OPEN;

[wandbreaker]

When; Saturday, January 28th, nighttime
Characters; All are welcome! Open log, just specify if it's an open thread or not or if there are 4th wall rules for your character in the comment or subject line! (4th wallers also welcome~)
Summary; The Blue Light's one chilling hangout; good music, good food, and a spectacularly crabby owner who is even letting in under-18s for the 4th Wall weekend.
Log;

Edmund is actually at work tonight - he hopes a member of his family might show up, but he's also wondering who else might show up. He's made sure that he's well staffed for the extra crowds and well stocked, no less.

He just hopes nothing gets out of control.

And of course, that a member of his family shows up, looking for him.

Comments

[othersdie]

[Justin moves as well, although he's not sure why he's playing when failure is inevitable.]

...Has it ever occurred to you that you might just be genuinely unlikeable?

[deadpanned]

Yes.

[His eyes gleam.]

However, Mike has since proved that empirically false.

[othersdie]

Mike seemed brainwashed.

[deadpanned]

Mike successfully managed to grasp a fact that you and the vast majority of the populace consistently overlook.

[othersdie]

Your similarity to Jim Jones?

...What?

[deadpanned]

That I only extend loyalty to the deserving.

[othersdie]

How gracious of you.

[He makes a decidedly stupid move in an attempt to shorten the chess game.]

[deadpanned]

[He looks at the board, the move, and then up at Justin with something like faint malice in his eyes. When he answers, his voice is surprisingly cold.]

Cite all my supposed flaws you want. I don't throw chess games.

[And he proceeds to ignore the board completely. His honour demands that he never play less than his best; he doesn't take kindly to people who don't give the same courtesy.]

[othersdie]

[Christ, Rudy.]

I'm a quitter. You forgot to mention that.

[He redoes his move.]

[deadpanned]

[And yet, Rudy is a purist. He doesn't take pity games, and he doesn't tolerate antics like these.

He ignores the board.]

Like you, Mike has lost every game we've ever played. Unlike you, Mike is capable of appreciating more value to a chess game than merely that of victory. Hence why, among a myriad of other reasons, I like him and I dislike you.

[othersdie]

Would you like to list off the other reasons? If not, I can leave.

[deadpanned]

I applaud you for yet another veiled attempt at reverse psychology. However, in the interest of not indulging your apparent streak of masochism, I will instead employ an alternative interpretation of your offer and continue to elaborate on Mike.

Mike does not attempt to presume he knows what is best for me, simply by virtue of being older, more experienced, theoretically smarter, or in some given socially-constructed position of power over me. Mike comprehends that it is possible to disagree with me without reducing the discussion to a zero-sum game in which only one of us can be correct, and the will of the victor must be imposed upon the loser. Mike acknowledges the qualities I possess that make you suggest I may be genuinely unlikeable, and appreciates me despite them as opposed to insisting I alter them as a contingency of his friendship.

Simply put, Mike likes me. You don't. I merely return the favour in both instances.

[othersdie]

That's fair.

[It's like getting annoyed with a particularly wordy wall. In the interest of not indulging himself in any further masochism, he gets up to leave.]

Talking to you was a pleasure, as always. I hope Mike shows up.