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CHARACTER NAME

March 7th

CIVILIAN NAME

January 8th Smith

TEAM

Redemption

HOUSING NUMBER

001

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Comments

[bowtography]

You don't have to give me anything!
Except five minutes, actually!

[wheft]

[ ??? ]

Why five minutes?

[bowtography]

I want to take a picture of you! I've got something back on the train that's sort of like a photo wall, and this won't be quite the same, but I want to try something similar.

[wheft]

A... picture?

[ that's right... pictures can last forever, even when the people in them are gone.

hmm. ]

That's not actually a bad idea. Where do you want to take it?

[bowtography]

[ Wow, that took far less persuading than expected. ]

Do you have a favorite spot around here?

[wheft]

[ gotta keep people like march on their toes by going along with their whims every now and then ]

The... pool in the rec room, I guess? I like dipping my toes there and relax.

[ of course. ]

[bowtography]

[ No, Ishmael, don't you know that only gives them power-- ]

Spoken like a sailor! [ she guesses. ]

That should work! We can get a couple of good shots of you at the pool!

[wheft]

You said that it's only for five minutes. If it turns out to be some kind of photoshoot, I'm not interested.

[ look just because she's chill now doesn't mean that she can un-chill completely... ]

[bowtography]

One picture, and then one more in case the other one doesn't turn out!
Calm down, I'm not trying to trick you!

[wheft]

All right, all right. I'll meet you there in 5 minutes.

[ she's not going into the water though, when march comes to meet her. she's just idling near some workout equipment while waiting for the bday girl. ]

[bowtography]

[ And here she comes, brimming with enthusiasm!!

Not running because it would be her luck to trip and fall in a rec room. ]

Hey! Are you all set?

[wheft]

[ there she is, the girl of the hour. ]

Hm? Yeah. How do you want me to pose? Like...

[ holds up the least enthusiastic peace sign march has probably seen ]

[bowtography]

[ please, have you met Dan Heng ]

In your case, it might be better if you went for something more natural. You know people's expressions get really interesting when they think about things they like, for example!

[wheft]

[ HE'S A SWEET BOY unlike ish here :/ ]

I'm not really sure... It's kind of hard to think one up when all I did most of my life was survive.

[bowtography]

[ ... Wow. ]

I wonder if you can really call that living...

[ A pause, and then she clears her throat. ]

I mean--! You've had delicious food before, right? Or spent time with someone you like?

[ Ishmael, please tell her you at least have friends. ]

[wheft]

I do have a friend, for the record. But that's different.

[ she does hang out with rodya, and she likes the sinner's company enough. it's just not enough to get a bright smile out of her? ]

Delicious food... To be honest, I only started having more decent food here at a cheap cost. I can't really think of a certain moment in time that makes me light up, you know?

[bowtography]

... This is worse than I imagined.

[ WHY IS SHE SO SAD ]

Okay, then! First of all, we're going to need to make sure we give you a ton of happier moments while you're here! For now, uh--

Ooh, I've got it!

[wheft]

[ blinkblink ]

Isn't this your birthday? I should be the one making you smile, not the other way around...

[bowtography]

I'm happy when my-- formal and newly-formed acquaintances are happy! Or at the very least relaxed?

But also I'm getting to know you better, so that's enough for me!

[ Case in point, at least one of them is smiling right now. ]

[wheft]

[ ...

that makes her mouth quirk into a half-smile. ]

Can't argue with that.

[ how is she better at this than don and hong lu, tf. ]

Okay, let's hear it.

[bowtography]

[ That bar is so low-- ]

So I was thinking--it'd be a really nice shot if we could get your hair in motion, so if you want to do a turn really fast or flip your hair or even just shake your head, that should work great!

No awkward poses required.

[wheft]

That works.

[ and to demonstrate, ishmael promptly flips her hair with not much fanfare. ]

Like that?

[bowtography]

Exactly!

[ And she lifts her camera up expectantly, because the timing is everything with shots like these. ]

So just do that one more time!

[wheft]

O-Okay?

[ and so she does, flipping her hair with a bit more feeling put into it. she forgot to smile, though. ]

[bowtography]

[ It's fine; March takes the picture, then lowers the camera to check the screen. A pause, then she beams and waves Ishmael over to take a look at her, hair flared out behind her like a fiery halo. ]

You look so cool!