02. VIDEO

[sparrowfeather]

[ rose puts on her most charming smile when she starts recording, beaming into the camera with bright eyes. ]

So, you know, a lot's been happening lately, and I don't know about you guys, but I've been thinking this place is missing something.

[ she puts a finger to her lips and lets a few seconds tick by to keep everyone in Suspense, as if this is some sort of huge and monumental idea. which it is. ]

Can someone tell me why there's no place a girl can get a mug of beer around here? Y'know, a bar? Doesn't anyone else miss alcohol? I know, I know, drink responsibly and all that, but... seriously, nothing? Plus, I'm sure at least one of us knows how to make a decent cocktail.

[ she shakes her head with an exasperated sigh. ]

There has to be some good stuff around here somewhere. I'm not picky. You think URSULA keeps a hidden stash?

[ URSULA, she hopes you can hear her. also, rose knows that the answer is an extremely probable no, but what's the harm in tossing the (still, very low, close to nonexistent low) possibility out there. ]

Everything is just... way too tense. Some of you could probably stand to lighten up a little. So since no one else has done it, I'm proposing the idea of a serious addition to the base.

[ is alcohol even a thing here...... ? it'd better be or else she's going to be kind of pissed? ]

Comments

[sparrowfeather]

I'm twenty-one!

[ wow. just. wow. rose is giving him the fiercest glare she can muster. ]

Brat. Congrats, you just got yourself banned! Current ban list: Killua. Ha ha, you're the only one on it.

[ she has no idea how she'll actually reinforce this. should she hire security? this... is more complicated than she bothered to put thought into. look, she just wants a beer, is that too much to ask. ]

[inyourlight]

[... He thinks about how Milluki used to do that about his room to him and Alluka when they were younger and they broke his doll once. Did she really just "ha ha" him?]

What am I even banned from?

[sparrowfeather]

This unnamed bar that is definitely going to get approved, obviously.

It's too bad, too, with no drinking age on Iniidae... you're missing out, kid.

[ rose sighs. dramatically. ]

I mean, you could just apologize. I'm pretty lenient. Or I could take it as a backhanded compliment. Better than looking old, I guess.

[inyourlight]

Yeah? But that way of talking makes you sound like an old granny. I like chocolate better anyway, I don't think I'm missing out much.

[sparrowfeather]

Alcohol comes in all sorts of different flavors. Chocolate vodka exists, you know.

[ ... not something she'd personally drink, nor has she ever actually seen it, not on a cheap inn menu, but maybe she can get him to shut up. ]

[inyourlight]

I guess that doesn't matter to me since I'm banned anyway! Who'd even drink that?

[sparrowfeather]

Are you saying you wouldn't try something involving chocolate? Gosh, you're just full of surprises, aren't you.

[ she has a very strong feeling that alcohol advertised as chocolate flavored still tastes a lot like alcohol and not a whole lot like chocolate, but whatever. ]

[inyourlight]

I'm just picky, sorry to say. There's this one chocolate snack back home that was the best, but I seriously doubt finding something like that here.

[Those two hundred millions Jennies were well spent]

[sparrowfeather]

What was it called? Maybe I can make a little side trip and hunt that down, too.

[ because she's a good person. ]

As long as you stop being such a little snot all the time, I mean.

[inyourlight]

You probably won't find it. Where are you going to even look? I can get by without it fine!

Besides, so not gonna ask something from someone who calls people snot.

[sparrowfeather]

Hmm... I dunno, but you never know for sure until you try?

[ okay, that's a bit of a stretch even for her. rose was never the motivational speaker of the group. ]

-- Geez, stop taking everything so personally! Maybe I wouldn't call your names if you cut the attitude. I hope I wasn't this bad when I was your age.

[ she absolutely was, fyi. ]

[inyourlight]

[There's a muttered complaint of "Are you sure you aren't this bad at the age you are now?" but it's very quiet. He shrugs.]

Seems pretty immature to call someone names just 'cause of the way they're acting to you though, Rose~

[sparrowfeather]

Don't take up that tone with me--

[ rose stops. rubs her temples. sighs. ]

Fine. No more name-calling. Going back and forth with you all the time has officially become a perpetual headache. Give yourself a real pat on the back.