101.3 - they see me trollin', they hatin'

[hard_talker]

Not much goin' on these days, folks, so I'll keep it short and sweet. Two new arrivals this week: Clint and Echidna. And if anyone feels like answering the oldest elementary school essay question ever, you can find it over on page (bluh). Now if you'll excuse me, I heard they came out with at least five new Final Tales of the Dragon games since my time, so I'm gonna get right to that. This place is reading like a Bieber song.

[Filtered To People WITHOUT Children For The Week]

So that's my plan. What're you all doing till this bullshit blows over and everyone starts cryin' about it? I'll be in the game room if anyone wants to come hang out.


[Filtered To People WITH Children For The Week]

[your resident DJ has rounded up every single volume of Kidz Bop in existance. considering the castle can find music from the "future", there are about 56 volumes. he sets them up to play, continuously, over this filter, and then goes off to mind his own business and play his video games. have fuuuuuuuun.]

((OOC: Also worth noting OOCly for anyone who missed it is Hank's Eschaton Society meeting for the bad guys! There's also a log, linked at the bottom of the post.))

Comments

That first filter forever

[mal_addict]

I planned to stay in our room and only open the journal for brief intervals when the boredom really got too much. I live in the vain hope something more intellectual than a full description of what their spawn did today and how no other child ever has done it before might show up.

So far, it's just been you.

[hard_talker]

You will always, always, always be on the same page as me about this crap, Sarge. And that? Is why I love you.

[pretty piano music over the journal. hell yes title screens.]

Is Nikola in the same ridiculously annoyed boat?

[mal_addict]

Awww, I think my cold dead heart just beat. But really, you have to wonder what possesses these people to keep talking about their magical castle babies.

[Pause. How do video games work again] Didn't know you played the piano.

He is. I think the castle has deemed us unfit parents after last time.

[hard_talker]

[he just ... stares at that word when it shows up on the page. possesses. SO MANY S'S. it's mesmerizing. The English Language Is Weird. ... okay, moment over]

I do, but -- oh! That's not me playing, it's the music from the game. You wanna come up and see? This is the kind of game where if you sit and watch other people play, it's kinda like watching a movie.

[he's put in the 10th. for the record. if anyone cares]

[mal_addict]

[He should be glad he's never heard an Igor try to say it. It takes Igorina a week to get through that word]

Oh...one of those video game [she says 'video game' very slowly, the way a foreigner would try to say 'lavatory', carefully in case saying it wrong resulted in being sent to a laboratory instead] things?

...Sure, why not. It'll kill some time and we can drown out the baby talk.

[hard_talker]

[but it would be amusing. in a sad sort of way.]

Arright, come on up. I'll wish you up some iced coffee to go with my stash of Pepsis.

[and sure enough, by the time she gets up to the game room, he'll have a big pitcher of it on a TV table with glasses. no mocha, no flavors, just coffee. he hasn't even started the game yet, so she won't miss anything]

[mal_addict]

[This is why she likes you best, Mark. She'll just sit beside him and pour herself a glass]

So. What's this one about?

[hard_talker]

Not quite sure, hasn't really gotten far yet. All I've got so far is that the kid in the weird pants with the spiky hair is a famous athlete, and the sport has something to do with being underwater.

I haven't even gotten to push buttons yet. That's how early you are.

[mal_addict]

...Isn't the whole point to push buttons or have I missed something?

second filter ...

[ino]

Maaaaark! [omg this is awful]

... forever

[hard_talker]

Inooooooooooo!

[what. he can't tell what filter she's on from just her saying HIS NAME.






okay he totally can but he dun curr, this is hysterical]

[ino]

Cut it out, this is horrible!

[hard_talker]

[he'll amend the first filter to say Except For Ino]

Better?

[ino]

[ ... sighs]

Yeah. Thanks.

Ino, to end

[hard_talker]

Sorry, I ... didn't know you ended up with one.

[ino]

... It's alright, the music was just kind of terrible.

[a little sigh] I guess you didn't meet her last year, huh?

[hard_talker]

I didn't, no ... I think I was still a wind-up toy? That was right around Nora's birthday.

[ino]

Huh ... right.

... Well, you can still meet her, if you want. [said a little reluctantly, since ... by the sound of the entry, he probably doesn't like little kids much]

[hard_talker]

Yeah, sure. [he has problems with people who are all My Kid Is Better Than Your Kid, because that's just stupid. kids in general, though, those are cool, and he knows Ino wouldn't be a douche like that]

Where're you at? In town, or around here?

[ino]

In town, but I can come over there. We could use a little fresh air, anyways.

[foolreversed]

Oh man, that series started going really downhill! Don't be expecting anything great out of those next 5- the old ones are still the best.

[also what the fuck is this music Mark]

[hard_talker]

No? Number ten looked pretty interesting. I'm gonna give that one a whirl.

[it is the best example of a somewhat decent idea gone horribly, terribly wrong.]

[foolreversed]

Have fun wondering why the hell the protagonist thought those pants of his would be a good idea.

Oh but I did liked the lead heroine in that one, she's cute. Until they gave her more cleavage and booty shorts while making her do some pop idol crap in the sequel but I like to pretend that didn't happen.

[hard_talker]

That's one of the best things about these games, how ridiculous the outfits get. ... And yeah, I've got the box for the sequel here. I think I'll be skipping it.

dictated;

[hedonic]

That's Veteran Mercenary Echidna. If you're going to announce me, then do it right. And is that all? Here I've heard you're supposed to give the most entertaining announcements.

[ A low-key sigh. She didn't hear that, but stupid men always dropping the ball. So useless. ]

I suppose I'll have to make up for it somehow.

[hard_talker]

Well excuse me, your Highness. Maybe once Veteran's Day comes around in November we'll throw you a parade.

You want a better broadcast, show up on a more exciting week.

[hedonic]

[ Wow. She doesn't understand the Veteran's Day thing, but she most certainly understands a man being a smartass at her.

She smiles to herself. She can see the second filter, and someone had addressed him as Mark. How many doors have that name? She'll have to go find out ASAP. ]

I suppose you're right... Not exciting enough. I'll get right on that, Mister Announcer.

[ Shutting her journal with a chuckle. ]

Firsssst.

[wheatdos]

"Is...is this a usual thing? This... this... random, uh spawning of children? It's inconvenient. I was lucky enough to not have any, but honestly it's hard to do any science when there are a bunch of kids running around. Really inconvenient."

[hard_talker]

It's an annual thing. Happened last year around this time, too. I think the ones that were here last year actually ... got older.

Which is fuckin' disturbing, since I've been here a year and a half and I sure as hell haven't gotten any taller.

First Filter - dictated

[nothingtobelieve]

[So completely deadpan that the pan has been atomized]

Invest in earplugs.

[hard_talker]

Good first step. Gold star, man.

[nothingtobelieve]

It sounds as if this is a recurring theme. Does it happen often?

[hard_talker]

The babies? Yeah, every year, from what I've seen an' heard. This is only year two for me, but I've got a friend who's had one about this time of year for four years.

[nothingtobelieve]

That sounds... tedious.

[hard_talker]

That's actually a really good word for it, because everyone says the same crap about their kids when they show up, while they're here, and when they leave. It's like a really bad afterschool special on endless loop.

[nothingtobelieve]

I can't say I'm surprised. Willful ignorance towards the pointlessness of their actions seems a very common personal flaw.