#2PM scenario

[blu-joons]

When Their Foreign Partner Moves To Korea ~ 2PM Reaction

Jun.K:

You struggled to keep up with Minjun as he grabbed your hand and pulled you suddenly down another street again. “Are you going to tell me where we’re going at all or am I just going to keep guessing?”

As you spoke, Minjun slowed down, finally allowing you to catch your breath. “I’m sorry, I’m just so excited to show you everywhere.”

“I’ve barely been able to see anywhere because you’ve moved me around so quickly,” you explained to Minjun. “Can’t we at least stop so when you tell me the name of the place, I can see it?”

“Sorry, I just want to squeeze everything in,” Minjun excitedly told you.

The giddiness in his voice brought a smile to your face too. “You don’t need to squeeze it in, we’ve got plenty of time now that I’m here.”

“I didn’t think of that,” Minjun admitted in a whisper, taking a moment to pause. “I’m used to only having a week, but now you’re living here, we’ve got all the time in the world.”

“Let’s take it slow,” you suggested, “maybe we could just do one place at a time Min.”

“That sounds like a good idea to me.”

Nichkhun:

You relaxed into Nichkhun’s side as soon as he sat by you, relaxing his arm across both of your shoulders. “Does it ever get easier for you?�� You enquired, sat out on your balcony, overlooking the city.

A hum came from Nichkhun, leaving you confused. “I still get homesick sometimes, but it definitely feels like home for me now.”

“I don’t know why but I’ve really felt that way today,” you confided in Nichkhun, feeling his grip around you tighten as he understood exactly how you felt about moving to another country.

“At least you’ve got me here with you,” he reasoned, kissing the side of your head.

You could do nothing else but nod in agreement with Nichkhun. “There’s no way I’d ever come here if it wasn’t for you being here with me.”

“It’ll get easier, the more you settle,” Nichkhun told you from his own personal experience. “We can keep doing things here that introduce Korea, and remind you of home too.”

“I’d love that,” you smiled, “thank you for already taking such good care of me Nichkhun.”

“I’m always going to be right here for you.”

Taecyeon:

Your eyes rolled as Taecyeon couldn’t help but poke you again in the arm as he passed you by. “Are all Koreans as annoying as you are, or is it just you?” You joked as he took his seat back opposite you again.

His smile was innocent, resting his chin into the palm of his hands, “I can’t believe you’d ever suggest that I could be annoying.”

“At least through a computer screen I can shut you down,” you continued to mess with Taecyeon, hearing him groan. “I wish there was some sort of power off button on you right now.”

“I can arrange to fly you home if you want me to,” Taecyeon jokingly warned you.

Your eyes widened in surprise, hitting against Taecyeon’s arm. “After all this time do you really want to send your best friend back home?”

“I’m only messing with you,” Taecyeon insisted, rolling his eyes at the look of shock on your face. “Now that you’re here, I’m not letting you go back home ever again.”

“Ever again?” You challenged, “you can’t put me up in your apartment forever you know Taec.”

“Really? Because I reckon that I could.”

Wooyoung:

Your eyes were wide as you looked over the table, taking in the many dishes that Wooyoung had ordered for you to try. “What would you recommend first?” You asked, deciding to trust the expert best.

Wooyoung pointed straight away to the kimbap in front of you, “I’m super confident that you’ll fall in love with this when you try it.”

“I better love it now,” you laughed as you picked up your chopsticks before taking a piece of kimbap. With Wooyoung’s eyes firmly on you, you placed it into your mouth, humming immediately.

“Delicious, right?” Wooyoung quizzed, focusing on the smile that was on your face.

Your head nodded as you swallowed before speaking, “that is one of the most incredible things that I’ve ever tasted, it’s so good, that’s unfair.”

“There’s plenty more where that came from,” Wooyoung reminded you, “do you want to try something else? Maybe I could open up one of the bottles of soju?”

“I’ll give anything a try,” you smirked, “go on, I’ll give it all a try under your recommendation.”

“I’ve got all of my favourite things you’ll love.”

Junho:

Your eyes flickered around for Junho in panic as the staff member spoke to you, unable to quite figure out what she was saying. “I need help,” you mouthed as soon as your eyes met his across the shop.

Junho rushed across to you, standing by your side. “What did she say?” Junho asked you, but you could only shrug to him in reply.

“I’m not sure, I only picked up a few words,” you admitted, beginning to fret as the woman looked at you expectantly, unaware that your Korean wasn’t quite as fluent as she expected it to be.

“Don’t worry, I’ll sort this,” Junho promised as she asked her to repeat herself.

You stood apprehensively as she did so, hanging back until Junho turned across to you again. “Is she mad?” You whispered to him, your voice shaky.

“Of course not,” Junho smiled, taking a hold of both of your hands. “No one is expecting you to get everything, with a bit of practice though we can get there, can’t we?”

“Yeah,” you agreed, “I’m sorry if I’m making you work so hard when we’re out and about translating.”

“Don’t apologise, I don’t mind helping at all.”

Chansung:

Your smile was weak as you turned around from the window after hearing Chansung call out your name, his eyes full of concern. “I’m alright,” you quickly assured him, knowing that he was worrying about you.

He looked questionably back across to you, “if you’re having a hard time, it’s alright. It’s a big jump being here compared to home.”

“I’m loving being here and finally being able to visit you and your family,” you smiled as he moved to stand beside you. “There’s so much that’s different though, it’s hard to get my head around at times.”

“You know you can talk to me, and I’ll help you out where I can,” he whispered.

Your head nodded in reply to Chansung, knocking your waist against his. “You being such a brilliant best friend is the whole reason that I’m here anyway.”

“I know, but it’s still going to be hard,” Chansung sympathised, offering you a reassuring grin. “Whenever you’re homesick, tell me, then I can cheer you up.”

“I dread to think what you have planned for me sometimes,” you laughed, “your mind is mysterious.”

“I’ll always make sure you have a great time.”

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2PM TEXTS ONE-SHOT

Bestfriend! Y/N delievering Bestfriend! 2PM's stuff.

Jun K.

Nichkhun

Taecyeon

Wooyoung

Junho

Chansung

[oraclekleo]

Junho (2PM) - Kinky Tarot Reading

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Reading Info:

Rating: 18+

Reading Type: Single - Couple

Requested: Yes - No

Requester: /

Deck(s): E. A. Poe Tarot, Prism Oracle

Spread: Kinky

Questions:

Position

Libido

Turn On

Kink

Dirty Secret

Celebrity Info:

Full Name: Lee Jun Ho

Stage Name: Junho

Group: 2PM

DOB: 25.01.1990

Blood Type: A

MBTI: INFJ

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Chinese Sign: Earth Snake

Life Path Number: 9

Masterpost: 2PM

Junho (2PM) - Kinky

Full Name: Lee Jun Ho Stage Name: Junho Group: 2PM DOB: 25.01.1990 Blood Type: A MBTI: INFJ Sun Sign: Aquarius Chinese Sign: Earth Snake Life Path Number: 9

Spread / Question: Kinky Deck(s): E. A. Poe Tarot, Prism Oracle

Position - 2 of Pentacles, Determination

Junho is pretty much used to managing his life on his own. He might not be willing to give his control out, not even for his lover’s sake. He’s not exactly despotic but he has the authority of a man who’s sure of his opinions and values and he’s very likely to ask for respect from his lover. His word is the law. Junho is not here to debate about his core customs or values, they are what they are. What you see is what you get with him. Junho is pretty skilled in multitasking and achieving goals at any cost. If his goal is to date someone, his prey is basically defeated the moment Junho sets his eyes on them.

Libido - XV The Death, XIX The Sun, Ideation

Junho’s libido is all about the ideas and creation and transformation. He’s likely to have a strong lust and desire for his lover but that person needs to have some brains in order for him to get turned on. Two major arcana cards suggest a powerful passion and the fact they are Death and Sun suggest that nothing is taboo for Junho. He’s open minded and ready to explore when it comes to sexual experience. Junho has a strong sense for erotica and he’s likely to become rather creative in the bedroom (or anywhere, really). He’s one of those lovers who can deliver such bliss through their performance that it feels like a little death to his lover and afterwards they feel utterly changed to the core. Junho is big on both foreplay and aftercare as well. Basically a perfect lover.

Turn On - Page of Pentacles, Queen of Pentacles, Movement

Oh Junho! Such a MAN! While Junho is more of a dom in a relationship, he’s likely to still feel attracted to a person who’s strong and confident on their own. Junho might prefer his special person to actually approach him first. He’s gonna take it from there but they have to make the first move. Junho likes people with both creativity and common sense to them, those who know their craft and are successful in their professional life. Some nobody with more guts than brains is not likely to impress this gentleman.

Kink - 4 of Swords, 6 of Swords, King of Swords, Love

I must admit that Junho confused me here. All the swords cards suggest a certain detachment and passivity and then there’s the love card. What can I make out of this? Anyway! Junho is a romantic but he’s more of a pragmatic romantic. He’s not likely to go out of his way just to impress his lover with a super sweet date. Junho is more astute and sophisticated. He’s likely to play it cool with his lover and not be a big fan of public display of affection. Junho is likely to enjoy slow seduction and it’s even hotter for him, if he’s the one being seduced, as the 4 of Swords suggest a certain passivity on his side. He likes to be treated like a King before things get too hot and out of hand. Junho might have a control kink. While he likes to be seduced by his lover, at a certain point the roles switch, Junho takes the lead and bosses his lover around, instructing them to do this and that for and to him. He might have a thing for bondage but the knots should always be loose and easy to undo, whether he’s the one bondaged or his lover. Junho likes it when at certain points all shackles fall down and he and his lover can feel liberated through the act of love.

Dirty Secret - VII The Chariot, Hunger

Junho is a hungry man. Not in a sense of food cravings, though. He’s hungry for something to touch his soul, fill him up, something to emotionally and spiritually satisfy him. And in this context it’s a craving for a lover who would match him so well that his emotional, spiritual and mental needs are all fulfilled. Junho is not the type to sit down and wait for this person to come into his life, he’s actively searching for them, determined to find that person. See the contrast of yellow and blue in the cards? It reminds me of day and night. Junho wants to find a partner who would be his companion during the day and a lover during the night, someone mature enough to simply accept and love Junho with his light and dark sides.

I'm sorry for spaming you with so many pics of Junho, but... Just look at the man! That's a perfection right there. 😍 I'm sorry. I have some very... intense feelings for Junho (and for all 2PM members, to be honest, their fandom might be Hottest but that's also a term that fits the members perfectly).

If I will ever catch a moment when some of my befriended readers offers ship readings, I will ask for one with Junho 😂

Anyway! I know Junho isn't on my request list but I woke up with a strong feeling of doing his reading today. Plus I'm genuinelly bored with all those idols in their early 20s. 😂

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[kpopjust4u]

Kinkmas - Day 13: Marking W/ Nichkhun

Post Date: 13th December 2022 Content: Smut - 2PM Nichkhun x Reader WC: 1.1K TW?: Marking - Hickeys, Finger and hand prints/ Possessive!Nichkhun 

Summary: When you have a secret santa off a secret admirier, Nichkhun can’t help but get jealous and makes sure that whoever it was, knew you were already taken.

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Just as you’re about to leave the house to meet your friends, you’re stopped in your tracks when you notice a small present on the floor in front of you, labeled with your name and signed off with just ‘Secret Admirer'.

Confused, you slowly pick it up, close your door behind you and make your way into the dining room, putting it down on the table and leaving it there, ready for you to come home to afterward. With a pep in your step, thinking it must be off of your boyfriend, Nichkhun, you make your way to meet your best friend for coffee. 

Unbeknownst to you, it was definitely not off of him as he already had your Christmas presents planned, plus he was past the whole secret admirer idea, just wanting to be straight up with making sure you knew his presents were off him. 

Moments after you leave, Nickhyun walks into the house, putting his keys down on the table before making his way to the kitchen. In the corner of his eye, he notices the present, face scrunching in confusion just as yours did earlier on as he walks over to it.

Opening up the label, he lets out a distasteful groan with a sour taste in his mouth, knowing he wouldn’t have left this, and instantly gets in a foul mood. The idea that you had a secret admirer and it wasn’t him, makes him angry, as it was evident enough that you were with him but obviously that was never going to be enough.

He knows he shouldn’t get this worked up over it, but part of him is getting extremely possessive over you, you are his and only his. The sour taste in his mouth stays for hours on end, waiting for you to get home to ask you about it, why you’re accepting gifts like this. He knew he was going to be crossing a line but he just couldn’t help it. 

As soon as you walk through the door, he’s standing there, arms crossed in front of his chest, looking straight through you rather than at you. Smiling at him, you walk towards your boyfriend, arms out to give him a hug but your arms drop and your face contorts in confusion.

“Hey baby, are you okay?” You slowly ask, taking one of his hands in yours as he brushes you off, walking away to pick up your present, handing it back to you as you smile, thanking him as he hands it over.

“I don’t know why you’re thanking me, this isn’t from me?” Nichkhun scoffs sarcastically, standing tall over you as you look up at him, dumb founded, you had sworn it was him, who else could it be?

“Is it not? I thought it was,” You go quiet, opening it up to see the most sparkly necklace, silver with the prettiest little diamond hanging off it, seemingly really expensive. 

Noticing the gift, he grits his teeth together, ripping them out of your hands as his hands fly to your waist, looking at you with dark eyes, “So who’s it off, huh? Who bought you this?” 

“I don’t know baby, I’m really gutted that it’s not off you,” You look at him, wrapping your arms around him, noticing he’s really not himself, “I promise you that I don’t know who it is,” you confirm. 

Rolling his eyes with an accompanied scoff, he pulls you closer, lips crashing against yours without remorse, turning it heated within seconds, his possessiveness taking over him, picking you up to put you on the table. He presses himself against you, leaving you no room to move.

“What’s gotten into you?” You ask, taking a deep breath between the kisses and pulling away slightly, and ruffling his hair with a small smile on your face. You weren’t going to complain about coming home to this, but with the way he’s been since you walked through the door, you knew something was off. 

Hand on your face, cupping your cheek, he smirks slightly with a deep tone of voice, “You’re my baby, only mine. No one can admirer you like I can, no one”.

His voice sends shivers down your spine, his words going straight to your core, making you soak through your panties. And if that wasn’t enough, the way he looks at you has you reeling, heads over heels as he licks his lips, his eyes wandering from your lips to your neck and an idea burns in his mind. 

“It’s not my fault, I don’t even know who my little admirer is,” You cock an eyebrow cheekily, teasing with your words as you watch his face contort, eyes hungry to devour your there and then.

“I know baby, but you’re mine. Everyone should know that, I just have to make it evident that you’re mine,” He twirls his fingers on your sides then digs his hands into the flesh, making you yelp at the feeling. 

His fingers find their way under your shirt, digging into your bare flesh enough to leave a small bruise there as his head leans towards the crook of your neck which you move your head to give him better access. 

The way he peppers your neck with kisses makes you whimper a little, kissing right up the sensitive part of your neck and starting off light, to begin with. Slowly, the small peppering turns into little bites and sucking on the skin, making you jolt back a little at the sensation. 

However, he wasn’t really happy with the small faint bruising, knowing that it’ll fade within hours. Humming to himself, he looks at you with begging eyes to continue, and of course, he does.

Although, you didn’t prepare yourself for the harsh biting and sucking on the skin that he does, making you moan loudly at the feeling, hissing at the stinging sensation but the way your hands pull at his hair, just eggs him on to keep going.

His hands move to your thighs, gripping tighter on them than your hips before moving them to yank down your trousers and removing your top in the process, leaving you bare in just your underwear on the table.

So much skin to cover in front of him, growling to himself as he moves to the other side of your neck, repeating the same process before moving painfully slow to your shoulders and across your collarbone. Planting kisses on your chest, he could feel how quickly you were breathing. He’s smirking to himself as he lays you down gently on the table, covering you black and blue with hickeys, marking other parts of your body with hand and fingerprints, getting really into it. 

“Damn, you look so pretty being marked as mine,” He licks his lips, taking a look at his masterpiece as he realizes how worked up he’s gotten you, unable to hold himself back anymore, “Come on, let���s go to the bedroom and I can make sure you know who you’re with”. 

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2PM TEXTS ONE-SHOT

Boyfriend! 2PM reacting to Y/N getting into a minor accident.

Jun K.

Nichkhun

Taecyeon

Wooyoung

Junho

Chansung

[rose-likesto-write]

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fully exhausted with a headache sitting in a small town diner eating breakfast food and drinking mediocre coffee like a grizzled and jaded detective after an all night drive to a murder case in the middle of nowhere

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Monday 9/23/24: If you are in the Gulf of Mexico area near the Florida Panhandle, now is the time to prepare for a possible major hurricane (Cat 3-5) to hit sometime after 2pm on Thursday September 26th. 41 Florida counties are currently under a state of emergency.

Two models are showing the possibility of a Category 5, so it shouldn’t be ruled out, if you over prepare that’s better than the other scenario.

Current estimates are expecting this to be a LARGE hurricane, so even if you’re not in Florida, you need to make plans and be prepared for evacuations or locking down.

These are some of the latest developments:

Current tracks are still uncertain once it makes landfall, but it’s expected to curve west and be a large rain producer.

[maximumzombiecreator]

I've seen a lot of posts recently where people say they can't find players to play non-5e TTRPGs with. As someone who moves countries every few years, I've had to rebuild my roster of local TTRPG players from scratch a number of times. Here's how I do it.

Caveats first: while I've done this in small cities, I have always done it in cities. If you're in, like, a rural environment, you might just not have enough interested people around. You can always do it online in that case. I'm not really going to cover finding players online, except to say you should probably look for communities for the specific system you want to play. Most of them are enthusiastically looking for new participants. Especially game masters.

Okay, first things first, you gotta find people. I generally find I get better results if the search is location first. That is, rather than using city-wide or regional Looking For Group type internet groups, I look for physical locations that host gaming groups. Local game stores, public libraries, gaming cafes/bars, etc.

Being location first helps avoid some common bad behaviours. Online LFG groups often have a few shitty people hanging around who can't find long term groups because they're shitty. They'll jump at the opportunity to join new groups where people don't know them, because everyone else knows better than to game with them. But location-based groups are better at filtering this. Someone who harasses people at an LGS can be banned from the store, but decentralized online groups struggle to handle these situations in my personal experience.

Being location first also solves the next problem, which is giving you a location to play. Eventually, when I have a long term group, I'll host games in my home. But there needs to be a level of trust before that feels safe, and we're looking for randoms, so for now we need a public gaming venue. If, for whatever reason, there aren't dedicated gaming spaces where you can do this, I've had the most success gaming in cafes or restaurants during off peak hours. I've run a bunch of games in restaurants from, like, 2pm-5pm on a Saturday, and as long as you're buying drinks and some snacks or something, and being polite and non-disruptive, it's typically not too hard to get permission.

Now, if that local group has enough interest in a non-5e system that I'm interested in running, I'll happily do that, and it's pretty free from there. Most people who are willing to play one other system will gladly try others if they find they like playing with you. But even in big cities, I feel it's pretty often the case that postings for local games of other systems don't wind up actually finding successful groups.

So, here is the bit where, unfortunately, finding people to play non-5e games with involves playing some 5e. Community groups are always looking for more GMs to run games, so I will set out to run a number of short 5e adventures, each with different groups. These are typically oneshots that I have the option of extending for another 1 or 2 sessions.

I always run adventures that I've written myself for these, because I want my particular GMing style to really come through. Looking for players is a two way street. I'm looking for people I like GMing for, but I'm also looking to make sure they know what they're getting. Especially if I'm going to ask them to play a system they've never tried, they should know that there's going to be something they enjoy. So, these short adventures are full of the types of silly but sincere NPCs I tend to run, the open-ended scenarios I prefer, the tropes I favour, etc. If someone isn't going to enjoy playing with me, I want them to know it from this adventure.

I structure the adventures to give me a lot of flexibility in terms of how long they run. They're nearly always mysteries, but with some active component to the mystery, so that if things drag or dawdle I can have the villain show up and force a final confrontation. They're also structured to have a natural "next thing." You find and defeat the villain, but there's an implied next villain you'll be going after. That way, if the group is working well and I want to continue, it's easy to present the option to the group. But if I'm not interested in continuing with the group, the next thing can just serve as an "and the adventures continue" implied epilogue, and the game still feels complete.

I don't like players just bringing their own character sheet to the table. Someone who brings a disruptive character can ruin a session without me getting much useful information out of it, other than that I don't want to play with that person. And if it ruins the experience for the other players, I'm often out the opportunity to game with those people, through neither of our faults. I've experimented with both asking players to submit their characters in advance or making them choose between a collection of premade characters. The former is a good check for whether people will put in a basic amount of effort and follow instructions, but it can dissuade people who are just looking to dip their toes into playing for the first time. The latter can turn off players who are into crunchy games and are excited about character building. As a result, I'll usually choose the approach based on what non-5e system I'm currently most excited about running. Do I want to get together a group for a rules-light game? Premade characters it is. Looking to run some PF2e? Please submit your character sheet in advance. Some locations also do more drop-in based games, in which case it's premades all day.

As I'm running the game, I'm observing the players. There's a simple vibe check, obviously. Do I like playing with this person? But I'm also looking at how they play. What are they here for, what's exciting them? Are they struggling with finding optimal turns in combat, or do they like mastering a system? Are they curious about the world, or do they glaze over when the spotlight isn't on them? Do they light up in dialogue scenes? Do they want to try crazy things outside of their on-sheet abilities? Remember, later, I'm going to try to persuade this person to try to play a game they've never played before. I need to know what specifically is going to excite them.

I have (always with permission) recorded sessions before to go over in making these choices, but honestly even just a few small reminder notes will help me unravel things later. If a session goes well, I'll ask at the end for people to give me their contact information if they'd be interested in playing again. Non-committal, at their comfort, and it doesn't single out people that I don't want to play with. I can always just not call them. Usually I find I'm interested in playing again with a little more than half of the players I meet this way. In my experience, it's fairly rare for a player to say they're not interested in playing again, TTRPGs rule and there's a DM shortage.

What I usually do is keep running these until I have enough people in mind to run something else, even if it isn't the system I'm most excited about. Probably it would be better to spend more time in this starter phase building up more connections, but after running like 4-5 5e adventures, I'm usually more than ready to run anything else, and if I have to shelve my Lancer ideas because I've mostly found crunch-averse players, I'm usually fine with that.

So, next comes the invites. Now, most players I meet this way will eventually be open to playing most games, but listen: you can put people well out of their comfort zone for their third TTRPG, but you gotta be real careful with their second. Most of the time, the game I'm inviting people to will be their first real exposure to a non-5e TTRPG. If they don't like it, they will run back to the safety of 5e and you will never get them out of it again. So I am very careful in picking the right system for the players I am inviting.

Whatever the new system I want to run is, I will set up a pilot session for it. I am very clear to players that I will teach them the system at the session, they do not need to know it in advance. Eventually, when I have a reliable group of TTRPG people to play with, I'll expect them to be able to pick up systems without a ton of help, but for players that are only used to the complexity of 5e, the idea of learning a new system is daunting. I rehearse the teaching of the game session. It's the only thing for TTRPGs I ever rehearse, but I want to know down pat how I'm going to quickly teach a new system and make it feel approachable and non-threatening. I'm also very clear that this will be a single session, with the possibility of turning into a campaign if we like it. All of this is structured to feel very safe. No initial learning required, no long term commitment, with a GM you already know you like.

But even as safe as that is, you still have to pitch the system. Why should the player be excited about playing this new game? Don't go all TTRPG nerd on them and explain all the details of the system, or use a bunch of jargon. Give them one or two things to be excited about with short, detailed anecdotes to back them up.

"We're going to be playing Blades in the Dark. It's a game where you play a gang of criminals in a haunted, steampunk dystopia. Every session you'll do heists, but instead of meticulously planning them, you start right in the action, and when you need to have planned for something, you can do a flashback scene to explain your preparation. One group I ran this for got busted by guards during an early heist, but used a flashback to create a scene where they had gotten a buddy of theirs a job as one of the guards, and he helped them out of the situation. And for some reason they fell in love with this bumbling goof I improvised to be the buddy, and then on a bunch of future jobs they kept using flashbacks to get him jobs wherever they were robbing. So this one idiot was just a de-facto crew member who worked a dozen different inside jobs despite being about as sharp as an eraser. And eventually they fucked up and got him killed, but they brought him back as a ghost, because you can do that in Blades in the Dark."

I find using a specific example of play really helps get peoples' imaginations going, which is what is going to help them say yes. And that example is tailored to what I know that player vibes with, what it is I think that makes them a good fit for this game.

The last detail about the invites is that I'm telling them, not asking them. It is not, "Hey, are you interested in playing this new game?" It's "I'm going to be running this new game. If you're interested in playing, please let me know what times work for you." If you're asking, you're going to get some "well but can it be 5e?" If you're telling, then they can choose to learn a new game in order to keep playing TTRPGs with a GM they know they like, or they can choose not to play at all.

Once you get enough yesses for a game, you run it, and then from there you're on your own. I think those are basically just friends you have at that point, and I'm not gonna tell you how to have friends.

Hopefully at least one person finds all that useful!