video | forward date to august 6th

[thedarkbond]

[On the first day of the Cordis moon, a video feed is opened on several Prismatican social media sites almost simultaneously, as well as the app the Moonblessed generally use for this kind of communication. The camera's view is crowded with a bevy of nervous and excited looking young Prismals of various and sundry stripes, standing in front of a building with rainbow windows and led by one Ren Suzugamori, flagrantly obvious Moonblessed. Except he's flagrantly obvious in a different way this month, skin still ghastly and glowing and eyes still gold, but now with nine white tails that look thicker than he is wide and a set of long, foxlike ears. His fangs poke out of his mouth slightly, but at least his claws are covered by the ridiculous drape of the shirt sleeves he's wearing right now.

As soon as the feed starts, he waves at the camera with a light smile and winks, starting up with a cheerful and cutesy sort of tone.] Everyone, say hello~

[The crowd of Prismals all shout a greeting in muddled not-quite unison, and Ren curls a hand over his mouth as if thinking it's cute.]

They're enthusiastic, right? My name is Suzugamori Ren - nice to meet you all - and we're all here to welcome you to a new place to have fun on Level 1 - Sanctuary Gaming.

[They all gesture behind them to the unmissable building.] We're having a proper grand opening party on the 8th where everyone can come in and game together, but let's explain a little more first. If you need a place to play or buy tabletop or video games, we're right here for you for all kinds, even if you only really know the classics like chess or Go or shogi. And we're also taking custom orders for accessories and peripherals for all kinds of gaming - everything from card sleeves to headsets and keyboards, we can work out with you as well. We've got a lot of talented staff here to work on our own game releases in the future, so in the meantime, we can also offer you their skills on custom orders while we're working on bringing on a game that this world's never seen before~

[Ren puts a finger to his lips as if to say it's a secret, then points downwards.] If you want updates, make sure to follow us...and we're taking expressions of interest from anyone who wants to playtest when we get that far. Just come in and we'll put your name down, or if you're interested in joining our team, I can arrange an interview as well.

[Now that the important parts are out of the way, Ren puts a finger to his lip in a dramatic, thoughtful sort of motion.]

So here's a question we'd like to ask you all: If you could recommend one game to everyone else, or if you had to pick your favourite game, what would it be? It can be from your world or this one, we'll be happy to hear more from you whatever it is.

[Even if that's very broad wording and could potentially introduce some shenanigans. For now, though, they all wave at the camera.]

That's it from us for now. Remember to come to our opening party for food, games, and maybe some specials too~

[[OOC: Business information can be found here, including custom order form or expressions of interest for jobs or playtesting! The opening party will have some prompts on Ren's monthly log unless there ends up being enough interest for a mingle.]]

Comments

[thedarkbond]

[Unsurprisingly considering what Ren's hair is like, he gives a light laugh at that.]

There's nothing wrong with just having the best hair. I don't usually have trouble with experience in my world, but in physical combat stuff I'd definitely be lagging behind a lot of people here...

[Not everyone, because he has something like inherited experience from his powers, but he's never had to actually apply it until coming here, so he's not actually trained in doing it in his own body.]

[punshots]

Never too late to start, my dude! Even if you don't wanna go, like, full combat training, if you ever just want a gym buddy, hit me up. Unlike in a video game, I can lose stats if I don't stay on top of my work out, soooo...

[ He's not so sure how he'd do with training, but he's always willing to help a friend out however he can! ]

[thedarkbond]

Hmm, I'll think about it. I'm kind of lazy, so I don't know that I'd keep up with anything like that all that well...

[He's been able to defend himself and people he's come to care about here well enough with his powers so far, so he hasn't truly been motivated to improve himself on the combat front. It has been a consideration, though, since it's not like he doesn't at least have the reflexes for it already.]

[punshots]

You sure? It's easier to keep up with than you think! Plus having a buddy doing it with you really helps. Makes you kind of responsible to each other, y'know?

[ But it's not something he'll push too hard for. Fitness is a big part of his life, but he knows it isn't that way for everyone. ]

[thedarkbond]

Most of my friends would tell you I don't know much about being responsible at all... [Ren says that more like it's something he's heard a lot than something he agrees with, though he's definitely aware it's the case. He gets nagged about it a lot.] Having someone else frowning at me for being too lazy to do something is kind of normal for me.

[At least he sounds...somewhat apologetic in saying it.]

[punshots]

...Oh. [ Well, that kind of reminds him of Noctis, though Noctis isn't quite so flippant about it. ] Well...I wouldn't frown at you for something like that! Only you can decide what you wanna do. Heh, that sounded like one of those inspirational posters...

[ Maybe not a very good one, but you know what he means. ]

[thedarkbond]

I don't know if it counts as inspirational if you're telling someone they're free to be lazy. [Ren points that out rather casually, though he certainly doesn't sound like he's questioning the fact that he is indeed free to be lazy.] But it's nice not to have people on my back about it all the time.

[Even if he does miss the friends who get on his back about it more deeply than he'd ever admit in a public forum.]