Verse 02 - Video

[poeticverses]

[Jehan has Problem, and this seems to be the fastest way to find a solution for it even though these things still confuse him. So, he turns it on with a shy smile, looking much less beat to hell then in his first request for help a few weeks ago. However, he looks like someone who really hasn't been getting much sleep, dark circles and everything.

He's also in a pink waistcoat that really does not go with his red hair. This is why Jean Prouvaire is not allowed to buy his own clothing. He normally knows better, but lack of sleep leads to weird ideas and he's not one to fight them.

Sorry.]

Does...with so many different people here, I was hoping someone would be able to help me. I haven't been sleeping well, since my arrival, and it is starting to take its toll on me. I am in need of a sleeping draught or laudanum or...anything, really, to aid my sleep. Not wine or--other alcohol, though. That only works temporarily. Otherwise, I am open to any suggestions you may have.

Ah--thank you.

[And he cuts it]

Comments

[poeticverses]

...cars?

[fotia]

Yeah, cars! Man, you 19th Century boys have a lot to catch up on.

Cars are wheeled motor vehicles used for transporting people around. It runs on gasoline that's converted into energy using an internal combustion engine--an engine first created by two French dudes in the early 1800's, if you really want to know--like the diesel, gas turbine, HEMI, rotary, or two-stroke engines--not an external combustion engine, though, those are for steam boats and older trains and stuff. Basically the idea behind internal combustion engines is to ignite a source of high-energy, like gasoline, so that the energy is released in the form of expanding gas...

[lol oops, leo has gone into rambling mode! would jehan like to interrupt again? or would he like for leo to go on?]

[poeticverses]

--Monsieur Valdez, I just want to know what a car is. I am sure Combeferre would be interested in the mechanics, however.

[fotia]

[ tbh he's been interrupted so many times before he's not even fazed, he just grins ]

Oh! Right, he's that other guy who came in sometime after you, isn't he? Guess it's pointless to ask whether you'd like to join our tour around the Metal Sector, then?

[poeticverses]

One of them, yes, and what is the Metal Sector like?

[fotia]

The Metal Sector's got those cars I was telling you about, and also motorbikes and tall buildings and modern architecture--though Annabeth's a better person to ask about this whole architecture stuff, not me. I'm telling you, man, it's a place of beauty! You really should check it out sometime!

[poeticverses]

[He smiles]

I much prefer nature, but it does sound interesting.

[fotia]

[ nature? eww. he looks like he's been personally insulted for a second or two, but at least jehan says the metal sector's interesting so ]

Huh? Well, yeah, I guess nature's cool too, if you're going for that whole nature-loving, flowers-in-your-hair bohemian vibe and all.

[poeticverses]

[Jehan laughs a bit]

I consider myself a Romantic, Monsieur Valdez, not a Bohemian.

[fotia]

A Romantic? [wat ees romance?? is it like building machines??] Like, roses and candles and poetry and randomly bursting into horribly cheesy love songs?

the only reason this isn't longer is because I'm not sure how to go on XD

[poeticverses]

Poetry, yes--I am an aspiring poet--but it is a good deal more than romance.

[He's going to try to keep it short.

Best of luck to him]

For quite some time, there was this idea that the only way to appreciate anything in life, be it nature or art, was to rationalize it. Other ideas--notably in regards to politics--came from that era but I will let Enjolras speak on that. As time went on, people began to feel that rationalization was not, in fact, enhancing life but ruining it by taking the joy and emotion out of it. Ideas such as spontaneity, wildness, and creation took the place of rationality. A connection to what is already around us is more important and vital than understanding what is around us, and the only way to have that connection is to experience it for oneself. Books and drawings of a flower can only do so much to convey it's natural beauty and can never give you the experience of seeing it for yourself.

[There. He's fairly certain that was to the point. As he spoke, though, he started sounding more passionate and less polite and delicate]

Lmfao oh no ;u;

[fotia]

[ oops! tl;dr is leo's weakness he is too adhd even for demigod standards

he tries to listen, but eventually he begins to first fidget and glance around his suite, then fiddle around with some spare cogs and bolts he had taken out from his off-screen magical toolbelt, and now he's trying to assemble something.

when jehan stops he finally looks back up, blinking ]

So like... a hippie.

[ he's really bad at this, sorry jehan ]

[poeticverses]

A what?

[fotia]

A hippie: love and peace and living life in harmony with all the trees and birds and people--you know what? Nevermind, I get it. [ no he doesn't ] You're Monsieur Jehan Prouvaire, Romantic and definitely not Bohemian.

THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS IS I am working on a 1960s Les Amis fic XD

[poeticverses]

It sounds as though you might at least get the idea of it, which is enough for now.

[He can to teach you later]

skdkfj omg i need this in my life

[fotia]

The "for now" part is making me feel kind of wary... Should I get myself ready for an hour-long lecture anytime soon?

[ good luck w/ that jehan ]

I will send you a link as soon as I get the first bit revised and posted! Or plurk. If you have one.

[poeticverses]

Only if you ask for more information.

[...that smile actually looks kind of mischievous and bashful at the same time]

I do! it's theplastics BEWARE OF GROSS UGLY SOBBING OVER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS tho

[fotia]

Hey, tell you what: you teach Monsieur What-Is-Up-His-Ass how to cut off his connection to me properly and I'll attend a lecture all about your hippie ways.

...have you seen my character here? GROSS SOBBING IS WHAT I DO

[poeticverses]

...Monsieur who?

EXCELLENT THIS IS A START OF A BEAUTIFUL ALBEIT WET AND MUCUOUS FRIENDSHIP what is your plurk btw

[fotia]

Your friend Enjolras. I would have called him a vengeful archangel like that old man did but it's a bit too much, don't you think?

[ my bff jason is way more handsome than him I MEAN NO ]

FaeRose! Just added you!

[poeticverses]

Oh, well...it can be an apt phrase if he is in a bad mood. But, ah, what did you call him?

/o/ \o\ \o/

[fotia]

Monsieur What-Is-Up-His-Ass? I mean seriously, what is up his ass?

[poeticverses]

I...am afraid I do not understand the question.

[Seriously, should he be offended on Enjolras's behalf?]

[fotia]

[ doesn't even bother explaining that sob ]

He walked out on me while leaving his video feed with me on and I kind of feel insulted on behalf of the PC. I mean seriously, who does that, man?

[poeticverses]

One who does not know how to turn them off?