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[bestie]

- a camera? That wasn't there before!

[The lower half of someone's face filters into focus, right up against the lens. Hope you don't mind an extreme close-up of someone's chin, because that's what you're getting while Jane tries to sort this out.]

Roxy, are you even listening to me?

[Meanwhile, this other person's squealing up a storm in the background.] Janeeeeeeey! Can you fucking believe this shit? It's, like, one second, I'm scramming from the scene -- ravenous creeps all over the damn place, Jane, you wouldn't even believe -- and now!

[There's a pause.] Heh... I hope you're not mad at me still! It's not like I meant to fall on you.

[And then another excited squeal.] Janeyyyy! Come here, ya damn tightass. [Roxy suddenly pulls the other girl in for yet another forceful hug, just before noticing the object in her hands.] What the fuck are you doing with that shit, eh? Didn't I tell you to toss it?

I'm trying to figure out when- [She lets out a little yelp and drops the Tiaratop. It clatters down to the dirt, still recording the girls' feet.] -when it got a camera feature! Something's really fishy about this.

[A pause as Jane leans down to pick up the device. She looks right into the camera.]

Wait, is this thing recording?

I told you not to trust the Batterwitch's shit, Jane. When are you ever gonna learn?

[That last question catches her attention, though.] Oh, really? [She shoves her face right against Jane's cheek to fit into the camera's view.

And now she's making kissy faces at the camera and winking suggestively. Yep.]

((OOC: Jane and Roxy! Apologies for the bright colors ;_;))

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[bestie]

[Roxy's staring kind of critically at the tiara.]

Dude. I'm going to break this shit right now.

[Raising foot over it...]

[mustaches]

Don't even think about it!

[Jane picks up the tiara as quick as she can, finally coming to be face to face with Jade. Who she just sort of... stares at for a second.]

This isn't an NV. It's just my Tiaratop! I didn't even know it could had a camera!

[greenshift]

[ Oh hello there. You...really are kind of deja vu-y familiar at this distance, and while Jade's pretty used to that feeling by now it is a little unsettling. ]

And that's why I think it's an NV! They can be other stuff too, but they let you connect to the network here and talk to people in writing and video and voice. Mine is a squiddle, and my squiddles back home never did anything like that, not even the tanglebuddies!

[bestie]

[Okay what.]

What the hell are you rambling on about, girlfriend. What network?

[mustaches]

[The fuck. Adding onto Roxy's question]

You mean it just turned into one of these NV things?

[greenshift]

The network we're talking to each other on, duhh! And I guess so, I don't really know how it works.

[bestie]

So do I have one, too? Haha, it'd be totally awesome if I had my martini glass here...

[Give her a moment to fish her smart phone out from her pocket.] I guess this must be mine. Lame!

[mustaches]

How would you communicate through a martini-

[No, never mind, she doesn't really care to know.]

Well, that's one question answered. I knew this thing didn't have a camera before.

[greenshift]

Yeah, everyone has one! Which is really good 'cause it makes it makes it easy to keep in touch with everyone as long as they keep their NV with them.

[bestie]

Sounds like a sweet deal. Maybe we can use our NVs to tell our favorite dudes we're together now, eh, Jane?

[No, she doesn't even know who's here or not yet. But she's still pretty excited to be with at least one of her friends.

She turns back to look at Jade.] So what's your name?

[mustaches]

Maybe they could figure out how to get us back home...

[Jane still looks supremely bothered by this entire situation.]

[greenshift]

You might be able to if they're here! What're their names?

[ Best stick to that positive rather than bring up quite yet that they might not be here. ]

My name's Jade Harley! What about you?

[bestie]

[Roxy looks incredulous at this point.] Why would you want to go back home already?

I'm Roxy. [She jerks a thumb over at her best friend.] And this here is Janey.

[mustaches]

Why wouldn't I want to?

[She turns back towards Jade, smiling politely.]

Nice to meet you, Jade.

[bestie]

[A brief look of hurt flashes on Roxy's face, but she doesn't say anything to her response. Instead, she decides to answer Jade's previous question.]

Jake English and Dirk Strider.

[greenshift]

[ :O!!!!!! ]

I know Jake! He's here too, so you'll be able to meet him. You're his friends?