Video; UN: Bolin!

[pabugotmoves]

Hello everyone! Ladies and Gentlemen and.. people who aren't either but.. are other things I guess- ANYWAY! I'm Bolin, you might know me, I was in Deerington for a little while before we made the journey here. Mako's brother, earthbender, at your service.

[Bright! Excited! He's got so much to say and it's all great!! Bolin is sitting in a booth in The Raccoon Room, it's all very fancy and newly opened as you might remember from the big party on Halloween. Heck, you might have seen him there performing tricks with his omen Pabu the fire ferret, who is currently draped around the back of Bolin's neck like a scarf, only mildly interested in what's happening but squeaks every time Bolin gesticulates particularly big.]

Firstly, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who came to the Raccoon Room's opening night, it was great and I know it meant the world to Mako and Wu. And hey, if you had fun you should come back which is what brings me to my next point!

We're gonna do a musical.

[Jazz handssssssss! His eyes are very bright. Is this a good thing? Should you be worried? Remains to be seen.]

Wu has asked me to direct it, with music by Ryan from Chicken Choice Judy aand I know what you're thinking: Oh- Bolin [In falsetto, because that's how you all sound and you know it.] but a musical we don't know-

Wrong-o, it is going to be amazing and you're all going to love it. So good news, we're casting!

There's going to be auditions.. and costumes and music! And sets! It's going to be like a live action mover with songs, I can't actually think of anything better.

So, if you're interested in being a part of the show and auditioning or getting on the crew, drop me your name, questions, and deets and welcome to Trench's very first musical production ooffffffffff wait for itttttttttt?!!?

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[pabugotmoves]

Oh ho ho~ pull up a seat.

The scene is set, ooohhhh aaahhhhh.

On a dark and rainy night two beautiful, newly engaged lovebirds are driving and their Satomobile breaks down. They need help! They're wet! It's raining!

The nearest house is a huge, spooky mansion and they come across a party, hosted by the great Dr. Frankenfurter. [He is not aware that it is Frank N. Furter]

But!! BUT!!! He is a crazy scientist! And he's building the perfect man. Our lovers discover his plans and chaos erupts as they're drawn into his madness! And they like it. It's got drama! Adventure! Love, betrayal, aliens from outer space! It's everything.

And that's why I know you and everyone else is gonna like it.

[entreats]

.. ah.

[ It doesn't sound like the most impressed answer, let alone it actually matching the level of dramatics Bolin is putting into his speech here. At least she's kind of starting to see why he's into this whole theater thing so much. ]

Isn't that story a little too unbelievable though? I mean, who would voluntarily enter a spooky house under those circumstances? You'd practically be begging to be killed by a serial murderer.

[pabugotmoves]

Well.. they're stuck in a rain storm and need to call for help. They don't know it's a spooky mansion.

[entreats]

Does it look like a spooky mansion?

[pabugotmoves]

I mean. It's a dark, spooky, rainy night. It's not like the house has happy bunnies painted all over it oh hellooo not a spooky house at all

That would be even more suspicious

[entreats]

[ Point taken. ]

But people have to be at least a little aware of tropes, right? If you go into a random house on such a spooky night.. Then you ought to take a gun with you, at the very least.

.. even though it sounds like the people in that story got lucky, since you didn't mention anything about them actually dying.

[pabugotmoves]

Well you'll just have to come and find out, now won't you.

[entreats]

Wait.

[ She narrows her eyes. ]

You're trying to lure me in! I won't fall for that so easily. I'm pretty sure I can find out how it ends in a different way.

[pabugotmoves]

But.. Why would you do that?

Ange, I hate to be the one to break it to you but this is how story telling works. It's a whole experience where you're given a bunch of questions at the beginning and the answers along the way. That's what makes it fun.

[entreats]

I know how stories work.

[ Because, oh god, if she has to get stories mansplained to her one more time-- thanks for nothing back home, Featherine. ]

It's just-- can you really imagine me sitting through an entire musical? Give me a serious answer.

[pabugotmoves]

I don't know you well enough to know why you hate fun.

[entreats]

That's fine with me. The 'why' isn't important, after all. The important thing to know is just that I do.

[ .. apparently she's just okay with being known as a fun hater, huh. ]

[pabugotmoves]

Wow.. it's amazing how much you sound like my brother. Freaky Friday, for real. No wonder you're such good buds.

[entreats]

[ For a moment Ange pauses, probably wondering what Friday has to do with it.. and why said Friday ought to be freaky..

But then she shrugs it off as just another Bolin-ism. ]

That's funny, because you act a whole lot like my brother. Maybe it's a rule that if there are two siblings, one of them has to be the introvert and the other the extrovert.

[pabugotmoves]

Huh. I've never considered that before. Maybe? I don't know too many pairs of siblings.

But if I remind you of your brother you'd think you'd be a little nicer to me, Ange. Sheesh~

[entreats]

I thought I've been perfectly nice to you.

[ Just.. by Ange standards..

(Bolin, you don't want to be treated the same way she treats her brother, trust me.) ]

Or are you suggesting you have some sort of feedback for me?

[pabugotmoves]

Nope! No no nononono but if this is you being nice then remind me to never get on your bad side.

You know you kind of remind me of this girl I almost married, too.

On a scale of one to ten how murdery would you say you are?

[Really Bolin? From your brother to ex just like that? Apparently. Yikes.]

[entreats]

.. Are you publically asking me if I've committed murder? Or are you saying you're attracted to me?

[ Look, if he's awkwardly going to compare her to an ex, then Ange would like to at least reserve the right to make that dry joke. ]

I can't tell.

1/???

[pabugotmoves]

Uuuhhh

[pabugotmoves]

[that's a good question. What the heck is he trying to say??]

[pabugotmoves]

[girl says thing to him brain goes vrrttzzzzz vrtttzzzzz]

UHHHH

Done

[pabugotmoves]

I don't-

I don't know??

Do you want to?? Go?? Find out???

bless you, bolin is so funny

[entreats]

[ This is about the LAST response Ange expected.

It speaks volumes about her pokerface that she manages to not even twitch, despite definitely doing a doubletake on the inside. ]

I have a girlfriend.

[ Without missing a beat. ]

And you also seem like too nice of a guy to murder, so it seems like we're all out of options.

Bless you for putting up with me

[pabugotmoves]

Oh.

Well that is.. that's good. That's good on both of those things. The lady love and the.. The not killing me..thing. Thank you for that, I appreciate it.

She must be a very lucky girl.

[entreats]

[ Cue Ange trying really hard to not think about that latter remark, lest she gets very flustered. And she definitely doesn't want that to happen right now.

So instead she sucks in a breath and says: ]

Thanks.

[ See? All cool. All casual. This is how she would like to be perceived. ]

.. and for the record, I don't actually randomly murder people, you know. So don't worry about that.