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[onekindsoul]

[ The first thing in full view is a slushie shop. But not just any, oh no. It is.. wildly decorated. The kind of thing you can't stare at for longer than 10 seconds without feeling like you get a headache. There's someone standing behind the counter, though they look completely unrecognizable. You know, on account of the fact that they're wearing a slushie mascot outfit. Good luck guessing whose arms those are. Honestly, the person isn't even really standing there. They're more just slumped over said counter, like they've given up on life.

The view lingers on that for a moment before the Omni seems to be switched around, instead putting Ruby into full view. ]

Having trouble beating the heat?
Finding trouble finding motivation?
Are your uncles all hot sweaty and gross?
Is Hot Girl Summer a little hotter than you were expecting?
Well have we got a solution for you.
Right, Ange?

[Ruby looks over to the mascot after a brief pause.]

R-right Ange?

[ The slushie suit sighs, and the voice that follows it - that's definitely Ange. ]

I thought the agreement was that I didn't have to talk on video in exchange for wearing this.

[Ruby just looks to her for a moment before looking back to the camera.]

Well come on down to the Slush! For all of your cool treat ideas! Everything is made by me and my lovely assisant Ange! With Blood magic!

We've got slushies, Ice cream, smoothies and a boat load of magical fans to help you BEAT THE HEAT! Do you want to be a gross pile of sweat? No you don't! So come down to the board walk where it isn't hot and it doesn't suck!

[ That's when Ange pipes up again. ]

And if someone is going to cause a dumb fuss over at the stand, they're going to die.

[And Ruby slides in front of Ange.]

OF FUN!!!!!!!!!

[And she raises her hands and generates a few ripples of ice with her coldblood powers.]

Jazz hands!

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[cuddlery]

[Just moments after the transmission ends, Scorpia is There.

She looks quite excited! Being a Coldblood, the heat hasn't been a big problem for her. But she still loves some tasty treats! And she just had to see that adorable mascot for herself.]

Okay, wow, I dunno what to get... Is it possible to mash ice cream anf slushies together? Also, can I take some pictures with your mascot? I am a big fan, all the way from the beginning! [The humble beginnings of several minutes ago...]

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[payingfordeliverance]

"iF yOuR uNcLeS aRe HoT, sWeAtY aNd --" I see. I see how it is.

[The mocking voice emerges from below the counter next to Ange. A moment later, so does Xerxes Break, and he pauses to take a big slurp from the festive purple slushie he was given for his help carrying all the decorations down here. If we are being honest he looks more like their beautiful auntie today actually, but showing up in a swishy dress with zero warning or explanation is really not high at all on Break's customary scale of generic eccentricity. Much more notable is that he has long, long hair all piled up in a messy topknot and he definitely did not have long hair a couple days ago.]

I came all the way out here in weather comparable to the devil's arsehole and this is the disrespect I get. [No one actually invited him, he was just bored complaining to his actual household and wanted fresh people to gripe at while he wilts like a dainty Victorian flower.] I should steal all these fans and go, if I'm so sweaty and gross.

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[onekindsoul]

[Ruby looks thoughtful for a minute before she finally comes to a decision.]

It's off the menu but I'll make an exception just for you!

[She gives Scorpia a wink with her mechanical eye and quickly sets about putting the order together.]

Do you want blue slush or red?

[Ruby beams and looks over toward the mascot.]

Yeah for sure!

The Big Slush loves getting pictures taken, right?

[onekindsoul]

[Ruby gives a tiny little shriek as Break emerges from behind the counter. She had honestly forgotten he had been here for a moment.

However it only takes a moment to get the broom ready in hand and she starts to shoo him back under the counter.]

Maybe you should! Especially if you're sweaty, gross and complainy! You're going to scare off all our customers!

[payingfordeliverance]

[Break gives her a snooty look instead of hissing at her and climbing on top of the slushie machine, which is his first impulse, but it's a near thing.]

Lies! I can slide into customer service mode instantly and flirt the day away! It is one of many techniques I was trained in at Rainsworth. Miss Lysithea used to praise me!

[He misses her. :( ]

[entreats]

[ Did she absolutely ignore it when Ruby asked for her earlier?

Yes. Yes, she did. It's the best part of being in this dumb costume. It means she can ignore anyone and no one will notice. Maybe Ange will just stay a slushie cup for life.

It's why she'll wait for Ruby and Scorpia to finish talking first before Ange finally speaks up to the other with a: ]

Scorpia, you can't eat everything at once.

[ Please. ]

[entreats]

[ Ange doesn't even blink when Break speaks up.

.. not that anyone is able to tell. Slushie cups don't have eyes, after all. But underneath it? She's definitely not even doing as much as blinking. One must always expect the inevitable Break, especially when Ange sure didn't forget he was hanging around. She was just making sure to not address him so Ruby wouldn't drag him into this as well..

Though it seems Break had to pay after all, considering the nature of Ruby's pitch. ]

You can't steal them, they're magic.

[ Is she helping yet.

Then again, it's hard to expect anything more from Ange when she is hot and just Done with everything. Her voice sounds so soulless. The soul escaped a moment ago, during that advertisement. ]

[payingfordeliverance]

I bet I could. I bet I could figure out how to steal a magic fan. I'm a darkblood too, you know.

[Despite his surly current state, Break is not actually without sympathy for Ange, getting stuck in a slushie suit. He just also values his life and wasn't about to remind Ruby he was in proximity when mascot negotiations began happening. Now, he will keep her company while her soul drifts through the ether.]

I ripped a hole between dimensions once. Hying off with someone else's magic can't be much harder.

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[zib]

[Zib is... trying, and failing, to not laugh at the mascot outfit Ange is wearing before he responds.]

What flavors of slushies and things do you have?

[onekindsoul]

[Ruby knew what his first impulse was- Which is exactly why she had the broom in the first place.

But there is gentle little falter in her expression at the mention of Lysithea. They weren't super close but Ruby had recently considered her a friend. And she had done quite a bit for Ange and Break too.]

Well- Then you've got big shoes to fill if Lysithea was praising you.

Ange and I are counting on you help up and not get all stinky here. You think you can manage that?

[onekindsoul]

We have cherry, blueberry, lemon, and grape! Or that's the closest we can get to taste like that considering the uh... You know supplies here.

There's also a more grey mushroom mush for the locals that they seem to like.

[cuddlery]

Thank you so much, Ruby! I knew you'd have my back.

[She pauses in thought.]

How about blue! That sounds cooler. And what do you want for all this? I can give out hugs, or I have some bartering stuff in my bag!

[cuddlery]

It's not everything, it's just two things!

[She pauses for a moment.]

Wait, should I try putting everything you have together? Is- is that doable?

[payingfordeliverance]

[With a dainty sniff, Break slurps at his slushie again, making a show of considering this deeply. It is very like watching a cat actively debating whether it's going to ignore you or not, smack in front of you, as cats will.

Then out of absolutely nowhere he bursts into a beaming smile and the entire atmosphere around him lifts.]

But of course! With our Gilbert taking on so much of the cooking at home, I have ample time to help out my precious nieces with their endeavors. ❤

[Given his foul mood there is a certain "the customers will enjoy their slushies or else" sort of undercurrent happening at the moment and it's also legitimately creepy that Break of all people can apparently pronounce hearts. This guy really missed his true calling as a theater kid.]

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[shiro2hero]

... How exactly did you manage to convince Ange to do this with you?

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[dohaeris]

[sansa looks amused, but faintly concerned. she wears a lightweight grey cotton dress with cap sleeves and silver dragonflies. the two slender braids on top of her head have been gathered into a larger one, instead of merely tied together in a half-ponytail.]

Your slushie outfit doesn't look very comfortable. I could make something in a lighter fabric.

[like a tunic, perhaps?]

[entreats]

[ Without even a single moment of hesitation, and still coming from somewhere within the faceless slushie suit: ]

Blood.

[ She's probably not serious.

Probably. ]

[entreats]

I'm so tired.

[ .. is that the answer?

It probably is, given the fact that nothing else seems to come from the slushie suit for a moment or so.. until she speaks up again. ]

It's too hot to think.

[ This is probably how the road of least resistance happened, huh.. ]

[entreats]

[ Honestly, given her current situation, Ange wasn't expecting much out of the replies to this message.

But then. But then, there is this. ]

You could?

[ There might finally be some emotion sneaking into Ange's tone for the first time today. A faint edge of hope. Even if it isn't visible from behind the slushie suit, it's very much audible in her voice. ]

Honestly, if you could get me out of this even just a little bit, you might have to be my hero for the rest of time. [ Please, Sansa. She's being terrorized by her girlfriend. You're her only hope now. ]

[dohaeris]

[oh...the poor slushie.]

Yes, perhaps I could make you a nice tunic that has the name of your shop, in a very lightweight cotton, and you could prop up the costume next to your booth with some wire, or a piece of wood.

[she might even stoop to scavenging the armature herself, to save this poor soul...offscreen, lady whimpers in sympathy.]

Are slushies very good? I've had bubble tea, and ice cream, but never together.

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[floatsaway]

Oooh, this sounds so awesome!! It's been so hot lately...

[Also because her housemate and...b-boyfriend(!!!) runs extra hot because of his quirk, Ochako's been sort of uncomfortable late night and early mornings before washing herself off and starting her day.]

Do you guys have cream soda?! [The Japanese variant, of course.]

[zib]

... What kind of blood? Because if it's Vileblood flavor it's probably going to be really poisonous to anyone that doesn't already have that in their body.

[Is he actually taking her seriously by asking this? Hard to tell.]

[zib]

Really? That's super weird for there to be a mushroom flavor of ice cream or smoothie.

... But I also kind of want to try it just to see what's it like.

[onekindsoul]

It... Doesn't?

But I spent so long putting it together.

She can breath and she's got her favorite music playing in there.

I thought she'd be okay.

[onekindsoul]

Well-

First I had to agree that she wouldn't have to talk while wearing it- Or dance- Or really do anything that would signal that she was the one in the costume.

...Which I have already kind of messed up.

Huh...

Got a feeling I might be on the couch after this.