prismatica | 001 POINTS | video | joint post with fineprinted

[ The video post flickers on to show two people, both looking rather different in demeanor. The taller of the two looks to have a scowl on his face, and eyes and hair a matching deep green. He’s not happy to be here, he doesn’t even feel comfortable leaving the apartment. Which is why he’s here with the shorter of the two boys.

It would’ve been hard to tell that the scruffy, blue-haired boy is the older of the two, but that’s probably part of his charm and it shows in how he addresses the network with a bright smile and a wave of his hand, as if he were a natural at this. ]

--Oh, I think we’re on! Hello, Lunatia! We’d like to introduce ourselves first of all: My name is Aoba Tsumugi, and this kind lad over here is my roommate! Ah, you should say hello too, Midorima-kun!

[ He gestures at the screen as smoothly as he could.

Midorima’s brows furrow before he’s even finished talking, looking mildly annoyed. What he’s annoyed about becomes apparent within only a few seconds as he doesn’t say hello and instead focuses in on correcting what he thinks was wrong with that sentence. ]

Who’s a “kind lad”? Focus on the task at hand.

[ Apparently, that’s all the greeting he’s bothering with. Tsumugi can only sigh a little before facing the screen again, smile still intact. ]

This is Midorima Shintarou, by the way. Seriously, kids these days… Um, but before I go off track, the reason why we’ve put this up is because we have one thing in common, and that is horoscopes. Luck, in general. Do you know there are apps here that tells you your daily fortune and what lucky item to bring around with you to ward off bad luck? Technology’s so amazing! Even though we’re from different worlds, it’s nice to know that there are other people who believe in them -- and that is why we are here today.

[ Midorima’s worried that Tsumugi’s going to go on for too long, so he chimes in with a much more direct demand of their audience over the network. ]

Respond with your astrological sign or birthday if you aren’t sure. We’re also looking to know what items are considered lucky in other worlds that may be incorporated into an apartment.

Y-You can just ask nicely them, you know! People wouldn’t know how to respond if you’re being demanding like that... [ why are tsunderes the way they are, man ] Anyway, it’d be very helpful for us to know everyone’s signs and birthdays to balance out of luck if it ever goes bad for a day so that we can stick with those people for a while… I’m a Leo and he’s a Cancer, if that helps.

Also! If anyone knows other forms of divination such as palmistry and tarot, that’d be greatly appreciated as well… I’m honestly more comfortable consulting with someone privately about my fortunes rather than rely on technology all the time, so let me know if it’s all right to approach you for regular sessions! I’ll pay with Chroma if I have to.

[ Midorima just decides to move on and end the video. He’s not going to give Tsumugi the chance to say goodbye. ]

We’re done.

[ And the video cuts out. ]

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December 7th. I believe in the Western zodiac that makes me a Sagittarius?

[NO IDEA ABOUT EASTERN ZODIAC BC WHAT YEAR DOES BSD TAKE PLACE IN ANYHOW?? WHO THE FUCK KNOWS.]

What good luck items have you gotten so far?

[ oh, it's her! the nice shopaholic lady! tsumugi can't help but beam brightly. ]

Sagittarius... I should've known from how forward you were when we first met! Thank you so much for the suit, by the way. It actually helped improve my luck during the mission a ton.

But actually, Midorima-kun and I don't have a lot so far. We only had my omamori and his lucky pencil to get through the day at first, so we're looking for more items that we can put together in this one room in our apartment! It'd be the luckiest flat ever. ♪

[ Despite being Japanese, Midorima couldn't care less about year of the whatever. So Sagittarius is a fine answer. He's cool with Sagittarius. ]

In addition to what Aoba stated, I have a tanuki statue and a frog statue that have been very useful to me in the past.

I also have today's lucky item for Cancer, a dog item.

[ He went and shook some stranger's hand for five minutes so he could afford a dog toy... this is going to be a long road. ]

I'll take that as a compliment. I'm glad you liked the suit, Tsumugi-kun. It came in handy, right?

Can you look up what the lucky items will be in advance? It might be easier to stock up for a couple days ahead.

If you ever need any medical things, I can help you out. [She's not sure there's anything to the luck thing, buuuttt why not. It's harmless and placebo effects or something.]

Carp scales are considered lucky in Poland. And of course there are maneki-neko, but those might be harder to find here. I'm sure you could have one made though.

Predictions made days in advance aren't as accurate because they aren't able to factor in other elements that affect the readings.

Do they have carp here?

[ It still is weird to him that they miraculously have a bunch of the same species. This is another planet... ]

I suppose that makes sense. Like that saying about the beating of a butterfly's wings able to change the course of a storm?

They might. They have a surprising number of familiar things here, which I suppose is a blessing though.

Have you asked any of the natives what their lucky items are here?

[Since Ranpo has his glasses he relies on so much, she can't really find this whole thing too weird either.]

Similarly. The universe is a large and difficult-to-predict place. As evidenced by our presence here.

Not yet. For efficiency, this seemed like the more viable option to get a large number of responses. We can ask natives later once we've secured our apartment's luck.

That's true enough, I suppose.

Elephants are also considered pretty lucky in I think India? I'm not sure if they exactly have elephants here, but something close enough might work. Or you could draw or make your own elephant-related thing to put up.

Does it count as lucky if you make it yourself?

Consider a perpetually bouncy ball being thrown in a room with a vase. The ball, your natural luck for the day, bounces wildly back and forth out of your control. Some days it's bouncing at the far end of the room, some days it's right next to your vase. There's a chance it will hit the vase and the chance it won't.

Compensating for one's luck is building a wall in front of the vase for the ball to bounce off of. Someone can still walk in and knock your vase over, but the bouncing ball isn't going to hit your vase if you've properly protected it.

I see. You take this very seriously. Is your luck normally so bad that you have to overcompensate for it?

I'm just curious.

It can be, yes.

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