Request!

[lowtohigh]

Hey kids!

So I know Eileen's still got a year and Cynric can't move up or down and Declan is absolutely not going to stop being a Five for the rest of his life so help him Butler God, I -do- have some Cards who want to Challenge--and Cards I think ought to -be- Challenged.

Evan and Aleksei can probably Challenge NPCs, because there aren't good candidates who make sense within striking distance, but I feel like Cadogan and Rita--as an Outsider Face and Outsider Nine respectively--should probably get a bit of flak and such for this whole 'in and out' debate. They're also both currently in moderately weakened positions--Rita because of the accounting mess and Cadogan because of the related murder mess, both of which seem like legitimate reasons for them to be Challenged even before you get to the fact they're not Deckborn.

They can also be hit by NPCs, of course, but if anyone wanted a swing at them (or for Evan or Aleksei to take a swing at them), let me know!

Comments

[acomedicgenius]

Alasdair will be in striking range in one week but. Um. I doubt he'd challenge Rita, because for one he would be like "does that mean I have to be an accountant" and for two he likes Rita. However, I could see his more ambitious younger sister doing it. Beatrix is, I believe, an Eight. Madeleine is a Nine or Ten (so that puts her out of range) and Amelia is a Seven. Feel free to pick a DeWitt?

I suppose Zoe should probably catch some flak for the accounting thing. Maybe people are too scared of her husband. :|a

The Diamond Faces are just in constant upheaval, especially since Yin and I were discussing the possibility of Avery challenging Säde.

[lowtohigh]

She likes you too, Allie. She likes you too.
But I will RNG a DeWitt sister, if you don't mind it. o/

I bet there's some hardcore young Spade who thinks she needs to be taken down for fraternizing with an Outlander, no matter how terrifying said Outlander is.

WAIT WHAT IS THIS GO ON MORE WITH YOUR WORDS PLEASE?

[dreamsofwords]

GO FORTH AND DO SO.

Zoe is just making a face. But that face is largely "DO YOUR WORST, BITCH" so.

WELL BASICALLY. Avery made out with Ethan in a semi-public place, which infuriated Sade to the point where when confronting her about it went YOU BE QUEEN YOU CAN'T BE ANY WORSE AT THAT which may have been a slight miscalculation because Avery's response was WELL THEN CONSIDER YOURSELF CHALLENGED. It's all in Gossip Card under Sade's thread.

[lowtohigh]

RNG says Amelia. Any thoughts on numbers vs physical challenges?


Can you hear Cadogan hyperventilating into a bag because I can it's pretty damn loud for someone who can't word-sounds.

[dreamsofwords]

Ah, the apple of Alasdair's eye. Well, all of the DeWitts were trained in some kind of martial art, and I don't have any headcanon for what Amelia's was (Alasdair's was Capoeira, because clearly he would choose one that is more like dance). They're also all physically fit, so a race of some sort wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility. Having said that, I've always seen Amelia as being the most like her older brother, so I think she might be inclined towards numbers. Which was a really long-winded answer.



I can hear it. Avery is honestly, a bit stupefied. I need to talk to Yin again about details.

[lowtohigh]

I know capoeira is legit but I can' help losing it about 'Sexy Dance Fighting' I'm sorry I'm the worst
I will ponder out a number-related challenge and run it past your lovely face, then. ♥


I will be ready with popcorn.
Cadogan will never be ready. For anything. Ever.

[acomedicgenius]

Someday a Spade will piss Alasdair off and end up on his ass and Alasdair will be like Oh I'm Sorry Did You Trip? with the most innocent expression ever on his face Or maybe it will be Ernst. Most excellent!


Poor Cadogan. She's sorry. You can be her man of honor if/when she and Ethan get their acts together enough for weddings?

[lowtohigh]

I don't suppose Rubik's Cubes count as math do they. :|a


And he appreciates that and he would be so ridiculously honoured and you're still killing him Ava why you do.

[acomedicgenius]

They're probably close enough, really. XD



The answer is clearly that Säde has hated her since she had the gall to be a Jack of Diamonds not named Hector and Ava is not a nice enough person to just let it go.

[lowtohigh]

It's either that or an IMC prize run. Should I flip a coin or just admit that old IMC problems are the way to go.


Ava. Ava what about the masterful plan of lying down like a dog rather than a man and taking all Säde's shit Ava hE HAD A PLAN IT WAS TOTALLY WORKINNNGGGG.

[acomedicgenius]

I have no idea what an IMC prize run is, but generally whateeeeeever you want to do is cool.


She's just not very good at that. I blame her brash Australian PB'd-by-Robin-Williams daddy for that one, she got taught early that Hamiltons didn't lie down for anyone. :|

[lowtohigh]

Going through old International Math Competition questions and having a 'greatest hits' version of a compilation of a few days' tests. y/n?


This is not how Roisin raised him. :|
...admittedly, she would super raise him differently given the chance. :|a

[dreamsofwords]

Sounds like a plan! The DeWitts (other than Alasdair, the black sheep that he is) are DECK SCIENTISTS so this is surely an area where Amelia would excel, though perhaps not as much as she would like.

The next generation, Roisin. Though if/with Tess as mommy, I can't imagine that the lay-down-and-take-it attitude would proliferate very long.

[lowtohigh]

Delicious. Would you like to flip for who wins when the time comes?

Her grandkids will take no shit from no man, woman, child, animal, or inanimate object. NO SHIT WILL BE TAKEN.

[dreamsofwords]

Sure thing! Or we (or I) can do the AIM dice rolling thing in chat which only works in chatrooms. It's how EJ and I usually make decisions like Will This Punch Land etc.


EXCELLENT VERY GOOD AUNT AVA APPROVES. So does Uncle Ben, really. And I just like to type out Uncle Ben and giggle.

[lowtohigh]

Perfection. o/ I think this weekend it being issued and when I get back to China the actual challenge (because lord knows writing a maths challenge will keep me entertained in the airport for 5000 hours).

How many Diamonds can Roisin Thomas adopt and/or how many of them did Cadogan accidentally sibling-adopt himself so he can't complain. :|a
And how many of them will give her grandbabies Adrien is currently winning the rest of you need to get your shit together.

[dreamsofwords]

Sounds like a most excellent plan /o/

I think Emma and I discussed Ava and Ethan having 3 kids and a dog because who expects that kind of normalcy out of them. Who.

[lowtohigh]

\o ♥

So Adrien and Avery will be winning. Sophie may also be winning. Cadogan and Ben are losing. :|

[cipherspeak]

For shame, Cadogan, for shame.

I have no excuses for Ben but he seems perfectly happy to do this:



For other people.

[lowtohigh]

He has added it to his Pile O' Guilt, believe you me.

Also Benjamin Middlename Saintname Mackinnon, that is a waste of good Scottish genes.

[cipherspeak]

Benjamin Caillean Dabid Mackinnon. He's being very bad. Rita should punish him.

[lowtohigh]

...wait wait wait.
Wait.
Wait.
Is his saint name from David. Like Saint David. Like Dewi Sant. Like the patron saint of poets and vegetarians aND WALES.
(Someone will die laughing silently.)

Also Rita is more than ready and willing.

[sandsofchaos]

HIS SAINT NAME IS FROM SAINT DAVID OF SCOTLAND. Technically it should be spelled Daibhidh but somehow Medieval Gaelic is more sensible.

They should stop dancing one of these days and do something. Perhaps after her challenge.

[lowtohigh]

LAUGHING FOREVER
LAUGHING
Roisin will swat him for his laughing because David I is also a very nice saint they're sure.

A goodly plan. But probably there should be some amount of actual dancing involved.

[acomedicgenius]

Also in the spirit of FYI, Amelia Jane DeWitt:

[butneverbreak]

ACTUAL CHALLENGE:
WHO WORE IT BETTER.
:|a

[intotherough]

IT SHOULD HAPPEN.

No seriously I would love to see more style challenges but I'm a fashion nerd.

[lowtohigh]

I imagine the Diamonds are the best candidates are Diamonds. Avery, will you be Challenging Sade in fashion. :|a

Also I like the idea of someone Challenging Cadogan in something related to fashion and feeling very smug because he's neat but utilitarian and then suddenly
a distant rumble
which gets closer
and suddENLY
A FLAMBOYANCE OF ADRIEN.

And then Cadogan wins because best coach ever.

[intotherough]

No one would expect Avery to win in fashion. They'd all be like YOU SPENT MOST OF YOUR YEARS WEARING JEANS and then suddenly she shows up and SHOWS THEM ALL /o/

(I suspect it would actually be either sharp pointy things or something highly intellectual and perhaps literary.)

ADRIEN SAVES THE DAY. I can see Sophie shaking her head and going YOU FOOOOL.

I also find it amusing to talk about fashion in the King of Flannel's account. Oh my Diamonds. Not a single one of them can be stereotypes.

[lowtohigh]

what if.
wear these heels and balance a book on your head and recite the opening stanza of the book on your head and fashion somehow. :|a
...can you tell I don't fashion.

Anyone who challenges a friend of Adrien to fashion is a foolish fool who fools.

It's because everyone is actually a Spade. This is my conclusion.

[intotherough]

ITS OKAY I fashion but I also just dress in jeans and boots all the damn time.

Ben could definitely be a Spade. Or a Club. I could easily see him as a Club. I cannot however see Avery in the Spades ever. Unless she became slightly unhinged. Also, imagine for a moment: Alasdair, a Spade. Alasdair. A Spade.

[lowtohigh]

I just get happy with pants that actually fit my legs and hips simultaneously and don't cost much money. It makes my mother pout.

...I'm not laughing at the idea of Allie the Spade you're laughing I'm not laughinpfffffff.

[intotherough]

But Qi's mom. Pants are the worst. I used to wear almost exclusively skirts to avoid the pant problem but ha. Chicago has ended that.


He would be the nicest Spade ever. He would basically be the same as he is now except possibly be unconcerned about the societal effects of stabbing. I don't know, that's all I can come up with as I wait for that day to end.

[lowtohigh]

She mostly despairs that I don't wear pretty dresses every day. Or really sharp slacks. She likes my taste in shoes but that's about it.

I mean, I guess Annie is a really nice Spade. And Michael's not so bad. He would be like them. /o/

[intotherough]

See my mother's the opposite. WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MANY SKIRTS THEY'RE IMPRACTICAL. She understands the jeans-boots-sweater thing so much better.

It's true. He'd be in Club Annie and Michael and would have probably moved out of the Castle for general personal safety several years ago.

[lowtohigh]

Switched at birth a few years apart. o9

So really Club Michael. Club Annie is more staying in the Castle and marrying a pretty Spadey Spade but giving no fucks.

[intotherough]

Totally Club Michael. When Michael got named Jack, Spade!Allie would have patted him on the back and said "better you than me."

Coincidentally, this would also be his reaction to anyone grumping about being a Heart Face.

[lowtohigh]

Ridiculous creatures for the Chives to not actually tear their hair out about so much as tilt all the way over because wHY.

Poor Faces.

[askmenosecrets]

AND WHY ARE YOU NOT JACK HUH CHIVES. Alasdair's irrefutable logic.

[lowtohigh]

ENOUGH PEOPLE FORGET HOW TO WIPE THEIR FEET AND HE'LL SLASH HIS WAY UP TO KING SO HE CAN OUTLAW MUD.

DON'T TEST HIM.

[snarkking]

Well it's not like this made me burst out laughing on the train to the airport or anything. >.>

[lowtohigh]

Objective achieved. o/

Also everyone needs a flamboyance of Adrien bursting into their life. ♥

[onlytolerable]

Well, Sophie did want to challenge to Ten. >>













Hah! As if! The entire point is to support Cadogan.

[lowtohigh]

SONG YOU SON OF A BITCH THAT WAS MY HEART YOU STOPPED FOR HALF A SECOND

o99999

♥

[grrranimals]

Made ya look! :P Sophie would never challenge Cadogan, not even if he asked her to. And he wouldn't, because she would wibble at him.

[lowtohigh]

But will she help him training montage when he gets challenged. :|a