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[Amusement, but it's amiable and teasing.]

Ooooh, tell me about your hair next, I bet that'll be good.

[Attempts to rally, drawing a ridiculously haughty demeanor around her like a cloak]

I mean, can’t you see how luxurious it is? It’s spun from the finest silks, woven from raven feathers or whatever. Don’t hate because you’re jealous.

What's a "raven"?

[Curious, and not at all jealous even though her own hair would basically have her fit right in with an 80's hair band.]

[If only they were on wild city, she could get the outfit too. (For her part, Nemesis would agree, Kohime’s hair looks very soft, anyways—)]

Ravens are birds... They’re kinda like really big crows. And crows are big black birds that have this harsh cry and are scary smart. Like, if you piss ‘em off they’ll tell their friends and then it’s like bird attacks for days. Anyways, they’re real dark, so old-fashioned froofy stories’ll use that instead of “black” when talking about colors, since nothing could ever be simple, I guess.

So. . . to talk about "black", they talk about some birds instead?

. . .

Why can't they just say "black"?

Dunno... Maybe normal words weren’t invented yet?

Huh.

[Crosses her arms and quirks a little smile, amused.]

So I should say you've got raven locks~?

[Grins, pleased she’ll play in the space, and flips her hair like a shampoo commercial]

I mean, you don’t already? I guess “ebon tresses” is also acceptable—that one’s named after a rock.

[Looks Kohime over, playful]

...I guess you can have a majestic chestnut mane. In the right light, anyways.

[Laughing.]

Pff, a––a majestic what?

Chestnut's brown, right? I mean, I know they are, I've eaten chestnuts; when it's Fall you'll have to try them, but-- What else is there, mahogany? Walnut? I need a box of crayons...

Hey, hey, what's that one –– mohowagany?

[Latching on to that one because it sounds ~fancy~]

[Amused, of course]

Wood. They're all trees. ...Guess you'd get an alliteration bonus, too, score. You're ready to have poems and songs written in your honor.

Then I'm that one. The Maho-whatever.

[Like. . . really pleased??? People only give her weird names if they like her so clearly she is included :|a]

[Snickers, genuinely amused, though]

That's you, Mahou Neko Kohime-chan, the mahogany mane. Sparkles not included.

[the fuck is a mahou neko]

Ugh, definitely no sparkles.

[:)]

You don't think it'd suit you?

[Wait]

--Not dumb princess sparkles. Warrior sparkles.

Sparkles are for princesses.

[Stoutly]

Don't be so closed-minded, sparkles are for everyone. Like... Cardigan--Cardinal could sparkle, I bet. Or Griff's skeevy uncle. And I don't think either of them could make a good princess at all.

[a lil mulishly]

No.

...No which part?

The sparkles.

All the sparkles.

[Petulant]

...You don't have to like 'em. But I didn't mean it as an insult or nothing, so don't take it that way.

[Because below the sulkiness is an anxious guilt, even the irritation turned more towards herself, twined with a wearily resigned disappointment]

Edited 2020-05-11 02:35 (UTC)

What? I know that. . .

[Confusion.]

You do?

[Does not compute??]

Uh, yeah? Why wouldn't I?

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