So Familiar a Gleam: Diagnet!

[voidtreckermods]

This post are for network posts using the phones that all citizens of Diagad own. The phone connects to the internet- which is mostly full of the latest heroics of the city, warnings from the government and plenty of cat videos.

There is a popular forum space for the city where people can post in text, video or voice notes. There is also a phone book that lists everyone in the city for direct messaging.

Comments

[flatteries]

.. This sounds like it has a story behind it, man.

[ It's way too detailed to not have a story behind it. Not that Inigo is judging, mind you! It's more just that he wants to say-- ]

I wouldn't mind seeing you pole dance though. I bet you would look really hot too.

[ ... ]

It's okay if I'm saying it, right? I'm not some skeevy weird person at a strip bar. [ So clearly that makes it perfectly fine to think the idea of a guy pole dancing is hot. Obviously. Clearly. ]

[jingyeets]

I can't even remember all of it, and some kind of bet was involved, or maybe a dare? Either way, challenge accepted.

( Jingyi, forever helpful: )

I feel like when you're not harassing someone at their job it's called flirting, so yeah, sure, it's fine! Flirt as freely as you like. Anyway, ( SUPER HELPFUL MOMENT ASIDE??? IN ADDITION TO??? ) it's not like I'm highly trained in pole dancing, so thank you for the blind faith in how good my arms and legs look wrapped around metal, lol

[flatteries]

[ Thanks, bro, for telling him it's ok to flirt with you. Surely he'll remember this. ]

Well.. If you ever have time, we could go to some pole dancing lessons together. :) [ A TOTALLY NORMAL SUGGESTION.

He doesn't even mean that in a flirty way, it's more just that he thinks it's fun, but is too shy to go by himself!! ]

[jingyeets]

( Jingyi just blinks and snorts, since yes, he does read it as somewhat flirty, but also as: )

You want a pole dancing studio rec, huh?

( ... just straight up being buttered up for something. Which frankly, isn't that flirting? It's totally flirting. Flirting's all about charming people to get your way!

... It's why he sucks at it, and he sees no reason to unsuck at it, so. Anyway. )

Sure, whatever, if you use a student ID at the uni community centre you get to take any of the classes free, and it counts for a plus one. Sizhui's not been using it, and there's usually some kind of pole class going on? Level one and up.

[flatteries]

Then let's do it!!

[ Talk about impulsive decisions, huh. There sure hasn't been a lot of thought that was put into this, other than the fact that pole dancing seems kind of fun to Inigo, but that he'd be too shy to do it by himself - so roping Jingyi into this? It's practically the perfect chance.

And he can't pass up that perfect chance. ]

Now let's just hope we get to do it before those eeeevil Voidtreckers take over.

[jingyeets]

( impulsive is perhaps too much an earmark of Jingyi's life, because he sees nothing strange about this. that, and distractions! are actually nice, given a. the sky is falling into chaos pretty bad but he can't directly do a thing about it, but more importantly b. baby bro just started dating. it's the worst. some pig is rooting up his carefully raised cabbage! )

Ugh, whatever, if you listen to the news, they'll have us saying the Voidtreckers are bringing the end of days in all that weird sky business. Whiiiiich if that's the case...

( there's a pause, because it takes him way longer than it should to search for what he vaguely knows exists: )

Okay, found it, looks like the drop in sessions for beginners are usually tomorrow? Early evening, or again later, with two different instructors.

[flatteries]

[ It's only now, in this very moment, that Inigo finally seems to realise a crucial problem with this plan.

Sure, there are a lot of problems to be found here, but Inigo is thinking of a very, very specific one. One that he doesn't realise until he reads the word instructor.

Oh no. ]

These instructors. Are they men or women?

[ S-Sweating internally while he's writing these words.. ]

[jingyeets]

( Prepare to Die, Inigo. )

Uuuh I think the one later at night is a lady, but no idea on the earlier one.

( Iiiit's a man. Who is, understandably, in very good shape. Very attractive.

Yes, Inigo. Go to class. Try to climb a pole while being instructed by that. Surely that won't be distracting. Especially not if said instructor is helping correct holds! Posture! Who knows! )

[flatteries]

We can't go to the later one.

[ It's a problem. A huge problem.

And see, the problem isn't even that Inigo wants a hunky instructor. Not that it it wouldn't be nice, but it's not the main reason that's driving him to say this.

No, it's entirely his fear of girls. Oh god, even thinking of having a female instructor touch him is making his palms sweaty. ]

You have time in your schedule for the earlier one, right?

Please? :(

[ Save him from Death, Jingyi. You're his only hope. ]

[jingyeets]

( Probably in his normal frame of mind he'd get that better, but that would have more to do with his clan keeping the binary largely separated outside of night hunts, so. Here he assumes while the instructors matter, there's no need spending much time thinking about why. Who needs to? The guy'd explain himself if he wanted, it's no trouble for Jingyi; going home earlier is what it means in the end, and thus being around for Sizhui. Life expectations complete. )

Sure, fine by me. Means I get home earlier in the evening since I'm not working delivery tomorrow evening, so see you at the earlier one, huh?

[flatteries]

Yes, see you there!!

I seriously owe you one, so let's grab some ice cream after class, my treat! You can take it home with you if you want.

[ You know. To share. ]

[jingyeets]

Huh? Not sure why you think you owe me, but sure, sounds good. My lil' bro loves vanilla so anywhere should be fine, thank you in advance!

( #familyvalues

also ooc: did you want to handwave this happened or actually thread it out or THE SKIES FELL NO ONE LEARNED POLE DANCING or mysterious option d )

[flatteries]

(ooc: please i am NOT GOING TO PASS UP ON POLE DANCING.

with the event already moving on we can probably handwave but, i'd definitely love to say this actually happened. they went to pole dancing class together. they can be like oh god WHAT HAPPENED once they get back to the train post-mission.)

[jingyeets]

( ooc: cracks up, sounds like a plan to me! Jingyi likely had his first breakthrough there and literally fell off the pole at some point, but aside from going randomly red eared (with the thought that this is probably the most clan precepts he's managed to go in the face of all at once in possibly forever) the illusion will drag him back in and he'll just go "idk man something distracted me" about it

post mission on train both going WHAT HAPPENED in this collective fever dream, a void story!!! )