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[ the feed comes on to show a boy with very tall hair and a much shorter girl with scratches on her face over her eye, one looking rather cheerful and the other less so. ]

Hi hi hi everyone, I have an important question. [ he holds up a finger, tilts his head as if a thought had just occurred to him. he's so preoccupied he was going to launch himself into his spiel without even introducing himself. ] I'm being rude. I am Henry Cheng, and we were wondering —

[ the not so tall and in fact very short girl interrupts. ] We're looking for someone we know! [ she pulls a little face, looking over at Mr. Henry Cheng. ] A few people, actually. [ okay, maybe that was a little rude. she murmurs something unintelligible and takes a step back. please, proceed. ]

And that was my lovely friend Blue. [ he gestures with a flourish toward her, shoots her a wink, absolutely unbothered by the interruption or her outburst. ] As she said, we are looking for someone. Multiple someones. I'm sure this place has a list of sorts, yes? A quick way to CTRL-F a friend's name and find out their status?

[ he looks a bit more serious, then, like underneath the cheerfulness he's exhausted. his next words are very earnest. ]

We would appreciate any info. Thank you.

[ in the background, Blue begins tromping away, shedding dead leaves for some reason, and can be vaguely heard to say 'maybe we should've mentioned Gansey by name' before the video ends. ]

Comments

[admemoriam]

He didn't tell me, either. I had to hear it from Adam.

[His grin is positively devious.]

He has to use little toys to make them look at the camera.

[oceiteres]

[ She's clearly trying to hold a straight face here. ] Adam told you and you're telling me... that Gansey interacts with babies all day and gets paid for it. I almost wish he had a less interesting job, so I could focus on him having one in the first place.

[ Not a typical Blue reaction, but... she's allowed to be glad she can poke fun about something that means Gansey's alive, right? Tomorrow, she'll adopt a more tea sandwich and sensible platypus type attitude.

Maybe. ]

[admemoriam]

You can focus on Ronan's instead. I think he's something boring, like a paper boy. If he even does it.

[The likelihood of that is slim, but it's still amusing to imagine Ronan on a bike, throwing papers at people's cars.]

[oceiteres]

[ She does look momentarily surprised, but then crosses her arms. ] I think I got cheated. Apparently I'm a waitress here too.

[ What, you wanted to be a baby photographer slash paper boy, Blue? ]

[admemoriam]

[He has to agree that that sucks, but he can't not give her a wide grin in response, because-]

Hey, I'm a waiter here!

[oceiteres]

[ Okay, that's... cute. ]

Tell me it's not a pizza joint.

[admemoriam]

Nope! It's spooky-themed. I have to dress like a vampire.

[oceiteres]

You're kidding me. [ She holds her forefingers over her mouth with both pointing toward the ground. ] You have fangs?

[admemoriam]

Yeah, hold on. [He dips out of the frame for just a moment, to rummage through his bedside drawer. When he reappears, there's a row of plastic fangs fitted over his top teeth. They're just a measure too large, but he looks delighted as he grins to show them off.] Ta-da!

[oceiteres]

[ Noah, please. Cease and desist with the cuteness. ]

Very spooky. Do you do the full Dracula, with the voice and cape or are you a different kind of vampire?

[admemoriam]

I just talk in my regular voice. [And it's apparent why - with the too-big mold, it sounds like he's talking through some ghastly ortho-dental appliance.] It's kind of hard.

[oceiteres]

[ She nods. Well, that makes sense. ] You have to repeat orders like that?

[admemoriam]

[He sticks one finger smartly up into the air.]

"One Franken-Fillet, coming right up! Would you like your Howl-andaise sauce on the side?"

[It comes out muffled and spitty, but effective.]

[oceiteres]

[ Oh, she can't help it now. She laughs a little, jostling the video feed a bit. The next leaf that falls from her hair is a bit less dead-looking. ]

And? How're you liking your work? Franken-Fillets and all.

[admemoriam]

It's okay. Being in the restaurant makes me think of being at Nino's, which is good.

[Essentially, he likes his job because it reminds him of Blue.]

[oceiteres]

[ Her smile goes a bit softer. ] Yeah? That is good. We do have some pretty good memories there.

[admemoriam]

Like Gansey making an idiot of himself?

[oceiteres]

[ She bites her lip, half-snorting back a laugh and half just snorting. ] That's not exactly something that's been limited to just Nino's in the past.

[ She says it with love! With love! ]

[admemoriam]

We should just start filming him secretly.

[Also said with love! A lot of love!]

[oceiteres]

[ Okay, that time she doesn't hold back. ] Apparently! I guess that'd be easier here, with these. [ She jostles the video feed demonstratively. ]