♦♦ 21st Contract

[mortemscintilla]

[ Just the most withering stare. ]

This isn't funny.

And I don't like cookies that much.

.................Do I?

(♥ Tabloid Trash Article: The Rise & Fall Of a Star ♥)

[ OOC: The link takes you to another journal, as the article is long and full of crack. Lots of crack. None of the fodder is meant to be taken seriously. But if any aspects are offensive, PM me and I'll add a warning or something :| ]

Comments

[onset]

M...y guess is you somehow managed to upset someone. Who - writes.

[mortemscintilla]

Someone who writes while drunk and on drugs themselves!

[ NOD NOD ]

[onset]

Obviously. And with way too much time on their hands. [he's squinting. Does he want to read through all of this? No, he doesn't think he does.]

[mortemscintilla]

[ It's better if he doesn't. There's a small fraction of truth in that drivel. ]

If wish they'd left out that shirtless picture. It's obviously doctored. [ Obviously. Right. ] But I still feel violated.

[onset]

Is there anyway we can make them, you know - take it down? All of it.

video;

[anatural]

[Korra is curled up in bed, not having mustered the energy to get out of it, and Jinora has yet to force the issue. She's idly skimming the network because you can only stare up at the ceiling for so long when she sees this.

She only skims the article (tl;dr).]

Nobody's going to believe any of it.

[She's trying to be comforting, though there's also an element of "What are you so pissed off for?" It's obviously not true. She would've seen the stretch marks if he had ever gained that much weight.]

Private

[mortemscintilla]

[ Ordinarily he'd be mildly pleased she's not holed up in a pool of bettschwere. That she's taking an interest in her surroundings. But he's too put off by the article. It's not a question of real or fake. It's -- (His back itches like there's a bullseye painted there. It's weird, seeing his face in print. He's not in a profession where photos are a thing) -- habit. ]

[ He runs a hand through his hair before dropping his arm to the side. His voice is flat and entirely unamused right now. ]

It's just irritating.

Private

[anatural]

It could be worse. [You could have killed Chekov.]

Did you see that guy with the cooking show?

Private

[mortemscintilla]

[ Could have. Except Chekov is still alive, need he remind you. ]

Hm. [ Vile. A mockery of everything cooking shows represent. ] I doubt they'd let him into the Cordon Bleu. I saw six health-code violations in one glance alone.

[ Also: What. Is this thing. That they're doing? ]

[ Is it conversation? ]

Private

[anatural]

[No thanks to her.]

Cord On Blew. Is that some kind of super fancy restaurant?

[And yes, Li, this is conversation. Take a moment, I know it's a shock.]

this comment doesn't exist

[maoser]

[HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA]

voice; this one does

[maoser]

Human gluttony is a terrible thing.

voice; xD

[mortemscintilla]

[ He'll maintain Li's cover for now. But don't think he'll let you get away with this, Mao. ]

...I can think of worse things. Like being a depraved cat-eater.

voice;

[maoser]

Very true. It's fortunate that you don't come from a country so barbaric as to eat cats.

[Oh. Wait. You do.]

voice;

[mortemscintilla]

[ EchoEchoEcho. ]

But I do.

[ And if you mock his origins again Hei swears he will cut a bitch. ]

[ Or. More fittingly. ]

[ Skin a cat. And cook it. ]

video;

[moonlitrequiem]

[She's already aware the vast majority of it is falsified. There's only one real concern she has.]

What is a Pikachu?

video; 1/2

[mortemscintilla]

It's -- [ he maintain's Li's mannerisms, so there's a ridiculous amount of fumbling going on here. (Privately he's intrigued. Yin, displaying more than token curiosity.) ] It's a character from a children's show.

An, um, electric mouse.

Private

[mortemscintilla]

[ Private filter: On. The derpiness fades in a eyeblink. ]

It's the pictures I'm more concerned with. [ Especially those of Amber and the 13 year old girl. ]

Private

[moonlitrequiem]

[She nods. Amber has only been mentioned in passing before, and not to her, but all the same, she's someone Hei knows.]

Do you know a Suou? [Because that name? She's never heard before.]

Private

[mortemscintilla]

[ He purses his lips, a brief uncertainty shuttering across his face. ]

I met her in the City. During a visitor weekend. She claimed to be someone I knew, two years into my future. [ There's a trace of wryness as he says Future. ]

Private

[moonlitrequiem]

[That might explain why Yin's never heard of her.]

Most seem to forget about the curses once they're over. This will likely get the same treatment, along with most of what else is running today. [It's a fact. She's noticed how people handle them in general, and they're pretty good at dismissing them.]

( Video )

[confined_to_briah]

( While she doesn't believe any of it, it is, quite frankly, amusingly long and detailed. )

Who did you anger?

( Video )

[mortemscintilla]

[ Certain parts are also true. Not the Pikachu cosplay and the cookies -- but the rage issues and smacking an ex-girlfriend around. ]

[ Also the mafia, talking cats and underaged hookers. ]

[ Scrubbing a hand across his face, he tries for a half-smile. ] That's a long list. [ He is, for the record, not lying. ]

( Video )

[confined_to_briah]

( For shame, Hei. Clearly he needs an ex gf that smacks back. )

Whoever they are, they certainly had their fun with you.

Private

[mortemscintilla]

[ Bro. Has. issues. ]

[ (It's more complicated than it looks. The ex-gf sold out his faction, got his entire team killed, and was responsible for the erasure of both his little sister and half of South America). ]

[ (It was only later -- too late -- that he learnt the truth.) ]

Judging by their emphasis on cookies, I must've served them burnt ones in another life.

[ If he believed in reincarnation. ]