the <^> game | v. twenty-three

[Chowmoon]

I don't have a answer since I have a username that i wanted

^That sucks that they probably used you
>I have a late birthday party at sunday at my house and idk what I'm going to do yet
| is there a toy/game that you own that you cherished with all your heart

[viles]

• this one. i enjoy the conversational nature of it. it's got a nice balance where i can post if i feel like it, but it's not as draining as actually Talking to someone.
  
  ^ hoping a guess turns out to be correct.
  i wanted to have the username shrimpy, but idk. i'm pretty happy with viles.
  
  ^ omg that person was so rude??? i'm sorry :pensive:
  i no longer own it, but i used to have a plush cow named moocow. my younger sibling owns him now, because after watching toy story three, i decided i was Too Old for toys and needed to Move On. if i'm honest, it was a big mistake, and while i am happy my sibling got to enjoy playing with him just like i did it, i miss him a lot. i've found someone selling the same brand of plushies on ebay, and i'm wondering if i could just,, buy a different one and ask my sibling if we could swap :eyes:
  
  ^ happy late birthday..?? not sure if the party is for you or not. either way, i hope you have a nice time!
  > nihil novi sub sole.
  v what's on your mind?

[Tornassuk]

Warning, it's kinda sad.
My heart horse. I had to euthanize her last November at just 11 years old. Intestinal lymphoma. I still can't quite believe how it all happened so quickly. In hours she went from perfectly happy to dying. I am, admittedly, quite pessimistic, and yet, even while also knowing that the odds of surviving colic surgery is essentially a coin flip, I really thought that I was going to see her again. So sure that I didn't even say goodbye as she was taken away to be prepped for surgery. I wish that I had said goodbye.

^ I mean, I think it's worth a try to get your moocow back. Sounds like you cared about 'em a lot.
> In happier thoughts, MY FAVORITE VIDEO GAME EVER, The Last of Us Part 2, IS GONNA BE ADAPTED TO TELEVISION BY HBO LETSSS GOOOOO
v What's your favorite dad joke?

[emiistar]

hmmmmmhgghh..... i can't think of one atm but i'll edit when i do :3 a classic one for me though, might be personally specific to my dad but whenever a song comes on in the car or something that i like he'll pretend he knows it even though he doesn't LMAOOO

^ about your horse, i'm so sorry :( i lost my dog recently + suddenly as well so i understand the feeling, i'm sorry for your loss and if you ever need anything feel free to pm :) also - YAY for tv show adaptation!!! that is so fun
> just got back from going out w my friends WOOOO i overdid it a lil......
v do u like going out :D

[LittleMaple]

Omg uhhh probably any variation of "I'm hungry" "hi hungry I'm dad" literally so funny to me every time. I hate dad jokes but that one? It slaps.

^ WOOO CONGRATS!!!! IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU <3<3<3

I do!!!! Only with friends or my sister though I have a small social battery gotta be careful

^I know the feeling </3 get comfortable and cozying up always helps me after a big thing!!
> my room cant decide if it wants to freeze me or if it wants to melt me. This is a problem that I am fixing with a blanket
v show me something that makes you cackle violently every time you see it without fail

[shadowplay]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYLkHPrt/
Sparjetty and meachels

^ Blanket win
> Trying to style my hair for once
v Describe your ideal restaurant/cafe to visit

[Espresso. ༺]

To be honest... The Chinese buffet I grew up in. My family didn't own it, but we went there a lot because we were really poor, my mom worked to much to shop regularly and her husband was too lazy to go, so a lot of the time we'd find somewhere cheap and eat there. You can get a lot of bang for your buck at a Chinese buffet, and I've been to many, enough to be able to tell just how good it'll be just by looking though I think part of that comes from being Cantonese myself. Anyways, so it was painted a dark, dull green and had an LED sign on the front that never worked. It was really unassuming from the outside. The inside had a small tv mounted to one of the corners near the door above a booth and it was situated against a window. That was the only time I ever got to watch Sharkboy and Lava Girl. There was kids' chopsticks on the front counter where you'd walk up and have someone seat you, and it had these really pretty ink wash paintings from the 1800s with birds and landscapes.

In the other half of the restaurant there were these booths and a half-wall with a glass partition. The glass was clearly decorative, and it depicted cranes and lotuses. Aside from that there wasn't much decor, it was wide and felt kind of empty aside from where you'd get your food. Wait staff wasn't always rude, but definitely short and barely spoke English, and it was owned by a family and so when I was little, I'd always see a couple kids sitting at tables doing homework. The food was DIVINE, I've never been anywhere that delicious ever again. The orange chicken was so good, always warm and fresh and delicious. The potstickers were perfectly golden brown and crunchy, but soft and steamy. The soy sauce was Kikkoman and the bottles were obviously really old, I'd have to guess at least 25 years, and for those of you who don't know, soy sauce bottles are refillable. one of the hallmarks of a good Asian restaurant are the age of the bottles, and the older the better.

But one of my favorites was the fish. MY GD THE FISH!!! It was a whole fish, not sure what kind, eyes, fins, tail and all, grilled to this dark brown. The outside was a little crunchy, but the inside was soft and white and juicy. The fried rice was like, actually fried too. You could tell it was just old white rice that had been fried, and that's EXACTLY how you're supposed to make it!! and it had little bits of egg, carrot and peas, too. The beef teriyaki was one of my favorites. It was savory and a little salty but it had a sweet and spicy aftertaste. Smooth and juicy going down. I miss that place so much, I spent more of my life there as a regular than not. I moved away in late 2019, and it closed down temporarily during the pandemic. One day, I went back after everything had opened back up and it was gone. The only thing left was an empty and gutted building with a note typed in somewhat broken english saying "I'm sorry, but we're closed forever now". I felt my heart drop into the deepest pit of my stomach when I saw it.

I would give anything to see my favorite restaurant open again. That place was there for me in the darkest part of my life, and that's not an exaggeration. There were nights I wouldn't be able to eat anything if not for them. I wish I could see the owners and tell them thank you, but I don't know how much they'd understand me because I can only muster up broken Cantonese and they were native Mandarin. But it would be nice to have that fish and fried rice again.

^ Attempting to style their hair!! More power to you pal, best I can do is stupid 80s goth hair. I believe in you, though!! I hope it's fun. You have a super cool profile too, I really like your character :)
> I am so tired but I cannot sleep. Some really rough things have been happening the past couple of days and its made it hard for me to sleep, but I'm hanging in there. My cat has been really clingy lately, which is nice because I could use the company. tbh I'm just trying to relax and pull myself together
v What's a country that you think has really cool or pretty traditional costumes? e.g like hanfu, lederhosen, etc. If you don't know much about folk dress, tell me a country you'd like to visit and why.

[chop top]

the northern americas (like canada, usa, mexico) and also polynesia. i think their native cultures are absolutely gorgeous especially their dress and festival costumes. they're so crazy intricate and colorful, all derived purely from nature. it's a kind of art i don't see in any european cultures. i'm not sure how to expand on it with words but know that my heart feels like it glows when acknowledging these things.

^ i really hope things turn out okay for you and that everything will be sorted out soon enough.
> my bird (spoiled) is constantly demanding to drink out of my cup specifically.
v what's something you wish people knew about you?

[vine staff]

i wish people knew i preferred being with animals to humans. they don't point out my behaviours

^ your bird sounds adorable!!
> i want to paint my nails but i keep impulively biting them
v whats your favourite dinosaur? if you don't have one, favourite bird?

[Chevalier]

I like herons and pigeons.
^ Painting your nails might actually help with biting them, if the nail polish tastes pretty bad. It's what my sister did back when she had a habit.
> My cousin very randomly sent me some money as a late Christmas present, which was... a bit strange but I suppose I won't complain. I decided to treat myself by buying some pork loin steaks, brie, and cranberry sauce! Very excited to have it for dinner during the week :D
v What's your favourite thing to cook?