(VIDEO) — UN: BOMBSHELL

[opheliac]

(the video begins of a zoom up of a pair of eyes. an animal to be exact. they blink curiously before it gets pulled back -- revealing it's a spider monkey holding the omni. he holds it up above him and even turns it upside-down and other various angles. hopefully the lovely people aren't easily to become motion sickness upon viewing this but if they do, their own fault really.)

Got it workin'?

(there's a voice coming from off camera; familiar to some or not. but the monkey looks off to the direction of the voice before turning the omni over so whoever is watching can now see jinx sitting in a chair -- slouching with her arm hanging over the top railing. there's a grin that slowly grows on her face, however, it's not... exactly a friendly kind. impish? troubling? dangerous? you'd be the judge. nevertheless, jinx hunches over now with both her arms drape over her knees -- looking directly at the omni.)

So! — Greetings people of.... whatever this place is. Kiiiinda forgot the name but not really important. I've been hearin' a lotta here and there that I've been here before. Don't really remember it, though. (a brief pause as she thinks.) Except the last time. I remember the last time but not the other times.

Buuuuuuuuut ♪! Since I've been here a whoooole BUNCH of times that means I gotta have some friends here, right?

(she bites her bottom lip to hold back a giggle as the video suddenly wavers around. but quickly it straightens up and focus with a closer look of jinx (it seems she's the one holding it now) in a bird's eye view. her spider monkey climbs on her body then curling himself along her shoulder and neck while also looking up at the feed along with her.)

So if ya know me, contact me. OH! And you got like, thirty minutes to convince me why my former self even bothered wasting my breath on you. Don't keep me waitin' too long 'cuz I get bored easily.

(a beat.)

ACTUALLY, NEVERMIND!!! — Decided to change it to twenty minutes. (her spider monkey seems to be screeching in laughter at jinx's sudden time change but resumes on nuzzling it's head against her cheek.)

OH OH! One more big thing. There's someone here by the name of Vi. If you know her, contact me too. So we can aaaaalll be friends and get along. No shame in that, right?

(she says this but there's something about that smile that really makes it... off putting. regardless though, jinx hums quietly as she cocks her head to the side.)

Tick-tock, tick-tock.

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[opheliac]

That... (a brief silence for her to take that in.) That has to be the most beautiful collection of words I've heard in my entire life...!

(she claps her hands together in pure glee.)

― Okay, that really settles it. I've fully decided to keep you. Welcome to my group! You and Squid Buddy are my two so far.

(and as for his question about vi and her friends? she will just happily ignore that and not answer at all. )

[detonating]

Hah?

[Thanks for the compliment, brownie points with Crazy Ass Pigtails can't be a bad thing but uh...

Hell no.]

The fuck makes you think I wanna join your loser squad? You don't actually know anything about me, dumbass. Besides, I'm the one that people follow, not the other way around. [Just toot your horn a little louder there, Katsuki.] Since you're hellbent on looking suspicious as fuck, anything happens to Vi or her people, guess I know who to wreck for it.

[So maybe he is outing himself as Vi's friend. Whatever. He doesn't make bonds easily, so Katsuki will throw the fuck down for anyone who's earned that with him.]

[opheliac]

Such tough words from someone who won't let me see their face. But y'know, it only makes me like you more! — C'mon, Fireball, I thought you knew me. Do you reaallly think I would hurt Vi?

(a brief pause.)

Actually! Hypothetically, if she suddenly becomes possessed or go super whacko on me, then I might need to kick her and tie her upside-down for a lil' while. But it'll be outta love, really.

----->video

[detonating]

Tch, whatever. Voice's just what I happened to land on when I decided to reply to your crazy ass.

[Bam. It goes from voice to video in an instant and there Katsuki is, in all his scowling glory.]

When I said I knew you before, I wasn't implying that we were makin' fuckin' friendship bracelets or anything Pigtails. Use your damn head. If I knew what you wanted with her, I wouldn't have asked.

[opheliac]

There you are!! Now I can see where that stupid mouth is comin' from. And it looks like your ears are stupid, too. 'Cuz I've already said what I wanted with her from the very beginning. I just want all of us to be friends.

(she flashes him a teasing wink and a stick of her tongue.)

[detonating]

[His nose curls up in complete and utter distaste. Both at her words, and the super fucking mature way that she sticks her tongue out at him.]

I don't trust anyone with a smile like yours, and I know you well enough to know that you're not-[His hand comes up to tap at his temple, indicating what he means.]-all fuckin' there. Your idea of friendship is probably dangerous.

[He knows it is. Previous Jinx made a deal with him, to help him with any upgrades or serious repairs to his gear in exchange for small amounts of his explosive sweat. Kinda still wonders what the fuck is wrong with him, but having someone on his side with near Hatsume level skill and experience working with explosives is uh... pretty fucking valuable.]

[opheliac]

My idea of friendship is the same as anyone else's. You get a few people who are extremely important to you and they belong to you. You watch over 'em, take care of 'em, and give 'em what they need. If anyone decides to hurt 'em, you go and break 'em.

— And if your friends decide to break your heart or try to leave you... you hurt 'em back. Make sure they know what they did and what the price is on abandoning you. See? Sound familiar?

(jinx wiggles her eyebrows playfully with a casual smile. and well if bakugou were to ever need assistance with his gear, she would probably take accept that offer like the previous jinx. he's fun and intriguing. and in some way, they are a little alike. two crazy kids loving fire and explosions; to go massive and all out. there's beauty in that which not many people see. but... he might.)

video: un: vi

[faceblocks]

[she'd been about to fire off a different message, but then jinx had replied, so her tone shifts a bit. had she been about to yell at him for calling her sister a loser? yes possibly.]

Well, if your part of my squad you're already part of hers, no takebacks. So I guess that makes us all losers since you went and gave us a name already. Gotta say, I think you can do better as far as names go. Where's the guy who gave us Prison Tats and [she has to look] Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight? I need that guy to name the squad.

If you wanna wreck her you gotta go through me too. [there's a smile on her face as she says it, though.] Which could be pretty fun, cause I got some new gear comin'.

[and to jinx, no real trace of sarcasm:]

That's the deal. I'd do the same for you, sis.

video; un: Dynamight PRIVATE

[detonating]

[Y'know, Katsuki generally avoided social media back home and he generally avoids the network here too. He fucking hates interacting on it, and having his interactions interrupted and doubled just makes it even more fucking annoying. Should've made this conversation private from go.

From now on, he's doing it with everything. He's doin' it right now, in fact.

Katsuki looks just as sour as he feels, and his voice has an aggravated edge to it that only adds to the look. He does note though, that she says sis at the end. Finally, someone has given him a goddamn answer here. Fuck's sake.

So that must be Powder. Vi from before mentioned her, just once, when she was talking to that zombified behemoth of a man (Vander... ?) in the catacombs. He never asked her about it after they escaped, but in hearing how she talks now... and weighing it to everything she said then? He's put that piece together.]

Yo, makin' sure that someone ain't gonna fuck your shit up doesn't mean that I'm a part of your squad. I'd rather eat a bowl glass. Name it yourself. [For all that he sounds annoyed, Katsuki's severe frown is lessening by like. A hair or two. It's subtle, but anyone who knows him'll know that it's a sign that his guard is coming down just a bit.] So... sister, huh? Last Vi never told me.

How's she gonna react to me kicking the shit outta you? Cause a gear upgrade ain't gonna save your ass and she's a wildcard.

video; PRIVATE

[faceblocks]

[okay, so. she is laughing really hard right now. it could be that silco is gone - that bakugou (and sansa and shoyo and her stomach because 40 shots) bore the brunt of that arrival, and in the wake of him leaving and jinx returning - the worst part of her anger has been balanced (at least temporarily) by equivalent exchange. blood fuckery has made her more affectionate, everything's easy - and she finds that she wants to have her say - she's even more interested in talking than before. he might have felt it were he in her presence, but that aura of mental peace doesn't radiate through the omni so that sucks.]

I get to say who's a part of what, and if I say you're in, then you're in til I kick you out. Maybe we're the Glass Eating Motherfuckers, I dunno. You got a better name? You got a bowl for all that glass?

Yeah. I woulda got around to it. Shit's just been ...you know, fucked. Little less fucked now, but I'm sure that'll even out because... [snort ...because this place always finds ways of making shit even out. one thing goes well? time for two bad things! or vice versa if it's not an asshole patron month.]

She's seen it happen before, but it's been a long time. If she knows what's up, she might even cheer you on. She's a wildcard, that's true. But so are a lot of people. I'm trying out some new shit, being straight with her. I can't not.

And you haven't seen this gear. Plus, I've figured out more blood stuff. It's a fuckin' blast.

[literally]

You good?