(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]

Just a game we ask questions! Nothin' too big or complicated.

[fogsong]

[ she’s quiet a long moment and then hums curiously ] You know what? Sure.

[opheliac]

Great! You wanna go first or me?

[fogsong]

You first.

[opheliac]

Do you have a thing for my sister or a crush on my sister? Yes or no?

[fogsong]

[ woah not a question she was expecting ] Nope. [ the word comes out easily and quickly. she does think Vi is handsome but Sharon doesn’t crush easily. ]

Would it have bothered you if I did?

[opheliac]

Depends. What kind of woman are you?

[fogsong]

I don’t know, honestly. I’ve never had to think about it before. I’d say I’m… the kind that’s stupidly loyal to those I trust, the kind that would kill or die for those I care about, and someone who doesn’t forgive easily when I’ve been betrayed.

[opheliac]

Huuuh. Not bad... not bad. Loyalty is a big thing with me. So if you got that goin' for ya, you get a one check mark.

[fogsong]

It’s no gold star but it’s a start.

Loyalty always been a big thing for you?

[opheliac]

'Course. Who wants to deal with a traitor?

(even though she... kinda...is right now. but it's different. they are working it out so. it's different. right?)

[fogsong]

Most of the time, definitely not me, but… [ she hesitates here, uncertain how much she wants to reveal to this virtual stranger but finally she just dives in. it’s story time, Jinx! ] I was betrayed once by this boy. I’d been alone and confused and—and scared out of my fucking mind. I was taught to never trust anyone but I’d needed someone and he’d been there.

He’d listened; helped me even though he didn’t really know me and the things I had been dealing with were insane. And just as I was… I don’t know, starting to really trust him he… he broke that trust, told me the truth: he’d lied to me, was a part of the reason I was alone and scared. [ it still stings to think about. her trust had been such a fragile thing back then and it felt as if he’d stomped on it. It and her father’s life. ]

There came a point where I had the choice to let him suffer and die but I decided to trust him again. I needed him and he needed me and… things hadn’t been what they seemed when he did those things to me. He’d been lied to. Manipulated.

I’m all for ditching traitors but I guess… not all of them all the time. Just 99%. Maybe 99.5 to be on the safe side.

[opheliac]

(as sharon tells her story, jinx's expression softens and even pulls her legs up in her seat for her legs to wrap around. it's strange how this entire time, she appeared so unhinged, dangerous, and demented. and now? now she looks like a typical normal teenager. it's almost like she is an entirely different person.

wetting her lips with her tongue, she speaks lowly (again, strange since she's been so loud and full of energy):)

Yeah, I... I get that. I've sorta been on the same boat. With... two people, actually. Vi is uh. One of 'em. I don't really trust her fully yet but enough that she won't lead me into my doom in this place. 'Cuz right now, she has the upper hand if she wanted to REALLY screw me over.

(...)

But I — I don't think she will. Or, I dunno, all this is so... new. Everythin' is new. Kinda like it, kinda don't.

[fogsong]

[ it’s a surprise to see the change in Jinx —— from a young woman who had been vibrating with a violent energy to one much more worn and softer and laid bare. Sharon couldn’t help but wonder if the first were a defense mechanism; a way to protect herself and ward off those who might try to do her harm. ]

I can’t claim to know Vi well, or much at all, but I think you’re right: I don’t think she will.

But I know how fragile trust is and… and how fucking hard it can be to give someone another chance. You guys will get there one step at a time. [ she’s being painfully genuine, her voice warmer ]

If you ever need someone to talk to or bitch at or something, you can give me a call. I’m Sharon Da Silva.

[opheliac]

... Alright. I'll be sure to ring ya up, Sharon. Proobabbbly not any time soon but, y'know, whenever.

[fogsong]

Whenever, then. [ She just wants Jinx to know that someone is here whenever she needs it. Even if she never needs it. ]