tag with here, I end up in a big one on one match with right after. Jason Long, Sam Sawyer, Aiden Merric. Happened to all of them, and it's been a mixed bag. And I'm the master of mixed bag contexts...
Smirking, she halts herself before disappearing on a tangent, even if it is relevant
Random: But t h a a a a a a t... is title business. And this weekend is weekend business. The wanderer and the hitchhiker, sounds like there's a page we're both on for a start. That's useful, that. Two people who've spent most of their careers travelling, exploring, just being everywhere.
We can tune into that. I've watched Supremacy.
Are we daein' this then NOMAD?
I suppose we are then
Affirmative nod, then an eye cast towards the coins across the room
Random: We can settle for putting our two against these two and coming up with a foregone conclusion
Wanting more is a big thing when you achieve your dreams, and stuff works out. Striving for greater and greater, until the part where it just... buckles ye.
You've got my attention, Poena beat Oh you've got my attention.
I know you're no' here to argue troll arguments, you're no' looking at me just to try and tell me whether And Another Thing's proper canon...
We glitch through a collage of moments... the mist, the creepy dice picture, Shocked looking Random, sudden and fleeting, taking no time to dwell for more than a few frames
Random: Our names have been intertwined for a while now... There's a lot people are still asking. Including what the question is.
People are bright. They know the source material as well as you do.
Maybe even as well as I know it.
Probably better than Raiden Ishimori knows it.
But wishes and dreams are more like MacGuffins to some. Something to keep as an idle thought...
...she pauses mid-sentence, waiting for the soft clink of a fresh coin falls to land on the pile and rustle coldly...
Random: ...to keep the mind busy while you set up a life for yourself. Life as a Harbinger, life in J-ROK or wherever else you might be. Sometimes it's good to have a simple goal you can at least pretend you're aiming at.
You talk about bringing pain, but all you've really said is you're heading straight to the mat. In where I work best, down at the deepest depths and the most precise positioning. The fuzzy place where everything comes down to chance.
Are you sure you're gonnae be in charge the way you think? Look at who I've dragged down in a year in a half, all by myself
Ask your new tag team partner what it's like to know there's no chance of stopping me. Or NOMAD.
Ask him what he's really after with me as well?
Taking a thought, she seems to disappear into the shadows of the cloak, leaving that thought to drift
Random: I think I know. I'm unravelling a whole load. I know I get to you, Poena. I know and you know I know... I don't fully appreciate why yet.
But I know that's there
A brief glance at the floor, as if she's looking for a distraction that won't work. She makes herself look straight into the lens
Random: I know there's questions and answers. Maybe I don't know the proper question yet...
Or maybe I do and you don't accept that.
Maybe we work too different to each other, inside. Or too similar? Am I a threat or a challenge to you?
A nervous glance down, slightly surprised at herself, but then straight back to camera
Random: I could have plans for both. But then, I've never relied on wishes or dreams to keep me going...
She flicks the hood back with a headtilt, and her whole expression softens, lit more evenly now
Random: I just keep on relying my deep plans being mostly redundant, the fundamental laws of pure, ethereal mathematics holding, and e v e r y t h i n g usually works out from there...
within a standard deviation or three
fade to the usual teal slide, white text
She stands against the wall, cloak draping over her face leaving it in a mix of shadow and vague highlights. She glances downwards at the floor, or perhaps the pile of coins behind the camera
Random: The most fundamental, ethereal problem with wishes and dreams is always what you do after
How do you adjust to not having to worry about the thing happening or not?
All the time and thinking and feeling space that's suddenly free
And one less thing to aim for
She tilts her head, letting everyone think that over. It's hard to see her expression between the cloak and the gloom, but it's definitely her
Random: You've achieved the dream, now what? Settle with that and do no more?
Nah. This isnae the place for that. It's comfy to settle, your wish is what you came for, why would you risk that?
Her voice faintly echoes, barely registering, but in the absence of any other sound, it's noticeable
Random: You've worked so hard for it beat And the rest of the universe. Mostly the rest of the universe, as it turns out
Supremacy's been and NOMAD's the new Tapout champion, that's one of his wishes realised, and it'll stay realised until it ends and the risk pays off. That's how things are at the big, shiny end, but...
There's a thing where everybody I tag with here, I end up in a big one on one match with right after. Jason Long, Sam Sawyer, Aiden Merric. Happened to all of them, and it's been a mixed bag. And I'm the master of mixed bag contexts...
Smirking, she halts herself before disappearing on a tangent, even if it is relevant
Random: But t h a a a a a a t... is title business. And this weekend is weekend business. The wanderer and the hitchhiker, sounds like there's a page we're both on for a start. That's useful, that. Two people who've spent most of their careers travelling, exploring, just being everywhere.
We can tune into that. I've watched Supremacy.
Are we daein' this then NOMAD?
I suppose we are then
Affirmative nod, then an eye cast towards the coins across the room
Random: We can settle for putting our two against these two and coming up with a foregone conclusion
Wanting more is a big thing when you achieve your dreams, and stuff works out. Striving for greater and greater, until the part where it just... buckles ye.
You've got my attention, Poena beat Oh you've got my attention.
I know you're no' here to argue troll arguments, you're no' looking at me just to try and tell me whether And Another Thing's proper canon...
We glitch through a collage of moments... the mist, the creepy dice picture, Shocked looking Random, sudden and fleeting, taking no time to dwell for more than a few frames
Random: Our names have been intertwined for a while now... There's a lot people are still asking. Including what the question is.
People are bright. They know the source material as well as you do.
Maybe even as well as I know it.
Probably better than Raiden Ishimori knows it.
But wishes and dreams are more like MacGuffins to some. Something to keep as an idle thought...
...she pauses mid-sentence, waiting for the soft clink of a fresh coin falls to land on the pile and rustle coldly...
Random: ...to keep the mind busy while you set up a life for yourself. Life as a Harbinger, life in J-ROK or wherever else you might be. Sometimes it's good to have a simple goal you can at least pretend you're aiming at.
You talk about bringing pain, but all you've really said is you're heading straight to the mat. In where I work best, down at the deepest depths and the most precise positioning. The fuzzy place where everything comes down to chance.
Are you sure you're gonnae be in charge the way you think? Look at who I've dragged down in a year in a half, all by myself
Ask your new tag team partner what it's like to know there's no chance of stopping me. Or NOMAD.
Ask him what he's really after with me as well?
Taking a thought, she seems to disappear into the shadows of the cloak, leaving that thought to drift
Random: I think I know. I'm unravelling a whole load. I know I get to you, Poena. I know and you know I know... I don't fully appreciate why yet.
But I know that's there
A brief glance at the floor, as if she's looking for a distraction that won't work. She makes herself look straight into the lens
Random: I know there's questions and answers. Maybe I don't know the proper question yet...
Or maybe I do and you don't accept that.
Maybe we work too different to each other, inside. Or too similar? Am I a threat or a challenge to you?
A nervous glance down, slightly surprised at herself, but then straight back to camera
Random: I could have plans for both. But then, I've never relied on wishes or dreams to keep me going...
She flicks the hood back with a headtilt, and her whole expression softens, lit more evenly now
Random: I just keep on relying my deep plans being mostly redundant, the fundamental laws of pure, ethereal mathematics holding, and e v e r y t h i n g usually works out from there...
within a standard deviation or three
fade to the usual teal slide, white text
It was a special anniversary or two last week, you know