[VIDEO, set around the start of Iris] un: producer

[axemeaquestion]

Hey, so, uh--

[Rochelle adjusts the video and her position until the auto-focus finally kicks in. She smiles awkwardly at the camera. Instead of her usual locs, her hair is now made up of literal jellyfish tentacles, glowing soft pink and floating around her face as if permanently underwater.

She gestures to it, looking less than amused despite the smile.]

This's been a thing for... a few months now? Since whatever powers-that-be decided I wasn't Cordis anymore. It's kind of cool. But it's also like a mood ring, if mood rings could zap people around me when I'm in a mood.

And with work some days, that's... half the time, I guess.

[Her smile quirks wryly.]

Anyway. I usually have to wear it up just to get it out of the goddamn way. If I'm in a bad mood on top of it, too, I've got rubber gloves. Point being... does anyone else get weird hair problems with your moonblessing too? How do you deal with that?

[She reaches off camera for a hair tie, then starts pushing her hair back behind her - as much as she can as it floats around.]

I guess this is one of those long-lead-ups-to-a-random-poll type things, but... screw it. I'm bored and procrastinating.

Comments

[axemeaquestion]

[Ro snorts.]

Okay, I wanna joke, but... that's probably real here.

[im_gonna_heal_u]

Ah, that's fair.

Glowy hair has a pretty neat cool factor. Hopefully it's not obnoxious enough to stop you from sleeping.

Not something I've been through, just a couple of things I heard from Prismals.

[noblegarnet]

[Well now he's curious!! He sends her an inquisitive look, already half-smiling.]

They're not mutually exclusive.

[axemeaquestion]

Oh, I got nothing good. I was just gonna make fun of it.

But I mean. I'd actually use it too.

[axemeaquestion]

Kinda. I'm a city girl, so I don't mind lights too much, but when right next to your face? That's where cute eye masks come in.

[noblegarnet]

It is pretty ridiculous as a concept, but so is most of what happens on this planet. I'm just glad there are solutions available...

[Living here would be way worse if the Prismals didn't come up with these things so quickly, for the problems they didn't already tackle. Mostly.]

Though they could stand to come up with a few more.

[goodweather]

[He rolls his eyes good-humoredly. He loves his kind of banter.]

Ugh. It's terrible. It's like the universe expects me to go out in public without this stunning physique of mine perfectly groomed. I have to show up on public television, you know. [Or, well. He was.

Dropping the air of faux vanity, he grumbles,] Think you got the shorter end of the stick than I did--at least I already know how to take care of hair. Do you prefer it to the stingers?

[im_gonna_heal_u]

Ah, that's true! Might want to get one for myself just in case!

Oh, and having big ears comes with its ups and downs too.

[ Noted by the remarkable bat ears she's sporting. ]

[justlethal]

The moonblessing.

[axemeaquestion]

Poor thing.

[She fake-coos, which - honestly, sounds too stupid to NOT laugh at herself over. Finally, she rolls her eyes back, and shakes her head.]

Mmh - stingers are easier, I guess. Annoying as it is, wearing my hair up kind of helps. Couldn't do nearly that much with the wings - besides wear backless stuff.

[axemeaquestion]

oh, yeah

it changed a few months back. no real warning. cordis came and went and i figured i got lucky that month until boom

hair tentacles

[axemeaquestion]

I noticed that. So what's the "up"?

[axemeaquestion]

You're overexplaining it a little, sweetie, but I get you. [She flashes a teasing grin.] I could stand for that too, though. Anti-static shower caps?

[justlethal]

I've horns with mine
not exactly an issue with my hair
but they are large, point outwards, and generally get caught on things

[im_gonna_heal_u]

These ears feel really good when they're scratched behind.

Plus if I use my voice just right I can pick up sounds I normally couldn't. Only works during the moons though!

[axemeaquestion]

You're a regular bat-wolf then, huh?

[axemeaquestion]

ugh
pleasant
maybe you could wear
coverings or something??
or not cuz now i'm thinking of goats with pool noodles

[im_gonna_heal_u]

I wouldn't call myself regular...

[ Konoka scratched her cheek idly. ]

I was just an ordinary girl before I came here.

[justlethal]

[Gamora has no idea as to what that is. Noodles... made in the pool? ]

i am not familiar with that term
pool noodles

yours just float?

[goodweather]

I hope that you were at least able to fly with them, if you had to go through all that effort? [He makes little flapping motions with his hands.] I've always wondered what that's like.

video | un: guerrillalove

[sendinthedelta]

I haven't gotten too many crazy changes yet that coloring is super cool though... but uh my hair gets even more shaggy during Sanguis. My traits are mostly dog related so I guess I'm a big fluffy one?

[torsion]

Is that a good mood or a bad mood sting? Or both, knowing this place?

Yeah, but it doesn't hurt or sting. Just sort of get a... snout? Sort of? Sometimes?
Can't say I'm a fan of it.
And it's a matter of time because all bullshit flows my way at some point.

[ She really can be a pessimist! ]

[noblegarnet]

[His face reddens a little with embarrassment.]

Oh, s-sorry. [Maybe he's been reading too many technical textbooks? And assuming people haven't been here as long as him, among other bad habits.]

That sounds great, especially with how I used to shock myself. [Magic is hard.] Or like... clothes that dry themselves automatically.

[lumberlady]

Maybe you could get... a kerchief?

[Can jellyfish sting through cloth... ? She doesn't know!

To demonstrate what she meant, though, she holds up four fingers and then... does the Vulcan salute parts them between the middle and ring finger.]

Yeah... Like a deer hoof.

[She sometimes forgets not everyone knows what a deer hoof looks like. Future people, huh? Or wait was it the splitting part she was exclaiming about...]

[axemeaquestion]

bad mood sting. like a literal don't-talk-to-me-before-i've-had-my-coffee bad mood.

oh, snout kinda makes sense. still bizarre, but i was thinking like. zombies i've seen. [Because of course she would.] and oh, same girl.