[OPEN] Photo Wall

[bowtography]

WHO: Any and every Outsider!
WHAT: A new addition to the base!
WHERE: One specific corner of the common area
WHEN: Starting 9/27, ongoing whenever
WARNINGS: None so far!

You might notice there's been a little bit of a hubbub in one corner of the common area, though you won't be there to see it in process. It will just be there when you least suspect it: that's right, it's a PHOTO WALL.



A digital photo display now graces the wall in the aforementioned corner, with a little note in the corner that says only please contact ice snap for group photography shots! In cute girly handwriting and little drawings of flowers.

But there's also so many photos being displayed, flashing across the screen! If March 7th has interacted with you and you haven't threatened her life in terms of having your photo taken, there are certainly photos of you up there! You may have also seen her newest protege Tezcatlipoca running around, so there are a ton of (weirdly blurry and out-of-focus) candid shots of people around the base. Like Ereshkigal fighting a bird! Godzilla in his doggy bed curled up with one of the kaiju eggs! Hunter getting caught mid-cat snuggle session! A very sexy maid! And more, including pictures of people who are no longer at the base so we can all be sad over our friends who went home!!!!

There's a place on the display for you to Submit your own pictures, through your implant or through any other photo-taking device. You can also search for anyone in particular with the Search feature!

(Keep in mind to the horny creatures out there that any sexy thirst traps or anything displaying something inappropriate can still be uploaded, but the system will automatically act to censor out the naughty bits and if that means you end up with a pink fluffy unicorn sparkling in front of your crotch, this is just what you deserve.)

Currently, there's an assortment of costumes in the nearby supply closet, in the event you want to dress up? Said costumes could be cute frilly maid outfits or a surplus of bunny costumes (for some reason) or just fun little crowns and cat ear headbands, but there'll be more holiday-centric decorations popping up as the months tick on!

So why not give the wall a glance? Share some memories? Drag someone grumpy in to take a photo with you? March 7th is never too far away...

[ ooc: Please feel free to top-level and mingle, March may or may not appear to help out unless you specifically require her services! ]

Comments

[gundemn]

[ Thank god Elan's CR is in a better place or he would have felt nothing but envy and isolation looking at the wall filling up with smiling faces. The screen blinks and refreshes as he hits submit to add: the Tokyo skyline at sunset, a rooftop view of the city the night of the gala, and stray cats outside an abandoned trailer. No pictures of himself though, he's still not thrilled about having his photo taken. ]

[bowtography]

Oh, the kitties are so cute!

[ Truly, she is never far away and now here she is again, companionably nudging against Elan-not-Elan's side. ]

Where was this?

need to ask mods if phones still exist

[gundemn]

It's a secret.

[ It's not, Elan just feels like being cryptic since it's his hangout off base and personal to him. He looks over at March nudging against him but doesn't pull away. ]

There's more, you want to see?

[ He pulls out his phone to find more pictures of cats. Technically he doesn't need the 'old-fashioned' device but he's used to it and doesn't trust the oculars. ]

[bowtography]

Definitely!

[ She's here for it. ]

You really do give off "cat vibes", so I guess I'm not that surprised.

[gundemn]

[ Elan flips through the pictures to show her. All stray, nameless cats, sometimes lazing in the sun, sometimes prowling or grooming themselves, going about their day in the wild. ]

I - what?

[bowtography]

Give off cat vibes! You’re independent and you act really distant or like everything is kind of a pain for you, but sometimes you can be really sweet and I’m happy when I get to spend time with you!

[gundemn]

[ Elan admittedly likes it when she describes his qualities, it makes him feel recognized for himself, and she's always forthright in calling out even his negative traits. But being compared to a cat and also that other sappy stuff? Embarrassing! ]

You're reading too much into it! It's just some pictures.

[bowtography]

Pictures say a lot about us, just how they're taken and the subject matter.

Trust me on this.

[gundemn]

[ He can't really disagree with that, but still! Time to change the subject. ]

Let's see your pictures.

[bowtography]

Sure, these are most of them.

[ Gesturing to the display, but she'll move her camera strap to liberate it from around her neck and hands him her entire camera to look through. It's mostly of other people, usually multiple people, sometimes caught smiling fondly at something in the distance, sometimes looking grumpy or embarrassed...

Also plenty of food and animal pictures. ]

OTA

[curingidiocy]

[ The photo wall is the type of decoration Ratio would see at the University of Veritas Prime and summarily ignore, because it is a waste of his time (and maybe because he doesn't see himself fitting in with his colleagues anyway, he doubts they'd have pictures of him on it).

But thanks to the unconventional punishment levied on him by LILITH, he suddenly has far more time than he knows what to do with. It has led him to take leisurely strolls through the base, slow and observant as he takes in the environment he is presently in and grounds himself to the nature of his circumstances.

Which is why he actually spends some time looking over the wall, at every photo and absorbing any and all information he can gain from what has been posted. Most of them are cheerful, happy and silly photos, of course, but it is the sort of thing the Outsiders need right now.

...now why is there a blurry photo of him and Aventurine sleeping in the library? No, that will not do. It must be replaced. He wants to replace it with a better photo of Aventurine. But which one?

It's at this point that he realizes, looking through his photo roll, that he has way too many photos of Aventurine. An embarrassing amount. He hadn't even realized he'd accumulated this many photos in such a short time...

Anyway, this results in Ratio standing in front of the photo wall for a very long time, trying his best to determine what photo to put up. You can catch him in the middle of his pondering or when he finally decides on a photo—a simple one of Aventurine in his makeshift lab, holding up one of the scholar's textbooks and pointing at a paragraph, looking at the camera with an open mouth and inquiring expression. ]

okada izou, fate/grand order, brimstone

[hitokiller]

a.

( ......

it's obvious who'd be at the head of this whole thing.

but he just can't help himself.

one might catch him trying to SMUDGE out certain photos of his "enemies" with a marker. tezcatlipoca, that's you. )

b.

( or, lingering at the edge of the rack of clothing, like...

he's interested, but not brave enough to start fitting himself in fancy clothing when there isn't an occasion. )

a. of course.

[fursuit]

[ Tezcatlipoca had been looking forward to seeing this, secretly. Since he'd run into March right after she'd gotten her approval and it had ended up with a camera in his hands, he has a personal stake here. But also, he did want to see what kind of memories ended up here. He still feels like he's a relative newcomer, and seeing what kind of lives the other Outsiders have been living was just interesting to him. Maybe he even felt a bit reflective about it.

So, too bad that he shows up at just the right time to counteract any of those softer sentiments. His mild expression at seeing Izou here quickly turns to an annoyed scowl when he sees what he's doing. ]

What the hell, man. That's practically sacrilege.

[ Defacing an image of Tezcatlipoca? That would have meant a gruesome death back in his day! But here, he just clicks his tongue, since even worse, that was actually a decent photo, since he didn't take it... March had taken a selfie with Tezcatlipoca posing with his new camera to commemorate it. It's a cute photo! Or, it was, but Izou is also right in assuming that this is an improvement... ]

[hitokiller]

Sacrilege?

( oh, he's well aware of their selfie together.

the wall is littered with them, each piece featuring a warmth and curiosity to it that exemplifies march herself. and it's nice, to see memories of things he wasn't involved in and didn't experience even if the artistic value of it is lost on a man who doesn't know shit about the arts. nice, that is...

until he came across this one with tezcatlipoca, and the curious beat of his heart against his ribcage quickly warped into that of a petty thump, and. well. does she know what this guy's capable of? ... honestly, he doesn't really know all that well himself, but her cute little smile next to this asshole's smug one peeved him enough to procure the marker in question. anyway. )

If it irks ya that much, go print out a new one.

( and he squints his eye while staring straight at tezcatlipoca, as he.... draws another line. CRIME!!! )

[fursuit]

Yeah, sacrilege, you forget that I’m a g—

[ He retorts immediately and sharply, as he mostly interrupts Izou, but they just talk over each other, since they’re the same kind of stubborn, as it turns out. But Izou is the one armed with a deadly weapon (to his pride), so as he just brazenly continues, Tezcatlipoca’s expression just twists into one of even more offense. ]

And let you do this again? Fuck no, asshole.

[ He closes the distance to attempt to snatch the marker out of Izou’s hand, but it’ll be pretty easy to dodge, since now that he’s closer and sees exactly which one it is… It turned out really nice? At least the portion of it he can see. That makes Izou’s CRIME!!! worse, but also, Tezcatlipoca is really realizing at this moment how bad his are by comparison, which is suitably distracting enough. ]

[hitokiller]

( he didn't forget!!! he's just spitting on the image of a god here!!! with art supplies.

rather than dodge, izou's grip stays latched on the marker as tezcatlipoca seeks to grab it, forcing them into a sort of stalemate.

rather, forcing me to look up their respective stats. )

You better let, GO—'afore you...

( —cause a scene, which is exactly what he's doing right now, but... haters never prosper. )

[fursuit]

[ He grabs onto that marker tightly and keeps trying to pull it his way, but if they're not careful (which Tezcatlipoca certainly isn't being), they're in danger of marring March's poor, cute face too... ]

'Afore I what?

[ He parrots it back, and though Tezcatlipoca speaks coarsely himself, it's a little different than Izou's version. So. Copying his words here is definitely mocking. ]

You're the one fuckin' up perfectly good pictures.

[hitokiller]

( not the mocking tone.

you'd think izou could be mature and let it go, but it only serves to rile him further.

time to try something cheap.

he straight-up lets go after all that struggle to see if tezcatlipoca will topple over. )

splits the difference between a NAT20???? and a 4

[fursuit]

[ Tezcatlipoca is a little surprised when Izou lets go, and he does jerk back a little from the force he’d been putting into yanking the marker away. He takes a step back, maybe even teeters and gives Izou the hope that he might topple…!!

But he’s nimble on his feet, so he regains his balance at the last moment, and grins toothily. He may be wise, but he’s also petty. So.

He swings that marker out like it’s a weapon across Izou’s face, naturally.

Somewhere, out in the void, Ritsuka is feeling extremely tired but unsurprised that their Servants (one tbd) are having a marker fight… ]

comes back five years later

[hitokiller]

( your continued nat20s...

anyhow, it's izou's lucky day for once. with a twinkle in his eye, he manages to dodge the incoming smack to his face, ducking his head under the marker swipe. tch... time to clear the air of this proverbial stand-off of theirs before it gets worse and they end up taking the whole wall down in the chaos. he thrusts a thumb backwards over his shoulder at the wall. )

How do you know her?

( they're literally ... BOTH OUTSIDERS. )

[fursuit]

[ Tragic… Tezcatlipoca clicks his tongue in disappointment when the swipe misses, then turns the marker slightly. His posture makes it clear he’s planning on going for another swipe, since what is de-escalation? We didn’t need that wall anyways?

…But, luckily, the question is ridiculous enough to get him to stop. ]

What kinda question is that? She works here too.

[ The tone of his retort is very much a “DUH?” He vaguely knows what Izou is actually asking, but he has no idea why… ]

She helped me pick out a camera, if that’s what you’re getting at. Figured I’d contribute to this too. It’s a nice idea.

[librarius]

[ oh, this is fascinating. when septem comes across the wall of photographs he stares transfixed at the images, taken not by one in particular but all of them.

he's just here to observe and not get dragged into a picture of his own, obviously please bully him. ]

How lively...

[bowtography]

Right?

[ Look at her, coming over to say hello. ]

That's a good way to put it!

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS (ooc.)

[bowtography]

If you would like to submit photos for the wall at any point, feel free to list them under this header and let everyone know what precious moments they can view at any given time!

SIGEWINNE

[bubblebalm]

She'll have made these inclusions a little before Brașov!

• Wriothesley in LILITH's cat ears and another of them together doing facemasks at the spa
• Ishamel bravely!! (Illy) downing her concoction of a milkshake
• People whose nails she had the chance to do and of the person themselves—Kabru's, Dan Heng's, Hunter's, and Yuwon's (dealers choice what they want them to look like if we didn't get far enough in the thread…)
• Dimitri with a lion-shaped sticker on his cheek
• Aaaand lastly, of Callisto floating in a seaslug-shaped bubble, somehow still looking noble despite himself, unbothered and arms crossed