costume change 1 ❧ voice

[managedthat]

[there is absolutely no warning before a high-pitched, distressed, loud voice emerges from the journal.]

WHO. DID. THIS.

[well, she figured out the voice function... there is an aggressive sigh, then a groan that is dragged out as long as her lungs and throat permit.]

This is NOT Fiji! This is not Monaco, or Bermuda, or Dubai, or even TOKYO! I know well enough that WHATEVER THIS IS ISN'T HOME OR A VACATION SPOT AND WHOEVER BROUGHT ME HERE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION WILL BE SENT ON A HOUSHAKUJI SHIP TO ANTARCTICA AND LEFT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM THE SUN ENTERING THROUGH THE ENORMOUS HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER AND RABID PENGUINS!!!!!!

[there's another groan, and you can practically hear her pulling out her hair. yelling isn't going to help her-- screaming into a book isn't the same as tearing into a real person.]

Though, whoever helps me get home will be handsomely rewarded with as much money as they can carry to wherever they want. And I'll be grateful too! Don't think that I'm some unappreciative wretch. The sooner I get back to my room in Japan, the sooner everyone will be happy. I don't like that I've been KIDNAPPED! It's all fine and well in fiction but HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO ME?!?! I'm ready to leave, no doubt about it! I saw a guy stab another guy. The first guy peed on him, so I mean it was a little deserved but I SHOULDN'T SEE ANYONE GET STABBED OR PEED ON OR SPIT LIKE FIFTEEN FEET!!! DOES NO ONE HERE KNOW MANNERS?!?!?!

[there's a soft sob, followed by squelch (possibly underfoot), then a shriek and rapid-fire swearing in japanese.]

Oh. My god. I do not know what I stepped in, but it was something AWFUL!!!! MY SHOE IS RUINED... This is terrible! Is this the commoner life? I can't handle this. Who has a private jet I can borrow? It's Renge Houshakuji. My family will pay yours back double, I promise!

Comments

voice;

[managedthat]

ON THESE STREETS?! I'VE ALREADY STEPPED IN SOMETHING GROSS AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING I SHOULD PUT MY FEET THROUGH MORE TORTURE?!

[first of all, how dare you.]

voice;

[feetarestrange]

[humans...]

What's the point of having feet if you're too afraid to walk with them?

[still missing the point.]

voice;

[managedthat]

I'M NOT AFRAID TO WALK WITH THEM!!! I just don't want to get dirty!!!! And everything here feels like it's covered in sleaze and multiple felonies!!

[she huffs, and the pout can be heard clear as day.]

voice;

[feetarestrange]

It's not that bad, and I'm not even from the surface.

voice;

[managedthat]

Wait, what do you mean "the surface"? Is that what this town is really called, or something?

voice;

[feetarestrange]

Of course not. What kind of town would ever be named like that? I meant that I'm from the sea.

Re: voice;

[managedthat]

WHAT?! Really?! No. You're not like a mermaid, are you? That's... so... sugoi...

voice;

[feetarestrange]

What was that? I didn't understand that last word.

voice;

[managedthat]

SUGOI.

[like that... helped.]

It means, like, "cool". "Great."

voice;

[feetarestrange]

Oh.

[languages are weird.]

Yeah, it's... I love what I am, and that I can call the ocean my home.

[and that she doesn't have legs. or hair. that's pretty great too.]

voice;

[managedthat]

I'm glad you love yourself! I know lots of girls who are like "I'm too fat" or "My skin is so gross" or "I'm not rich enough" and it's like, ladies. You're all beautiful! You'll never get on my level, but you're still super cute! And as long as you have the confidence and the Flames of Moe in your soul, then you are perfect!!!!

So, what's it like living in the ocean? Do you have a best friend that's a fish? Do you know a Jamaican crab? Is there really a city called Alantica down there?

voice;

[feetarestrange]

[Was that like a backhanded compliment just now.]

I'm friends with all kinds of fish, but I don't know if I really prefer one over all the others. [Gosh, she's just so popular amongst the sea life.] But I've never heard of Atlantica, and I have no idea what a Jamaican crab is.