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[tastestherainbow]

[ Okay. It is time for Kanaya to reach out. She cannot sit in her little human respite block forever in between bothering Rose(s?). Still...

Being in a city filled with aliens on an alien planet with alien...everything else gave her little motivation to actually do this. Should she do a video introduction like she has seen others do? No, then she risks a thousand responses that amount to gawking at her.

A vocal introduction? Maybe. No, never mind, no way in Hell is she doing that. She can only imagine the awkward fumbling of words she would inevitably spew out as some poor imitation of talking.

Well. There is only one way to outreach to the masses and introduce herself while keeping some of her dignity. Comments about her typing style would be easier to deal with than comments about her species. ]

[ TEXT ]

Hello Hinoto Ri
Uh

[ Shit. She really should have, like. Written a rough draft or something. Doing this on the fly is not working, but too late now. ]

My Name is kanaya maryam
it is nice to meet you i guess
not the city itself i mean the populace as in whoever is reading this
im sure it will be nice to meet you once i actually meet some of you
seeing as i have hardly met anyone at all
but i would like to assume that the average individual that will respond to this will be nice to meet
or at least tolerable
uh

[ Wow, talking to strangers is so much easier when you are trying to be condescending and snarky in the process instead of not. ]

anyway before i say anything i regret
more so than i have
uh
yeah thats all i have got

oh wait
does anyone remember anything about butterflies
i am kind of fond of them for reasons i wont bother to explain due to well inevitably causing more confusion than clarity
and i swear i saw some but i cant remember why or where for the life of me

ok there we go
that is all i have to say
bye i think

Comments

[complexdisorder]

That is completely unacceptable, Kanaya.
You should not hide yourself to conform to the expectations of others.

[tastestherainbow]

its not so much as conforming as
like
not wanting to be stared at

[complexdisorder]

Do you truly think that people have so few manners as to stare at you?
We are not that barbaric of a species, Kanaya.

[tastestherainbow]

if you say so
i think ill still
stay in my room for a while
before venturing around by myself

[complexdisorder]

Would you care for company?

[tastestherainbow]

uh
yes
actually

[complexdisorder]

What is your apartment number?
I suppose I could trouble myself to walk to your apartment.
If it will keep you from wallowing in this sudden anxiety about your appearance you have developed.

[tastestherainbow]

Libra 7 05
i wouldnt exactly describe it as sudden anxiety regarding my appearance
more not wanting to deal with explaining things repeatedly to random humans
about my appearance and otherwise

[complexdisorder]

Yes, I suppose that would be troublesome.
I will attempt to refrain from commenting on your rather unique appearance then.

[Aw, Rose. You're so awkward at flirting.

She's been walking this entire time to Kanaya's apartment, while texting. And she soon is knocking at Kanaya's door with a slight smirk.]

[tastestherainbow]

Ok

[ The flirtatiousness of that statement is here => .

Kanaya's head is here => .

Woosh.

She opens the door. ]

Hell--oh.

[complexdisorder]

Hell-Oh to you, too, Kanaya.

[Rose hides a laugh behind her hand.]

[tastestherainbow]

Should I interpret your timely arrival as a speedy commute on your part or an impressive ability to do more than one thing at once?

[ god the only way she can handle being embarrassed is to be snarky

well, snarky or babbling ohs, ums, and uhs, but she manages something a bit better. ]

[complexdisorder]

Oh, I did not know that multi-tasking was beyond the capability of trolls, even rainbow drinkers.

[Snicker.]

Are you going to invite me in?

[tastestherainbow]

Oh. Right. Do you want to come in?

[ The fact that is the entire point Rose came over and that that makes Rose's comment more than a bit sarcastic goes over her head. ]

[complexdisorder]

No, I rather like standing at your front door.

[She cocks one eyebrow, and despite her words, is already entering the apartment after Kanaya.]

[tastestherainbow]

[ Alright, that. That was sarcastic enough for her to get it. She shuts the door behind her.

The apartment is as spotlessly clean as expected, with what belongings that came along with her in their appropriate places...meaning a closet stuffed with shit and a sewing machine next to neatly-sorted makeup on a table.

Pretty much boring. ]

Uh. Ok. Well. Here it...is.

[complexdisorder]

[Rose steps inside, laughing softly at Kanaya's grand tour.]

Indeed. I should hope this is your apartment, and that you did not just steal the key from a hapless bystander.

[tastestherainbow]

I see the drastic change of setting and circumstance hasn't hindered your sarcasm.

[ So uh now what ]

[complexdisorder]

[She laughs softly, looking around the sparse room.]

Would you care to sit, Kanaya? I'll confess, my head hurts a bit. Though, I suppose the only proper place to sit is the bed.

Almost Spartan accommodations they gave us.

[tastestherainbow]

Go ahead. Is it related to a certain, uh. Stair-related incident?

[ It may have been a week or so ago, but those were a lot of stairs... ]

[complexdisorder]

No, simply stress-related. This week has been... difficult, to say the least. While you might be completely foreign to this world, it is still not nearly as familiar to me as I would like.

[She shrugs, taking a seat on the edge of the bed, patting a place beside her.]

But, I did have quite the headache from that incident.

[tastestherainbow]

[ She sits......... ]

I think someone at some point did warn you about them, I think.

[ ... ... ... ]

What are you having trouble with here?

[complexdisorder]

... I know. And that is the worst part. That someone out there gets to say "I told you so."

[She chuckles, rubbing her temple.]

It is so similar to home, and yet... some things are so different. The... personas? Nonexistent in my universe. And the market is different. Even the streets look slightly strange. It's uncanny valley all over.

[tastestherainbow]

Oh. I didn't think it would be that different for you. Or that similar? It's hard to tell which is the best way to describe the problem.

LMAO

[complexdisorder]

[Rose flops back against the bed, covering her face with her arms.]

Both? Is both a suitable answer?