video; TIME FOR SOME IC MASH

[primadovea]

[ The video clicks on to Mint smiling. But like, actually smiling, not in her sort of "I am a polite lady and this is my polite lady smile" that she normally has. ]

I learned something new at school today. It's called MASH--apparently everybody in De Chima Middle Schools plays it when they're bored, it's not a thing that I ever encountered back home. The basic gist of it is that it's a pen and paper game where you put in options and the game tells you what your future's going to be!

So, who wants to play? I'll write up the list and find the answers if you just provide me with these things: four people you'd like to marry, four types of cars, four jobs, four different numbers of children you might have, four places you would live, and four different salaries you'd like to have.

[ a pause, before Mint butts in with ] Oh! And make sure some of these options are a bit silly. It's no fun if everything's serious. For instance, I ended up married to the beautiful and wonderful Zakuro-oneesama...but we have fifteen children.

[ Something that Mint looks a little put out about. She adores Zakuro, but fifteen kids? Goddamn, game. ]

Anyway, join in! It'll be fun. [ said with a pointed look at the screen, fuck you Wendy Courderoy, Mint knows what fun is. ]

( ooc: I've got scrap paper and pens, give me the options and I'll do a game of MASH with your choices, let's do this y'all )

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[monge]

[WHAT KIND OF...BLACK MAGIC HORROR GAME IS THIS?]

W-Why...H-How can anyone think of four people they wanna marry, z-zura?!

[Just one seems really...weird.]

Who is Zakuro, zura?! Do they know they're gonna have fifteen children now, zura?!

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[primadovea]

She's someone from back home. She's so beautiful and smart and talented...Zakuro-oneesama's the best!

[ Mint has a crush. It is obvious. ]

And it's just a game. I'm not actually going to marry her, this is just a sort of fun little what-if.

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[monge]

Ah, I see! She sounds nice, I wanna marry her too, zura.

[If it's just a what-if and all. Surely that makes everything okay.]

[driftsintobuffetline]

I swear this game is more detailed than when I was a kid. Ok. Uh. I can play along. Hm.

[Switches to text]
Marry:     Hermann, Kang, Qubit, Miles

Cars:     Sports Car, Mini Van, Some crappy 4 door sedan thing, Hermann's Car

Jobs:     Mad Scientist, Actual Rock Star, Costumed Amusement Park Character, Super Cute Barista

Kids:     1 Cat, 2 Cats, 4 Cats, Crazy Cat Lady # of Cats

Residences:     Boston, Berlin, De Chima, Hong Kong

Salaries:     Dragon's Horde Rich, Filthy Rockstar Rich, Picket Fence Middle Class, Garage Band Dirt Poor

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[primadovea]

[ there's a pause because huh, Mint didn't think this through enough. ]

Well, normally I'd draw a spiral and you'd tell me when to stop and the number of rings it has would be the number I'd count off...so pick a number between two and eight!

[ #inventive ]

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[driftsintobuffetline]

Oh! Right. Uhhh.

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not here but

[jacksonian]

[ marry miles WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU ]

Re: not here but

[driftsintobuffetline]

[what? Chillax, man. Miles is cute. It's just a game. And you almost made the list too, dude, but you're like...17. I keep forgetting that.]

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[governorkang]

It's flattering that you would consider marrying me, but humans aren't my type.

[He knows it's a joke.]

And, you would have to deal with a very angry Fonrar. Trust me, you don't want that.

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[driftsintobuffetline]

[Teasingly pouts]

Why do you have to come in here and rain on my parade, dude? A guy can dream! You're a totally hot human when you're stuck as a human and, let's be real, you're not bad as your Draconian self either.

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[leaflets]

[ Hinami doesn't really have anyone she'd like to marry, so...why not just list off four names and random stuff for the rest and see what comes out?

NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS CAN POSSIBLY ARISE FROM THIS RIGHT ]

Marry: Ken-chan, Gran-san, Kidou-san, Maya-san

Cars: van, truck...limo? bike?

Jobs: Server, writer, actor, farmer

Children: 1, 20, 5, 13

Live: De Chima, Nonah, Heropa, Disney World

Salaries: normal, a little rich, kinda rich, a lot rich?

[ who knows if she did it right, she just wants to see what this is about ]

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[primadovea]

Wonderful!

[ Mint's talking as she's writing, furiously scribbling all this down on a sheet of paper. ]

Now pick a number between two and eight!

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[leaflets]

Six!

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[rathercommon]

[ Kitty, sitting there as a cat, tells her: ]

I'll play. Though I should warn you that I don't believe in the institution of marriage, so I do want some other substitute for the marriage category.

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[primadovea]

[ Mint...is oddly not bothered by the talking cat, mostly because one of her friends turns into a cat when she gets excited/surprised (Tokyo Mew Mew is a weird canon.) ]

Shall I substitute it for 'life partner' then?

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[rathercommon]

[ A bit dissatisfied: ]

That doesn't work so well, either. I honestly take issue with the whole concept of monogamy.

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[missleadingquestions]

Mmm... Why's it have to be married?

[It's just for fun, but that sounds b o r i n g

the getting married part, anyway. Kids and cars are cool, too, but she already knows where she'll end up working, so she's more curious about this game than she is actually interested in playing.]

permavid!

[primadovea]

It's simply how the game was taught to me. I suppose it can be someone you're living with instead.

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[missleadingquestions]

[A tilt of her head.]

I guess... middle schoolers really like the idea of getting married?

[Maya's still not sure, but...]

I'll play with you too anyway. Holllllld on!

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[dirtyredneck]

Does it have to be people we'd like to marry? Could it just be people we wouldn't mind living with?

[He has no problem entertaining a kid's game, but that one bit made him uncomfortable. It made it sound like he had to have four people he could be in love with.]

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[primadovea]

Why is that the thing everybody's asking about?

[ said with an annoyed little huff. ]

Yes it can be people you don't mind living with, the point is simply that you're stuck with someone!

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[snarkbot]

I am not entirely sure this game was created with robots in mind, miss.

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[primadovea]

[ literally like five people have come in here to argue the semantics of MASH with her, DON'T YOU FUCKING START, SKEETS. ]

We're playing the game anyway.

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[unbreaker]

jeez everyone's taking this so seriously! it's just a game!



marry: hazel, ken, tetsuo, kanaya

cars: my cadillac convertible, some fixer-upper rescued from the scrapyard, motorcycle, hovervespa

jobs: janitor, police officer, mall santa, superstar

kids: 1, 10, 4, 306

places: england, some gross swamp, japan, heropa

salaries: hit the jackpot bahamas vacation for all my friends rich, con artist quiet fortune, paycheck-to-paycheck well-to-do, thrift store and bargain shop poor

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[primadovea]

Thank you, [ said in a tone of utter relief. Man, everybody in middle school got the game, why the hell do all the adults (and Komasan) have to be difficult about it??? ]

Now pick a number between two and eight.