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[ricericebaby]

[When the Warp Band feed first clicks on, it shows the wall of a girl's bedroom, several posters of famous Pokemon coordinators hung up.  But once the sound kicks in, it seems there's a bit of an argument happening.]

N-no...!  I'm not ready!

Gardevoir!

I-if I can just have another minute or-

GARDEVOIR.

[And then Hanayo is pushed into the frame by a blue hand.  Sutra the Gardevoir has had enough of this camera shyness.  Her trainer is making changes in her life, and she wants her to show them off.]

A-ah!  H-Hello, everyone... this is Hanayo Koizumi of μ's.  I-I'm trying a new look for on stage.

[It certainly is new.  Anyone who knows Hanayo will immediately notice that she isn't wearing her glasses as she addresses the camera.  And on top of that, she doesn't seem to be squinting or showing any other obvious signs of having difficulty seeing.  And although she's embarrassed as anything and still feeling shy, she does briefly attempt a cute pose, raising a hand and extending her index finger to point at her right eye while winking with the left.]

P-please continue to support us!  Thank you very much!

[It quickly collapses into a polite bow that is much more characteristic of her usual manner before she takes a deep breath and reaches out to turn off the feed.  She'll reply once she's calmed down.]

Comments

[lunchleader]

Yeah, it's kinda hard to understand what all those engineers talk about sometimes.

Still, that's pretty neat.

[ricericebaby]

Uh huh. It's just what I needed.

[lunchleader]

Really? What was wrong with your glasses?

[ricericebaby]

It's hard to dance without them falling off.

[lunchleader]

--Oh, yeeaaah, glasses are hard to keep on when you're doing anything like that! I remember now... One of my friends that I grew up with had the same problem during our play-battles. He had to be really careful so that he didn't lose them - or worse, break 'em.

[ricericebaby]

That's happened to me before... it was one of the reasons I never tried to become an idol before this.

[lunchleader]

Well, thanks to Lucca, now you can!

[ricericebaby]

Right! I'll have to think of something nice I can do for her in return. I'm already paying her and she says just helping test them is enough, but I feel like I should still do something for her.

[lunchleader]

Bake her something? Give her a gift?

Or maybe, since she's from Caldera, you can show her some part of Union that's really pretty and she hasn't seen yet.

[ricericebaby]

Maybe I could make her some rice balls...

[lunchleader]

Oooo, that's a good idea! Maybe some fancy ones would do the trick.

[ricericebaby]

Oh, but I don't know what kinds of flavors she likes...

[lunchleader]

Ask her! Shouldn't be that hard, right?

[ricericebaby]

But then it won't be a surprise.

[lunchleader]

Well, you don't have to let on why you're asking. It can just be part of casual conversation, like just trading info about each other's favorite foods and flavors.

[ricericebaby]

Ooooh, good idea! I'll try that.