HOTS CLUB I MEAN HOST CLUB

[stay_classy_cat]

Who: "Seth" and Voile and YOU
What: HOST CLUB
Where: AE13, on the bottom floor of the student dorms.
When: future-dated a bit to Thursday, 5/16
Warnings: Sexy Nurses and Contests
Warnings redux: dude tag yourself in

Ring ring...

Hello, it's me again~

How's business, pussycat?

Going very well, thank you for asking. That snafu with the production plant under the church put a bit of a bottleneck on the market, but it's not like that's a bad thing. I've already made plenty from it, so no fur off my back. All the chaos in the city is very entertaining.

Ha ha ha, all the better since everyone's pointing fingers at the school now anyway.

I hope you're just as happy on your end.

It is, isn't it.

Yes, how are they going?

That's still a problem? Ugh. What haven't you tried yet?

What if... what about that thing I found under the school?

Yes, that substance it was leaking. I've never seen anything like it before, let alone from a trophy. You still have the samples, don't you?

Yeah.

Oh good.

That sounds promising already~

Tell you what, since you've been working so hard on this, why not give me the prototypes and let me test them out? I have a few targets in mind.

It's Thursday; Graduation/Prom is still a few weeks off but finals are swiftly approaching the students of Smash Academy. Seth has been a busy bee, if not with unscrupulous activities preparing for said finals, then he has been dutifully making Host Club beautiful. More accurately, him and Voile have worked especially hard on this one to help raise money for those suffering from the drug riots and related violence.

Much like any other Host Club session, AE13 has been transformed into something bright, cheery, and very spring-like. Spring has definitely sprung all over the tables and flowery decor here. Food seems to especially be in surplus this session, with tables lining the borders of the room in a sort of buffet style. It's not just cookies, pastries, fruits, or snacks, but there is an entire table dedicated to those with a sweet tooth. (Most are actually not drugged but if you want to have shenanigans, then by all means go for it.) There are still some items exclusive to a menu that necessitate the need for a host/server. Alternatively, you could tell your host to go get stuff at the buffet for you, that is just as practical.

There's surely something here for everyone... and if not, he'll make it happen. As in, he'll make the servers make it happen.


To get this Host Club kicked off, Seth stands, in all his grandiose attire, and clinks a glass with his fork. "If I could have everyone's attention for a moment, please?" Once he has it, he clears his throat.

"First of all, I'd like to welcome you all to this Host Club. Voile and I worked especially hard on it, so thank you for coming. You should know you're not only supporting our efforts but all generous donations and proceedings will go directly to victims afflicted by these recent strings of cruel violence."

"Did you know it was National Nurse's Week last week? I thought it would only be appropriate then to have this Host Club's theme be that of healing--Healing and appreciation for those who work hard to help others, who don't get enough appreciation for their efforts."

"Like poor Rhys! I swear he'd work himself ragged if he gave himself the chance. He needs our love and support, and, if I may direct your attention to our beautiful, charming hostess Voile," Seth waves his hand in the air and points at her, where a well-choreographed spotlight follows up onto the mini-stage erected in the room. "--really, everyone look, she is absolutely stunning in that dress, give her a big round of applause--She will tell you exactly how you can offer a healing hand."

HOST CLUB:
▷ If you want your character to BE SERVED, just sit them down at any table and start making orders.
▷ If you want your character to SERVE, as in you want to put your character in an embarrassing outfit and serve the people sitting at the tables, go right ahead. There are no OOC sign-ups. This session's Host Club's outfit theme is SEXY NURSE. Take your pick of outfit from conservative and modern to increasingly provocative. If you're a server and can't think of any willing/legit reasons why on earth they would be here in a sexy nurse outfit you can assume Seth more or less forced/tricked/convinced/blackmailed your poor unfortunate character into the act.
▷ ONCE YOU PICK server OR served, your character must to stick with it until this Host Club meeting is done, that is the only rule. No escaping, no sneaking out. Seth will CATCH YOU and make you CLEAN DISHES with a TOOTHBRUSH.

HOST CLUB CONTEST:
▶ If you remember how last year's Student/Faculty Auctions went and how the Pokemon Contests work, this may feel familiar. Your character needs to pay a measly $5 entry fee (which will be a charitable donation to help those involved in drug riot incidents) and then they can enter in any of the contest categories; Coolness, Beauty, Cuteness, Intelligence, and Strength. PERFORM your act of [insert category here] and impress everyone! Get creative, use your Smashing Skills and wow the crowd. If you damage the stage or make a mess, Connor and Flint will probably not be happy with you.
▶ As an audience member, you cast your vote by typing a +1 into your subject title (not unlike the auctions with the dollar amounts). That's it! You can vote as many times as you like, just not for multiple times for the same person in the same category (so no +2's or +3's or +9000's). You can, however, vote for the same person once in each category if they are competing in more than one. You can cast a vote for more than one person per category.
▶ Votes will be tallied up OOCly Thursday or Friday, and we will start a new thread to announce the winner.

Comments

INTELLIGENCE

[reservedempath]

[Demonstrate the glory of your brains over brawn.]

sorry not sorry

[cupofbatnoodles]

"ONE OF THOSE IS A STORE FOR YOUR DICK," she shrieked out the obvious that was not obvious as she flew away into the land of dropped characters. Smart.

Don't worry, checkmate won't summon Cthulhu. Probably.

[trustycrowbar]

After a hell of a lot of deliberation, Gordon decided to sign up for this silly contest. He hated boasting, was never any good at it. He always let his actions speak for him. But, he couldn't leave his friend hanging.

"I'm sure everyone is familiar with this." He punches up some things on his tablet and it projects a hologram of a chessboard. "Standard chessboard, 64 squares, flat and closed in its shape; you hit the edge and can't go any further because there's no where else to go. Now this:"

He punches up some more numbers and suddenly the flat chessboard inflates, splits and bends into a... a... what the hell IS that?

"is what happens when MIT students get really, really bored. It's chess on a four-dimensional hypertoroid. The board wraps around on all sides, and it's obviously FAR from flat... So. Anyone want to try a game?"

+1

[heartofarapier]

For Eirika, it's really no contest. She's pretty sure Gordon is the smartest man she's ever met. Okay. Perhaps not the smartest, but in a way, he reminds her a little of Saleh, and it's difficult not to hold a lot of respect for him.

She's a little delighted when chess enters the conversation, however, as it's something she's entirely familiar with. There seems to be a distinct sort of glee at the idea of them having something in common. It doesn't dawn on her that he may only be using the strategy game as an example.

Hand at her chin, she eyes his transformed chess game with a smile. "Of course you would do something so outlandish." In other words, she approves.

[trustycrowbar]

"What can I say? I always enjoyed taking things a step farther."

With a quiet blip, the board fizzles back to its innocuous two-dimensional form.

"Care to play a game? It sounds like you're familiar with it, and I assure you the game is the same whether torodial or flat. Only difference is instead of shores of a chessboard the pieces form islands on opposite folds."

He gives her a choice, not because he doubts her abilities but because he knows her well enough to know she'd want the option.

[heartofarapier]

It's very intriguing to watch the chess table change in what she thinks looks so very simple. But if science is involved, the one thing Eirika is learning is that science is more complicated than it appears to be. And if it's not, then she just feels like it is. But that's probably due to her archaic background in comparison.

She smiles with a distinct pleasure at both his offer and the mere idea of his generosity. "I am familiar with it. It is a game of tactical maneuvers and strategy. I'm not very good at it, but my brother and Prince Innes seem to be masterminds."

Her head tips, "Do you really wish to play here in front of everyone?"

[trustycrowbar]

"Yes I do. I'm afraid this is the only test of intelligence I could think of in a hurry that didn't involve a mountain of numbers."

And these "nurses" don't have any headache meds on hand.

[heartofarapier]

"I forewarn you again, I'm not very well-versed with it. I will do my best, however."

She kept a curve in her mouth and she moved to join him. Then she paused and gestured to where he stood. "Up there?"

[trustycrowbar]

"Or if you want I can go down there. Showing off the modified game was ninety percent of the show, anyway." And, well, he never did like being in the spotlight. He lopes offstage and moves to her table, gesturing in a silent appeal to sit with her. He also slides the tablet to the center of the table and turns it on. This time the board appears with pieces arranged on it.

"Have I mentioned I'm fond of this thing's chess program? Nice and easy to hack."

[heartofarapier]

She shiftd, as if to protest that he doesn't have to move on her account. But he's quicker before she can protest. After a moment, she relaxes back into her chair. Looking over the tablet, she settles her chin into the palm of her left hand. By expression alone, she's intrigued. That's the easiest way to describe it.

Looking across the table to Gordon, she blinks. "You always say such... interesting things. Hack? I don't even know what that is. But then, I'm not sure what any of this is or how it's possible." Eirika laughs quietly, "That's probably obvious, though."

[trustycrowbar]

"Hack. Uh... modify the way the program works by changing the underlying code, and not necessarily to the wishes of the original programmer." He defines, reaching to "stretch" the board to make it larger between them. "As for the hologram, I figure it's a network of interfering light waves that form a three-dimensional image. I'm... still a little fuzzy on how the projectors and sensors actually work, because this is a little beyond even what I was used to in my world."

He demonstrates by reaching up and "picking up" a pawn when in reality he's holding nothing at all. He sets it down in its original spot again. "So, flat board or toroid? And would you prefer white or black?"

[heartofarapier]

Talks of programs and codes went over her head, but she had to assume at the very base of things that both had to do with the very existence of the chessboard in this case. Perhaps she would find herself in Kyogre's office often then, to read the books he had. Surely he had something to help her not feel quite so... out of the loop when speaking with Gordon.

After all, the physics professor probably won't appreciate having to explain everything to her.

"I am not so adventurous for your... unique toroid. At least not until I'm capable of playing chess with some form of skill." Then she tips her head, "White suits me, I think. If you don't mind."

[trustycrowbar]

He doesn't mind explaining, as long as she wants to listen.

"Your move first, then." He replies with an inviting gesture. Hm. He shouldn't pull punches because in chess, like on a battlefield, opponents will generally not show you the same kindness. It sounds cruel, but that's the way it is. He won't do her any favors by manufacturing mercy.

But, then again... it's Eirika.

[heartofarapier]

Her move. Her move to show just how inexperienced she is with it. Eirika likes cards, admittedly. Although that extends to something akin to solitaire, and for more social games - cribbage. Most of Eirika's time has been spent with studies, sparring, and times when she can evade her attendants in favour of solitude time.

She eyes her pawns and looks over his, trying to consider what her brother would do. "I don't pick fights I can't win." He would play confidently. And if it it's Innes, he'll go for the throat. She's too gentle for such an approach.

Eirika settles for the pawn furthest on her right and pushes it forward. "Where did you develop your fondness for it? Chess, I mean."

[trustycrowbar]

"Back in university. My classmates and I made up half the chess club. You don't see too many physics grad students at parties, and unlike our other hobby which was 'building dangerous objects out of materials borrowed from the labs with no intent to return,' the school actually ENCOURAGED this one."

He moves a pawn nearer the center.

[heartofarapier]

For many moments, she stares at him blankly. And in the back of her mind, she decides that procuring a dictionary would be a wise decision on her part. That way, each time Gordon says something she doesn't understand, she can just look up each word.

But at least she could get some of what he said. Another piece forward and she addresses him, "Naturally. Chess is a constructive use of time. Good for clearing the mind and honing one's tactical prowess. At least, according to my brother. Making dangerous objects always has a potential to lessen mankind's survivability."

She smiles, "I am a woman of peace. You'll find I may oppose your danger, Dr. Freeman." Is she teasing? Is she serious? A little of both, perhaps.

[trustycrowbar]

He raises an eyebrow at the last bit, but the corner of his mouth raises with it. "In our defense, most of the time we didn't even know how dangerous the things were until we found out the hard way."

When he wasn't making railguns and launchers for the hell of it, that is. Which... happened more often then he's going to admit here. Another pawn is put into play, threatening hers.

"It's the nature of experimentation, lamentable as the consequences can be..."

[heartofarapier]

Eirika stares at their shared board with some thought. Pawns move... diagonally to take other pieces, right? Moving all the pawns forward in one foul swoop seems to be suicide. She tries to imagine it as a skirmish with Grado soldiers, and that goes a little poorly. Because then she doesn't want to send any of the pawns to go at her expense.

Not to mention that if she were the queen piece, she wouldn't be waiting in the back. Chess. What a frustrating game that plays on war politics. She's too gentle, she thinks, for such a thing.

"The nature of experimentation. A valid point. Without experimentation, no one would be any the wiser." she concedes with interest. "Do you believe in pacifism, Instructor? I'd think not. You're very logical. And logically, pacifism can't exist."

Resting her right hand's forefinger over her endangered pawn, she sets her sights on the man across the table from her with inquisitive blue eyes, as if trying to predict what his following moves will be. One sacrifice is acceptable. Sometimes a risk must be taken. She can capture him later, can't she?

+1

[stay_classy_cat]

Seth really had no idea what Gordon just did but it sure looked impressive. There's a candid clap from the blonde.

"But can you do that with money?"

[trustycrowbar]

"No one around here accepts four-dimensional bills. I checked."

[stay_classy_cat]

"Couldn't you increase its dimensions and then, I don't know, pull it apart again?"

[trustycrowbar]

"Technically yes, but that would break the symmetry and result in less of a paper bill and more of a money singularity. I had to deal with one of those in grad school already."

+0

[luneshalla]

Ellistree had always been curious when it came to scientific pursuits of people she knew. She never really understood a lot of it since sometimes the things they overcomplicated with numbers, formulas and such were clearly already explained by nature.

But she did love games, except when they didn't involve physical interaction. She had hoped that maybe the pieces would turn into actual opponents that one could go and fight! But alas, her face dropped a little when it seemed to still be a normal, yet incredibly fancy and spectacular chess game.

Sorry Gordon, she just don't get it.

[trustycrowbar]

But... think of the strategy, Ellistree! Using the battlefield to your advantage, using the full range of abilities of all the pieces! This completely and totally applies to warfare in its purest form!

Do you see?

...You don't see.

...okay, maybe he can scrounge up a copy of Battle Chess, somewhere.

[shallajin]

As far as she's concerned, the strategy that this game can provide her is lacking severely. She's used to listening, taking orders, and making her own strategies in a war room with the other officers of her platoon so she's a bit past chess.

Though she does have memories of playing in the Chess Room when she had to infiltrate Medivh's Tower. That was pretty fun and dengerous!