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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[opheliac]

Sounds like a reeeeaaal dud, Cute face. But hey!! — Just make this redo a fundo.

( and with that, jinx finally gathers up to her feet, grabbing the device and holds it up to herself in a bird's eye view. )

I always like to start my fundo off with a lil' bit of pranking. Boost the mood, y'know? So how about it? I can give a few pointers.

[thornygunner]

Cute face?

[No one, and I mean no one, has referred to her as that. Ever. At all.]

I don't know what you mean.

[opheliac]

(... ah. by that response, now it's the perfect time for her to tease her a little. )

Y'know... Your eyes, the nose, the mouth. All that's cute. Cheeks good for pinching and squishing together. Bet someone even find you kissable. Wouldn't put it pass 'em.

[thornygunner]

[Shionne feels heat infuse her face and she covers it with her hand. How dare!]

There's no one like that! Absolutely not!

[And she is not thinking about Alphen either. Nope.]

[opheliac]

That's too bad. ( wait for it.... )

Want me to be your first?

( don't. she's seventeen and trolling. but there's some truth to her words though. shionne does have a cute face and her hair seems very soft and flowy from afar. if given the chance, she'd brush it.... if she's in a good mood. )

[thornygunner]

W-what?

[Watch Shionne go into a panic spiral. She's only nineteen, but she's never had a partner, let alone a lover. The only person who's ever been able to touch her is Alphen and all they've done is hug. A few times. And they were nice, despite the fact that her thorns curse was hurting him.]

No! Why would you ask that sort of thing?

[opheliac]

'Cuz you're entertaining.

( again, at least she is honest and straight-forward. it's too bad that this little silly game is now over -- everything she says after this will probably not have her brain short-circuit as much. such a price to pay, but it was fun for a little bit. )

So not into chicks, huh? My poor broken heart.

( not really. she feels nothing. )

[thornygunner]

I'm... entertaining?

[She wants to be insulted, but she's still too embarrassed to really get upset about it. No one she knows would talk to her like this. Not even any of the Crimson Crows. Of course they hated Renans and she was the first Renan who didn't want to use them for slave labor.]

I... I don't know. I've never dated. Or had anyone interested in me.

[opheliac]

Kinda, yeah. — But why not explore your options? I've never dated or had anyone into me either, buuuuuuut I kinda figured out who I'm into somewhere down the line.

( teasing aside now, she sits more comfortably -- like this is some sort of a girl talk. in which... it is. )

Chicks and dudes. Like 'em both.

[thornygunner]

I don't think anyone's ever said that about me.

[She's usually been called cold, selfish, cruel, heartless, a bitch. But no one's ever told her she's entertaining.]

I've never had options. Not until I met the Dahnans in Orbis Calaglia. I never had friends until then.

[Or people who didn't hate her.]

[opheliac]

Well, now you had someone say it to you.

"Thank you so much, Jinx! You're really the best!", "Ha, yeah I know, I know. What would any of you do without me? Probably die or somethin'."

( if her head wasn't growing before, it definitely is now with her chest up and out -- standing tall while still sitting. )

[thornygunner]

[She's going to just flush, embarrassed.]

Thank you. I'm fairly certain that I would survive without your compliment, but it.... Thank you.

[opheliac]

You say that now, but you'd probably die by next week without my wisdom.

[thornygunner]

I can't tell if you're serious or not. Either way, I think I'll be okay.

[A pause.]

Still, thank you.

[opheliac]

Welcome, babe! Just don't bash yourself into a wall or somethin' by accident unless I get a front row seat.

( how... rude? or caring? both? )