57 (The Nifty Nineties)

[her_mouse_jesty]

[Video/Action for those at the Olivine household! Backdated to this morning. Also, trying something new with my action brackets. Anyway!

Yensid the Medicham is up to his usual shenanigans, playing with the Pokegear as he sits on Minnie's bed. She yawns adorably, getting up, but her head can't be seen by the camera angle just yet.]

Mmm... good morning... Oh! Yensid, what have I told you about playing with my Pokegear? Naughty boy.

[She yawns again, gives him a tap on the head, and then heads for her vanity mirror. Though you still can't fully see her, you all know what she looks like by now - something like this. She's dressed in a cute frilly nightgown, and hasn't seen her reflection yet.]

Terribly sorry about that, everyone... but I hope your day is doing well. After all the scary business we've been enduring, it's nice to just have a calm, cool, morn....

[She abruptly stops. Yen Sid finally looks up from the screen, and his eyes widen. Then... Minnie begins to scream.]

My hair! My hair! What's happened to my hair?!

[Yensid holds up the Pokegear so everyone can see. Minnie's usual long locks of black are now bright white - snow white, you could say. Ah, the tragedy of future ice powers.]

Eeeeeeeeek!

Comments

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[combat_butler]

*oh god this is like seeing your mom wake up in the morning or something-- give Hayate a minute to recoil from the shriek*

M... Minnie-san? Did... did you get a dye job?

*Ignoring the fact that Hayate himself has been having hair issues, but his are a bit hard to notice given the current he's looking directly at the gear.*

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[her_mouse_jesty]

Hayate! Hayate! Hayateee!

[She's near tears, whirling around to look at the gear.]

I don't know what happened! I was feeling a little ill these past few days, and now... now this!

[video]

[combat_butler]

Erk... *Why tears!!* I-It doesn't look bad or anything though! I mean, it's certainly different, yet at the same time it doesn't make you appear like a old lady or anything!

[video]

[her_mouse_jesty]

But... but it was the last thing that connected me to being a mouuuse!

[video]

[combat_butler]

--eh?! That's why you're upset?!

Ah, well.. *Rubbing at the back of his head a little, pausing as he does. Before he shakes his head a bit, veeeery carefully pulling his hand back.* Um, if it helps, there are plenty of white mice as well?

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[her_mouse_jesty]

That's not the same at all!

[This is going to get worse before it gets better.]

I've been here for years, adjusting as a human... But still holding onto my identity as a mouse! But now even that's been taken away from me! I'm no longer myself!

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[combat_butler]

... I don't think there's any way that your hair alone could dictate your entire self, Minnie-san. If someone here can't recognize you just because of a different color of hair, they clearly just don't know you very well.

I can understand why you're upset though, since having your hair change like that is definitely shocking.

*He can relate, even if he didn't directly say so.*

[video]

[her_mouse_jesty]

... It's like I don't know who I am anymore, either...

[She sniffles, rubbing her eyes.]

Like the mouse and the human are two different people, after everything I've been through...

[video]

[combat_butler]

Really? I think you've remained rather consistent for my entire time knowing you... Minnie-san is just Minnie-san, after all.

[video]

[her_mouse_jesty]

[Sniffle.]

You... really think so?

[video]

[combat_butler]

Of course! I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it.

[video]

[her_mouse_jesty]

...

Hayate!

[Well, she's crying anyway. But at least now it's due to happiness.

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

[Gee Minnie, you sure can scream... Then again, Rin cannot blame her. If he woke up with white hair...]

It looks good on you?

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[her_mouse_jesty]

No it doesn't! It's so awful! It's the last straw!

[video]

[combat_butler]

--eh?! EH?! Wa-wait, why are you crying?!

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[her_mouse_jesty]

B-Because what you said... means so much!

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[pinnedbangs]

B-But it does! [fhjdaksfs was she mad at him again?!! Say something nice, Rin!!]

You look like a glam rocker! [...He hoped she took that as a compliment...]

[video]

[combat_butler]

... ah? I... It does? T-Then it's not because of your hair...?

[video]

[her_mouse_jesty]

I'm still quite upset at my hair, but you're helping.

[video]

[her_mouse_jesty]

Waaaahhhhh!

[That'd be a no, as she buries her face in her hands.]

[video]

[combat_butler]

... oh! T-That's good! I might have cried myself if you were crying because of it after I was trying to cheer you up...

[video]

[her_mouse_jesty]

It's difficult to stay upset with you around.

[Though even as she says that, she holds some of her hair in her hands, and sighs.]

... I suppose it's times like these, that... really make me feel how long I've been away from what I am and where I belong.

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[pinnedbangs]

[Low patience for crying... His compliment sucked but maybe encouraging words would be better!]

Hey! It's really not as bad as it looks! You could have been bald instead!

[video]

[her_mouse_jesty]

It's just the same! I've lost the last thing connecting me to me as a mouse!

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

Some mice are white! What's the difference if your hair was white or red, or if you don't even look like a mouse now? You're still a queen!