branding lady, meet meek little lamb

[mxglam]

Glam isn't allowed to actually patrol the following day (it's a Sunday), so they mostly browse the 'net and read books. Echo's busy with her family (and she is allowed to go out patrolling), and Lorica's... doing something.

They're slightly worried about the fact that Yates hasn't replied to their email, but it's the weekend, so maybe that's why.

Has she replied to the email by Monday?

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[thinkering]

"Sorry."

[mxglam]

They shrug. "Not your fault, nothing to be sorry about, and I understand that's not how you meant the word but it relaxes me to say this anyway." Pause. "It doesn't relax me much, mind." They sit on nothing.

[thinkering]

"How much do those facial expressions correlate with what your face actually does?"

[mxglam]

"A lot. At the moment they're pretty accurate, except for lacking eyebrows and such that might give them more context. And there's the aesthetic of it as well, being clearly very nervous is underlined by the smile I think."

[thinkering]

"It's not a detailed enough smile to have a quality like 'nervousness'."

[mxglam]

"Exactly, it's the voice and the words. Sort of like typing 'Life is horrible colon right parenthesis' on the internet, you know? The words give the context the rest of the face lacks."

[thinkering]

"Sure. Anyway, any last minute brainstorms to present to Yates to avoid having to be two people?"

[mxglam]

"Haven't thought of any she wouldn't dismiss out of hand."

[thinkering]

"Okay, so that's plan A is two of you."

[mxglam]

"No no, plan A is mysteriousness and a secret identity thing."

[thinkering]

"Okay, and plan B is two of you and plan C is 'whatever you say Ms Yates'?"

[mxglam]

"...yes."

[thinkering]

"I'll do my best, but be advised that my best means making my first pass at the pitch as good as I can get it and definitely doesn't look like trying again if that fails."

[mxglam]

"Yeah I wasn't planning on trying things that fail again, she'd probably tell me to go away and come back when I was sure I wouldn't be wasting her time or something."

[thinkering]

"Yeah, that's about right."

[mxglam]

Sigh. "You know, the thing that frustrates me the most is that I'm not actually sure whether Ms. Yates is very unreasonable about dealing with other people or if I mistreated her really badly or both. She actually told Piggot that I threatened her, and I never even mentioned my powers!"

[thinkering]

"Do you happen to remember your exact words?"

[mxglam]

"No. But the gist of it was 'there are better ways to phrase this' and 'some parahumans can get triggered by the color chartreuse.'" Pause. "You know, it actually sounds pretty threatening when I put it like that." New Glam appears. Original asks, "Why did we think it was a good idea to say that?"

New Glam shrugs.

[thinkering]

"Yeah, uh, that sounds like mob boss talk. 'Some people might find not receiving their protection money on time triggering'."

[mxglam]

"I need to revise my opinion of my own sense." Copy nods. "I don't think I said it exactly like that though."

"You ducked up big time, yo," Copy says. Original sighs.

[thinkering]

"Well, Yates isn't a benefit of the doubt person."

[mxglam]

Original puts their face on their hands, and copy pats them on their back.

[thinkering]

"I can do the talking this time."

[mxglam]

"Probably the better idea," agrees Copy.

[thinkering]

"Ready to head down?"