internet, meet [insert title of glam's webseries]

[mxglam]

To Glam's continued delight, more kissing sessions happen on the following days (when they're feeling like a boy). They haven't met her parents as her official boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever yet, and don't mind it too much.

News about Purity's escape surprises exactly no one, but the Protectorate's reputation suffers a blow because of the attack; after all, the heroes were beaten on their home turf. The PHO forums are abuzz, though rumors of Glam's death at the hands of Hookwolf (probably started by same) prove largely unfounded.

And Glam really should get to their webisodes and start building a steadier rep. And that's (one of the reasons) why they're in Lorica's workshop a few days later.

"So what should I do? I haven't posted anything since Purity, should probably make this more of a habit."

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[mxglam]

Glam: goes back to their room. They return a few minutes later, with their laptop. "Send me the video?" they ask the bot.

[thinkering]

Here it is!

[mxglam]

And now: editing!

Editing takes a while, and is fiddly work. They're not a software Tinker like Lorica, so they use various video and audio editing tools to make it look and sound good. They record a few parts again, changing phrasing or intonation or speed, and bring it all together.

[thinkering]

"Do you want to wait until Lorica can watch before you publish? Do you want your own domain?" the bot asks.

[mxglam]

"Yes to both, for sure. The domain should be-"

...

"Uh. I haven't. Actually thought of a name for it."

[thinkering]

"Glam dot com is taken," apologizes the bot.

[mxglam]

"Yeah. That'd have been cool, but I'm not surprised. I think I'll wait for her to defugue to brainstorm."

[thinkering]

"Estimate twenty minutes."

[mxglam]

"Okay! What's she building, today?"

[thinkering]

"She's going through my reactions to recent data sets and refining my algorithms based on that."

[mxglam]

"That sounds cool! I'm kinda really curious about what your code even looks like."

[thinkering]

"It's all in Lorica's own programming language."

[mxglam]

"And that is kinda hot. Having invented a programming language, that is."

[thinkering]

"It's pretty typical for software Tinkers."

[mxglam]

"Maybe so, but I'm in love with this particular software Tinker, so. Hot."

[thinkering]

"I'm telling her you said that," singsongs the bot.

[mxglam]

"Please and thank you."

[thinkering]

It giggles Lorica's giggle.

[mxglam]

They hug the shoulderbot and wait.

[thinkering]

Eventually Lorica comes out of fugue. She laughs when the bot relays the assessment that her programming language is hot.

[mxglam]

"I gather it's told you?"

[thinkering]

"Yes. The programming language, like the bot, still lacks a name, alas."

[mxglam]

"Still hot. And speaking of names, I haven't actually thought of one for the webseries."

[thinkering]

"Hm. Would you say it has a theme of any kind? A public one, I mean."

[mxglam]

"Power testing? Power showing off? Practicing stuff so that it becomes good enough to murder Behemoth? I mean, there'll be that, and also commented footage of stuff."