001 💥 (VIDEO) ⇁ CHARM

[opheliac]

( so the holographic video begins with a close up of a girl biting her lower lip. the recording is wavering from side to side as if she's trying to do, well, something.)

Just a seeec...

( the girl says with more motion-sickness for the viewer. but she manages to get the mobile device propped up just right so she can be hands free. jinx grins big at her accomplishment while she scoots back in her seat, cross-legged. by the looks of her surroundings, she is somewhere up high, due to there being a lot of sky around her. and given the tiles she is sitting on, it's best bet she is on a roof -- possibly on the Inn's (and using the chimney to keep the device up). although everything seems to be squared away, she stays quiet -- just staring back with a smile so wide it could split her face in two. but then — )

So!

( jinx starts off as she digs in her pockets, then pulls out a pretty blue gemstone in which she carelessly tosses up in the air. )

What's everyone's crime?

( when she catches the gem with grace, jinx pops it straight in her mouth like it's a piece of candy. and as she sloshes it inside behind her lips, the girl looks up in thought -- talking with her mouth full no less. )

I got stuck with murder and illegal trading. So boring.

( rolling her eyes, jinx spits the gem out that's now filled with so much of her saliva (how disgusting), then resumes back to playing a game of catch with it. )

Sheesh, you'd think blowin' up a few buildings and starting a war would count WAY more. Whoever is in charge reeaaallly needs to fix their rating system.

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[himbomb]

[For a number of reasons, Rex had intended to ignore this transmission entirely. The girl seems a little more than a tad unhinged, and in all honesty, he's not at all willing to share his mildly humiliating sentence with a peanut gallery of interdimensional wackos.

But as a fellow young person who has had a bit of media training, he feels compelled to answer...]

Um, have you considered that you should maybe, uh-

[How does he put this """nicely..."""]

Stop doing that?

[He's going to gesture vaguely with a gloved hand.]

With the, eh, spitting and the saliva, and the, aah, tiny round circle-y thing.

Yeah!

[#nailedit]

[opheliac]

( she blinks a few times before a mischievous grin forms right back on her face. )

Huh? Oh, ya mean thiiiiis circle-y round thingie?

( jinx holds up the gemstone up to her eye -- showing off its shine and glory. and instead of heeding his words, the teen plops it back in her mouth, shrugging her shoulders. )

No round thing here! Dunno what you're talkin' about.

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[morsangel]

[ Oh my, what an unhinged young woman. Yosano chuckled to herself upon witnessing the video. Oh to be younger and apathetic to consequences. ]

War crimes unfortunately. Specifically, psychological torture, repeated physical maiming and disfigurement of soldiers, and indirectly causing suicide to my patients. Something I didn't think a magical scroll could dig up and reveal...

[ Which Yosano was not pleased about. Having everyone else here privy to a past she would rather forget and atone for was not something she wanted. ]

—And what was your name again?

[opheliac]

( her face drops as she goes into length of her crime. and the more this stranger explains, the more her eyes widen -- her pink pupils sparkle in awe. )

Whooa... — So you're REALLY kooky. ( and the smile comes around again as she sits more up right, a cheery pep in her voice. )

Guess I gotta watch out for you, eh? Also, I didn't say the name, Voice Lady, buu~uut ♪ !! Since you're dyin' to know, the name's Jinx. And it stands for Jinx, in case you're wondering.

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[illusionbreaker]

You did what now?

[Touma doesn't know what's worse; her disappointment at receiving a 'low' rating for her atrocities or the way she keeps sucking on that weird blue gemstone.]

[opheliac]

What's the prob, Chief? Ya got gunpowder in your ears?

( it would be fun to see if he did somehow manage to get it in his ears, though. )

I did the KA-BLAM, the KA-KURCHOW, the PEW-PEW-SPLAT...! — Don't tell me you've never heard of a bomb goin' off before?

( growing old in her sitting position, she changes her arrangement by lying down on the roof. in... which now all he can see is her midriff. her voice is a little out of range, but jinx speaks loud enough for him to still hear her. )

Yikes, what a poor sap you gotta be.

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[heartofsalvation]

[The look on Elidibus's face is hard to discern. Exasperation, most likely.

He'll just politely ignore the strange oral fixation. For now.]

They went for the low hanging fruit wherever possible, it seems. Mine seems positively paltry in comparison.

[Though it's pretty serious to him, if no one else.]

[opheliac]

Ooooo! — Now you gotta tell me what it is! Didya stab someone? Theft?

( thieving might be the smallest thing out there she can think of. but what could be tinier than that? )

... Or how about breaking and entering? Those are pretty fun, if you ask me. You wouldn't believe what kinda crap you'll find in people's homes. Real embarrassin' stuff.

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[heavensdragon]

You act as if you are innocent of both. Are you? {Even he can admit he isn't innocent of what he was accused. He just isn't sorry. Yet.}

That gem can't be good for your teeth.

[opheliac]

No way! I did 'em all, but they shoulda put "war criminal" or something to make me cooler. ( she waves a dismissive hand. ) — Murder is just soooooo... what everyone does and it's expected.

( she leans a little forward into the camera so he can get a good look at her. )

Tell me this, which sounds deadlier? A murder or someone who annihilated a city and set it a blaze? By the way, my gem, my rules.

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[thornygunner]

[Shionne looks a little disgusted at the display with the gem, but that's between this girl and the gem. Shionne doesn't care beyond she doesn't get why she's making the display.]

High Treason. I suppose that's fairly accurate. Although, there's a list of things that they could probably hold me on.

[So many things, and all of them would be true.]

[opheliac]

Treason, huh? Honesty and I go to together like this — ( to show so, she curls her middle finger over her index. ) — So it's not lookin' good for you, Toots.

I try to keep all the liars outta my life. Not good for the skin.

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[entreats]

[ ...

Well, this sure is something. At least some of the other messages Ange saw more or less made sense, people scrambling to get something going in a weird place. And while the whole 'discussing crimes' thing isn't too much of a surprise, given how some people would react to being served one, the rest of this message is just..

Something. ]

You're going to have one hell of a time shitting that one out if you accidentally swallow it.

[ This is clearly the most elegant way to convey this message, right. Ange says it with such a flat, emotionless tone too that it almost becomes comedic in its own way.. ]

[opheliac]

HA HA! — If I swallow it, I'll just rip it back outta me. No sweat bullets.

( how would she even do that? there is no logical answer and she knows it. so instead, she'll just come up with a goofy scenario. )

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[kiseijuu]

( It's her again...! The blue-haired girl from the party. Once again, Shinichi's finding himself completely thrown off-guard by her words, except this time in a whole different way....

She says her "crimes" like it's nothing. Even calls them boring. (She started a war....?)

Alternatively, Shinichi hasn't been able to stop thinking about his own. He shares one of those words with her, and it's a constant unpleasant heaviness in his gut, a buzz of anxious dread and horror that feels like countless tiny insects crawling up his spine, constantly. )

You really think something like murder isn't that big of a deal...?

( It's not said judgmentally, just stunned. )

[opheliac]

It's not. We all gotta die sometime, right? 'Sides, some people deserved the ol' ( she sticks out her tongue and slides it across her throat with a errk(? ooc: idk how to type that sound lol) sound with her lips. )

Don't YOU think so, Specs? ( a beat before she wiggles her fingers to the camera. ) Hiiiii, Pokey-poiint ♪ !

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[midlifecryseas]

Mm, yeah, the papers are wrong in lots of cases, as well. All kinds of false accusations going around from the higher-ups.

[ So maybe don't own up to them? Oh, wait, too late for that. Well, since she's sharing, he might as well ask— ]

What boring things were you trading? Firearms? Stolen goods?

[opheliac]

Shimmer. It's this street drug the doc and my old man were cookin' up. My job was to make sure they get where they needed to be. Like I said, lame.

( she props her elbow on her knee, cheek resting on her palm. )

And It's not even a crime! It was was doin' a lotta good for my city. Just some stuffies had a problem with it.

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[mehanizovati]

[boy!! oh boy!!

there is a great deal to unpack about this. the hexgem, the treating his life's work like candy, the mention of blowing up buildings- like the building he was just in. the one that blew up with what looked like a modified hextech weapon at a frantic, final glance.

needless to say the way viktor's lips curl in a sneer is not a friendly one.]

I think I can take an educated guess at yours. Jinx, yes?

[opheliac]

( wait, someone here who knows her? he doesn't seem recognizable at all to her. although, some of his features seem a tad bit familiar. not to say all zaunites look the same, but they carry a special jaggedness to them -- whether exaggerated or not. regardless, she quirks an eyebrow and steadily sets the gemstone to her lap. )

... Yeah? And you are a fan?

( okay, this guy definitely doesn't look like he is in the "INX" fan club. besides, her fans back home are more so around her age than... his. )

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[nonbinding]

[On the one hand, Eiji agrees that the fact there's little reason in trying to hide much of what they've done here before. To a degree, it doesn't really matter, especially after the shit show that had occurred shortly before Jinx showed up. It's also not as if he could be offended by the woman's crimes. All people are just trying to get whatever they can, and what they want. Why should methodology matter?

On the other hand, it is a little unseemly to so blatantly and flagrantly talk about it. The gentleman in Eiji recoils at it.]

War criminal would certainly be startling for most here. But they seem to like sticking to the most basic crimes.

They've accused me of patricide.

[opheliac]

( patricide. that... would be a crime she would be accuse of too, sadly enough. and jinx bats away her own thoughts of her own father(s) and focuses on the stranger before her. )

And did you?

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[whatsamada]

[...Well then! Should he dare approach this young girl or not? On the one hand, Ken was already used to the people here being weird. But on the other hand...!]

I'm guessing whatever you came from, those kinds of things are normal?

[He really should have known better.]

[opheliac]

You could say that. I mean if ya don't know when you're gettin' swindled or understand "every man for themselves", then you wouldn't survive the Lanes. Maybe an hour. And that's just me being nice.

( a hard knock life, basically. which she feels due to her upbringing whatever this "prison" life is, she can handle it with her hands tied behind her back. and before she knows it, she'll have this place running at the palm of her hands. after all, she had a good teacher. )

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[threadhop]

[ holy shit it's that girl? god he was so right to have bounced, she's mental. who talks about crime like that? murder??? hello????? so maybe he should just leave this be and......... would spider man engage? well he'd sure as hell need to keep the rest of the populace safe from people like this. like kingpin. why wasn't he here? (maybe it was his fault after all—) but they're also in some weirdo fantasy prison? he's also in prison? why is he stuck here with these guys—?!

maybe don't engage. ]


















lol yeah mine was murder
and they totally skipped vandalism?? so lame

[ he engaged. she can't see him. ]

[opheliac]

( give her a minute. she hasn't figured out the text part of this yet. and what's funny is even though she eventually gets it, the camera is still on so. miles will see her silently typing back to him. )

vandalism? oh! i did that too!! what kind do u do? i usually graffiti stuff.

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[mooglebow]

[Just... watching... what was she sucking on? Ah well, there was a general question, so! Once Serah shakes off the 'what is that', she'll adjust her own camera so Jinx can see her, too...

...for Jinx's accusations and what they weren't catching her off-guard.]

That's... a weird choice instead of the... other things that you say you did.

[Just... a little.]

[opheliac]

Exactly!! Who's runnin' this joint anyway? Monkeys? ( a beat. ) — Which I'd be so into if the thing that roped us all here was a monkey.

( and if a monkey is in charge, she would claim it as her own and name it, "chippy". )

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[wrenchedup]

lemme tell ya baby blue, they really screwed the pooch on this one. fucked it right up, man! mine was the lowest hanging fruit. ~ terrorism ~

[opheliac]

( baby blue? aww cute nickname!! she totally digs it. her camera will stay on but will reply back in text form. she needs the practice anyway. )

awwwww terrorism isnt THAT bad. that just means u mean business!!!

[beautifulleopard]

world domination.

[opheliac]

YES! that is hardcore and hot! how did u do it?? u HAVE to tell me. please please please?

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[lightthedarkness]

AH! You found it! I mean, that's what you were looking for, right? Jinxy, that's great!

[opheliac]

Yyyep! Found it all by its lonesome with some rocks. Glad nobody swiped it up.

( the girl tucks the gem away for now and wiggles in her seat. ) So what's cookin'? Met anyone you know yet?

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[rebellions]

[ ... Why is she like this. No, he doesn't particularly care about her behavior one way or another, but it paints a clear picture where the whole "loose canon" nickname comes from. It sure feels like you can't tell what she's gonna do next, and that's... somewhat concerning? Although, he figures it's not worth fretting over at the moment. ]

You sure like to brag about those, huh.

[ Still no judgement in his voice, since, you know, been there, done that. Obviously, Ragna doesn't feel the need to address the question and moves right past it. ]

Be happy you didn't end up with littering or some embarrassing shit like that.

[opheliac]

Littering is a crime?

( this is news to her! )

If there's no trash can anywhere, where are you suppose to put your garbage? Are they expecting ya to hold onto it? That's SO weird!!