001 - shenanigans

[citharede]

[ It's three in the morning when she posts this video.

Here is Athena, hanging her head and part of her torso off the edge of her apartment building's roof and filming herself upside-down, the dark streets below outlined in streetlights and marked by the occasional pedestrian. ]

How do you do, fellow kids. [ She dangles one arm alongside her head, hanging on to her device one-handed. ] I'm super fucking bored which I didn't think would actually be physically possible on a moon in another universe, but anyway.

Who wants to go on a firefly hunt? Catch a bunch of the fuckers, turn them loose in a department store. Or an office building. Or a coffee shop. Anywhere we can get in easy and run away fast. [ She rolls over so she's filming herself against the backdrop of the night sky now, instead of the street. ]

Whoever catches the most wins something, whoever gets bit loses automatically and has to go jump in the river.

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[ video | un: honeybadger ]

[honeybadgerer]

[ this is the most deadpool thing gabby's ever heard. ]

Me! I want to do it.

[citharede]

First dibs on bug catching equipment goes to whoever you are!

Who are you. I'm Athena.

[honeybadgerer]

I'm Gabby! I'm new here.

[citharede]

Yeah? I've been here like a month. Long enough to get settled. [ This person is A Smol and even if Athena is ridiculous she also doesn't like the idea of kids being here on their own. ] Do you have like, people here? Taking care of you?

[honeybadgerer]

I have my case worker and a superhero.

[ since squirrel girl offered and all. ]

And my big sister. But she's more like . . . an alternate tinier version of my big sister.

voice; @waltz

[enveloped]

Athena Fionola Parker you get down from there right now!

video;

[citharede]

Aw come on Cam! The middle name? In public? Seriously?

[enveloped]

The middle name is the least of what you'll get if you don't stop screwing around.

I've screen-capped this. For posterity. And to show your aunt.

How's that for motivation?

[citharede]

[ Nghnk. She sits up and scoots away from the edge, turning the camera so he can see the distance she's put between herself and open air. ]

There, I'm down. Well I mean I'm away from the edge. You're not seriously going to show Aunt Nory this are you? I can't get grounded for something in another universe! It doesn't count!

video; un: d.pavus

[tevinteraltus]

[ The dark-complected man with the impressive 'stache looks quietly amused, and arches an eyebrow at the feed, taking a sip from his glass of wine before he actually says anything. ]

The Quarantine can be a bit boring, I'll give you that, but...fireflies?

[citharede]

Not regular fireflies, those rainbow bitey ones that make you feel shit.

[tevinteraltus]

...marginally more entertaining, it's true, but I don't believe they'll be much of a use released in any of those locations at this hour, and come dawn, they'll have retired for the day.

[ He taps his chin thoughtfully. ]

They are nocturnal, aren't they?

[citharede]

These ones seem everyurnal. At least I've seen them all over during the day, too. Harder to see but definitely there. I just figure hunting them at night makes them easier to spot.

video; un: yakyuu.luvr

[yakyuuman]

[ Fireflies... are great and beautiful, but even a mention of any bug would summon Jyushimatsu from his deep and not-even-explosions-wake-him-up sleep. A summer miracle, one would say.

He's already out of his pyjamas and into his hoodie outfit when he replies in a burst, eyes shining. ]

Did it already start? Please tell me I'm not late!

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[citharede]

[ HEH HEH HEH. ]

You're definitely not too late. Besides, who says we have to do it once?

[yakyuuman]

I guess! But I don't wanna be late and get there when they're already gone!

[ The camera is all blurry now since he's headed to the kitchen to look for a jar - one that's hopefully already open or at least easy to open because... he never had a lot of luck with jars. ]

You had me at fireflies! I love them! They're so pretty!

[citharede]

[ omfg the dude's so excited it's kind of adorable ]

You know these are the super bitey ones that can make you mad or depressed or whatever when they get you right? Just turning regular fireflies loose wouldn't be nearly as fun.

video; un: j.calhoun

[bardish]

[ THANKS FOR THE HEART ATTACK, KID. The only reason Jeff's not freaking out by the time he responds is, of all things, seeing that exchange with Waltz. At least his hard-ass tendencies are good for some things.

Also it helps that it's closer to a normal hour when Jeff responds, so, like. He knows you didn't fall off the building and die. ]

You're plotting shenanigans where I can see it! Bold move.

[ Then again, Jeff was sound asleep when this post went up, since it was 3 am (I must be lonely~), so filtering this post away from him would've made no difference whatsoever.

Shit. He's gonna have to, like, get some tech savvy person to show him how to set up an alert to ping him when Athena posts, isn't he? So he doesn't sleep through the next hijink. ]

[citharede]

[ MORNING JEFF. She is sprawled on her bed now, eating a pair of edible underwear from last month that she rediscovered STILL SAFELY PACKAGED in her belongings. ]

You have no direct evidence that I've acted on any of this.

[bardish]

...okay, that cannot taste good. Those things are everything bad about Fruit Roll-Ups-- no, it's worse than a Fruit Roll-Up, which is already bad enough as it is! You get none of the joy of fresh fruit, and none of the satisfaction of real candy!

[ Why are you doing this to yourself? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO HIM?

Okay, okay, Jeff. Let's get back on track here, even though edible underwear is super gross and not worth the calories!! ]

I have you on conspiracy to commit shenanigans! This whole post is evidence!

[citharede]

Fruit Roll-Ups are the invention of a genius. [ SHE TAKES A BIG BITE and makes a show of stretching the underwear until the piece she has her teeth in snaps off.

And then she chews slowly and with relish. ]

You've got nothing, Calhoun. Circumstantial evidence. Can't convict a girl of thought crimes!

audio un:pnwsalex

[11calls]

[You know who's up at three am? This lady. So she sees the post and feels quite old honestly. But instead she just offers:]

How about the university instead of a coffee shop? I mean, people are already going to need enough mood altering substances at the coffee shop already. Seems like a bad idea.

[citharede]

[ A SHRUG. ]

Eh. Students are already unbalanced. They don't really need the help.

[11calls]

Well, I suppose that's true.

[Alex may think it's funnier because someone she loves works there, so yeah.]

What about the beach?

[citharede]

Hmmm too open. Less chance of the bugs doing their thing where we want them to.