video; un: steelsamayarai

[pummelling]

[The camera clicks on to Maya waving wildly in the halls of Oska. Jin is also in the room, standing… awkwardly off to the side, having clearly been strong armed into all this mess by the camera woman herself]

Hey guys! Especially new people! Jin and I are gonna do a virtual tour of Oska so you guys know where everything is!

[jin gives a half-hearted wave to the camera, he was trying to go to the library maya please let him live?????]

So here’s a door, and here’s a wall, and here’s--

[The camera tilts around, showing-- a ladder propped up against a wall, and she’s immediately distracted]

Hey, it’s a ladder!

[Jin, just visible in the background of the shot, turns to the camera with an eyebrow raised]

Actually, Maya, that looks more like a stepladder than a ladder.

[Maya’s been through this song and dance, so she just puffs out her cheeks a little bit!] So? What’s the difference? You need to stop judging things based off of narrow-minded cultural assumptions!

What’s so narrow-minded about it? There are clearly steps on it. It’s a stepladder. There’s a difference.

[oh no the ladder discourse] I’m telling you, it’s the same thing! Don’t get weird about this!! [like Phoenix did smh]

You’re the one who’s getting weird about this, they’re not the same! [does he actually care this much? Is he just arguing to prove a point? ARE THEY BOTH JUST TRYING TO PROVE A POINT………]

[Maya puffs her cheeks out like an angry hamster. Obviously, this is going to get them nowhere. She has to defeat him another way--]

You! Hey, you! [She points at the camera, yeah, she mean you, bub] What do you think it is?

[And thus the discourse begins… Is your character Team Ladder, or Team Stepladder?]

Comments

video; un: redlion

[secondnature]

This is worse than those stupid games that people play on here.

[Because obviously, someone has to be That Guy. Keith is almost always ready for it.]

No one cares!

[feytality]

Exactly! Who cares about ladders!

[she's just shuffling Keith onto Team Maya, this is definitely going to work out]

[pummelling]

You been to the medical bay yet? I really think you should see to whatever crawled up your ass and died.

[is this stupid? yes. is he gonna let keith yell at maya??? nah.]

At least humor her and pick a side so we can get back to the tour. [jerk.]

no username, he's literally being roped into this live

[unholey]

What? [Fugo was just minding his own business. He's got an arm full of sheet music and was trying to edge away from Jin and Maya's nonsense, to no avail. He wants No Part in their tour or their argument. He glances at the tool in question.] It doesn't matter, because stepladders are a type of ladder. The terms are basically interchangeable.

REST IN PIECES PANNACOTTA FUGO

[pummelling]

Yes, but she's trying to call a stepladder a plain ladder. That's like calling a rectangle a square.

[a beat.]

But a square-square.

[feytality]

Soooo... team Maya then! I knew it!

[there's no escape, Fugo]

un: b.w.

[controlling]

It's a stepladder.

[feytality]

this is discrimination against ladders!!!!!

voice; un: ASCIIanything

[catphishing]

A stepladder is a type of ladder.

Why are you trying to correct her?

[feytality]

Yeah, Jin, why are you correcting me when I'm obviously right?

[OLIVER IS TEAM MAYA]

text; un: noct gar

[armigers]

I'm with Maya here. If you can climb it, it's probably a ladder.

[ He's got yo back, fangirl. ]

[pummelling]

[rude!!!!]

But it's not JUST a ladder.

[feytality]

[this is why she's your fangirl]

YES! I knew you'd make the right call!

( video ) un: wtfwhocares

[sadgay]

[Connor answers with video just so he can pin Jin with a Look.]

Do you go out of your way to find things to argue about, or...?

[And he trails off with a vague hand gesture.]

[feytality]

He does have that kinda personality, doesn't he?

[just throws Jin under the bus nbd]

video | un: the doctor

[spacerhyme]

[ sounding quite displeased (but only sounding), ]

Wait, what happened to the tour?

This is more important than some silly tiff over semantics - how'm I supposed to find anything if I don't even know what comes after the wall?

[pummelling]

We'll show you the wall, part two [the pink floyd tribute album] when Maya tells me I'm right.

Right, Maya?

[feytality]

Sidekick! It's about time you got here!

I'd love to continue it, but this guy is tiffing at me! Help me set him straight and we'll get back to it!

text; un: shitpost king

[hedonistic]

man i never thought i'd say this about anything but keith's right
being pedantic isn't super productive, u know ♥

besides, all ladders have steps, so stepladder is a totally redundant word, anyway
it'd be like saying "barkdog" or "leaftree"

[he is Here to support maya and also be super petty, suck it jin]

[pummelling]

[this is what he gets for being a dick to 60% of the team: NO ONE IS GOING TO SIDE WITH HIM!!!]

Dont give me that crap. I didnt name the kind of ladder a "stepladder". That's just what it is.

audio | un: lucina

[tolight]

[ ... This is a real conversation that's happening right now.

That said, because Lucina's not a total stick in the mud and Jin's definitely losing this hardcore: ]

Is it not preferable to provide more accurate names, when possible?

[pummelling]

Exactly.

[go team jockz, he knew you'd see it his way luci!!!!!]

video; un: man of still

[figureitout]

[ with zero hesitation, calmly like stating that the sun rises from the west: ]

Ladder. Obviously. [ aka he's with Maya mostly because she may or may not kill him if he isn't, best play it safe, maybe it'll be the one murder she'll actually be guilty of ]

im oocly team stepladder too

[pummelling]

Gods. How I'm on a team with so many people who think this is just a ladder, I'll never know.

[fake. fake friends. the lot of you.]

text; un: d.cooper

[tibet]

For the sake of argument, it's supporting itself without a stable surface to lean against which meets the criteria of a stepladder.

[yes Jin, well done, well done... HOWEVER—]

That said, she has a very good point.

[feytality]

so

you're saying I'm right!! [that isn't what he said but okay Maya]

voice; un: merchling

[wyvil]

Is this really worth debating?

[There's a pause as he considers not joining either team, but it seems like he can't help but join the debate.]

It's definitely a ladder.

[pummelling]

[What are they teaching the Young People these days???]

Not you too.

un: what; i'm here at sipp's request; voice

[bladefaire]

Cease this racket. It's maddening to listen to.

[ you're making the old technologically-inept man mad!!! ]

blows kiss at lonkyu

[pummelling]

You can turn off the jewelcomm, or stop listening to it.

Or you can tell Maya that proving me wrong is useless.