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[dragonfall]

I require advice on how to remove coloring from hair.

...

Directions to a reliable hairdresser will suffice if you have none, otherwise.

Comments

[dragonfall]

Yes.

I had an encounter with dye. Of a sort.

[mingyues]

I am certain it is not too terrible of an encounter. You said before your hair grows fast?

[dragonfall]

[ This short pause is Estinien realizing that he's right. ]

Yes, it does...

Only during Sanguis, but...that may be a solution.

[mingyues]

The triple moons don't have an effect on your hair? Only when it's exclusively sanguis time?

[dragonfall]

My changes are variable during the triple moons. I could have fins and long hair...or I could be a fish.

[ Which is not a solution at all. ]

Sanguis is when I know my hair grows for certain.

[mingyues]

A fish? A cute fish?

[ SORRY HE'S DERAILED NOW BY THE THOUGHTS OF FISH TRANSFORMATION. ]

[dragonfall]

.................

[ DEEP SIGH. ]

I have not been told it is cute.

It is a koi fish.

[mingyues]

Forgive me for saying this, but koi fish are very cute.

[dragonfall]

I--

Fail to see how. They are fish.

[mingyues]

Fish can be cute, I promise. There are some very skilled artists who have drawn fish in all manner of cute poses and expressions.

[dragonfall]

I admit, I have not seen such things.

The last time I was a fish in full, restaurant staff attempted to filet me.

[mingyues]

That is terrible, I cannot see why they would have attempted that.

[dragonfall]

Nor can I, but they have since been detained by the authorities and I am far more careful now when a fish.

[mingyues]

If you ever need help while... being a fish, I would be more than happy to care for you.

[dragonfall]

You are...experienced in fish care?

[ So far, the people that Estinien knows that how to care for fish, much less koi: zero. ]

[mingyues]

No, but I am willing to learn. And I know someone who keeps a pond of koi fishes in their home.

[dragonfall]

I see.

[ His housemates have already oft been burdened with his needs during the moons...perhaps it would be more fair to them to spread the burden, as it were. ] If I knew when my form would be fully fish, I would contact you.

It is...not easy to predict.

[mingyues]

Is it the single moon or the triple moon that has brought it on?

[dragonfall]

Triple moon only. It seems a toss-up whether I will be part fish, all fish, or a blasted dragon.

[mingyues]

If agreeable, next time around I could be available to help you during the triple moon.

I generally am fine at that time.



But I did turn into a swan a few times too.

[dragonfall]

....

[ The silence is Estinien considering the possibility that they could both be largely helpless at the same time. A fish...and a swan. ]

...I know the locations of many pleasing bodies of water in the city, should it come to that.

[mingyues]

How fortunate. Might you share some with me?

[dragonfall]

Yes, I can.

[ And over the next few minutes, Xiao Xingchen will receive a list of addresses, most of them on Level 3 and Level 2, of a variety of public pools, spas, resplendent parks in possession of ponds, bathhouses, water sports arenas, decorative fountains, and even a few miniature water parks not far from Crystal Beach.

He has spent a lot of time mapping out sources of water.

It is far, far too easy to find oneself caught as a fish slowly suffocating on land. ]

[mingyues]

Thank you, now I know where I can head off too if I...

If I get feathery. [ ...he's laughing because he thinks he's funny. ]

[dragonfall]

Yes, that is...so.

[ Says the man that is not laughing, and has a slightly confused tone because he does not know why the other man would be. ]