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the USERNAME meme

Journal names. They're something we all think about, and that we often try to make as fittingly torturous to our characters as possible. Isn't it nice that our characters never have to know they're wandering around with that horrible label attached to them?

...wouldn't it be fun if they did?

RULES

1 Your character is communicating with others through a journal community, just like how we're using them, and they are perfectly aware of that fact. Whether they think that's normal or not is totally up to you.

2 The also know that when they signed on to this community, they were automatically assigned a name that supposedly has something to do with their personality and/or history. They didn't have any say in what that name was going to be, they're just stuck with it.

3 Make a post with your character's reaction to seeing what their own username is. Do they think it fits? Do they hate it with a passion? Are they downright confused?

4 Comment to other people's posts with your character's reactions to everyone else's usernames. If they know the other character, they might have good reason to laugh at them or feel sorry for them. If they don't, this could lead to some pretty interesting first impressions, don't you think?

5 If you want to use a name that's different from your actual journal name, just mark that in your post. No need to create a whole new journal just to make your character's life worse for one meme. ;)

6 PROFIT!

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Yeah.

[What's the worst that could happen? Though, admittedly, that smile is making his skin crawl with dread already. Which is probably a sign that he should cut this off right now.

He's determined to show that he can play Joshua this way, though.]

Hmm.

[Trying to be stubborn just gives Joshua openings to make Neku squirm. And he sees this as an opening to reach over and take Neku's hand. Not very gently, either, as he's pretty sure Neku is going to try and pull away.]

...since you didn't say no.

[...he's not sure how he didn't see that coming. Neku definitely does squirm - he can feel the grip on his hand, strong enough that he doesn't try to just pull away - and takes a step back, so that even with their hands linked there's more of a distance between his and Joshua's bodies.]

...

On second thought, it's not up to interpretation and you should let go. And we should never mention this again.

[He's not about to let go now, of course. Not when he's for Neku looking like that.]

Oh, Neku, you really shouldn't say things you don't mean.

[hypocrisy? What hypocrisy?]

Am I not allowed to change my mind, then?

[Joshua, as soon as he has both hands to himself he's going to strangle you.]

You can. But not after things don't go your way.

[He's not going to let go, then! Have another giggle, Neku.]

[And now there is giggling and hand-holding and, wow, Joshua, just shoot him already. Again.]

This seems a great time to change my mind, actually.

[No, he's not going to put Neku out of his misery any time soon.]

That's trying to have your cake and eat it too, and you can't do that. You'll have to stand by your words now.

So you're just going to... hold my hand. For how long, exactly?

Until it stops being amusing.

[which doesn't look like anytime soon.]

What's so funny about it?

[He says, spluttering and with his ears pink. Really, if he could see himself... well, he still wouldn't find it amusing, but maybe if it were someone else in his position. And he were more like Joshua (god forbid).]

You're so flustered over such a simple thing. You blush right up to your ears, did you know that?

[Since Joshua was Joshua, he found it endlessly entertaining.]

How the hell is that funny?

[Joshua commenting on it isn't exactly helping with Neku's blush, either. I-it just makes him self-conscious having it brought up, okay.]

I can rile you up without doing anything at all. It's amusing seeing your reactions.

[Like that blush getting darker!]

You're not doing nothing, you're holding my hand.

[Seriously, in what universe is that not a thing. A thing that would make any reasonable person freak out.]

And that's not very much, is it? Just a little contact, Neku. Are you really that adverse to it?

[Maybe not in general, but Joshua knows how much his proximity makes Neku bristle, and he's using it to his advantage.]

If I say I am, will you let go?

[He's not all that good with contact as it is, and the fact that it's Joshua isn't exactly helping.]

[He pretends to consider.]

No. But if you ask and say please, I might think about it.

[He's going to take a pin and stab Joshua in the face with it if this keeps up. Or he's going to try, at least.

The next part is bitten out, tone low;]

Please, Joshua, let go of my hand and please never hold it again.

You don't sound very sincere...but, all right.

[He's had his fun, for the most part, and let's go of Neku's hand.]

Better?

[Oh, good. He'll just be putting space between them so that Joshua can't do that again.]

Much better, yes.

All that over just a little touch? My, it doesn't take much to get you worked up, does it?

[Not when it's you, Neku thinks, though he - probably wisely - doesn't say that. Instead;]

I don't like being touched all that much.

[Which isn't exactly a lie, anyway. He's better with it since everything happened, but he still prefers to keep physical contact to a minimum. Particularly when it's coming from Joshua.]

[very wisely doesn't say that. It's just the kind of thing Joshua would jump on and twist around for his benefit.]

Well, I can't say I'm surprised. But even still, a little hand-holding shouldn't be the end of the world.

It's not the end of the world. Just didn't like it.