{04 VIDEO feat Mollymauk}

[freshtilapia]

[The video opens to Fish awake, sitting up in what seems to be their bed. Their dressing gown is on, at least. It's late at night in Lunatia-- give or take about 3am. And if your volume is up high enough, you might catch the sound of... someone? being very busy the next room over. Fish looks pretty concerned.]

Ah... hello.

[This is awkward.]

It's been a while since I've used this to address the whole network but... I was wondering how people deal with... ah... cats?

[And there's the sound of a door busting open and a blur of violet getting in the way of the camera and Fish and the suggestion that the merfolk threw their hand up so as to save the communicator from getting knocked over.]

Molly what--?

Ignore me, I'm just sneaking in here.

Wait, I can't--

Yeah, it's fine, just let me crawl in here.

I'm on the communicator.

Great. I don't wanna talk I just wanna sit...

[Rustle rustle.]

Perfect.

[A pause of silence.]

Continue, I'm comfortable now.

[The communicator comes down again, a little closer to Fish's face this time, they look defeated. But there's a very content, lavender-skinned, heavily tattooed tiefling on them, their tail swishing lazily and making a mess of the video a bit.]

I guess now you all know what I need... ah... a bit of advice on. Sorry, I'll get to replying to any answers later. It isn't the easiest having a lap full of cat-like tiefling.

[They huff and grin before turning the feed off.]

Comments

[freshtilapia]

[ Wow, this boy is absolutely testing them, isn't he? Fish huffs, not the kind who's kind about getting their confidence tested. ]

I don't always put make-up on with the intention to perform. Sometimes, I just put it on just to stand out at a party. I might put it on just for fun. As I said, I don't just do make-up for the stage. I'm a make-up artist.

[thedarkbond]

Well, that is what the job's usually called, isn't it...? [Ren says that rather absently, like he's not understanding why they're putting such a fine point on it. In reality, he's very used to insistent terminology over that sort of thing, though he doesn't usually observe it himself.]

I guess it just kind of seems like another job to me, even if it's not a job I see people doing very often. If that makes sense...

[Spoken in the tone of someone who's used to things he says not making a lot of sense.]

[freshtilapia]

[ Oh, now he's done it. Fish is absolutely annoyed. Just another job? A job? Fish takes a lot of pride in the things they do, and they hate that it's being talked about as something ordinary. ]

Suit yourself. If you're going to keep insulting the thing I take pride in, I've got no interest in speaking to you anymore!

[thedarkbond]

[Inwardly...yeah, that's about how Ren was expecting it to be taken. Outwardly, he just looks politely puzzled, because either way, "insulting" wasn't really the intent.]

I don't really get how it's insulting to say that you do an unusual job...? But it's up to you, I guess.

[Ren tilts a hand in an airy wave, just in case they decide to hang up on him before he gets a chance.]

[freshtilapia]

[Fish has enough of speaking to him and just cuts the communication. Politely puzzled or not, when Fish feels insulted, there's no way they were really going to be reasonable.]