Rumblr-Lifestyles of the Rich and Pointless

[rose_liberated]

Rozalin had not intended for things to get like this. She was simply...playing with her new toys. Namely, her professionally decorated penthouse, her outrageously expensive customized smartphone, and the Internet. Which was, after all, for uploading pictures of her dresses, her decorations, her incredibly expensive art and all the rest. After all, was not all media for self-glorification on some level? People would see this and understand how utterly powerful she was, to have so many beautiful and useless things.

So why was everyone seemingly intent on mocking her ruthlessly in the comments section after that one rumblr had taken her photos and posted them on it's main page? Like any Internet warrior convinced people are wrong Rozalin taps out her missive to the universe, powered by pure vitrol.

Needless to say, it would not end well.

[OOC: Rozalin has posted pictures of wealth that would make a Russian Oligarch blanch at the waste of it. Your character comments on said wealth and earns an inept flame from Rozalin. Things escalate from there. I encourage everyone to use their imagination for exactly what Rozalin has in her penthouse that's so crazy and outrageous.]

Comments

[high_on_daylight]

You are really, really, really new in town, aren't you, saying something like that?

[rose_liberated]

I haven't been around much, no. What of it?

[high_on_daylight]

You wouldn't be so loudly flaunting your richness and flaming anyone who gets annoyed at you for doing so if you'd been here for long.

[rose_liberated]

Flaming? I was under the impression that trial by fire and burning at the stake had both been outlawed.

[high_on_daylight]

'Flaming' is a term for digital insult warring.

... You need a local guide to help you survive here.

[rose_liberated]

I am perfectly capable of navigating cultural and economic matters without a guide, thank you.

[Lies. She threw gold coins at the mob until they coughed up fake ID.]

[high_on_daylight]

You're sure not showing off that capability right now. At all.

[rose_liberated]

Well perhaps someone is not giving me due credit.

[high_on_daylight]

Perhaps quite a lot of someones are being actively egged on to not give you due credit.

[rose_liberated]

And perhaps someone is trying to egg me on to make a better display for their own entertainment, hmm?

[high_on_daylight]

Actually, I'd rather prefer to help you out a little. I've been around this town quite a long time, you see.

[rose_liberated]

Have you. Well, how can I be certain that this isn't some sort of scam?

[high_on_daylight]

How much money would I have to scam off you to actually cause any financial damage?

[rose_liberated]

Er...

Rather a lot.

[high_on_daylight]

If you've nothing to lose and much to gain, it isn't much of a scam is it?

[rose_liberated]

Well if you're so smart, you shouldn't need directions to find my penthouse then, shouldn't you?

[high_on_daylight]

No. Though for respectability's sake, an address would be appreciated.

[rose_liberated]

[That takes a while for Rozalin to figure out how to message securely to Evangeline.]

[high_on_daylight]

[Around five minutes later... Rozalin's doorbell rings.]

[rose_liberated]

[ That was...suspiciously fast. Check the security cameras first. Wind them back about a minute. ]

[high_on_daylight]

[A girl just kind of walks into view, taking the stairs up, and then rings the bell. No obvious signs of anything wrong.]

[rose_liberated]

[There's no chain on Rozalin's door-but it does only open a sliver at first. And anyone trying to push it open will have to push against a pretty powerful piston.]

You got here awfully fast. Just who are you?

[high_on_daylight]

I live like two blocks over, it's not a long walk.

[rose_liberated]

Is that so? You still have yet to introduce yourself, or explain why a girl of your apparent age would be a good guide.

[high_on_daylight]

I am Evangeline Anastasia Katherine McDowell, and I've known Venture City for a very, very long while.