(not at all) accidental video; @maedae

[trashmammal]

[The feed cuts in abruptly ( maybe a little too abruptly), revealing Mae sitting at the edge of her bed. Her head's cut off by the frame, leaving just a torso and a pair of fuzzy arms cradling what is probably the shittiest looking bass in the world. She plucks a couple strings experimentally, like she's still not entirely sure what to do with the damn thing.

Then she starts playing.

It's shaky as hell and she misses about as many notes as she hits and her bass is insanely out of tune, but the song's there. Kinda. About halfway through, she starts singing, just humming at first, then little "dah dah dah"'s in places where she can remember the rhythm but not the lyrics. It's only when the second chorus comes around that she really hits her stride.]

I just wanna diiie anywhere else!
If only I could diie anywhere else!
So come with me, let's diiie anywhere else!
A-ny-where
Just not here.

[Her singing voice is, ah, how you say not so good. Really it's more shouting than singing, but she's doing it with gusto. Eventually, the song comes to an uneasy finish, and Mae's left sitting there in silence for a couple more seconds before she turns and, in what's pretty obviously a prepared reaction, notices that she's recording.]

Oh, shit! [Said with all the convincing acting prowess of an eight grader.

She dips down, enough that you can see her face for about a fraction of a second, and practically slams her laptop shut, embarrassed and a little bit afraid.]

Comments

[trashmammal]

[who what

how is flirt????]

Uuuuh, wow, okay? I mean I am pretty warm, so I can see how it'd be kinda tempting?

[morganknight]

[Ha ha, okay, that's cute. Probably the best reaction he could have hoped for.] I tend to run a bit warm too, honestly. But I don't notice temperature much.

[trashmammal]

It's kinda the same for me too, honestly. Only really feel it around the summer when shit gets all gross and swampy

[Mae that's because you wear pretty much the same clothes every day you got no place to talk about temperature]

[morganknight]

[Mae, you should be like Morgan, who in fact has racks of identical black Armani T-shirts and khakis back home.]

Humidity sucks, I hear you there. That's why summer's for swimming and mountain climbing.

[trashmammal]

[A true fashion icon]

Dude I would be climbing hells of mountains if i could find any. It's all hills and farms where I'm from.

[morganknight]

[To be fair when you're as rich as Morgan and have a torso like his you start defining fashion instead of following it.]

Well hey, guess where we aren't. Bet we could go hiking and climbing here no sweat.

[trashmammal]

That actually sounds like there'd be a lot of sweat. So, so much sweat. Deodorant-unraveling levels of sweat.

I'm in.

[morganknight]

I promise not to stink too much. But no promises on wearing a shirt.

[Morgan does love excuses not to wear a shirt...]

I got nothing going on -- when do you want to go?