1 ⤖ Smiles Go For Miles [ video + text ]

[darted]

[ Many of you have seen, either while flipping through morning channels, commercials or viral clips, the Morning Talk Show Smiles for Miles but seeing it on the communicator is a unique experience.

For those of you with aura detection, you'll notice that Mai almost has no aura around her. There's a faint, gray pulse that seems to function like one, but even then it feels filmy and weak compared to actual life presences.

She starts, her voice quickly sealing a nomination for "most monotonous talk show host alive". ]

Hello, everyone. Here at Smiles for Miles, we've decided to start reporting even more imPort News! After all, it's important that we know each and every detail of these protectors. [ She's speaking as if she's reading, but there's no script in front of her giving it the feeling of simultaneously being over and under rehearsed. ] Who they love, what banks they stopped robbing, what peculiar pets they may have, what they wear...! We decided we're not going to rest until we know all the details. [ Even with the proper emphasis, the way she says "rest" has less power than a dead duracell. ] So please submit to us any and all information about imPorts you have or might want answered!

This week, we want to know what are your thoughts on how imPorts dress? Is there a style icon out there? Or someone who thinks they're bold and brash but really belong in the trash? Submit your responses to [ the most boring address teleprompter read of 2k17 goes here. After this, Mai stands up and abruptly starts to make towards off the set awkwardly. The cameraman pans to reveal an awkward part of the NEWS studio as Mai's mic cuts off during her preemptive storming exit. ]

I hate....

[ The other newscaster laughs along, in a tone almost oblivious to the tantrum. ]

Well, thank you for that dramatic reading Mai, we'll look at the weather next.

[ A text message is sent with the accompanying video. ] 

Unless you want the clueless public to decide who's the best dress, I suggest you message me. I'd rather have imPort submitted content about imPorts than being forced to read anything that might come from the same fingertips as that pile of bear poop disguised as a script.

[ Filtered to Woden. ]

Is what we talked about ready?

[ Filtered to Littlefinger. ]

I have something I've been working on. When are you available?

[ Filtered to Yusuke. ]

Are you still alive? I haven't heard from you in a while, and I'm running out of things to wear on TV that I like. [ ooc: mai's job is a talk show host, so if you have any ideas for a news segment (or want something your character did to have a morning segment for the possibility of that viral marketing tho) hit me up!!! ]

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[ghoulking]

If you dislike your job, wouldn't it be better to find something you enjoy?

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[darted]

I've tried, but they don't want to fire me because I get them international views on their website, and I saw my potential replacement and she smiles way too much for me to want that to be on television.

[ maybe she's born with it, maybe she secretly likes the spotlight because she spent most of her time being a supporting character with no epilogue or mention in the sequel. ]

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[ghoulking]

They don't have to fire you, you can simply quit.

Though, if the replacement is the issue, then I suppose there is no other way.

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[darted]

Yeah. I'm also not very sure on what job I'll get after, but, if this was their initial idea, I'm almost scared of the others.

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[lempereur]

[ He was...not expecting to hear from Mai. And he really, REALLY does not want to talk to her, given that he just used her powers to torture someone and he is very much not a torture kind of guy.

He doesn't even want to look at her or be reminded that she exists, lest he be consumed with a new round of life ending guilt.

So she'll be left on read for hours. Days? ]

I am alive.

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[darted]

[ Mai, unaware, will be offended at the delay in the response. Still, she's not totally in her own bubble. Yusuke's lack of disparaging remarks towards her disinterest in everything around her, lack of interest in the current topic of fashionable imPorts, and lack of anything resembling a response to what she said makes me think that something's up.

Her curiosity piques. ]

You sure about that? You took so long to get back to me, I'm starting to think someone else killed you and is trying to take your place.

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[lempereur]

[ Well...he does have a deranged clone running around. But it hasn't tried to hurt anyone yet. At least not physically. ]

I apologize. I am not feeling well.

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[darted]

You ok? I can run some groceries up to you or get an assistant to do it for me.

[ After a second brief enough for Yusuke to start to think that Mai is starting to become sympathetic towards him, another text is sent. ] You need materials brought to you too? Those outfits aren't going to make themselves; otherwise I wouldn't need you.

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[baetiful]

[ She's being proactive and Baelish likes that. All the more reason why he's glad to have her on his team. ]

My schedule is open. Any time that works for you is something I can work with. Would you meet me in Maurtia Falls or elsewhere?

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[darted]

I can meet you in Maurtia Falls. I have some sort of stupid girl scout art project to cover in there next Wednesday, so I'll be there Tuesday afternoon at the latest.

If we somehow are slacking long enough to coincidentally end up in the same town, that'll work for me too.

[ JUST BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO HYPE HIM UP FOR THIS. ]

If this goes well, you'll have a whole new market to corner. I'm being forced to become a pop star for extra superpowers powered by a mecha suit for this exchange, so you better appreciate this.

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[baetiful]

[ A....what? I mean, Baelish knows what a pop star is. And he knows what a mecha suit is. But somehow imagining Mai in both of them is...a challenge. ]

I certainly hope those extra powers are worth the hassle.

[ And by hassle, he means embarrassment. ]

But it does sound as though you've been keeping yourself busy. What with this girl scout art project and pop star thing.

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[darted]

Basically, I found someone whose power here is giving other people more powers, but it only works on younger women. So, I sought this super power but learned that part of it depends on if I become a pop star.

I wasn't on board at first, but then I thought about how I could become so famous I would be able to tune out 90% of the people around me. I already have a consistent fan base from Smiles for Miles so the transition should be easier.

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[craftpunk]

Almost.

We need to test it, and see if it works.

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[darted]

Public or private? I saw something recently asking for entertainers at a club, so I started looking into it.

If I really am going to be a pop star for more power.

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[craftpunk]

Private first, then public.

We need to figure out whose sound would work best for you.

[ Persephone's, probably, but he can't mimic that.

He doesn't really have the Morrigan down, or Baphomet, but... ]

I have a few I think would fit your...sunny disposition.

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[darted]

If you think my disposition is sunny, they're probably not a good fit anyways.

What do you mean by whose sound though?

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[reexamined]

Oh, that was awful.

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[darted]

If you feel that strongly about it, I can forward a complaint to the network executive.

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Would you like me to lodge a formal complaint?

[He has a feeling she would.]

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[bindsthedead]

I wouldn't mind doing an interview about imPort law enforcement.

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[darted]

Sure. I think it should be accompanied by a five minute ceremony in your honor for being the first with a contribution.

What would you have to say on imPort law enforcement?

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[bindsthedead]

Mostly that it's necessary- that no one's above the law, including us.

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[itssacrifice]

[He is trying not to laugh. But he's not trying that hard.]

I can't tell whether your delivery is an improvement to the script or not. But it does make me feel better about my own situation.

[The scripts he gets for the Weather Corner can be a little cheesy, but they're no where near as bad as this.]

You looked more comfortable when you were behind the camera.

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[darted]

Hmph. What's your own situation? [ She shrugs. ] I may not like the content I report on, but I don't want to think about where else they'd put me if I couldn't do this job.

[ There's a wry smile. ]

That's because you were fun. The early mornings I have to wake up so I can tell you which brave girl scout troop is trying to make a change in the world aren't.

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[itssacrifice]

I'm the weatherman for Nonah's Weather Corner. Don't worry about it if you don't watch. I don't blame you. And if your situation is that bad, why don't you quit? Do something you care about.

[He grins back.]

I try. And yesh that sounds like a nightmare. Reporting the weather isn't very entertaining but at least it's information people can use. No offense to the girl scouts.