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Rohan Bhakta, thirty-two. Co-founder of Titan Tech, Inc. BA in computer shit. Esperance. British. This account is a sideblog. [ mobile navigation ]

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kairamalhorta‌:

“I don’t…well I do, all except my mum and my cousin that won’t stop telling me either to get married or brag about their life,” she huffed as she listened to Rohan. “You know, I think that might just work-and it’ll take the pressure off of me for a while before she starts it all over again.”

“Brag in return. You’ve got your own restaurant, yeah? If someone gets on your nerves, family or not, return the favor. Mirror them.” Probably not the wisest, no. And it was rather childish. But entertaining. “I’m honestly the worst person to ever come to for advice. Especially in regards to parents because I’m pretty sure mine disown me at this point. Bit too much sarcasm.” Rohan never had the strongest relationship with his parents, but he still cared about them. They just didn’t share the same beliefs.

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xelledances‌:

“Oh, stop it. You flatter me far too much.” Elle shook her head and let out a laugh. It was good to know his sense of humor was still the same. “I’d like to think that I have a pretty decent memory. And besides, who could forget you?” Of course she still remembered friends from high school. In all honesty, she didn’t have very many friends to begin with. “I’ve been well, thank you for asking.” Slightly overwhelmed was more like it, but she wouldn’t go into details. “And yourself? What have you been up to?” She asked him, genuinely wanting to know. 

“Or I’m just really great at bullshitting.” Rohan raised an eyebrow in Elle’s direction before grinning, turning to his beer and taking a drink. “I won’t even go down that road. Far too painful.” He kept with a sarcastic tone. Granted, he was a pretty awkward teenager that kept to himself and his small group of friends. He’d definitely broken out of his shell as he got older. To the point now that he just didn’t care. But Elle. Elle had been one of those few, and he’d always been surprised how they ever connected in the first place. But he was thankful to have had her as a friend. And hell, he was thankful to have crossed paths with her again years later. It was refreshing. “That’s good to hear. I’ve been fairly well myself. Typical boring response. What have I been up to... Well, I never did get into the whole video game development. But got into more of the computer and technology side? I’m working on it, though. Slowly.” Rohan never liked to just come right out and say he was a co-founder of his own company. That typically stirred up more questions than he wanted to answer, not a fan of talking about himself. “What about you? Are you still into dance and ballet? When did you even move here?”

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a-wingstrom:

Arielle laughed and shook her head. Rohan was handsome and humble about it, and she admired that. The guy that had been shooed off was embarrassing, and she was glad for the change in topic.

“Breakfast is the most important meal! You have more energy through the day. I will have to have you try the baked egg souffle the next time you’re here early enough. Unfortunately, they’re all gone by this hour,” she said with a soft chuckle, moving down the counter a bit to begin preparing his drink.

“That’s what I’ve heard but I beg to differ. Though, I’m not much for mornings in general. Hence the caffeine.” Rohan made vague gestures around them seeing as they were in a coffee shop. He wasn’t sure what point he was trying to make but seeing her move down the counter a bit, he followed with a nod. “That does sound interesting. Yet now you’ve got my hopes up, mentioning something I can’t order,” he teased. “Next time. I’ll try to be a bit more prompt. Maybe I’ll even become a breakfast person again. But I’ll have you know, I’m sure there’s no competition between this... baked egg souffle, and a full English breakfast.”

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ajxwaters:

AJ laughed. “I mean, I guess that could fall under the umbrella, yeah. But I was thinking more like Donkey Kong. There’s a plot, but not really anything ‘spoiler alert’ worthy.” He gave a soft chuckle. “Hey, sometimes there’s a fine line between madness and genius. Maybe you’re selling yourself short.”

“I suppose that’s true. Man... Donkey Kong, Mario. Much simpler times.” Simpler in every way, really. The games themselves and being that young again. Rohan couldn’t say he really missed it though. His twenties and even his thirties so far seemed a bit nicer than his teen years. “Maybe so. But what about yourself? Where would you fall in the madness-genius spectrum?”

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xelledances:

Elle wasn’t paying much attention to who was seated at the bar. She hadn’t been looking to socialize, just have one more drink and then go home for the evening. Her coworkers would be much too drunk by then to even notice she was gone. “Thank you,” Elle replied as she sat down. However, it was what the man said next that made her turn to face him. He sounded familiar to her, and after glancing at him for a few moments, she knew exactly who he was. “Rohan? It’s Elle. We went to school together, I think,” she said to him with a smile. It was such a small world, and she wondered how he ended up here. “It’s been quite a long time, hasn’t it?”

“Elle Lawrence. And here I never would have thought you could look any more stunning.” Rohan placed a hand over his chest, letting his eyes flutter shut a moment in a playful manner before cracking a smile. “How on Earth you remember me is... I’m baffled, truly. But it is a pleasure.” How long had it been? It had to have been close to fifteen years. Thirteen? And what were the odds? “How’ve you been?” At least that was a start, almost feeling like his sixteen year old self again and not quite knowing what to say. It wasn’t too often he crossed paths with someone he knew from before he moved to California.

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a-wingstrom:

Arielle sighed in relief when Rohan shooed the man away. She smiled and nodded. “It gets very old very fast. It was nice at first, you know? It always is when someone is sweet to you, but when start to cross the line and they continue after you ask them to stop it’s… exhausting. And annoying,” she said, wrinkling her nose a little.

“Thank you for that. Unfortunately I can’t exactly give him a piece of my mind, but I appreciate what you did,” she said quietly, nodding at the man. “What can I get for you today?”

“Surprisingly, I can’t relate. Even with a face like this.” Rohan pointed for emphasis, though he was merely joking. He wasn’t one to think that highly of himself in any case and hopefully his tone conveyed that much. “I can’t imagine, though. Hopefully he’ll mature, yeah? And anyone else who thinks that behavior is okay.” All Rohan could do was simply nod. It wasn’t like he did much, and he shouldn’t have needed to in the first place, circling back around to the ‘that behavior is not okay’ topic. “I’ll stick with my usual coffee, dash of sugar. And I might have to go with a... danish. I’m not good with this whole ‘breakfast’ thing.” He came by pretty frequently before work most mornings. Sometimes even in the afternoon. And as much as he stared at the menu and pastries alike, he typically only stuck with his coffee.

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a-wingstrom:

Arielle was quite finished with this person. It was the third time this week they came around to ask for a date, and while it was flattering, the person’s timing couldn’t have been worse. It was the morning rush and they were already shorthanded at the coffee shop. “You really don’t give up, do you?” she asked, her soft accent becoming more present with her annoyance. “I have a job to do, and if you’re not here to buy something, then please move along so I can help the next guest.” Despite how hard she had been working that morning, if this kept up, her manager was going to give her a talking to, and Arielle was already walking a thin line for being late one too many times already. Personal visits were simply not permitted at a time like this.

“Listen. She’s not interested, yeah?” Rohan wasn’t much for being a bystander in these situations, especially seeing that the woman was uncomfortable and she probably wasn’t able to say what she truly wanted to say back to the persistent asshole. Granted, he remained mindful of where they were and wasn’t about to make an even bigger scene in the process. “If you could so kindly make your way to the exit,” Rohan gestured towards the doors, his tone sarcastic, “those of us who are decent human beings that don’t corner women would like to carry on with our day as normal.” And maybe the man finally realized he didn’t want to draw any more attention once he turned to look at Rohan and the few others around, but it got the guy to finally piss off. “I imagine that gets real exhausting real quick.” He turned back to the woman, hands clasped together. 

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xelledances:

Bars typically weren’t Eloise’s scene. She wasn’t a big drinker, and she rarely had the time to go out between her job and looking after her daughter. However, tonight she reluctantly agreed to go out to a bar with some of the people she worked with. She had been in Westwick for five months already and didn’t really have many friends, which was fine by her. She was fairly shy most of the time, and never had much of a social life anyway. Her previous career as a professional ballerina made sure of that. When her coworkers started to become inebriated, Elle made her way over to the bar countertop to get away from them for a while. “Is this seat taken?” The petite woman asked the person seated next to the empty barstool.

It wasn’t to say Rohan disliked his coworkers, he just didn’t talk to them a whole lot outside of work. But this time he had offered to get some drinks with one of the guys and while it wasn’t bad, there was this sort of relief when he had mentioned taking off after a couple rounds. Something about his wife, this or that. Something Rohan couldn’t relate to. But he had no problem hanging around a little longer, figuring he’d at least finish another drink before heading out. Rohan sort of found himself lost in thought for a moment, hand lingering over his glass when the woman’s voice broke through to him. “All yours...” He glanced over at her but ended up doing a double take. The accent caught him, first of all. And now that he was sort of staring at her a bit dumbfounded, she did look familiar. “Sorry, have we met? I realize that sounds like a very cliche thing to say, given where we are. But I feel like I definitely recognize you. — If I’m wrong, we can blame the alcohol.” He playfully lowered his voice as if he were whispering the last part, gesturing to his drink.

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ajxwaters:

AJ raised his eyebrows, a slight smile appearing on his face. “Spoilers for a video game?” he repeated. “I remember when the premise behind a video game was too simple for spoilers. Maybe I’m aging myself with that one.” He chuckled as the other man spoke. “It’s been pretty good, thanks. Although if it makes you feel any better, I’ve heard that talking to yourself is a sign of genius.”

“If you’re referring to something such as Pac-Man, I think I’ll feel a little offended. Though you do have this ‘dad’ vibe going. Reading the paper and—are you drinking lemonade?” Rohan held a slightly joking tone, though he had to wonder. The other man couldn’t have been that much older than him, could he? Then again, Rohan had always been drawn to technology and games so he kept up with the times. “I have heard that one before. Not quite sure I believe it. Thinking it’s more along the other side, just being crazy. Or at least I’ll speak for myself on that one.” 

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kimtaemiin:

“Oh fuck off, Rohan…” Rolling his eyes, he met the other man’s sarcasm with some as well. “I know a job is a job, I wouldn’t have taken it if it wasn’t going to open doors for me, especially with us being friends and all that, but it’s your competition, so yeah, it’s still weird for me.” It was probably the first time Tae had gotten this real with Rohan about… well, about pretty much anything. All they did in the past was talk video games and some casual conversation here and there… about Joon, about Rohan’s family, about nothing too personal, but Taemin figured that, since they were trying this thing where they were friends, he could be a little less distant and actually open himself a little. Just a little, because before things could get awkward (or–more awakward), Taemin was cracking jokes again, being his charming self. “Well, that’s what you get for not starting a games section at Titan, man… you lose your best guy to the competition.” He winked, offering the older man a little smirk as they continued walking.

“Honestly though–what’s up with that?” He said, choosing to ignore Rohan’s comment about him being nervous. What was up with that indeed? It wasn’t like he owed Rohan anything in the first place. “I thought you’d have started working on that games section by now… I mean, you’re just as much the owner of Titan as Mr. Champion, right? And you’ve always talked about making it happen. What’s holding you? You got the company, you got the money–by the end of summer you might even get me.”

Rohan and Taemin were like one in the same in what felt like a lot of ways. One of those ways being that they took to sarcasm probably way too fast and typically avoided anything too serious or personal. So, while there was still some sarcasm in Taemin’s response, the younger man admitting that it was weird kind of threw Rohan off. The ever-so-charming and seemingly indestructible Taemin. But it was understandable, he supposed, because he did bounce right on over to his competition. When he threw that question at him though, Rohan tried to give it some thought before simply spewing an answer. Plus, it allowed his friend to rattle on a little more and thus earning a small laugh out of Rohan about possibly getting the other by the end of summer. Did anyone ever tell him he really shouldn’t word things like that?

“I don’t know,” Rohan finally started, rubbing the back of his neck. “Technically, yes. We’re equal owners. I was considering leaving Titan there for a while and trying to get into something more. But then I’d be starting at the bottom and trying to work my way up again. Feeling a bit too old for that, seeing as I’ve already done it once. Once in a lifetime, plenty enough for me.” He tried to add some humor to it. “Who told you I have the money? I am astounded.” Rohan placed a hand over his chest with a fake gasp before smirking and dropping his hand back down, slipping them into his pockets as they walked. Money wasn’t ever something he talked about but if anyone knew his actual job title, it wasn’t exactly a surprise of course. “I’ve already brought it up to Aaron. He’s fine with the idea. So, I do have my bases covered. It’s just setting it in motion and getting the right people.”

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itsjaeelee:

“So, how about me? How am I so far? Horrible? Terrible? Or surprisingly delightful?” A light chuckle left her lips before taking a sip of her coffee. Why did this delicious brown colored sludge taste so good to her? “Hmm,” pursing her lips together for a second, she blinked her eyes furiously to think. “Ohh, oh!” Almost jumping up in her spot, she gave him a finger gun with her free hand. “I got it: Rohan keeps it goin’!” Again, she nodded to reassure herself that she was, in fact, a brilliant person. “I mean, I don’t know too many people here. Doesn’t hurt to ask, right?” With a slight shrug of her shoulders, her gaze lowered towards the ground and back up to him. “Yep! Let’s grab a seat.” Quickly scanning the place, she found a table in the corner of the cafe and shuffled her way there. Settling herself down in the seat, she pulled up her legs and criss-crossed them under her. “So, Rohan. What’s your story? If you don’t mind me asking. I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours.”

“It may be too soon to tell. Don’t wanna go getting anyone’s hopes up. But I may be leaning towards surprisingly delightful. And that’s before I’ve even had my caffeine.” For the most part, Rohan was fairly easygoing and didn’t let a lot bother him. Initially, he didn’t see this exchange drawing out like it had, nor going this smooth. So he was genuine in his choice of words. Taking a small step back and raising his brow when a sudden wave of excitement seemed to hit her, he couldn’t help but laugh. “I approve. Keeping it going since 1986. And I s’pose not. You being the social butterfly you so far seem to be though, I’m sure it won’t be long until you’ve made a handful of friends.” Letting her pick their seat, he followed, sliding in across from her and lacing his fingers around his coffee. “My story? Well... It certainly isn’t exciting. A general outline: I grew up in London, parents decided to move to New York when I was sixteen, so I was stuck there for a couple years. Then I decided to be ballsy and move here once I was eighteen. Got a degree in computer science. Bit of an IT kinda guy. Lover of food, video games, and really anything to do with technology. I find it fascinating.” Rohan tried to take another sip of his coffee, this time being a little more successful than the first. “I also find it fascinating that you’ve managed to get me to talk more to you than anyone else this past week. But what’s your story?” 

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kairamalhorta:

“Someone save me from my mum,” Kaira groaned as she lowered her head to the table, wanting to hide from her parents. “If they ask me one more time about when I was getting married, I’m going to scream as loud as I could.”

“I’m beginning to think you really have it out for your family. Wasn’t it the cousin last time?” Rohan scratched the back of his neck. “Just tell ‘em you’re already married and have five kids, keep up. I told my mum the same and, well, she didn’t find it quite as amusing. Still entertaining for me, nevertheless.”

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itsjaeelee:

Jae listened to the man talk, her brows coming together with his words. “I mean, people aren’t always that terrible. There’s a reason that there’s articles about silly and trivial things like this, right?” Her gaze moved towards the man, a small smile on her face. “Even if it’s only a few people, two or three, at least someone’s mood was brightened a bit, right?” As if assuring herself, she nodded her head. Jae had always tried to see the best in people, always the optimist when it came to things in life. The only thing that had been plaguing her with pessimism lately would be her health… but other than that, everything was great. Taking in a breath, she grabbed both of their orders and handed him his. “I’m Jae… the strange. It has a nice ring to it, huh?” she joked, her tongue sticking out to tease him. “Since we’ve already classified that I’m a bit off from the normal side… I guess it doesn’t hurt to ask – wanna be friends? I’m new here, still getting used to everything. I could use a coffee buddy,” she explained, holding her cup of coffee up towards him. 

Rohan made a slight face as if to disagree, sort of shaking his head. “I come to expect the worst in people. Then when it turns out they’re alright,” he shrugged, “it’s a nice surprise.” She had a point, though. Even if it was only a couple people, at least it could help to brighten someone’s day. He just always found it easier to be realistic. Or maybe it was slightly pessimistic. But who’s counting? “Thank you. — Yeah, it has a nice ring. Jae the Strange. Fitting.” Rohan cracked a smile as he took his drink. “I’m Rohan. Haven’t quite found anything that fits with my name yet, but I’ll keep you posted.” Stepping off a bit more to the side to make sure they were out of the way, Rohan raised his brow in Jae’s direction. “Can’t say I’ve had someone flat out ask to be friends. But yeah, hard to say no to a coffee buddy.” Rohan glanced around the place and eyeing one of the nearby tables, gestured towards it. “We can grab a seat if you’d like. Or if you’re off in a rush, I dunno.” He tried to take a sip of his coffee, regretting it slightly as it was still a bit too hot to consume. Shame.

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kimtaemiin:

It was safe to say that Taemin couldn’t curb his enthusiasm when it came to video games and now here he was, going into the world’s biggest video games convention with a good friend. He could only hope they’d have a nice day and have some fun. After exchanging their tickets for their name tags, they finally headed into the building and if he was going to admit it, his palms were getting sweaty. “Honestly, I’m still pretty bummed there will be no Rocksteady this year, but I’m looking forward to seeing Bethesda and Ubisoft’s presentations. I heard the new Fallout is going to be sick!” Not that Tae didn’t like Disney–he did. He didn’t even relate it to anyone’s age or whatever, but he’d never seen the appeal in Kingdom of Hearts–or Zelda, for that matter. Completely different games made by completely different companies, but still the same lack of interest on his behalf. 

They were making their way towards some stands when someone called his name, touching his arm to grab his attention. It was only then he’d noticed they were passing by an Alpha games booth, which made him swallow hard. He hadn’t told Rohan he was working for their competition and he didn’t know how the other man was going to feel about it, but now that Marjorie and Seth were happily talking about he should’ve been at the booth because he was so good at talking to people, Taemin figured the cat was out of the bag now. “Uh… guys this is my friend Rohan… Rohan, these are Marjorie and Seth. They work with me at Alpha…” He awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck, looking down at his feet for a second, before meeting his eyes. Tae then told his co-workers he’d talk to them later and then started walking away from the booth. “So uh–yeah, this happened. I’m an intern at Alpha now… I don’t know if that’s a big deal to you or not but um… yeah… I’m working at their games division.”

“This is very true. The most disappointing thing about all of this though, is seeing these games and then either not getting a release date. Or the release date is like, to be determined, 2020. I’m crying a little on the inside.” Once they had their tags and they made their way inside, Rohan felt like a kid in a candy shop. If he thought he had a pretty shit attention span before, it became worse real quick. Aside from the fact that he caught Taemin speaking with a small group from Alpha and ended up retreating back over closer to his friend. He kept his expressions pretty emotionless as he was trying to figure out what was going on but it became pretty apparent, even before Taemin had to give introductions. No lie, there was a little sting there. Rohan wasn’t about to show it, though. Nor was he going to act like a child about the whole situation. A job was a job. He wasn’t going to hold that against Tae. “Pleasure.” Rohan extended his hand towards the folks with a small smile. He managed a bit of small talk with them, the so-called perks of having the job title he had in combination of being a master of bullshitting, until they parted ways with the table. Rohan could tell his friend was reacting a bit awkwardly from the encounter and part of him debated being an ass just to give him a hard time. But he figured he’d just shrug it off completely. “No. You don’t say?” Rohan chuckled. “I don’t give two shits what you do. A job’s a job, yeah? S’long as you’re happy, that’s what matters. Think my ego took a little hit back there, though. Going with the competition. And here I thought we had something special.” He placed a hand over his chest in dramatic fashion. “Honestly, stop sweating it. Your nervousness is making me feel oddly nervous and it’s making me confused as to what I have to be nervous about.”

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[sanabakkouh]

#when you’re trying to socialize with morons 

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fallonmarx:

“I still know that you’re being fucking sarcastic. So, no, it’s not any better,” Fallon snapped. She knew it wasn’t directed at her, and she really needed to calm down because in his defense, he was trying to fix it. Then again, she was over men just yelling and overflowing with testosterone, then getting away with it. “No you shouldn’t have. So why did you? And even better, why did you keep acting like a dick?” Even though she was angry with him, she wondered what had happened to him, whether today specifically or in life in general, to make him so upset and moody. 

The longer this drug out, the more Rohan felt like standing by what he had originally said and actually directing it at her. It’s not like he could blame her, though. Had the roles been reversed, it would have pissed him off too. But he would have either shrugged it off or dropped a ‘fuck you’ and left it at that. What was the point in arguing? “Being a dick is my first line of defense in hopes that people take a hint. But you win, alright? I’m not gonna sit here and argue like a fucking child, nor am I going to discuss personal matters with you.” Discussing personal matters typically led to unnecessary sympathy. And Rohan wasn’t in the mood for sharing or listening to some sob story. “Let’s just say it’s stress and move on. Would you like me to buy you a drink, or are we still going to sit here for another five minutes seeing who can raise their voice more than the other?”