035: VIDEO

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[There's a petite blonde girl sitting on the edge of an unmade bed. She's wearing a Western Bulldogs football shirt which hangs low enough to almost conceal the baggy men's boxers.

The camera has been turned on deliberately. She stares at it.

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Just getting it over with.

[And she leans across to switch the feed off.]

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[chasesskirt]

You really want me to try on dresses?

[mocktiresias]

You would only be wearing one.

[chasesskirt]

Do I have to wear it out?

[mocktiresias]

Men will hit on you.

[chasesskirt]

...That would be a no.

[mocktiresias]

[Consider....]

I'll hit on you.

[chasesskirt]

[Saya.

Tch.]

One. And the door stays locked.

[mocktiresias]

[Saya leaves and comes back a few minutes later with a dress that doesn't need undergarments. It's not Saya's usual, it's a much softer color than she usually wears.]

Here.

[chasesskirt]

[Chase takes it and holds it up against himself at an awkward angle, keeping his eyes off the mirror.]

Do you think women are prey?

[mocktiresias]

Some of them are.

[chasesskirt]

You hunt like this. You're female when you want to be underestimated.

[None of this is accusatory. She's just made him think.]

[mocktiresias]

Well, I'm always female.

[Just a point.]

[chasesskirt]

[Life is complicated.]

In human form. I know arachnids play by different rules.

[mocktiresias]

Sometimes.

[chasesskirt]

[He looks for the zip on the dress.]

So if I put this on, are you going to want to eat me?

[mocktiresias]

[He doesn't offer to help]

It depends on what definition of eat you're using.

[chasesskirt]

[Well. Maybe he'll get the thing on unaided.]

Let's find out.