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[dabi]

[ Cut image is gonna be to a rather odd looking individual with more--are those tattoos?--than he has normal skin, and apparently just as many piercings.

He's got what looks to be a playful look on his face, but what with the uptick of a sigh he lets loose, there's clear annoyance here. ]

Here I thought I already had all kinds'a social media on my phone. [ the guy's voice is deep, like the bottom of a volcano. ] But this one's new.

Ever hear aboutta thing called Marie Antoinette Syndrome? Where peoples' hair suddenly turn fuckin'. White? Due ot stress or some shit?

I ain't stressed, but turns out it might be real.

Anyway. You can call me Dabi.
Gonna' use this opportunity to announce the opening of my shop, Troublebound.
I do tattooing and body mod shit.
If it's your thing, we can talk. I do good work, just look me up on Insta and Snap.

Look forward to working with ya.

artist of the used art here.

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[dabi]

"Sure it does. Being a leader don't mean you throw yourself into the front lines, or that you gotta be there at the head of everything. Bein' a leader means you're better at supporting everyone who might need you. Bein' able to keep up their morale and shit."

He gestures, vaguely, with a hand.

Not his fucking fault she's goddamn blind to it.

"...But yanno, it's also a common trait for people in leadership roles to be really dumb, too."

[prunedworlds]

Somehow, this conversation had managed to turn from trying to help the new guy to talking about her, and Ritsuka isn't quite sure how that happened. But he... kind of has a point? She can't think of a good argument against that reasoning, at least, even if she genuinely doesn't feel like it should apply to her.

"Well... I hope you can find a way to deal with all the weird stuff for yourself, anyway."

That last jab pretty much just slid right off. It's not that she didn't notice it, mind, but Ritsuka's used to occasionally dealing with people who are practically incapable of expressing anything in a non-negative manner.

And she knows it's probably true, anyway.

[dabi]

This girl either has a great poker face or she's immune to even the smallest of jabs. Dabi honestly wonders what it is, and the meaner side of him wants to press a little harder just to see...

But.
He's also incredibly lazy and decides that, for now, it prrrrrobably isn't actually really worth his time.

He's gonna shrug, pretty animatedly.

"I'm probably going to ignore it until I get some pretty palpable truth of magic other than a weird sky and my hair turning white."

Which is to say, he might find something happening sooner, rather than later.

[prunedworlds]

Mostly it's a combination of she doesn't consider herself that clever or anything, anyway. That, and having been called things like a 'demon' to her face by people who absolutely meant it kind of makes minor jabs a lot less meaningful.

"I have a chair that can move on its own and will do what I tell it to do."

You know, if he wants to see something magic and all.

[dabi]

The look he's gonna' give Ritsuka is completely plain, like--without even using words, the expression just reads an easy 'are you fucking with me?'

He blinks twice, slowly--purposefully, and then he crosses his arms.

"...I'll take a look. Can't say I'll be convinced, technology is crazy these days, but. I'll still give it a chance."

[prunedworlds]

She is, for better or worse, not kidding about that at all. Sometimes the weird goodwill store gives you cool things that are both practical and fun to keep around!

"Okay, just a sec..."

There's some movement and the jarring blurriness of the phone being abruptly moved around, accompanied by the usual indistinct noises of who even knows what, but then the camera is giving a nice view of a frankly kind of fancy-looking armchair that's currently sitting in a corner of the room.

"Hey chair, come over here."

Ritsuka's voice can be heard, though it's clearly directed at the chair and not the phone. And the chair just... abruptly starts moving, ambling on over like it's something out of a cartoon and not a real life piece of furniture. Then it stops right in front of Ritsuka, to all appearances just a perfectly normal (if kinda fancy) armchair.