[ open: maid cafe fundraiser ]

[at_heart]

WHO: Yuri, Saya, Kantera, Venti, Lumine, and YOU!
WHAT: A fundraiser for office space for Yuri's up-and-coming guild, Brave Vesperia Ellipsa.
WHEN: Late April.
WHERE: Blossomcrown, a karaoke bar rented out for the occasion.
WARNINGS: Cheesecakey fun. Potentially alcohol consumption. All maids offering black menu services will be linking to an additional top-level off comm ♥

ask about bve/the fundraiser | ic menu | request a maid | byotoplevels!

[ When you head to the location of Yuri's GPS ping from yesterday's network post, you'll find a rented-out little karaoke bar with MAID FOR YOU written on a handmade banner that is temporarily covering the bar's normal name, decorated in pink and black on the inside, with a lot of cute little two-chair tables taking up most of the floor space. There are rooms in the back that would normally be for singing karaoke in private, and singing with a maid is indeed one of the things you can do with those rooms today!

The real draw, though, is all of the very cute folks dressed as maids and/or butlers today, who will — for a small fee — wait on you personally. ♥

Take a menu, select a maid, and place your orders... or just ask Yuri what all the commotion's about, he'll be happy to explain! ]


((ooc: Maid cafe fundraiser! Don't worry too much about the coins your character is spending here, nothing is too expensive (though the black menu items are at a premium), we're all just here for the CR.

PLEASE NOTE: Yuri does feel personally responsible for the safety and comfort of all the Official Maids who are trying to help him raise funds here, so he will be actively trying to curb anyone bullying their friends into signing up, and he really doesn't want anyone working for him to be wearing or doing anything that makes them uncomfortable. Adult characters who only want to wear pink ribbons? Characters who want a full coverage maid outfit, or who want to be butlers instead? Excellent exercising of your boundaries, Yuri loves that for you.

You can, however, definitely pay for the "dress up as maid or butler" menu item and use that to bully your friends to your hearts' content. 😉))

Comments

[kingside]

[Uh huh, sure, and he'll just be putting the finishing touches on this plate before carrying it over to (????) wherever the maids or butlers will be picking it up for their patrons.]

You overestimate people's capacity to absorb large amounts of information at once. In bite-sized pieces, volume is less of an issue.

[He shrugs, wanders back to his station, and begins tidying it while he waits for the next order.]

I'm not saying that people won't read, listen, or watch what you're producing if it isn't a specific length, but you'd certainly broaden your appeal with something shorter.

[forgingfires]

[Social media has frankly been a time and how dare the Dragon Girl make him have to actually engage with it, but at the very least he has learned how to do it.]

[Mostly.] Isn't that where mortals excel? Processing and utilization of information in a short amount of time?

[He frowns, probably cleaning like some more fresh strawberries or something.]

...is that why limit characters on some of the platforms?

[kingside]

[He sighs.]

Or it's a limit of the system upon which the platform is built.

[forgingfires]

It would be a built in limit. It wouldn't be that much to allow for more characters per post, as shown on other platforms.

[kingside]

[He shrugs.]

In any event, that would be my recommendation: a shorter post for more responses. Perhaps include a fun activity as well.

[forgingfires]

A...fun activity?

[Socializing is Hard.]

[kingside]

[... This is why he thinks you're an idiot, Red Son.]

A game, perhaps.

[Do you know what those are.]

[forgingfires]

[Judgy much, Lelouch. Not everyone gets to have a normal school life while dealing with the loss of a parent. Some of us have to develop entirely new forms of technology and that means not talking to people.]

....

I know how social media works, but I don't troll around it on the regular besides being supportive of the Dragon Girl's efforts. I frankly have better things to do with my time back home.

So if there is a game that does not immediately distract from the topic I want to talk about with personal questions, I don't know what it is.

[kingside]

[... Right. A normal school life. While dealing with the loss of a parent. Sure.] [He sighs faintly.]

This isn't aptitude with social media, it's social aptitude, which, as you've so adroitly put forth yourself, you lack. Perhaps now is the time to change that.

[Unless he'd rather continue to accomplish nothing at all, which... did it matter, in the grand scheme of things? Perhaps not.]

[forgingfires]

[He scoffs, rolling his eyes.]

I had better things to do until recently. Socializing was simply not a priority in comparison, and I don't need to be told to finally practice it or I wouldn't know what social media was. Or be here for that matter.

But even mortals should know any new skills take practice. You lot don't learn that fast.

[kingside]

[Bringing that up again, hmm? And, well.]

Then clearly you don't need my input on the matter. You have this well in hand already, don't you?

[forgingfires]

That is a pathetic attempt at passive aggression. You need to have it make sense with the literal words and it simply doesn't. That is for claims of expertise.

[kingside]

[Passive aggression?]

I've given you my suggestions. You've said they were unnecessary because you are already familiar with social media, which wasn't my critique, and that you can't develop social skills overnight, which was not something I said to do either.

[Would it have gone over better if he'd said "now is the time to start changing that?" Too bad; he's already stopped caring.]

[forgingfires]

No, I said I don't need to be told to start and made it clear I wasn't one of those immortals who ignore what modern technology is and know the basics.

Being told to learn something is not a helpful input, as noted by the further questioning of games, helpful, and not 'oh yes, wise baker boy, I shall start learning how to socialize right this moment even though I have started weeks ago.'

i'm very sorry about him, he's just Like This

[kingside]

["Wise baker boy?"]

Either way, it seems I've been exhausted as a resource.

[No, really, why are you still talking to him.]

So is Red Son really

[forgingfires]

Ugh. You really are one of those.

winning combo

[kingside]

[... Why won't the fire man go away.]

Do explain.

[Since you're apparently determined to do so regardless of anyone's feelings on the matter.]

Re: winning combo

[forgingfires]

Control issues.

[Red Son is bad at socializing. But getting a read on people is a whole different skillset.]

[kingside]

[... He is never telling Suzaku about this conversation.]

Fascinating.

[forgingfires]

Actual helpful advice.

Good manipulation is about good timing. If you can just ask someone to do something, it's better then trying to make it seem like it's their idea unnecessarily.

[kingside]

[... Is that. Is he actually still talking about that.]

It was, in fact, already your own idea, but do go on.

[forgingfires]

Exactly my point. You still felt the need to manipulate. Just as you felt the need to tell me to start to socialize.

It's a pattern of behavior.

Really, it seems like I'm not the only one who needs to learn socializing lessons. Even I know that isn't how you make friends.

[kingside]

[Suzaku definitely doesn't get to know about this conversation. Same with C.C., really, assuming she ever shows up.]

You don't say.

[Is he supposed to be getting upset or defensive about any of this or trying to argue the point? Because Red Son certainly seems to be angling for an emotional response. It's preemptively exhausting.]