mock after party!

[waitforit]

[ WELL THAT SURE WAS EXCITING, WASN'T IT. Barney is entirely too normal for any of this shit and he pretty much lacks the, uh, emotional gumption to really process it in a healthy way so instead how 'bout some denial?

Seeing as how he was the first to run out, Barney somehow finds plenty of time (and paper?) to write up a sign in the living area that says:

What: A Party
Where: Holo Deck!
Who: YOU! (Duh.)
I don't have to tell you to suit up, so just. If you don't wanna be alone maybe stop by? Please? Just. OK?
It's gonna be legendary!

[ Upon arrival to the holo deck, you will find an ooc-ly familiar setup. The holopgraphic projections have been set up like a strip club: indistinct music, dimmed lights, catwalk, cheap booze and cheap seats all around. This is escapism at its finest, and doesn't everyone need a little escapism in their lives after that mess?

Feel free to grab a seat and enjoy the show, or maybe have a fake drink and try not to cry too much. Either way, there's probably plenty of reactions to be had in here, so why a strip club? Why not?

Of course, if the strip club isn't for you, you can always reprogram the room to your fancy, Barney will only be a little put out. Truth is he just wants to forget this whole day happened, thanks. ]

Comments

[waitforit]

"Appropriate?" [ Oops. That may. Hit a nerve? He raises his voice, though he already knows he shouldn't. ]

What's appropriate for 'Oh, hey, we're all stuck in maybe space and we're all going to kill each other while some creepers watch'?!

[ He backpedals and takes a few deeps breaths, rubbing his hand over his face. ]

Sorry. I'm. I like strip clubs. And booze. And suits. I don't know what else to do here. So if you have a better idea, go for it.

[have_a_heart]

...

[Kanade watches as Shepard turns the strip club into a beach. She shakes her head.]

I do not know either. I knew people like the Overseers existed, but I have never... I was lucky not to see them.

[waitforit]

[ Thank you, small child, for ignoring his outburst. Bless. Barney likes you already. ]

Yeah, well, this isn't the kind of thing people do back home. Outside of like... horror movies, but those are supposed to be fake, you know?

[ God, he really wishes he had some booze :( ]

[have_a_heart]

Horror movies... I suppose. I do not understand either. I had not heard of games like this, but it is as I said in the trial. There are people who would force others to kill for their ends.

But this does not seem to have a reason at all.

[waitforit]

Exactly. Even in Saw, the dude was like... Doing stuff for a reason.

[ He shudders. Barney did not ask to end up in a horror movie. In space. ]

There's Benefactors, Overseers... this isn't the kind of stuff that really happens. It's not supposed to be real.

[have_a_heart]

They have a power we do not understand and use it for this for no apparent gain. Perhaps they can be stopped if they can be understood, but I do not know how.

[waitforit]

Same here.

[ He takes a fake sip of his beer :( ]

Not like CECE is just gonna pop in and answer all of our questions.

[have_a_heart]

Do you think she is intelligent? Where I was, we have what are called NPCs. Like in games. They act very realistically and fill the environment, but if you are there long enough, they start to repeat themselves and you discover that they are mindless. Not real.

[waitforit]

I mean, I dunno that she's real. She might be an AI, or a creepy lady with a teleprompter, who knows.

[ He sighs. ]

Kind of a shame, honestly. She sounds pretty hot.

[have_a_heart]

You are attracted to somebody hostile to you?

[waitforit]

Hell yeah. Scary chicks are hot.

[ Barney........ ]

There's. Different kinds of scary, y'know?

[have_a_heart]

...............No?

[waitforit]

Uh, yeah. There is.

There's Hot Scary and there's Scary Scary. It all depends on where a chick falls on the Hot/Crazy scale.

[ Does he need to make diagrams, he will make diagrams. ]

[have_a_heart]

That sounds excessive.

[waitforit]

Which part, the scale or the part where a lady is allowed to be crazy if she's hot?