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the moment i posted this i thought. but it would be so freeing to just have him on his own blog.

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ok i moved job to his own blog, here. this blog is gonna go low activity. i’m stealing the aesthetics from here because i like them and i’l be over there most often, anyway.

the moment i posted this i thought. but it would be so freeing to just have him on his own blog.

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the moment i posted this i thought. but it would be so freeing to just have him on his own blog.

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i know it probably seems like it would make sense to have job on his own blog, but i know i’ll never write the others if i move anything around. plus i like the whole aesthetic i got going w this blog and the url and i don’t wanna make new stuff for a single muse blog.

i should probably add something to this effect to my rules, but job is obviously my main muse here, and while i do write and think abt the others, don’t hold your breath waiting for replies with them 😔

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hammurabicomplex​.

IF LAURA TRULY BELIEVED  there was a rat in her house,   she would be evacuating.     the simple fact that she’s still sitting on the stool,   calmly sipping her coffee,   is indication enough that she’s not buying into his excuse.     the dog in her arms won’t stop moving around,   so laura releases her once the floors are  mostly  clean,   letting her sniff curiously at the man’s ankles.

❝    it’s alright.    ❞      it’s not alright,   but laura doesn’t say it for two reasons.     one,   her need to be a good hostess,   which just means it’s román who’ll get an earful about this instead of job,   who’s essentially stranger to her.     and two,   she could tell quite quickly that román’s friend doesn’t have the same financial condition as they do.     making him pay for the pricy tea cups,   even if he was the one who broke them,   doesn’t seem fair.

❝    román is asleep.    ❞      nearly passed out from whatever he’d been doing last night;   laura has a pretty good guess.      ❝    has he offered you the guest bedroom?    ❞

         Even though Laura is considerably shorter than he is, even with him leaning low against the counter, he’s feeling kind of small next to her. Of course, it really was an accident, but he still feels like an idiot for it, especially when she barely knows him. Though, it’s probably an appropriate enough introduction to the sort of person that he is.

          Job doesn’t really acknowledge the dog sniffing around his feet, only glimpsing down at it briefly. He always feels like dogs are going to bite him or piss on his shoes, so his only reaction is shuffling back a bit.

          “No.” He still finds it absurd how some people are so rich they just have extra bedrooms lying around, in case someone comes over at some point. What a weird thing to invest in. Still, he’s pretty certain it’s got to be nicer than anywhere else he’s ever crashed, and he’s not going to pass up the opportunity to sleep anywhere other than his shithole apartment. Especially when it comes with the assurance that he probably won’t wake up to someone asking, “you’re still here?”

          “That’d be cool.” It’s late, and he doesn’t want to think about how much a cab and train ride would cost him, since they’re a far ways away from his neighborhood. “You, uh... you headin’ off soon?” It’s not that he particularly wants to extend this interaction, but he’d feel a lot better staying in this lady’s home with the knowledge she doesn’t completely hate him or just think he’s some kind of buffoon.

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@beenpole​ asked:(JOB) 📣 MEGAPHONE - how loud are they? what do they speak like? got a voice claim? / 🍟 FRIES - do they order food often? or they prefer to cook their own food?

ACCEPTING.

how loud are they? what do they speak like? got a voice claim?

          his voice claim is also neil, and here’s an example of him speaking and singing. he’s also a lot younger than job is there. the key differences are in the way they speak. neil speaks pretty softly, and his brooklyn accent isn’t usually very noticeable. job isn’t exactly loud, but he can be, and he isn’t soft-spoken at all. his voice definitely carries. his accent is also very obvious. he also doesn’t enunciate nearly as clearly as neil does. his words kind of get mashed together, with things like “whattaya” instead of “what do you”, etc.

do they order food often? or they prefer to cook their own food?

          he orders food often enough. he usually just doesn’t feel like cooking, but he can. he typically prefers his own cooking over ordering out, since his is usually better, in his opinion, but that’s partly because he goes to really cheap places that aren’t that great.

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@hammurabicomplex​ asked: 🤥 LYING - are they good liars? do they have tells to show they're lying? / 🎤 MICROPHONE - are they good at singing? what is their go-to karaoke song? (job!)

ACCEPTING.

are they good liars? do they have tells to show they're lying?

          he’s a good liar in that the way he says it is very believable. he doesn’t get nervous about lying, he doesn’t look away, or sound like he’s lying at all. someone would have to be pretty good at picking up on this sort of thing to be able to tell he’s lying based on delivery alone. i’d say his biggest tell is that he usually makes it a point to make eye contact, when that’s less constant when he’s telling the truth. it isn’t obvious at all, but someone really observant might be able to notice.

          now, sometimes the lies he tells are just too outlandish or ridiculous, or just don’t make much sense. this usually depends on how much time he’s had to come up with it, but sometimes he can come up with a good one on the spot, or a bad one when he’s had a while to think it over. overall, i’d say he’s a good liar, because even when the lie itself doesn’t really add up, when someone says something in a convincing enough way, a lot of the time that’s enough to sway most people.

are they good at singing? what is their go-to karaoke song?

          he’s very good at singing. it’s one of the only things he actually knows he’s good at, as far as skills and talents go. he once almost even had a music deal, but he screwed it up (which i’ll talk about in more detail in another post, someday).

          his go to karaoke song, which has taken me a lot of time to decide even though i ended up going with the first songs i thought of, is hot stuff, or angeleyes. he likes disco and psychedelic rock, but the latter isn’t really good for karaoke.

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@streetsofsecrets​ asked: 😭 jobikus

ACCEPTING. 

what makes them cry? do they cry easily?

          someone would have to say some really biting shit to make him start crying then and there. even then, he’s pretty good at bottling it up and saving it for later, but if something happened or was said that was just too much, yeah, he’d cry. a good example is when his mother was dying and told him how she’d always resented him and wished she’d never had him, and how much of a disappointment he’d always been. he always knew that, but hearing it said outright to his face, he couldn’t really hold it back.

          most notably what makes him cry is just being mistreated in a severe way, or things not going well, most often. he mostly cries in private, a lot of the time not about anything specific, but because things in his life are just not that great. he can’t hold onto a job or a steady income of any kind, he can’t keep a romantic partner, he’s screwed up a lot of the opportunities he’s had one way or another, and there’s times when he’s alone and it just seems to all come crashing down on him.

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𝐎𝐂 𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐉𝐈 𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐒!

feel free to tweak questions + all emojis r listed in text form bc i can't see some of them aAAaaAA! sorry if any of these questions are too similar i tried to avoid that but .. there's a lot lol! categorized by emoji type.

i wanted to make one because i could not find one on tumblr already that had a ton of questions. this was created by combining ones under the #oc ask game tag + my own contributions. hi charmymemes nation i'm back.

people

👁️ EYE - what colour are their eyes? do people notice their eyes? is there anything special about them (shows emotion easily, literally magical...)?

🤥 LYING - are they good liars? do they have tells to show they're lying?

👻 GHOST - do they believe in ghosts? what are their "ghostly experiences", if any?

💥 COLLISON - what emotions do they have trouble dealing with?

😭 CRYING - what makes them cry? do they cry easily?

👊 PUNCH - are they quick to violence?

💢 ANGER - what are some habits they have that will take some getting used to?

👪 FAMILY - what is their family like? what is your ocs relationship to them? does your oc have any siblings?

😨 FEARFUL - when scared, do they go into "flight" or "fight"?

💤 SLEEPING - do they fall asleep easily? what helps them sleep?

food & drinks

🥞 PANCAKE - what is their comfort breakfast?

🎂 BIRTHDAY CAKE - when is their birthday? do they like celebrating it?

🍩 DONUT - favourite sweet treat?

🍟 FRIES - do they order food often? or they prefer to cook their own food?

☕️ HOT BEVERAGE - do they prefer hot or cold drinks? what is their favourite drink?

🍓 STRAWBERRY - do they eat their fruit & veg? what is their favourite fruit or vegetable?

🍰 CAKE SLICE - favourite cake flavour? are they specific about types of cakes?

🍧 SHAVED ICE - do they still have any objects from their childhood? what significance does it have to them? what would their reaction be if they lost it?

plants & nature

💐 BOUQUET - create a bouqet for them! what do those flowers mean? are any of the flowers their particular favourite?

🌙 MOON - what is your oc's greatest wish? how far are they willing to go for it?

🌋 VOLCANO - how bad is their temper? is it a slow boil, or a instant explosion?

🌺 HIBISCUS - do they have any allergies?

🍁 MAPLE LEAF - what is their favourite season? why?

🍃 FALLING LEAF - do they enjoy being in nature? what is their favourite outdoor activity?

☀️ SUN - are they a morning person? what is the first thing they do in the morning?

🕷️ SPIDER - what is their biggest fear? do they have any irrational / mundane fears?

🌹 ROSE - do they like valentines day? have they been confessed to before? have they confessed to anyone before?

🙈 SEE-NO-EVIL - whats a side of your oc that they don't want to show other people?

🙊 SPEAK-NO-EVIL - what is something your oc will refuse to stay quiet about?

🙉 HEAR-NO-EVIL - what is the worse thing your oc could hear from someone?

🌱 SEEDLING - what is their most vivid memory from childhood?

🍀 CLOVER - do they believe in luck? are they lucky?

🌏 EARTH - will they give up the world for someone they love? is this decision easy for them?

🌌 MILKY WAY - what was the inspiration behind your oc? what was the first thing you decided about them?

activity

⚾ BASEBALL - can they play sports? what is their best position if they play a team sport? what's their strong suit (speed, power etc.)?

🏊 SWIMMING - can they swim? or are they afraid of water? how well do they swim? how do they feel about swimming in the ocean?

objects

📣 MEGAPHONE - how loud are they? what do they speak like? got a voice claim?

📖 OPEN BOOK - do they like reading? what's their favourite genre?

🪤 MOUSE TRAP - what will always lure them into certain danger? a loved one in danger? a promise of something they are always searching for?

📸 CAMERA - do they enjoy having their picture taken? what's their go-to pose? do they like taking photos? what do they take photos of?

🎭 MASKS - do they act differently around certain people? what's different between the way they act around friends, family, strangers, etc.?

✂️ SCISSORS - what is the "last straw" for them to cut someone out of their life? how easily do they let go of people?

💡 LIGHTBULB - is your oc a planner? do they write down every small detail or just wing it?

💎 DIAMOND - how rich are they? can they live the lifestyle they want to?

🎁 PRESENT - what types of presents would they be most happy to receive? are they good at gift giving?

🍼 BABY BOTTLE - what are their thoughts on children?

🔪 KNIFE - how do they react to injury / misfortune befalling their loved ones (significant other, family, friends)? do they put themselves at blame?

👑 CROWN - what does your oc want to be remembered as? why?

✏️ PENCIL - is there a particular quote / lyric that you associate with them?

🎵 MUSIC NOTE - what is their playlist like? their favourite artists? do you associate a particular song with them?

🎤 MICROPHONE - are they good at singing? what is their go-to karaoke song?

🎷 SAXOPHONE - do they play any instruments? are they any good at it?

📚 BOOKS - how were they at school? what is their best subject? what is their worst subject? do they have a favourite subject?

👖 JEANS - what is their go-to outfit?

🎨 PALETTE - can they draw? what do they like to draw?

🎡 FERRIS WHEEL - are they someone who wants to kiss at the top of the ferris wheel?

⏳ HOURGLASS - are they usually late or on-time?

🔫 PISTOL - do they trust people easily? how easily will they turn their back to someone? have they been backstabbed before? will they betray someone if given an ultimatum?

🎀 RIBBON - how would they fit into other worlds / aus? what aus would you like to try out? what fictional world would they fit / not fit into?

📎 PAPERCLIP - a random fact.

📦 PACKAGE - what are some "most likely to..." that can apply to them?

🖍️ CRAYON - what advice would you give to them?

⚙️ GEAR - what are your ocs thoughts on science & art? which do they give more importance to? how much value do they place on each?

🔧 WRENCH - are they good at fixing relationships? or do they tend to avoid doing so?

❇️ SPARKLE - what is their most prized possession? what do they value?

📏 RULER - is your oc well educated? where did they get their learning from?

transport

🚆 TRAIN - what is their answer to the trolley problem?

🚲 BICYCLE - can they ride a bike? what do they remember from learning to ride a bicycle?

weather

🌩️ LIGHTNING - are they scared of lightning?

💧 DROPLET - random angst headcanon

❄️ SNOWFLAKE - do people consider them cold? if so, what made them this way?

🌪️ TORNADO - what is the biggest change you've ever made to them? how have they changed from their original version?

🌈 RAINBOW - what advice would they give to their younger self?

🔥 FIRE - do they have any self destructive tendencies? what habits do they have that hinder them from becoming their best self?

☁️ CLOUD - a soft headcanon

🌟 GLOWING STAR - what do they think about when they look at the night sky? is there someone they want to star gaze with?

🌠 SHOOTING STAR - if they could make any wish with no repercussions, what wish would they make?

☄️ COMET - what do people assume about them? are they right?

hearts

💓 BEATING HEART - what gets their heart racing?

💘 HEART W/ ARROW - what traits do they look for in a relationship? do they believe in love at first sight?

💗 GROWING HEART - if they have a crush, is it noticable? what changes when they're in love?

❤️ RED HEART - their love language(s)?

💙 BLUE HEART - do they miss their s/o easily? how do they act when their s/o isn't around?

💚 GREEN HEART - what things make your oc feel comforted? hugs, kisses, food?

💖 SPARKLING HEART - are they a subtle or a showy lover?

💌 LOVE LETTER - do they like love letters? what kind of messages do they leave for their partner?

💔 BROKEN HEART - what could their partner do that would absolutely break their heart?

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beenpole​.

Gnashing her teeth together, Marcie takes a deep breath through her nose. “Okay, perhaps my reaction was unwarranted. I’ve been told I lack a sense of humor.” Looking Job up and down in a clinical fashion, she sighs. “My apologies.” She’s going to blow this gig if she didn’t check her attitude - she can’t afford that, not right now.

“I’m, uh, sure others would have found it funny.” Her compliment isn’t very convincing. She’s fiddling now, thumbing her ascot - it was given to her by the pattern company she modeled for; almost all of her clothes was from modeling shoots. 

“I actually think puppets are pretty cool.” 

          “You think puppets are cool?” Now, this, this could be seen as a mean reaction. From the look on his face and the way he asks, it’s clear that he disagrees. “I mean -- sorry. They’re fine.” He really doesn’t want to dig a deeper hole, here.

          “But, uh, some of the ones they got here creep me out. They got... dead lookin’ eyes or somethin’.” There had been moments during filming when he had these singular moments of one of those things staring into his soul, where his body went through the performance on autopilot while all he could see was that damn face looking back at him, as if it was just the two of them existing within a vacuum. -- He was also stoned in those moments, but still.

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streetsofsecrets​.

           “I need to finish my spring cleaning.” Eve blatantly lies, if Job traveled up the stairwell he would know that the bedrooms, bathroom, and closets were utterly immaculate. “I didn’t know you wanted to keep discussing the topic,” she admits - honest enough.

          “Um... okay. See ya, I guess.” He does a poor job of concealing his confusion and, a little bit of disappointment, maybe. He’s sure now that he said something that bothered or offended her, but what, he has no idea.

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streetsofsecrets​.

        Eve takes a deep breath. Her sigh seems like she is annoyed at the matter Job doesn’t get what she means, but in all actuality, it was to calm her nerves as she tries speaking to a man she usually only exchanges three to ten words a day to.

          “I mean that children who are born into money don’t have to watch shows like this. And to be frank, they likely have enough around them to learn how to be upstanding citizens. This is, for better or worse, all low-income children have. And what are they learning through songs? The importance of not stealing cigarettes?” Eyebrows arched, a small frown on her lips, Eve averts her eyes. “I don’t know. It feels like children are being encouraged to be, at most, average. But perhaps less than average with songs so trivial.”  

      Eve is not worried about Bianca or Louis taking these messages to heart because she does all she can to install a strong sense of self. Sal actually does, too. However, she knows this may not be the case for a family that lives down the street. After saying all of this, Eve feels somewhat flustered. Instantly, she decides to turn her back on Job. To provide the illusion of having something to do upstairs. 

          “I think it’s got a deeper message, see? Like, don’t steal. But kids can relate more if it’s kinda specific. I think.” Truthfully, he doesn’t know a damn thing about kids, but he’s honestly doing his best. He did take the gig thinking it was stupid and just a way to make some money to get his own apartment again, but he did find himself trying to put out something that would help.

          That, and he’s found he interacts pretty well with them, Eve’s own children being a prime example. He never expected them to have much interest in him, especially the longer he stuck around, but the opposite has proved to be true.

          “What else is there for kids to learn about?” It’s not meant to be dismissive, nor does it sound that way, but a genuine inquiry. What sort of things did kids need to learn in order to not turn out like him? If he knew, maybe he’d be a different person. This leads him to the realization that he probably should have nothing to do with teaching kids anything.

          “Hey, uh, where you goin’?”

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streetsofsecrets​.

            “Please don’t swear in front of me.” Eve promptly orders, soft but stern. “I just think the songs could have more…meaningful substance.” She’s thought about this for a while, honestly. However, she refrained from giving her judgment as she did not know how to vocalize all the negative thoughts in her head. “The program is for children who are…disadvantaged, is that right?”

          “Sorry. Anyway, it ain’t exactly for just them, but I figure they’re the only ones watchin’, since the show is sh-- ... it ain’t too good. I mean, it ain’t that bad, but you can tell there ain’t a whole lotta money goin’ into it. I feel like rich kids wouldn’t dig it. So, yeah, I guess.” It’s clearly a low budget project, and some of the puppets are downright off-putting, even in his adult opinion.

          “Whattaya mean by meaningful, though?” Since he ends up having to come up with a lot of the songs, he wouldn’t mind some input or ideas. Still, he’s pretty sure he’s done some good ones.

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hammurabicomplex​.

WITH A DEEP SIGH,   laura turns to the coffee machine,   allowing herself a moment of calm before the storm.      she focuses on the coffee machine rather than the shards of glass on the floor,   on the vases and tea cups her parents had brought her from france that are now ruined,   on the earful she’ll give román about letting others inside their home right before he falls asleep.

when her dog walks over to them,   starting to sniff the broken glass on the tiles,   laura is quick to crouch down and pick her up.      ❝    marianne,   no.     ❞      holding the lightweight,   fluffy dog on one hand,   the other finishes up adding cream and sugar to her mug.

❝    a rat  on top  of the cabinets?    ❞      clearly not convinced,   she takes a seat over one of the bar stools by the kitchen island.      she considers telling him to leave,   but her instinct to be a good host always speaks louder.      ❝    there’s coffee in the pot if you want some.    ❞

          “Yeah.” He takes his time replacing the broom and dustpan into the closet he saw her retrieve it from. She doesn’t sound like she’s buying it, but, maybe if he sticks to it for long enough, she will. “A big one, too. Right up there.” He points to the spot directly above where the carnage happened to all of her fine dishes. 

          Suddenly he worries that she’ll expect him to pay for all that, which would just mean avoiding Román for a few months. It shouldn’t be too hard, they weren’t that close. Still, if he couldn’t get her to forgive him through boldfaced lies, maybe just hanging around and talking a while might do it.

          “Thanks.” He helps himself to the coffee, and is glad he doesn’t mind it black, since he isn’t willing to risk asking her for anything, even just cream and sugar. A glass of whiskey or four sounds a whole lot better right about now, though. “I, uh... sorry again.”

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streetsofsecrets​.

– @noiralley​

          “I…” a brief pause, “don’t think the songs you sing on that show are appropriate.” 

          “Whattaya mean? I think they’re alright. It teaches kids shit. And, look, I only write some of ‘em myself.”

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@beenpole​ asked: “that is not an appropriate question to ask a lady you’ve just met.”

          “Oy. ... I’m sorry.” He looks to his feet, a bit sheepishly, but not quite as much as he probably should look. When he’d asked Marcie if she “fell in” after coming back from the restroom, he had thought it would be funny, but the look on her face is telling him he’s screwed this one up pretty badly. He does honestly feel a little bad about it, but it’s still kind of funny.

          “I didn’t mean nothin’ by it. It was s’posed to be a joke, y’know?” He straightens his posture some, only to lean against the wall next to him. “Could we go back to when you just knew me as the guy who sings with the stupid puppets?”

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hammurabicomplex​.

IT’S TOO LATE;   she’s already making her way into the kitchen.     a gasp escapes her lips as she catches sight of the mess   ━━   her fancy teacups and vases now broken into shards of glass all over the tile floors.     she stops in her tracks,   counts to five,   deep breath.     she exits the room for only a brief moment,   and when she comes back,   it’s with a broomstick and a dust pan.

❝    i’m gonna make myself a cup of coffee,    ❞      she says as she hands the objects over to job,   not particularly interested in how this happened or what he was trying to do,   or in the ladder he asks of her.     that can wait.      ❝    when i’m done,   i want the floor looking exactly as it did when i left it.    ❞

          Yikes. She is definitely pissed. He doesn’t really have a good explanation for this particular fuck-up, either, but he figures by the time he’s cleaned up and she’s got her coffee, maybe he’ll have come up with something passable.

          He takes the broom and dustpan without making eye contact or saying a word, feeling pretty certain he’s getting thrown out the moment he’s done. Which might be for the best, because that would give him more time to think up a good lie to get back on her good side.

          The shards clink together harshly as they’re swept into a pile, tiny fragments surely being left behind, destined to end up embedded in someone’s foot in the coming weeks. It’s not that he’s half-assing it; he’s truly doing his best to get every bit, but there’s the matter of his pants being too tight for him to be willing to crouch down and and make sure every single speck makes it into the bin. That, and glass is damn near impossible to clean up.

          Once he’s satisfied that the kitchen floor looks about as good as it did before he happened to it, and now certain he’s got the perfect excuse, he turns back to Laura, fiddling with the broom handle. “I, uh. I saw a rat.”