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maskormenace2016-03-19 07:04 pm
justanotherlink) wrote in maskormenace2016-03-19 07:04 pm
[Video] Pacifica regained her self-confidence! +3 to Charm -2 to self control.
[For people that know Pacifica, she's been...subdued, of late. Even after months, she has never really adjusted to being outside of Gravity Falls and losing the inherent power base that being Pacifica Northwest gave her. She was self-aware enough to know that she could be...frustrating...when she wasn't adored, and she hadn't quite sorted out how to deal with that here.]
[It was why she had never made a public video post on the network, because she didn't feel sure enough in her footing and her backup that she wouldn't say the wrong thing and ruin everything. But either she's feeling better, or recent events have surprised her enough that it's about to change.]
[When she turns on her phone, she's sitting on a bench in the park in Heropa, with a pile of magazines next to her. They're all brightly colored monstrosities with IMPORT BEAT written in fancy but unfortunate script at the top, and pictures of various imports on the covers. She's holding one in her hand, though she has the cover bent so you can't see who's on it. Oops.]
[She looks a bit baffled, honestly, when she starts to speak.]
I just got interviewed for a magazine? And like, apparently they've been wanting to interview for me a while or something? But they kept missing me or...I don't know, it all feels kind of crazy? Like, if I were home it would make sense, people wanting to interview me, I was- [She hesitates. Important? Famous? Was she, really?] It just would have.
But here, jeez. It's a fashion blog, or I guess a column if it's in a magazine, or something? They've been taking pictures of all the clothes I wear and it's actually kind of a little creepy but totally a compliment too right? I'm in like, four of these things.
[She shakes the magazine at the screen.]
'Cause there's a whole magazine about us. Kid imports. And a website and blog and they're all talking about us all the time. And there's other ones too, for like...old people, I guess.
[That was rude probably oops.]
Not that there's anything wrong with being old. I mean. I guess we all get that way eventually. [Not if she could avoid it though.] But their magazines are way more boring than this one.
Uh. Anyway. [She had a point.] Oh right! So, I guess I never really actually introduced myself on this thing the way everyone does. So.
[She straightens up a bit on her bench and...did her hair just get shinier? It may have gotten shinier. And then she smiles that winning smile of hers. None can resist.]
I am Pacifica Northwest.
[In spite of everything, she still says that like it should mean something.]
I've been here for a while, but I still probably don't know a lot of you so, why not fix that now, right? Hi!
[There. She felt better. She settles back into her seat again and then shakes the magazine at the screen.]
Anybody else end up in this thing lately? Lemmie know and I'll find you in here. Heck, you might not even know you're in here!
[It was why she had never made a public video post on the network, because she didn't feel sure enough in her footing and her backup that she wouldn't say the wrong thing and ruin everything. But either she's feeling better, or recent events have surprised her enough that it's about to change.]
[When she turns on her phone, she's sitting on a bench in the park in Heropa, with a pile of magazines next to her. They're all brightly colored monstrosities with IMPORT BEAT written in fancy but unfortunate script at the top, and pictures of various imports on the covers. She's holding one in her hand, though she has the cover bent so you can't see who's on it. Oops.]
[She looks a bit baffled, honestly, when she starts to speak.]
I just got interviewed for a magazine? And like, apparently they've been wanting to interview for me a while or something? But they kept missing me or...I don't know, it all feels kind of crazy? Like, if I were home it would make sense, people wanting to interview me, I was- [She hesitates. Important? Famous? Was she, really?] It just would have.
But here, jeez. It's a fashion blog, or I guess a column if it's in a magazine, or something? They've been taking pictures of all the clothes I wear and it's actually kind of a little creepy but totally a compliment too right? I'm in like, four of these things.
[She shakes the magazine at the screen.]
'Cause there's a whole magazine about us. Kid imports. And a website and blog and they're all talking about us all the time. And there's other ones too, for like...old people, I guess.
[That was rude probably oops.]
Not that there's anything wrong with being old. I mean. I guess we all get that way eventually. [Not if she could avoid it though.] But their magazines are way more boring than this one.
Uh. Anyway. [She had a point.] Oh right! So, I guess I never really actually introduced myself on this thing the way everyone does. So.
[She straightens up a bit on her bench and...did her hair just get shinier? It may have gotten shinier. And then she smiles that winning smile of hers. None can resist.]
I am Pacifica Northwest.
[In spite of everything, she still says that like it should mean something.]
I've been here for a while, but I still probably don't know a lot of you so, why not fix that now, right? Hi!
[There. She felt better. She settles back into her seat again and then shakes the magazine at the screen.]
Anybody else end up in this thing lately? Lemmie know and I'll find you in here. Heck, you might not even know you're in here!
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That's so weird. There's even a blog?
[ He's totally going to have to look that up later.
Not that he knows it but he's way too cute to not be in there somewhere.]Are you famous back home, too?
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[She looks...almost embarrassed?]
Yeah kinda.
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[ He's just going to throw out a guess, okay. ]
Are you an actress?
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[She blinks at that, then laughs.]
No. My family is just rich.
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[ He smiles too, thoroughly unembarrassed by his stupid guess. ]
Oh yeah? What do they do?
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We've been rich forever.
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Old money.
[ This is a normal conversation. ]
A bunch of the guys I'm friends with at school have families like that, too. Not here, I mean, but back home.
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[She sighs.]
None of the imports here get to be old money we're all too new.
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Yeah, that's true. [ He puts his chin in his hand. ] You said before that they gave you a job, right? They gave me one, too. Money's harder to keep track of than I realized, though.
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We're allowed to just go to school. They'll give you a stipend if you are registered and go.
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[ He's still curious. ]
Oh, yeah, that. I'm not registered anymore. My job isn't that bad, though.
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Why aren't you registered?
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That doesn't even sound real.
[ He's super with you on that one, Pacifica. Sounds... not fun. ]
Taking my name off the list seemed like a better idea. I don't think I'd be much of a hero.
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And it's free money.
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[ He looks a little uncomfortable for a second. ]
I just wanted to make sure. Anyway, like I said, my job's not bad. Not anything to do with golf clubs.
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[She shrugs.]
Hey, it's your call. School seemed better than working to me.
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[ Happy to leave the other topic behind because he's kinda spooked by the idea of Registering. ]
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I go to this place called Xavier's. It's mostly import kids.
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The lessons are a lot of one on one stuff. Cause I'm younger than everyone else.
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That's cool, though. Do they help you out with your powers at Xavier's, too?
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