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[0u0]

[The video switches itself on for no apparent reason. At the other end of the room, Aradia is... uh, smiling. At a mirror, very intently. It looks extremely forced and also kind of creepy, because what the fuck.

She continues this for about a minute, then abruptly stops, now staring at the mirror blankly.

Another minute later, she goes right back to the freakish smiling thing. She goes back and forth like this for awhile, possibly forever if someone doesn't interrupt her.

(also open to mirrors, if they feel like writing at her)]

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[bureaucracy_is_for_chumps]

[Just casually watching for awhile.]

...

...

...What's up, doc? [Strange robo-troll is strange.]

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[0u0]

[She slowly turns her head to look at the video feed over her shoulder.]

I'm trying to remember what being happy is like again.

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[bureaucracy_is_for_chumps]

What? You sayin' you forgot?

[Weiiiiiird.] Just have some fun. That's guaranteed to make ya happy.

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[0u0]

[she pauses thoughtfully, considering this]

I guess. That might help.

What's something fun?

[video]

[jivitadana]

[Minato didn't exactly want to interrupt her if she were in the middle of something, but, well...]

Aradia?

[video]

[0u0]

[looking back over her shoulder again,] Hello, Minato.

[And after a moment she arranges her face into a smaller, slightly less forced-looking smile.]

[video]

[jivitadana]

[Minato smiled a little too.]

Hi. Working on something?

[video]

[0u0]

[And then she gives up on the smiling again and goes back to neutralfacing.]

I'm trying to remember what happiness is like. I forgot again.

[Emotions are hard.]

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[walkingdesuno]

.......Are...you looking for something?

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[0u0]

[and this time she turns her head to the camera, slowly, to stare at him with that terrifying robogrin. She's trying to show all of her teeth, because more teeth = better smile, right?? She's pretty sure that's true.]

Happiness.

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[walkingdesuno]

[ ....wow.


uh.


philosophical ]

Er, I didn't know you could find happiness in mirrors.

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[0u0]

[She drops the terrorgrin, since it's not helping anyway.]

I'm analyzing my expression. It still doesn't look right.

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[breaksbows]

D --> Aradia
D --> What are you doing

text;

[0u0]

i am trying t0 be cheerful

its n0t really w0rking 0_0

text; - aww, Aradia <3

[breaksbows]

D --> Oh
D --> I don't think you can make yourself be cheerful
D --> What I mean is
D --> It can't be forced
D --> Well
D --> It can
D --> But then it seems
D --> Odd

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[0u0]

i th0ught it might be w0rth a try anyway
i guess it wasnt

i w0uld ask what y0u d0 t0 cheer y0urself
but i already kn0w the answer
and im n0t interested in h00fbeasts

[video forever]

[akapeanut]

Practicing?

[video forever]

[0u0]

Yes.

[pausing her freakish smiling again to turn around and converse like a more normal person,] What do you do to cheer yourself up?

[akapeanut]

Drink. Or read. Or read and drink.

Are you depressed?

[forevercapslock]

FUCK.
THAT'S JUST FUCKING CHILLING.

[0u0]

what is
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[forevercapslock]

YES. THAT.
NOT YOU SMILING SO MUCH AS YOU-AS-A-ROBOT SMILING.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU WERE ALL FLUTTERING AROUND AND RAVING ABOUT DEATH PARTIES, YOU SMILED.
BUT IT LOOKS DIFFERENT.

[itsacoldone]

[Alas, I am way too lazy to change fonts and colors, so! Hark! A bright pink scrawl appears on the mirror.]

Are you all right??

[0u0]

[Oh, this is new. She stops, a little surprised by the sudden appearance of writing, but it's not like she wasn't warned about the mirrors already.

She lifts up a hand, telekinetically grabbing a nearby sharpie because walking/picking things up is for people who aren't magical robot ghosts.]

yes i am fine
wh0 is this [0_0]

[itsacoldone]

I'm Santana! You seemed a little

[Paaaause as she tries to think of a way to put this.]

I was worried!