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Your humble servant Aventurine at your service.
A senior manager of the IPC's Strategic Investment Department, though I suppose that might as well be on pause. Right now, I'm a senior manager at Phoenix Casino, instead - why don't you stop by sometime during the evening, and you might as well be met with a bunny surprise.
Meet new people, form new bonds, and have fun. Isn't that what everyone comes to casino-resort for?
Glad you asked! Though I'm not sure how much it counts for a talent, I have quite the impressive luck. No matter the gamble, the danger, the puzzle ahead of me - if I bet it all on my "luck", then I know I'll come out of it the winner.
Though if you want actual talents, then you will have to get to know me and find out yourself.
I haven't yet read all the books in the universe, or watched all the movies, or listened to all the songs, or eaten all the food... So it's hard to say I have a proper favorite, isn't it?
Are we finally addressing the elephant in the room? Let's see...
Someone kind, interesting, intelligent, who enjoys a good conversation. Is that too broad? Then perhaps I'm just that easy to charm, haha!
I find wine suits my palate better, but I won't turn down the offer for beer if you'd like.
.02 CLOWNS OR MIMES
No real preference. If they're both meant to entertain, isn't the one who makes me laugh the better one?
.03 SHOWER OR BATH
A friend of mine would stand by a quality bath time, and after spending so much time with him, I've got to say the same!
.04 PIRATES OR NINJAS
Between a group of people known for freedom and rule-breaking, and those bound to loyalty... Is this a question about which I find more interesting, which I would want to be, or which of these sentiments I relate to the most?
.05 TITS OR ASS
Does it really matter, if both have their own appeal? Or rather, perhaps I should say it truly depends on the person.
.06 COFFEE OR TEA
A proper morning starts with a good cup of coffee. It's essential to any corporation worker like me.
.07 SPICY OR SWEET
Though both have their appeals, sweets are easier on my tongue. Perhaps it's hard to let go of my inner child? Haha!
.08 SUMMER OR WINTER
Most of my childhood was spent under the scalding hot sun of the desert, and though I'm quite used to it, I can't help but enjoy the comforting cold of winter nights the most. Besides, sharing a warm blanket with someone isn't so bad of a way to spend a winter day, is it?
.09 LEATHER OR LACE
Each kind of fabric has a time and a place to belong. Leather for something more formal, perhaps even casual. Lace, for a more intimate encounter. But both do suit me, don't you think?
10. ROUGH SEX OR GENTLE SEX
Am I on top, am I on the bottom? Those things are necessary to know for a proper answer. Whether you want me to be nice or not, whether you want to be nice or not... Knowing your partner's preferences is what matters the most, isn't it?
ESTJ-A
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topaz has been with him ever since they first arrived, one of the very few people he does well and genuinely trust, but all this time he had felt far less fortunate that she's around and more sorry for her that this is something she has to put up with. it's just better if he's the one to shoulder it.
and then there's - a particular stranger who pushed past enough walls, defied enough odds, and now falls under the small list of people aventurine trusts, but still. it's always just different when he's involved. blessed in a curse as he is.
ask enough questions and you just might find the one to really make aventurine think. )
Is it fortunate to be here? ( deflecting, etc, somehow. question for a question. you know the drill. ) You'll find that people tend to come together when they're forced into the same unpleasant situation, and that sparks trust and dependency in each other. Do you think it's so impossible it might happen here too?
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as for trusting the lot of strangers here, ]
It's possible to depend on someone for survival without connecting with them.
[ though he's never been any good at that. everyone he's depended on—for better or worse, he's grown some sort of sentiment towards. resentment, or care. still, no reason to let that show. ]
Unless you're someone craving after camaraderie. [ there's sure to be plenty of people that do, especially in a place that encourages intimacy. ] I'm sure for most, being far from home will inspire that sort of loneliness.
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Is it? ( words aventurine will take as a lie, whether he thinks nehan intended them as such or not. such a thing, such a lucky little thing- if going through hardships alongside someone, who will be able to understand you and relate to what you feel- if it's truly so possible not to connect with them after that, then what else is there? how else would anyone make a connection?
but such psychological questions aren't so much aventurine's forte. he's just a crazed gambler, after all. one without any sort of education, besides. )
For most, but not everyone. It makes me wonder which one you are.
( part of the most, that dearly misses all they have ever known, or is a gilded cage a better fate than home? )
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It is. I lived for revenge once—doesn't mean I held any affection for the person I was trying to kill.
[ though maybe that was still a connection, a violently powerful one, just not... loving. he holds those—the people he cares for, the ones he does dearly miss—closer to his chest. they don't have to be shared with a stranger. ]
Anyway, rather than wondering, I could always just tell you. But I'd expect you to answer as well. It's only fair.
[ since aventurine continues to be a dodgy little bastard, may as well try to get him to actually trade answers. ]
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revenge. isn't that a novelty. )
A fair exchange, then. But first, of course, as per the rules of our little game, I do have to ask. The answers that we provide, will they be in truth, or is that something else that we will leave these pods wondering if there had been any sincere in our words?
( because for what it's worth, for however dodgy of a bastard aventurine indeed is, he does value a mutually beneficial exchange, or at least one where honesty had been a card played by both sides. )
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If it gives him any complicated feelings now, it doesn't show. There's a short, contemplative hum. ]
I'll answer one question truthfully, if you'll do so in kind.
[ There's little he wouldn't share in all frankness anyway. If that's what it takes to leverage the conversation, then so be it. ]
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little he wouldn't be so honest about. it's just tricky, in the way that there's always a catch somewhere, an in-between the lines too small to read. it's only that, with the stereotypes of sigonians, and the general mistrust towards the ipc, people do tend to assume the worst from aventurine.
and he wears that mantle nonetheless, and figures that, even in his honesty, it will still beget lies. )
And to show my sincerity, you can choose who goes first.
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but he doesn't see a need for it here. ]
You can ask a question first.
[ he has nothing really to lose in answering. what this man decides to ask him is ultimately more valuable, even if he risks receiving nothing in return by going first. ]
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instead, he clings onto what he has noticed from this conversation. something that could mean... anything, perhaps. a sentiment that could be shared. )
Alright, ( a sign, that he has settled on a question - ) Then, how does loneliness fare with you?
( asked, perhaps, in too broad of a way, with room for any potential answer, but asked in a tone too soft, gentle, almost quiet. coming from aventurine, flamboyant and clamorous, perhaps it's the best way to express sincerity. )
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his gut answers are believable lies for someone like him: loneliness is safer, he's used to it. he doesn't care. he prefers the peace and quiet. but he's made a deal, so he'll give it some thought, and offer the truth. ]
It's what I deserve.
[ so it doesn't really matter how he feels about it, and that's the best answer he can give. but he leaves no breathing room for pity or reaction, moving on without missing a beat. ]
My turn. What's it really take to earn your trust?
[ not that he wants it necessarily, but it's pertinent with the games they've been playing. ]
grats on giving aventurine existential crisis. damn
and with that, too, comes another question, one aventurine does not understand about himself, either. aventurine pauses and, perhaps too belatedly, realizes he doesn't know how to answer that question. his trust comes... easily, he thinks. he values mutually beneficial deals, prefers them instead. when he thinks about it more, he realizes he does trust jade, topaz, ratio. the other stonehearts, well - he trusts them to do their job, to some extent, otherwise they wouldn't have the position they do, within the ipc.
he trusts his plans. he trusts his luck. he even dares trust the nameless, to perfectly walk the path he had wanted them to walk in penacony and, if ratio's report to him had been anything to go by, it had gone as intended.
but, when he thinks about it. about all the things that he does trust - what is the criteria? )
... I don't know, ( and he leaves it at that, if the sincerity of his answer is another answer by itself. )
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How strange. I wonder what trust is worth, when you don't really know how to give or take it.
[ Is it the same to have faith in people, as it is to have predictions? It's not like Nehan knows any better. His trust is thin and rarely extended, his faith so battered that all his expectations stay low and grounded and cynical.
He wonders if this man, this so-called Aventurine is similar. But with that, he straightens a little, shutting his eye, almost wearied from this conversation. ]
But with that, I believe our time is almost up. I hope I've given you something to think about... friend.