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[competing]

[ greetings, audentes, tonight's broadcast is brought to you by the letter Y

as in Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy tf does this place suck so much huh? huh!! ]

What's a guy gotta do to get some coconut oil around here, huh? Heck, I'll even settle for some shea butter at this point.

[ here lance is, sprawled across a bed he is definitely meant to be sharing (but TOO BAD KEITH you snooze you lose, except not literally, because if you were literally snoozing you'd probably already be on the bed). he's looking rather put out, but anyone who's seen him during the time bug incident knows this is 99% more petulance than actual unhappiness. he's got his arms folded behind his head, and a certain chubby space mouse flopped over the top of his head, snoozing.

this particular bad mood may or may not be provoked by any combination of stress, healing orb withdrawal, the perpetual possible threat of a teammate that may one day grow up to stab you in the face after he stabs you in the back, and a not-so-successful run-in with the local fare down in the desert saloon's cozy little bordello. (he doesn't want to talk about it.)

but also the skincare products. that is actually very important to him.

or maybe he's just feeling a little stir-crazy, and someone thought it'd be a good idea to hand the kid who can't keep his own mouth shut a device that can activate and send out messages from a single thought. ]

So who's holding out on the rest of us? [ him. he means him. he's noticed some of your skins, okay! that softness and tautness ain't natural! ]

Is it that thing they're mining? That argecite, or whatever? They all have pretty good skin and they're just inhaling that stuff... Maybe that's why they want it so bad.

[ now he's just late-night musing. but seriously, do you think it's easy to be this beautiful? ]

I wonder if we can get some of that stuff ourselves and grind it down. I bet it'd make a pretty good exfoliant.

[ science side of audentes, show me your argecite beauty hacks. ]

Comments

audio; un: cardmaster

[fateality]

Hadn't given their mines much thought, but I suppose y'could ask them.

In any case, I reckon you're gonna be hard pressed to find coconut oil here in the desert.

audio;

[competing]

[ lance makes a face. ]

Probably should've looked into cactus oil before we left, but I was a little too busy trying not to die. [ life is hard, man. ]

Besides — I don't know about you, but the locals don't really seem very keen on sharing.

video; un. flameo hotman!

[twinkle_toes]

[guess who just missed the entire point of this post]

How'd you get all those Xs in your name?!

video;

[competing]

[ HE'D BE INSULTED if he also didn't think is name was so gd cool jfc ]

What? Those old things? [ why is he making it a point of pride? why? ] That's skill, son. Pure skill.

AUDIO. UN: LOKI

[selfimage]

Stick with yogurt and cucumbers and you may make a convincing spread. We'll just need some crackers.

[ there's an obvious smile in his voice. ]

AUDIO.

[competing]

This might just be the jet lag talking [ ?? what jetlag there was no jet also it's been over a week ] but I'm getting the feeling you're having a laugh at me, dude.

[ there's a playfulness in his own tone, though. gross. ]

Didn't anyone ever tell you that words hurt?

Text | un: chihiro

[onethousen]

[ pfft who talks out loud late at night at a reverend's house? Chihiro listens carefully to the video projection, not fully understanding... give her a few years to start caring. For now, she'll just aim for vaguely helpful! ]

Maybe they have some of that special mud that's good for your skin?

Text

[competing]

[ oh no chihiro you've unlocked the (unfortunate) text route. now lance's responses will be 10x less filtered. ENJOY! ]

heeeeey you might be on to something!
though i don't know of any way to tell if the stuff on the ground's like the clay back home

video; un: G.SLQHV

[twinpeak]

Argecite is vital to their existence, they wouldn't waste it by letting you smear it all over your face.

video;

[competing]

...so I guess asking would be out of the question.

audio; un: daria

[conqueress]

[ And from the dragon queen, he gets laughter. Sorry, Lance. Look, she doesn't get to laugh very often. ]

Avoid the sun. That shall be care enough.

[ Or it would be in her world, where skincare essentially amounts to sand baths and maybe milk. Such advancement. ]

audio;

[competing]

[ sometimes the more classic treatments are the best, ok. don't wanna put too much strange stuff on your face!

but anyway, he remembers that voice. it makes him perk up a little, which is probably evident in his tone. ]

Sorry, Your Highness, but that's like asking me not to breathe. [ he laughs too, light. ] I lived by the ocean my whole life! I'm a beach boy till the day I die.

[ so sayeth his awesome 90's shell necklace. ]

[webdesigned]

Just from, you know, knowledge about other mining operations, gonna vote against using it as an exfoliant, man.

( at least it seems like the guy is feeling better. the last time Peter saw him he was sort of suffering from a gunshot wound. let it never be said he didn't recover quickly. )

They've got soap, right? That's not good enough?

( he's not metrosexual enough for this post. )

[competing]

Yeah but it's alien mining operations. Maybe it works differently here.

[ or not. /kicks pebble. ]

Soap, though? Are you serious?

[ peter do you need to be Enlightened. ]

video | un: lapis

[oneirism]

[Lapis has pretty much parked herself outside somewhere, so there's a nice view of the night sky behind her. Luckily ghost buddy's fire powers means she has a source of light.

And she doesn't say anything at first, instead holding up one small fancy-looking tub of some facial cream she had in her purse. Which she then tucks away once more.]

I'll let you borrow some if you really need it, I'm trying to save it. [She shifts to rest her chin in her hands, her eyes focusing on the mouse for a moment.]

Have you tried asking the locals what they actually use?

video

[competing]

[ lance sits up suddenly, recognizing (perhaps not the brand, but the likely contents) of that tub. doing so causes the lil mouse to topple off his head and flop onto his pillow though. ]

Lapis! My shining star! Have you been holding out on me this whole time??

video; un: redlion

[secondnature]

Aren't we here to stop the mining? Did you even read the mission guidelines?

[Oh, and is Lance sprawled across the bed while Keith is out patrolling to make himself tired enough to actually sleep? He is, isn't he?

Ugh, why does he even have to say this—]

And don't think you're keeping all of the bed to yourself. If I need more space, I can get Shiro to help me.

video;

[competing]

[ omg never mind about the mission, lance is immediately sitting up with a look of pure horror on his face

(sorry lil buddy, who topples over the back of his head and lands face-first into the pillow. he squeaks noisily in protest.) ]

Oh my god shut up?! [ he drops his voice to a stage whisper, already feeling the back of his neck grow hot. ] Don't say that kinda stuff on a public network, man! People'll hear you!

[ and ASSUME THINGS!!1 ]

audio; un: man of still

[figureitout]

[ ... w o w. ]

That explains so much.

[ thank u keith for enlightening him about this, clearly the two are so insufferable they can... only suffer each other?? that must be it, he can see no other explanation here ]

video; un: MANDROID

[friendlykillingmachine]

Hmmmm, you know what would make an even better exfoliate?

SAND! You know there's plenty of that around!

[Look at this smiley robot helpfully giving you skincare advice!]

video;

[competing]

[ wth is a TV talking to him????/ this is trippy. ]

I mean sand's pretty good for your heels and such... but I don't think any of the stuff around here's clean enough to warrant putting on your face, man.

video; un: Darc

[hiddenlights]

What they hell are you going on about?

video;

[competing]

Uh, it's called "basic skincare"???

[ keep up, darc. ]

voice; un: greencyborg

[backthatup]

[ Oh god. It's looking into the past. Why? ]

... surely, you're concerned about other things...?

voice;

[competing]

[ but like 10x more handsome, right ]

I mean I guess it would be nice to get some cucumbers... The eyes haven't been doing so well since I showed up without my eyemask.

[ lol serious stuff. what is that. go away. ]

audio | un: PERIDOT5XG

[slapfight]

[oh stars, why are humans LIKE THIS]

That's a pointless use of a mineral.

audio

[competing]

[ um??? ]

Well I'm sure as heck not gonna eat it.

video; un: diclonius

[scarredhorns]

Just because the Qorral use argecite doesn't mean it would be safe for us to try. What if it makes you sick? Or has the opposite effect?

[Nyuu was dressed in a night gown she had bought from the shop since she didn't have any from home, and her horns were in plain sight rather than hidden by a cowgirl hat.]

video; 1/2

[competing]

[ lance gives no indication of being caught off-guard by the horns, tbh — in truth, all he seems to notice is that she's a cute girl, talking to him while she's in her bed!

SCORE. ]

Well obviously I wouldn't have tested it out on me... There's ways to do that safely, I'm pretty sure.