Hey, it's the Truthiness Meme! AGAIN

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 Y'alls know how it works. You post with your character(s) and people ask ya questions. Ya gotta answer them truthfully. They can be serious, they can be silly. They could probably be sexy too, if that's your thing (but y'know, it is sort of public, so don't be GROSS). 

TRUTHINESS! ASK PEEPS QUESTIONS!  

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[vesper_verde]

I am the man of four names, feel free to ask whatever questions. Not like I can say no.

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How are you feeling about the prospect of being a dad? Pretty exciting!

[vesper_verde]

I'm feeling an overwhelming mixture of excitement, fear, dread, nervousness, and relief.

[seismic_shockwave]

So basically you have ... all the feels. Which makes sense.

Congratulations, by the way. You'll be a great dad.

[vesper_verde]

I'd like a few less of them, but that's what I got to ignore as I go forward.

Brigadão. People keep telling me that, but I'm not sure how they know.

[seismic_shockwave]

They know because you're a good man with a big, strong heart. Also, from what Stephanie's told me, it sounds like you've got a pretty damn good role model of a dad.

[vesper_verde]

My father is a good man. I try hard to be like him, but I don't think I ever manage.

[seismic_shockwave]

TBH, I don't know your dad but I know that you're a great guy.

I bet he's super proud of you.

But it probs wouldn't hurt to buy Steph a horse sometime. Just saying.

[vesper_verde]

So she can have another horse to go with the one my father gave her as a wedding gift?

[hellfire_empath]

Four names? As in four completely separate names apart from the one we already call you?

Seems suspicious.

[vesper_verde]

Well, Marcelo Joaquim Alencar daSilva is four. I guess my Confirmation name could fit in there so it's one of the ones you don't know.

And it's only suspicious if you only live in a tiny bubble of culture and have nothing to do with South America.

[hellfire_empath]

Oh button. New York is the only place that really matters.

[vesper_verde]

You know what? No. That New York doesn't exist. Whatever rarefied air you think exists in that fantasy land is as down and dirty as the South Bronx. If New York were as superficial and prejudiced as you are, it wouldn't be the cosmopolitan city it is. It is a great city, but it's one of many.

If it lived by the rules of the 'elites' who look down at everyone else, it would implode.

So, don't come at me for being a foreigner in a city built and maintained by hard-working foreigners. Without us, you'd be a nothing.

[hellfire_empath]

Oh, I'm sorry, without us? I didn't realize the Brazilians had such a hand in making New York what it was, what it would become, and what it is. I know a lot tends to be excised from history books, but I'm sure that would throw some historians for a curve as well.

[vesper_verde]

Well, I do tend to understand and identify with people of different social strata and of course skin colors like mine. Because while I don't have an empathic power, I do have the human trait of empathy. But let me point something out to you.

You might say you're only talking about class and wealth, but that's an excuse to hide your bigotry. Because the people you deem as important, the old wealth of New York, are white. Whitey white white white. So you can throw off your prejudiced bon mots with an internal titter and get mock offended when you get called a bigot. You'll say it's about class, not race.

But it is. Because anyone with pigment to their skin isn't truly of the social class you hold so dear. So grow and wake up.

[pyroprincess]

Come rub my feet? :3

Oh, a question.

Do you want to know whether our child is a boy or a girl or do you want to be surprised?

[vesper_verde]

Right this instant or later? I can rub them at your need.

That wasn't a question?

I... am not sure. Maybe knowing could be good so I can prepare for things I should be teaching. Or figuring out so I can teach. Maybe?

[pyroprincess]

Right now, please. :D

I'm not sure how I feel about that right now. Knowing might be nice so we can accessorize beforehand. But it's sort of nice having that surprise too.

[vesper_verde]

*gets on making those barking dogs quieter*

Well, we have time to decide. Is there someone in New York City who would understand your pregnancy or will we be making lots of trips to your old school?