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[mysterzie]

WHO "Ino" & YOU
BROADCAST Fleet-wide video!!
ACTION Starstruck for anyone that might look in the cargo bay.
WHEN April 12th.

[ Ino, what'choo doin'? She looks... strained. Stressed, but trying to hold it together. She's sitting in front of the camera, taking a deep breath as if to prepare herself for what she is about to say. ]

Hey, guys. This is really sudden, but I need to ask a favor of anyone who'd listen. It's important! I've got this friend... he's got a huge problem. Back where he's from, some people can hold a lot of powers in them, not magic or anything like that, and they need to take even more in sometimes or they go crazy. Or die.

Does anyone have any powers they could... lend him? He'll give them back, he promises, it's just—[ She reaches up, clutches at her chest like it's hurting her to think about it. Judging by the slight sheen of sweat on her face, maybe it is. ]—he needs help really badly. I'm worried about him, and there's not much I can do...

[ Her head dips, long bangs covering her face before she sucks in a breath, part for the show and part out of real difficulty in keeping herself together right now, before her hand snaps out and she turns off the feed to collect herself. ]

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[save_the_souls]

[ANNND HE'S COMING INTO VIEW, sine yeah. He totally booked it because this is like how people die in horror flicks]

Tadashi!

[mysterzie]

[ It's a pretty tender moment and she gets the picture pretty quickly. She knows what to do with this kind of closeness, so she forces a small smile and leans in for a greeting kiss when—she pulls back suddenly and there's anger there directed straight at Allen. ]

Who the hell invited you?!

[ishere]

What-

[ tadashi's head jerks toward allen. he's surprised, and maybe a little weirdly uncomfortable for him to see him with ino, but then - ]

Ino? Hey, what's going on? Are you guys fighting?

[ - he knows that the two of them are especially close, so the anger in her voice catches him completely off guard. he squeezes her hand, trying to bring her attention back up to him. ]

[save_the_souls]

[And he looks so happy to see you two] Were you trying to kiss him?! What the-?!

[FREAKY YOU FREAKY SHAPESHIFTER DON'T GO MACKING ON OTHERS' BOYFRIENDS; But he'll look at Tadashi]

Tadashi, that's not Ino! It's an imposter! I just talked to the real Ino on the communicator!

[ino]

[ And she's arriving just in time to hear that. NOT ONLY DID YOU STEAL HER FACE, BUT YOU'RE TRYING TO KISS HER BOYFRIEND??? EXCUSE YOU????

And now she's going to angrily stomp over to shove whoever this impostor is away from Tadashi. ]

Get the hell away from him!

[mysterzie]

Jesus, you guys move fast!

[ This isn't fair. It is clearly very unfair, but she moves before the shove reaches her and steps further back into the entrance of the Starstruck. She's so angry and cornered and alone. Most of it is the paranoia of her withdrawal but it doesn't stop the reactions knowing that. ]

What the fuck is your problem?! I'm not some kind of perverted cockhop, okay?! I didn't even know you had a boyfriend!

[ishere]

Whoah!

[ but at least tadashi is backing up now, bewildered as he looks from ino... to ino... and back. he glances at allen, openly bewildered, before sort of taking a step back. ok he does not want to get caught in the crossfire of this shit. ]

Who are you?

[ AND WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE HIS NINJA GF.... ]

[save_the_souls]

Ah!

[Holy shit even he didn't think Ino would move THAT fast. He'll back up a bit too- mostly out of fear of Ino's wrath]

That's what I want to know!

[ino]

[ Ino's just pulling a knife from the pouch on her leg, holding it in front of her as though she's ready to attack at any moment, inching closer. She is so mad right now. She just wanted to fucking brush her hair after her shower BUT NO. ]

Look, I don't know what the hell you think you're trying to do with my face, but don't you ever fucking touch him again! [ She gestures with the hand not holding the knife back to Tadashi ] Got it?!

[mysterzie]

[ Believe it or not, this is a first. For all that she runs herself into danger, at the first sight, she's usually gone. Her own anger is messing with her reactions and that just pisses her off more. She does, however, reach out to gesture and surreptitiously place a hand on the hull to prop herself up. ]

God, I wasn't going to do anything! I was just looking for help!

[ishere]

Hey, hold on a minute. [ WOW AARON good job way to actually invoke some sympathy in tadashi, because he's stepping forward now to try to catch ino's shoulder and just praying that she doesn't stab him in surprise.

look, he is super duper flattered, but he's also the guy who built a goddamn nursebot: violence is legit the last thing he wants to see right now. ]

She didn't do anything to me. Look, if she really needs help and she was desperate enough to do this - let's just hear her out. Okay?

[save_the_souls]

[WOW HE IS SUDDENLY REGRETTING CALLING INO FOR THIS. ]

Whoa! Ino! You don't have to knife them!

[ino]

[ YES SHE DOES, ALLEN, SHUT UP. She's ignoring that to just look incredulously back at Tadashi ]

She tried to kiss you!

[mysterzie]

For God's fucking sake.

[ She isn't going to calm but that moment of someone wanting to listen is enough to bring hot tears to her eyes and she fucking—laughs? Ugh. Shaking her head violently, she just begins gesturing again. ]

He held my hand! Like, held my hand. I didn't want to scare him off, because I need this.

[ishere]

[ the glance he tosses ino and the way he squeezes her shoulder are both incredibly apologetic, but he's stepping forward now, moving to fall at least in line next to his girlfriend. ]

What do you need? Tell us. If we can help, we will.

[save_the_souls]

You...need his hand holding? What...

[Muttered because this is just getting weirder and weirder by the moment. ]

[ino]

[ She's tense, but she at least crosses her arms over her chest instead of being in a more defensive position. She's still got the knife in her grip, just in case, but ... ]

This had better be real good.

[mysterzie]

[ There's blatant indignation here because it should be obvious. People don't listen and she's mad, frustrated and upset and yet there's an opportunity dangling in front of her. Her emotions are haywire and she practically yells. ]

Powers. Weren't any of you listening to that?!

[ishere]

We were all listening.

[ tadashi is sort of using his... stern hiro voice now.... as he takes a step or two forward. his hands are up, palms outward, trying to be as nonthreatening as he possibly can. ]

But I don't think that I have any powers that would be useful to you. [ unless you count his a+ programming skills or his giant elephant ears. ] We'll find some other way to get you the help you need. Alright?

[save_the_souls]

[He rubs his temple]

I was...actually distracted because you were using my friend's face. Which you really shouldn't go around doing that if you're truly asking for help.

[Makes you look so bad]

But...you need powers to survive? Is that it?

[ino]

[ TADASHI WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING don't step towards this person THEY COULD COME OUT OF NOWHERE AND STAB YOU. She's stepping up with him, and ... not making any effort at all to look non threatening. She really just wants to make sure he gets out of this stupid encounter unscathed. ]

Listening to what?! Don't tell me you made a broadcast like this!

[mysterzie]

Yes!

[ She's pointing toward Tadashi and Allen with abandon, not caring how erratic it is or how it might seem. It's hard for her to hold still, to keep talking and do anything but scream and yell and cry and lash out, but someone is finally getting it. ]

Yes, I do. God, do you know what would have happened if I used my own face? If anybody from here is from the same place as me, realized what I am?! I belong to the fucking government, any government, of course I'm not going to ask for help with my own face! I'm not stupid.

[ishere]

No, I don't know what would have happened if you used your own face - and it doesn't make it alright to impersonate someone else here, there are other ways to get a message across-

[ urggh. but tadashi just cuts himself off, because there's a time for something like this, and it's just. really... not right now. his words come quick, careful but blunt. ]

Look. I can try to help you find help. But when this is over, we're gonna work this out, you're gonna apologize to her, and we're gonna figure out all of these details later. First of all, I need you to tell me what you want me to call you, and then we need to figure out what we can do to help you get what you need.

[save_the_souls]

[Allen takes a moment to think as Tadashi talks. He really doesn't trust this. This seems like a con. There isn't even a government here. And let's face it- anyone who collects powers tends to be a big red flag in Allen's book.]

[But. Tadashi seems set on helping. And if they don't "help" this person, they might go after someone else. Someone with more dangerous power....]

[Ugh. Mana forgive him. Tadashi, you owe him dinner. ]

...If you're willing to cooperate with Tadashi, I can loan you one of my powers.

[ino]

You're pretty damn stupid if you think you could impersonate me, take advantage of the fact that there are people here who trust me, and get away with it. We have absolutely no reason to trust you, especially with something so important.

[ Sorry. Had to get that out there.

Anyways, she's turning to Allen, concerned now. She's ... less worried about Allen than she might be others, mostly because Allen has so MANY powers, but ... ]