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Akira Kurusu ([personal profile] beguiledcard) wrote in [community profile] quietplace2018-01-27 01:10 am

UN: purrusu | day 6 POLL RESULTS

[ It's very similar to last time, in that the "mass text" has a header and is from the person with the username "purrusu" and is... regarding one (1) magical carpet. ]

After going through the nearly 200 messages, I managed to tally the names. The ones in the lead were:

3 for Fuwa-chan
3 for Poly/Polly Esther

I have to admit, Floora and David Tasselhoff are my personal favorite puns at this point, but I'm leaving the final decision to the one in question.

And so the moment of truth has arrived!
skittering: all icons by me, go ahead and steal with credit (valittava.)

[personal profile] skittering 2018-01-27 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
both are stupid

thanks, lalli. you're real fuckin helpful.
priwen: (infinity)

[personal profile] priwen 2018-01-27 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
What's

'fuwa'

?
gimmesometassel: (Questioning)

[personal profile] gimmesometassel 2018-01-28 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Everyone said Poly Esther is a pun too? What is it?

[This millenia old rug has no clue what polyester is, please help.]
laytheghost: (taking this one step at a time)

un: pipedreams

[personal profile] laytheghost 2018-01-28 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
its a kind of cloth, sweetie
like a weird one humans made up out of nothing
its just another pun yeah
gimmesometassel: (Me?)

oops forgot to put un: rugman

[personal profile] gimmesometassel 2018-01-28 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
How do you weave cloth out of nothing? I'm probably made out of wool and silk.

[? ???]
laytheghost: (sooner or later it comes down to fate)

[personal profile] laytheghost 2018-01-28 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
oh sorry its not nothing!
its like plastic
which is a thing humans make out of uhh idk, oil?
then weave up and bam cloth
priwen: (homestead)

[personal profile] priwen 2018-01-28 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ sounds like fantasy japanese hingan to him ]

Ah, I'd agree on that. They are quite nice.
gimmesometassel: (Me?)

[personal profile] gimmesometassel 2018-01-28 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Oil is a liquid. You can't weave a liquid. But then again..... water can become ice. Maybe, if ice was the right shape and flexibility, and didn't melt, you could spin and weave it?

So plastic is like..... frozen oil. Frozen oil that's spun and woven into a cloth that he can barely even begin to imagine, called Polly Esther. What does it look like? What does it feel like? How soft is it? is it fluffy or sleek? Thick or sheer? Stiff or flowing? Is it matte or shiny? What color is it, before it's dyed?

(He imagines something thick, heavy, and slippery, a sturdy cloth that would be suffocating to wear out in the Agrabah sun, yet weather-resistant enough to be used for tents and bedrolls, one that shimmers with opalescent black rainbows wherever the light strikes it.)]


Wouldn't people get confused if I'm made out of something different? What's idk?

[Sorry Jan, he may be a little too earnest and straightforward (not to mention archaic) to fully appreciate pun names and synthetic fabrics. The only reason he even types so nicely is because, like anyone who's using what amounts to a second language, he's incredibly conscientious about the importance of being understood; he doesn't know anything about slang or acronyms.]
laytheghost: (life will find a way)

[personal profile] laytheghost 2018-01-29 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jan couldn't even imagine what's going through Carpet's mind; her experiences and associations with polyester are just so different. plus, she doesn't have a clear idea of how it's made, anyway.]

aw geeze im sorry
"idk" is short for "i don't know"!
i dont think anyone would care cuz its a pun, but its up to you
gimmesometassel: (Excited)

[personal profile] gimmesometassel 2018-02-01 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Why are you apologizing? You didn't do anything wrong!

[Jan is just trying to help, after all. And he does appreciate it! Even if his experiences are so overwhelmingly different from hers that he struggles to comprehend some of this. He supposes it's probably a good pun, for people who are used to Polly Esther cloth..... ]But it seems a little silly to be named after something he's not made out of and has never seen before. Less confusing, probably.

I guess I'll be Fuwa-chan then! But if anybody wants to call me Polly Esther instead I don't mind!

[Nicknames are cute and make him happy too, after all~ ♥ He's just touched beyond words that people care so much that they want to name him at all.]
laytheghost: (your harvester of light)

[personal profile] laytheghost 2018-02-01 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[there's no wrong answer here, and while Jan doesn't know Japanese, she's had "fuwa fuwa" described to her well enough that she can't help but wholeheartedly endorse this idea]

ohhhh my godddd youre so cute
OK fuwa-chan
skittering: all icons by me, go ahead and steal with credit (Default)

was sick, no worries if this is too late and you wanna drop it

[personal profile] skittering 2018-02-09 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
what does fuwa have to do with gentle?