video 💎 un: Tohsaka Rin

[defenceless]

[the video opens to display the... somewhat incriminating desk of one rin tohsaka. are those vials and knives? yes, those are vials and knives. a few of the vials contain weird-colored liquids but don’t think about it too much.

apparently this is no reason for a tiny cygnet not to be hopping all over everywhere, chirping happily and nibbling away at a slice of apple rin holds between chopsticks. the gray downy baby swan wears a black collar inlaid with beautiful amethysts and diamonds. lazily leaning her cheek onto her hand, she speaks.]

I’ve developed a means of repelling that godawful holiday plant and withering any sprigs of mistletoe in your immediate vicinity. Simply state clearly,

"Verkümmern, Mistel."

And they’ll die. The catalyst for the enchantment has been sprinkled all across Chantes, so the spell should work wherever you are. Just don’t say the words wrong; I can’t be held responsible for what might happen, in that case.

[r.i.p. thirst. anyway, rin reveals a strange object that those more modern-familiar in alastair will recognize as a bedazzler gun.]

Now, then.

[rin sets down the apple (much to baby swan's dismay!) and calls to the servant carrying a tea tray behind her.]

Archer.

[a tall man in black armor and a pink apron glances over his shoulder. only his back is visible.

she spins her finger, gesturing for him to turn around. he does so with a rather impressive line face. there's a sword bedazzled out of shiny silver rhinestones stuck right to the front of his apron, just at chest level. rin faces the network again.]

Can anyone tell me what this [she lifts up the bedazzler gun and frowns in disgust/confusion.] is? The designs it creates are awfully tacky.

((OOC: The mistletoe-deactivating spell words will actually work, per discussion with the mods! Feel free to do whatever you want with it. Archer may reply to some tags/threads in this post.))

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[sediments]

[ He hadn't expected her to stop like that, and for a second he wonders if the video hadn't just frozen or cut off.

But she does answer, and it seems so honest even as Bolin's eyebrows rise in disbelief. ]

Uh? [ Maybe she doesn't realize that they're dating? (Sometimes Mako didn't realize that he had a girlfriend.) ] Are you... sure?

[defenceless]

[how does he not realize that he has a girlfriend???

if he was waiting for her to look pissed, good news! he won't be waiting that much longer at all!]

Of course I'm sure! Why wouldn't I be sure about something like that?!

[she's mad more because of the insinuation she'd be in a relationship with someone and lie about it, rather than him figuring out her dirty little secret.]

[sediments]

[ Whoa, she's mad.

Bolin's leaning a little further back now, as if Rin could somehow squeeze through the screen to smack him. ]

Well, you know! Sometimes you do all the things couples do, and don't realize that you're dating until someone points it out!

[ There aren't sitcoms where Bolin comes from, but if there were, he'd be a big fan. ]

[defenceless]

[good boy.]

Not for me. [rin fluffs up and raises her nose.] If I chose someone to be my boyfriend, they would know about it. We would have discussed it between us. It would be official.

[keep in mind that this is the girl who technically has a boyfriend, and it'd taken an outside party to kind of make it obvious "hey, you two like each other".]

[sediments]

[ The sounds like Rin at least, and Bolin decides to let the suggestion slide. Maybe Archer's more like a dad-figure. That seems like a reasonably enough assumption.

He shrugs, privately thinking that Rin looks more cute than authoritative when she puts her nose up like that, but wisely keeping the commentary to himself.

Instead, he moves on. ]

So! That gun you got can create jewels? [ What a moneymaker. ] That's a cute turtleduck by the way.

[ Even though there's no... shell... ]

[defenceless]

[was bolin dropped on his head as a child...]

It doesn't "create" jewels, and the rhinestones are free of much real gem content whatsoever.

[she relaxes, but she's still judging you, bolin. oops.]

What's a turtleduck...?

[sediments]

[ Mako might've hit him a couple of times while practicing his lightningbending.

Anyway, he looses significant interest once it's revealed that the gun isn't some kind of magic goldmine; rhinestones holding as much importance to him as sequins might. ]

A turtleduck is like... [ It's so weird that none of the animals that he's so familiar with are unheard of here. He doesn't even know how to describe something so basic.

So he works with what he's got, and points to Rin's little companion. ]

Like that. But they're yellow, and they have shells on their backs.

[defenceless]

[correction: it isn't a magic goldmine yet. but yes, anything without monetary value is practically bereft of any value, to rin.]

Like Odette? [that's the baby's name. rin scoops her up and holds her closer to her jewel, so bolin can get a better peek.] Odette isn't yellow. She also doesn't have a shell on her back. I fail to see the resemblance.

[sediments]

[ Somehow, he's not surprised that his description doesn't make much sense to her. ]

It's the only comparison I could think of. [ His answer is a little helpless, quiet and shrugging. He's never seen a bird like that; at least not one that didn't have a shell.

He looks back at it then, peering at the little animal. ]

What's it called?

[defenceless]

[she should be more sensitive to cultural differences around alastair recruits, it's true.]

She's a swan—a very young one. Swans, in adulthood, become huge beautiful white birds that live in the water and can fly, too.

[she's patient in describing everything, at least.]