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[supercilious]

【the ❝CALL ME OUT❞ meme】
a roleplay meme to inspire muses.

♛ refer to the list above for active muses. ♛ post "calling" one of them out — you can do so by putting their name in the subject line! ♛ can be informal/formal/comment spam/crosscanon/explicit/whatever tickles your fancy! ♛ feel free to make up a scenario at the start, or wait to see where things go. ♛ if there's someone on my muselist who isn't listed here, feel free to call them out! you might have to wait longer for a response though. meme code.

Comments

[idkmybffpyramid]

It's a starting place. [He glances at Ocelot with a slight smirk because he can't help it, he has a problem.] Try not being so pessimistic right off the bat.

[meowforbackup]

You think this is pessimism? I'm being realistic, Reno. [ And maybe scared in a way he can't really admit to even at 20. ]

slams down a reply over a month later

[idkmybffpyramid]

[He gives Ocelot a curious glance - it's not the response he'd been expecting, but it's hardly out of place to the situation either. But productivity is relaxing to Reno, or at least it was in Discedo, so he'd like to hold on to the little bit of positivity he's not going to have the luxury of throwing around later.]

Long as you don't start getting defeatist about things. [shrug] You're on your own if you start with that shit.

my favorite kind of reply

[meowforbackup]

Please. You think I would've survived this long if defeat was part of my vocabulary?

[ He's Major-fucking-Ocelot. Of course they're going to get through this. He just wishes it was more in his field of expertise. ]

[idkmybffpyramid]

[The shift in his tone is quite dramatic; going instantly from playful to flatly matter-of-fact. It certainly hadn't been a part of his before Discedo, but things change.]

Tend to learn a lot of new things here.

[meowforbackup]

Learned a lot of new things back home, too. [ Some of them even overlap with the Discedo lessons... except for one. ] Never had to wake up after being blown to pieces, though. That was new.

[idkmybffpyramid]

Yeah. [He sighs absently as they come up on the school, looking at it with a very controlled expression that may imply he's not actually that keen on going inside.] Not sure I ever really needed to know what holding my guts in was like.

[meowforbackup]

[ Noticing that. Also electing to not comment on it, only because he has something more grim on his mind. ] Do you think...

If we're the only ones here. If the scientists aren't around anymore...

[idkmybffpyramid]

I've thought about it. Not so hot on trying it out though.

[meowforbackup]

Too bad there's no one else here. I could use a guinea pig right about now. [ Is he joking? Probably not. ]

[idkmybffpyramid]

[He huffs a small laugh.] Probably wouldn't even have to get your hands dirty. Could barely go a day here without someone throwing themself to the wolves.

[meowforbackup]

Some people really had no self preservation, did they? Getting crushed or eaten left and right... [ At least they died in combat (sort of) and not by, I don't know. Being eaten by a chocobo. ]

[idkmybffpyramid]

Almost makes a guy nostalgic for the mayhem. [He sighs, almost wistfully.] No wolves, no assholes looking for a fight. Seems like the biggest thing I've got to worry right now about is you.

[He says it lightly - nonchalant, even. Lets it roll off his tongue with a smirk like it's just a joke. But it's not; he's as serious as mako poisoning. It's a reminder, for himself as much as Ocelot. They're not friends, and if there's one thing Reno is certain of at this moment, it's that Ocelot is as much of a threat as he is an asset.]

[meowforbackup]

Isn't that enough? [ He likes straddling that line of threat and asset. It's where he's the most comfortable and even though he never really saw Reno as a threat (he would've respected him more if that were the case) he's very keen on establishing that he absolutely is. ]

[idkmybffpyramid]

Dunno. [He shrugs as he pushes open the door to the building, but a cursory glance up and down the hall is all the caution he exercises this time around.] Think I'm kinda burned out on it by now.

[meowforbackup]

Good thing I don't have a reason to threaten you, then. Yet. [ From the look of things, it'll stay that way for a while. Now, if they'd find someone else or even a way out... that would change matters. ]

[idkmybffpyramid]

Finally, the vacation I deserve.

[No one trying to kill him in the immediate future? A+. He'd doubt it, but he knows he's more useful alive than dead for the time being, and without knowing whether death is permanent or not, he'd hazard he's better as an ally than an enemy.]

[Anyway, they've got stuff to do. Like finding out if there's anything useful in this building. Best places to hit are probably the labs, the old storeroom and the clinic, in his estimation. Reno'd also guess a top-down approach is better than the reverse, so looks like they're starting with the labs.]

[meowforbackup]

[ It's not a bad strategy. Even more so, Ocelot doesn't care too much how they do this as long as it's done efficiently and a top-down approach is about as efficient as you can hope for in this dump.

He wrinkles his nose, entering the labs. ]

Can't believe we used to live in this dump.

[idkmybffpyramid]

It's not so bad.

[Reno frowns at the room as he moves through it, obviously not believing his own lie.]

The chalkboard gives it some charm.

[meowforbackup]

[ He quirks a brow at Reno, going for a cultural reference that is bound to fall flat. ] What are you, some kind of hippie?

[idkmybffpyramid]

The hell's a 'hippie'?

[Is he being insulted here.]

[meowforbackup]

[ Maybe. ] Find a mirror and you shall find your answer.

[idkmybffpyramid]

So it's someone devastatingly handsome and charming? Well then I guess I am.

[Take that.]

[meowforbackup]

[ Good job. You get a bark of laughter for that one. ] I take that back - you're more of a matryoshka doll.

Full of yourself.

[idkmybffpyramid]

[He snorts as he starts looking through containers for anything useful. Good one.]

I hear my confidence is part of my charm.

[From himself. When he's telling other people because they called him arrogant.]