bad rap

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bad rap

The things we become known for aren’t always what we’d like to be known for. Reputations are hard to run from. Sometimes they’re not even deserved. So here’s your chance to set the record straight. Clear up some misplaced assumptions, debunk any rumours about yourself and defy your stereotypes.

how to play:

Top level with something(s) your character is tired of people assuming about them, blaming them for, or pigeonholing them about, etc. Say it in person or over text.

Comment on any surprising, or not so surprising declarations.

Comments

[eights_and_aces]

[A chuckle.] Funny how things can scale up, huh?

So kind of a diminutive? [She thought about that, and filed it away in her brain. Given her profession, plays on words and names were a staple. She smiled more and nodded along as she detailed Loshmi's and her endevours.] Well at least you were never without a swimming partner, so your parents couldn't fuss at you for that. Bowie was well enough with water, but he loved to run. Flat out and full out....god I loved it.

[Oh she would be right there with that sentiment.] See that is one of the selling points. Want a taco? There is a place open that prolly has the best tacos you've ever had. And there is always a club open. It can make you a bit spoiled. [A thoughtful face before she added.] Kind of like a trap of sorts...

[She nodded.] Yes. Most of the others are washed away. But at least it is a short drive to get out, then they start coming back. Especially if you head towards Nevada. But honestly, even if it is clear out there, it isn't as good as home. [The girl did get homesick after all, despite her determination around her own endevours.] And Severnjacha, I like how that sounds. Is there a story around her?

[iluzija]

Except when alcohol is involved, stupidity is more excusable. There's no excuse for the sober.

Sort of. It's a friendly sort of way to address someone, unless you don't know them. My friend Ruuk is always calling people by their Shatrovachki names ten seconds after meeting them and the reactions are... mixed. [Personally, she avoids that sort of thing until someone uses her nickname first; she'll let them establish boundaries. Unless it was her horse, of course. Loshmi was special.] My mother was glad I had him to hang onto when the water got high in the spring, yeah. He was big enough the currents never bothered him. She was less thrilled when I would get him to run fast and hold up our sheets like a giant flag. [It was fun at the time.]

I need my coffee and at least one kind of fried dough. So long as a city has that, it can lure me in like a moth to a flame, all common sense and warning signs be damned. And all the best Turkish booze ends up in city bars.

It's easier to see the stars across the river, where all the historical buildings are and there's less light pollution. There's a few more stars there. Not like the countryside, though, you're right. [God, what she'd give to go back out to the hills and lay around looking up at the sky for another night, just one more time.] Severnjacha is the little sister of Dazhbog, the sun. The work of being the world's guiding light was too much for him to do every day, so she took up part of the work at night.

[eights_and_aces]

Some people can get drunk from other things though. Or hell, just start thinking it is 'normal'. [Anna shook her head and made a displeased face at the thought.]

Usually we go with however people are introduced or introduce themselves. Or you 'earn' you nickname. Bad or good. [She smiled.] I've got one, my dad used to call me 'lil ace' and eventually that got shortened to LA...which kinda fits, sorta. [Anna didn't mention Cyn's habit of calling her 'kitten' because of reasons.] A good horse, or a good dog can be one hell of a babysitter. I know Bowie looked out for me. [Laughing at the image of a young version of the woman galloping across a field with sheets trailing behind her.] You were helping! So they didn't hang on the line too long. [Giving a firm nod to retroactively defend the girl's choices. After she would have done that herself.]

Ugh coffee, I cannot function without it but nobody makes it strong enough. [Pursing her lips in thought.] Besides the convenience and sheer variety of stuff nothing really is a must have. Setting everything aside of the things I do, I kind of have to do them there, I'd be happy to visit for a bit and retreat.

That's a pretty story. Plus it is true, we can take all the help we can get.[She loved stories, fables, and the like.] There are parts of L.A. like that, and you do have stretches of beaches that you can get to that block out a lot. And it is nice to stretch out on the sand and look while listening to the waves roll in. I didn't have those growing up, and I do like them. Even if they are colder than I was expecting.

I guess that settles it. Once everything is settled, you can move out to the country, be a history tutor with a horse ranch. All you need to do is find someone to run Turkish booze out to you once a month. [Anna gave a wide warm smile and nodded as if it were the simplest thing achieve.]