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...I missed this. Was there a telemarketer involved? Because it almost sounds like one of those conversations...

It was really special. I've been mulling over this for a day, and I still can't decide if this is one of my famous mishearings, or if he really said that. >______>

@______@

....

Actually, I can totally see my general manager (also male) saying something like that....

My workplace can be hilarious when people get going! This particular coworker has had famous battles with telemarketers that keep calling his work number, for whatever reason.

sob people

...it's probably a bad sign that my first thought (after I finished the requisite boggling) was "So then would he be having a human baby, a litter of kittens, or some horrible kind of hybrid?"

I.

... I ...

sob.

*is awfully sorry for hurting your brain!*

LIES.

I SEE THAT ADORABLE BUNNY FLEEING THE SCENE.

Upon reflection, I vote horrible horrible hybrid. Mutant cat-human babies that require raw bloody flesh to survive.

... we should write horror movie pitches. :Db

BUNNY: *flees faster*

Ahaha, agreed! There hasn't been a really good body-horror film since The Fly; carnivorous cat-humans are as good a plot as any. They'd probably have seriously disturbing meows, too. :D Might end up permanently scarring legions of innocent catboy/catgirl fans, tho.

I SEE THAT FUZZY WHITE TAIL. I SEE IT. >(

Well, I had this concept for a cat-monster that I would throw into a survival horror game, should I ever have the opportunity to design one! You could probably mix a human scream and a cat yowl into something truly hideous. :D ... also I actually have no guilt in my soul for scarring catboy/catgirl fans. I really don't. Does this make me a terrible person. :'(

Ooh, ooh, I think I remember you writing a bit about that--something with a Fatal Frame-ish feel, but without the cameras and packing in as many of the traditional Japanese ghosts/bakemono as possible? Especially the bakeneko/nekomata? I still want that game to exist, damn it.

Does this make me a terrible person.

Haha, probably not--fans ought to be able to acknowledge the weird/dark/creepy parts of their favorite trope even if they personally prefer to think about the happy and guilt-free parts, and the catperson thing is really no exception.

Yes, yes! Someday, I want to design a horror game using the hyakumonogatarikaidan as the story-push. IT WOULD INVOLVE CATS WHOSE JAWS COULD UNHINGE LIKE A SHARK'S. :D (This was based entirely on my old roommate's cat, and watching him yawwwwwwwn and then lick his chops at us.)

--on the other hand,

harukami and I also have a project we're working on that involve nekomata, so. Hopefully that will be fun too. 8DDD

I'm just butting in to say I wish I were a gazillionaire so I could FINANCE THIS HORROR-GAME DESIGNING. ♥ Man, I've been wishing there were more horror games based on Japanese folklore and/or mythology for ages... the only ones that come close that I can think of are the Fatal Frames and Kuon, and those really only scratch the surface.

Edited 2008-04-08 23:28 (UTC)

Kuon is a game I desperately want to find and play, because of the Japanese folklore element -- and my giant crush on Heian-era Japan. >: IF I COULD, I WOULD DESIGN HORROR GAMES AND HAVE TOO MUCH FUN WITH BEING A MYTHOLOGY DORK, TOO. o/

Really? Well hey, I've got a copy of Kuon that I'm done with. If you want, I could send it to you? :D

I gotta be honest, though: most people don't seem to like the gameplay. The battle system IS a bit slow and clunky, and things get kinda repetitive after a while. It's also rather short -- I think I finished it in about 10 hours on my first playthrough. But the setting/atmosphere is gorgeously creepy, and the story is pretty neat for the most part. I'd say it's worth playing at least once if you're a Heian-era Japan/folklore nut and can overlook the potential gameplay issues. And you'd be getting it for free, anyway. :D

!!! Seriously really you would? Oh man, if you really mean that, I would LOVE to have the chance to play it -- if it's a short game, I'm sure I can overlook the gameplay problems; the reason I want to is that I have this gigantic crush on Heian-era Japan (and Abe no Seimei orz), and I LOVE the folklore that so often comes up in that time period -- so! YYYYYY PLZ? :DDDDDDDDDDD

BUT OF COURSE I MEAN IT. ♥ And I totally understand the Heian-era crushing, hohoho. Just let me know your address (my email is marcelwaves at gmail.com), and I'll have it out to you sometime this week~

Annnnnnnd sent♥♥♥ omg, thank you SO MUCH I've been trying to find this game for about four-five months now♥

*barges into the thread* Oh, do play Kuon if you get the chance! The gameplay is, as

vaulted_eel says, unfortunately repetetitive--you go through the game as three characters, but they didn't really change any of the locations, so it's replaying and backtracking over the same territory--but the designs for the the Heian-era clothes and rooms are beautiful enough that you don't really mind backtracking, and it's all marvelously atmospheric. And they left in the option to play with original Japanese voices!

Also it has tiny twin children singing an uber-creepy little song, which I personally always consider a plus.

...I'm still a little weirded out that the localization turned Abe no Seimei into a girl, but whatever! :|

I'm totally willing to overlook repetetive gameplay -- since it's short, it's not like it's a neverending thing. :D (And actually, with horror games, that might be better for me. XD) I ALSO LIKE DUAL-LANGUAGE OPTIONS I'm all excited now. :D :D :D

Yeah, I'd wondered about that. I think there's another game or something that made Seimei a woman, but I can't remember it off the top of my head -- peculiarity~?

...cats in NY get you pregnant?

Apparently!

All my life, and I never knew! I feel betrayed by the people I know in New York. :(

TRAGEDY. There needs to be a 60 Minutes about this.

Exactly!

... Or a Jerry Springer episode.

Did you offer a gift for the baby shower?

Alas, I was too busy trying to parse the "did he really just say that?!" to offer, and the moment passed. :( I'll just have to invest in catnip booties when the due date comes!

On the bright side, you can skip the wrapping and just give them ribbons.

... this is a terribly valid point.

We have PLANNING. o/

You are BRILLIANT, my dear. ♥

IS THIS THE ONE WITH THE... SHOUGI. . .

NO. NO NO NO NO thankfully.

No, my last conversation with him was him bragging about all the programming languages he knows and "I SHOULD BRING IN A SHOUGI BOARD, I WILL TEACH YOU :D" at me.

...I had to reread that sentence three times before I got it. It seemed like a perfectly normal thing to talk about.

Thank you, brain.

...

[pets] There, there. Did you even sleep.

I was having an unintentional nap in my spinny chair - then I woke up when someone came in to ask what's wrong.

Maybe I was sleeping with a face of agony, or something.

...How did he get pregnant.

Honey, have you. Ever thought of sleeping more? I mean, really?

... Well, I'm going to guess they didn't use protection for one. Other than that, I can't say.

...But I do. Sleep a lot, I mean.

:(

How about when you're actually supposed to sleep.

...sob yes mum.

:) :) :)

SPEAKING AS A NEW YORKER...

W-Wow. That's new.

WHAT SECRETS HAVE YOU NEW YORKERS BEEN KEEPING FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD?! >:

But, uh. Yeah. I half wanna ask him HOW or WHAT or WHY, but I'm afraid he might answer.

NOTHING, I SWEAR.

C-Can't blame you. I would be morbidly curious too. >:

SHOULD I BELIEVE THAT.

The thing is, somehow, some telemarketer got hold of this coworker's work line, and so he gets phonespams. And sometimes he just deliberately messes with them, and it's always sort of EPIC. I don't actually know if that was the case this time.

...WELL, OKAY. DOES NAKED COWBOY AND THE BEST DAMN CHEESECAKE IN THE CITY COUNT?

It would be hilarious if it was.

I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE NAKED COWBOY. Is the cheesecake related to him, or is it real cheesecake? :D

My workplace is occasionally QUITE hilarious. Sometimes inadverntantly so. T^Tb

Real cheesecake. ♥

Awesome. |D

...that sounds very surreal. Mpreg and bestiality, what a special day for nekoko-chan!

It was really weird, yeah. XD I almost did the classic cartoon spittake, because really. How often do you hear THAT, at work or anywhere else? XD