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[sharkweak]

[Back'date' this to a little earlier in the day. Rin's pumped himself up, did a little running, now he's ready to present his plan. As last minute as it is, Gamagori deserves this. The guy works so hard and is so bad awkward with people sometimes. A good friend like Rin is pretty much obligated to smooth out any furrowed brows.

Biggest bonus: he has his own place.]

Yo. The elections are coming up, and this guy, Ira Gamagori-- he's running for ambassador of Nonah. If you aren't sure who you're voting for yet, I'm throwing a support party at my place tonight. I'm in the north government apartment complex-- you can't miss it. It starts at seven.

[A sharp (literally, he has jagged shark teeth) to the camera before it cuts out. He needs to finish up his snack purchasing.

ooc: party log can be found here, and ooc plotting post is here.]

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[friendshiprocks]

[ party, yesssss ]

Hey, I don't think I can vote here, but I can still go the party, right?

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[sharkweak]

You can't...?

[Boy hasn't actually reviewed all the rules there.

Regardless:]

Yeah, it's open.

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[friendshiprocks]

Well, I'm fourteen. So I really shouldn't be able to, right?

[ girlfriend here hasn't actually reviewed all the rules either. nevertheless, PARTY. ]

But the party! Do I need to bring anything?

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[bulwank]

[A party is, extremely unnecessary, Rin, but Gamagori won't complain or anything near as rude. He appreciates the effort of it, as well as that Rin feels close enough to him to do such a thing. A party though? Does it send the right message? Aren't party's for after something like this comes to a close, he doesn't even know if he'll be elected yet.]

Matsuoka... [A tight lipped sound to his voice, his expression to match.]

Thank you...

Do you need any assistance preparing the event? [Embarrass him why don't you, he's only just heard of this now!]

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[sharkweak]

Just show up on time.

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[bulwank]

You do not- want my assistance? [What. But he's good at many things.]

permatext. also i'm sorry this will probably get dumb quickly.

[deadtective]

[Hazel never actually got Gamagori's name during their encounter, for uh. obvious reasons. so she's about the scroll on past this when she notices a certain reply...

IT'S THAT FUCKING NUTCASE AGAIN ARE YOU KIDDING]

I think you're going to need a lot more than a party to get that guy in a publicly elected office.

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[sharkweak]

what, do you have some grudge against him?

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[deadtective]

It's not a grudge! I've just noticed he's completely fucking insane.

[acrobrat]

I'm too young to vote, but good luck to him.

[sharkweak]

I don't think age matters in an election like this.

[acrobrat]

I live in Heropa, though. What if I'm only allowed to vote for whoever's running in our place?

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[wayhot]

[Flame Princess has... thankfully recovered from being struck by lightning. She's mostly been spending the past few days avoiding her communicator (she's embarrassed herself enough, after all) except to check the network every once in a while. She's been glancing over most things,but. Well. This post is relevant to her interests, all things considered.]

A support party is actually a pretty good idea. [And might help to win some people over, at least.]

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[sharkweak]

You should come by if you haven't made up your mind.

[Don't take it personally that he hasn't heard of you; Gama and him haven't gossiped about romance yet. That will be a really terrible conversation when it happens.]

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[wayhot]

[It's no big deal. The only reason people know they're dating is because she asked him out on the open network (before Inumuta locked that part of their conversation, anyway), and because she had to ask someone to come heal him after she burned his face.]

Well, I should come either way. It'd probably be weird if I didn't. [Since this... is a support party for her boyfriend and all.]

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[theveilisin]

[Okay, so he has actually been here long enough to get a basic grasp of democracy, but... he still feels he needs to ask.]

So people around here really do vote for important official people? Even people such as ambassadors? Bastion, but I wonder how that would work back home... [He's pretty sure quite a lot of officials would be absolutely toast if people were actually allowed to have an opinion on them that counted.] Does that mean that just about any average man jack on the street can run for such an office, should he wish?

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[sharkweak]

Yeah, anyone can--

But you'll want to know what you're doing. Ira's a good fit.

[Do not inspire competition, Rin. It's a skillset you've got down like pat, but don't do it.]

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[theveilisin]

[Luvander waves his hand dismissively, laughing.]

I wasn't trying to imply anything about your man, kid. I'm assuming if one is figuratively or literally unable to figure out which end to wear your pants on, that kind of thing comes out quickly enough and you get shot down.

And of course, festivities are clearly a great way to gain political advantage no matter which world you're in.

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[purseowna]

[This is interesting. Gamagoori was nice enough to give her a ride back home after getting his face and hands nice and burnt, but she didn't know he was running for an office. At least, she probably didn't. Most likely she just ignored all the notes about it until now.]

That's cool. I don't know if I can vote for him, but I'd like to support him somehow. Is there anything I can do? Besides going to this party.

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[sharkweak]

Spread the word. He said something on the network a while ago, but it wouldn't hurt to refresh people on who the candidates are.

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[purseowna]

So just talk to people? That sounds easy. Can you tell me more about this election, though? I don't want to sound like I don't know what I'm talking about.

[Even though she doesn't know what she's talking about.]

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[iwatobi]

Have fun.

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[sharkweak]

[not going to respond in text. not going to make this easy on haru.]

You mean you aren't coming?

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[iwatobi]

[ And Haru is too lazy to change it back. So a sigh. ]

I don't know him.

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[theoryandcalculation]

Making a career change from athlete to publicist?