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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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He gives them back, does he? [George looks....thoughtful.] And what does he do whilst he's jugglin' them about?

[ She comes back a short while later, after a lot of pacing and cursing and just generally wearing herself down enough to try and be normal. ]

Do? Um... anything, really?

[Considering Ino's his best friend so he knows this doesn't sound like her at all, and he's very used to people either possessing someone or masquerading as them? Allen really, really isn't fooled.]

Like hell. Where's Ino?

[ Fuck, that was quick. Not a volunteer in sight before someone's called her on her shit. Time to play dumb. FAKE IT 'TIL YOU MAKE IT. ]

Right here, stupid.

What happens to the powers, lass? Or the person they came from? A power's a bit of you: there's a connection to the core of you, like it or no.

Oh! It should be fine! He says... he does it a lot back home and nobody's ever hurt by it.

He would. [Gently because WOW this girl seems to feel really strongly about this friend (alas, alas that the Sight doesn't work over video)] I've a suspicion this friend of yours might be takin' you for a ride.

What?

[ That's a genuine surprise, but she should have seen it coming. Her head is spinning to dizzying heights and she just wants this to work... ]

But he really is hurting from this!

No. You're not Ino.

So have you snatched her body or pretending to look like her?

[ whoah whoah whoah here. tadashi is trying not to be entirely reactionary, and it's mostly working. ]

Hey, listen. Your friend is going to be fine. People seem to really look after each other here.

[ but this is so weird - ]

What about you? Are you sure you're alright?

I can definitely say there's no body-snatching going on. Are you okay?

[ This is just confirming to her that doing this was better than doing it with her own self-claimed face. People seem to at least be reacting well, which is helpful when she's on such a hair-string trigger... ]

I'm okay! Yeah. I'm okay. Just really worried, you know?

I'm coming over.

[ HE'S WORRIED... he'll bring her some water or something maybe, he thinks. :( ]

What? No!

[ where the fuck is this chick supposed to be? oh god oh god, is she going to have to do some teleporting tango??? ]

No, that's okay. I'm... visiting him right now! He isn't doing well.

[ it's clear that he doesn't super... love... that answer, but he doesn't want to step over any boundaries. ]

Let me at least bring you something to drink? You don't look well.

[ he'd. really like to see her, mostly. ]

Of course I'm not okay! You're not Ino. You're stealing her face to steal people's powers!

[Honestly if this was in person he would've punched the fake by now]

[ She has no idea what this relationship is really about, but considering the reactions she's getting elsewhere she probably doesn't want to just set off alarms in every single direction at once. She looks down, has to legitimately cover her face for a moment to get control back because someone else's concern for her — the face she's borrowed — is enough to get a reaction. ]

God. Okay. I'll meet you... outside the Starstruck.

The Starstruck? I've never been - is that where he is?

[ ugh. wait, no. ]

Stupid question. I'm on my way.

[ HANGING UP... ]

Nobody said anything about stealing!

[ This is too much, and she's getting obviously aggravated. That raised voice is being matched by one even greater, rising to bait that she should at least be able to talk around. ]

[ In the time that Tadashi hangs up, she has to throw the communicator away, literally toss it right into the wall, and curls up in the corner behind whatever cargo this stupid little crew's put into their hold. She's shaking and hurt and holding it together as best she can for a couple of minutes, as long as she can possibly hold out, until she forces herself to stand and teleport to the entrance of the Starstruck. Mostly so the rest of the crew doesn't see her but it looks like she's still coming from there.

She waits, face to the ground and eyes screwed shut while trying to figure out how to wiggle out from this. ]

You already stole Ino's face! You didn't have to say anything about stealing!

Who are you really?

Someone asking for help. Is that too much to ask?!

It is when you're-

[Annnnd then he sees the video feed with Tadashi. Shit. Shit shit shit. Who agrees to go see a suspicious person alone?! GOSH. NORMAL PEOPLE]

- Argh!

[Shutting off the feed now to head after him since god knows what this dude's walking into]

[ and when tadashi arrives - and finds "ino" - the first thing that he's doing is approaching in concern, and reaching out in an attempt to gently take her hand with his. ]

Hey. How's he doing?

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

Tadashi!

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