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[hisman]

[ Jian Yi doesn't think to use the anon function. It never once crosses his mind that there might be an easier way to get the results he's looking for. ]

hey, prismals! no, moonblessed right?
I'm Jian Yi and I haven't been here long, but I have the system worked out so far.

touch each other = chroma
chroma = money
money = stuff
touch each other = stuff

um, my roommate has a goal and needs help reaching it.
he needs as much chroma as he can get saved up as fast as possible.

[ In case his... roommate's best friend shows up and he has to take care of his best friend so he never has to earn chroma with anyone except Jia- his roommate. ]

my roommate has never done this before.
with anyone.
so let's help him out, you know?

thanks everyone!

[ ooc: Jian Yi is 17 and has an opt-out post over here for anyone that might need it. I'm really excited to be in game and I'm on plurk @ knivesout if anyone wants to plot! ]

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[greenbriar]

[ A young man's voice, heavy on the skepticism. ]

And why has he not? Done "this" before.

[hisman]

just hasn't happened, you know?
have you done it before?

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[greenbriar]

[ Lol ignoring the question. ]

And you think this is the best way to solicit a lover... why?

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[hisman]

it's not for me!
it's for him

...how else would you do it?

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[greenbriar]

[ ...the denial is the thing that's starting to make him suspicious... ]

For one, let people see who they're dealing with.

[ Here, he'll even flip his own video on: he's an elfy, sharp-featured man with an obvious fondness for jewelry, sitting in what appears to be an ice cream parlor.

Eating a gigantic sundae. ]

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[hisman]

fine

[ Jian Yi poses first, obviously, and then flips the video on. He's laying on his sofa, artfully spread out on his side. His shirt opened at the top, but everything still covered. He's made it so it looks like he's just lounging around playing a game. ]

My roommate isn't here.

[ Still in denial. He's embarrassed. ]

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[greenbriar]

Then what is the point?

[ Though the lounging does not go unnoticed; as a semi-professional lounger himself, he appreciates the art. ]

I have little interest in bedding someone both inexperienced and unattractive, and you have confirmed at least one of those things to be true about your... friend.

If he is not present, then I appear to have no way to verify the other.

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[hisman]

[ Jian Yi has stopped the charade with almost everyone else by this point. He hadn't meant to be deceiving but he'd wanted to get answers while not suffering the subsequent embarrassment associated with the topic.

But he had to tell the truth now. ]

It's not my... friend. It's me. I'm sorry for the dishonesty, hyung.

[ He is inexperienced but people say that he is handsome. ]

Am I unattractive?

i'm so sorry this is so late

[greenbriar]

[ Oh, that's interesting. He leans forward, closer to the video; for a few lengthy seconds his black gaze evaluates Jian Yi -- the sprawl of long limbs, the artfully undone top button of his shirt, the striking colour of his hair... ]

You are not.

[ Cardan loves liars, primarily because he himself cannot lie. ]

Why go to such lengths to hide it?

[hisman]

[ Oh. The man thinks he's attractive. In a situation like this one, it doesn't roll of his shoulders like it might back home. The compliment is a pleasant one to hear and it's even better to receive from a man that looks like this one does. His vanity practically preens under the attention. ]

I was... I dunno, embarrassed. Everyone kept saying I was prostituting my roommate out, which meant I was actually doing that for myself.

[ He sighs. ]

That's not what I was trying to do. I wanted to find someone that would, you know, and that I could explain myself to.

[greenbriar]

[ Cardan frowns; this is not a problem he's particularly familiar with -- chastity is not very common in Faerie -- but he's trying his best to consider it. After a moment of poking at his sundae, he asks: ]

What are you needing to explain, exactly?