[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

[noblegarnet]

[It's good to have confirmation, although he hadn't looked into it as much as he should have. Watching her hair-turned-tentacles gives him a thought, however.]

Maybe they'd have something to keep tentacles from stinging, though? Like... a conditioner.

[A pause.]

Though that wouldn't work if you wanted to have the option of using them. [Maybe some of the people she zaps deserves it, he doesn't know.]

[axemeaquestion]

[Ro snorts.]

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

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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.

[axemeaquestion]

[Ro laughs.]

I'm just kidding. [Anyway.] Are you Iris too?

[She's assuming he is, going by the mention of "shocking."]

[noblegarnet]

Geez...

[Taking everything seriously has foiled him yet again!! He scratches the back of his neck.]

Yeah, I am. It took a couple months after I got here to kick in, but it seems to get weirder every time.

[axemeaquestion]

[Oh, this kid will be fun to tease.]

I hear that... mine's barely-there, but it's actual pretty handy. Like for charging phones. Or static-shocking your friend when he's not paying attention.

[noblegarnet]

[Uh oh. Never needing a charger is definitely a pro, for all the problems blessings can cause. He chuckles at her last suggestion, though.]

I hadn't thought of that... I'll have to take notes. [Ferran is not above minor pranks, as serious as he tends to be.] Does that happen a lot?

[axemeaquestion]

What, magic or my friend not paying attention?

[noblegarnet]

The second one. [Though magic's always interesting, too.]

[axemeaquestion]

Oh - sometimes. He's... cranky. [To put it mildly.] So he gets lost in his own business sometimes.

[noblegarnet]

[Cranky, huh.]

That sounds like a nice way of saying "he's trying to ignore you."

[axemeaquestion]

[Snrk.]

Pretty much.

[noblegarnet]

Good thing he's got such a patient friend to remind him of his manners, right?

[axemeaquestion]

Can I record this and show him you said that? Hand to god?

[Okay, no, she's kidding again. She snickers.]

At least someone knows what a great and patient friend I am.

[noblegarnet]

[Ferran lets out a laugh himself, willing to play along even if she isn't kidding.]

Feel free. [He was joking a little, but he believes it, too. She seems nice!]

Maybe getting to do that is why you changed to Iris? [Hmm.] Though I guess an icy hand to the back of the neck would probably have the same effect...

[axemeaquestion]

HAH, maybe. Now that I think about it, I never got to play with the ice powers.

[noblegarnet]

Oh, that's a shame. The magic is the best part all of this, if you ask me.