Voice test, apping to distantskies

[glampuss]

Am I going to be away for long at this place? Because if my parents think that I was kidnapped too that would be so embarrassing!

Do they at least have any nice shops? Not that it matters, since I don't even have any money anyway. You know that's what you should be working on instead: convincing all our parents to let us work again. Do you know I haven't been able to buy a new top in a month? If this keeps up, I'm going to end up being one of those people who are always wearing the same outfit, every single day. I'd just die.

Not to mention, if my soul's going to turn into a flamingo, then I'm going to need to change my entire wardrobe. I can't possibly co-ordinate just with what I have now!

[[ooc: Canon is Teen Power Inc.. For people in distantskies, she's from Nick's world]]

Comments

[whatsupcroc]

In Cittàgazze?

[ Here, let's pause and think about it. ]

Maybe, from before the Spectres invasion. Not so much now, but how knows about on other worlds. Earth's are all over the place, and even Shou's is filled to the brim with places trying to sell you everything. Advertisement walks with you in Future Japan!

[glampuss]

Well as long as there's somewhere that sells nice clothes. And doesn't have any trouble.

Although Japanese fashion can be really strange. I don't know why - their fabrics are really nice. But what they wear is so weird.

[whatsupcroc]

Future Japan seems pretty solid! No really weird stuff that looks like it fell out of the 80's and some weird sci-fi movie set in the future.

[glampuss]

The eighties?! But 80s fashion is horrid! And so is the sorts of things they wear in science fiction - it's all the same and so boring.

[whatsupcroc]

Yeah, I know! Which is why I'm happy there was none of that in Future Japan. I don't think.

[fracturedsoul]

I suppose it's good that you have your priorities firmly in order.

[glampuss]

Exactly! If only my parents understood that. They just don't understand.

[fracturedsoul]

Let me guess, they're your typical parents all up in your business, laying down parental law, think you can't make decisions on your own because of some legal age of majority. Right?

[glampuss]

Oh no, my parents aren't like that. They usually come around to my point of view. But now they just keep fussing and thinking that if me and my friends start working again we'll end up in trouble. But I need clothes, and it's not like Nick went missing because of our jobs anyway.

[fracturedsoul]

Oh, huh.

Before I say anything else, maybe you should tell me what this work of yours entails.

[glampuss]

It's all odd jobs, really. My friends and I have a job agency, just the six of us. Usually it's really boring things like mowing lawns and walking dogs and cleaning things for people. It's not fun at all, but every now and then we've gotten some really good, interesting jobs, like being extras in a TV commercial and performing a play. I'm always telling the other's that that's the kind of work we should be doing, but they never listen.

But it's even worse when we don't have any jobs at all, even the boring ones. Because then I have no money for anything.

[fracturedsoul]

So you're basically freelancers not specializing in any one thing. That's pretty cool. Keeps your options open and helps you develop damn good life experience, even if it does mean your income depends on the whims of the public.

But you're gonna have to excuse me for asking: What's so dangerous about it that your friend went missing?

[glampuss]

Well I think it would be cooler if we got better jobs. Especially since I'm not really going to get noticed by any famous producers when I'm doing the paper route for The Pen.

Well we're always stumbling onto all these mysteries. Not on purpose, they just seem to happen. And then we end up in trouble, and sometimes it can get really scary. I'm always saying that we need jobs with less trouble, but we still end up with them anyway.

But that doesn't have anything to do with Nick. He says he went missing because he fell through a window into another world, where his soul turned into this thing called a dæmon and walks around as this kind of dog creature. And he couldn't get back, so everyone thought he was kidnapped. But now he is back, and it all turns out that him disappearing didn't have anything to do with our jobs at all! But Mum and Dad still won't listen.

[bindsthedead]

If it's a good outfit, what's wrong with wearing it every day?

[glampuss]

But you can't! You just don't do that. It's embarrassing!

[bindsthedead]

I haven't found it embarrassing. It's really very practical.

[glampuss]

Practical?! Oh, you can't just go around wearing only what's practical. Sunny does that, and she could be so pretty if she just put in a little bit of effort.

But you can't just wear the same thing every day. You can't. Everyone will think you don't have any sense of style. And even worse, what about when it goes out of fashion?

[nickers]

You know that this does qualify as work, right, Rich? The Company's not going to let us worldhop just to shop.

[glampuss]

You never said that they'd pay us! How much will we make? Will it be enough to cover my new sundress? And maybe I could get nice a new pair of sunglasses as well...

...and anyway, who says we can't get paid to shop? You know mystery shoppers can make really good money. And they must have things like fashion shows and modeling shoots in other worlds too.

[nickers]

[Of course he didn't. Because they don't. It's making deals with other worlds Nick's more concerned about.]

Nope. I said it was work; getting money will have to come from the worlds we go to. What the Company offers is opportunity.

[Clearly this is almost as good.]

[glampuss]

I am not working for free!

[Richelle does not agree, Nick]

[nickers]

[He just rolls his eyes.]

You're not working for free; you get the right to keep the PHS and go to other worlds in return. Then you organise working for people from those worlds, see?

[glampuss]

That sounds like way too much work. Can't we just get Liz to organise the jobs for us?

[nickers]

Oh, sure. 'Hey, Liz, I know you were worried about what your parents would think if you got shoved through into another universe, but Richelle's worried about having time to do her nails. Care to come by and arrange our jobs for us anyway?'

Something like that, you mean?

[glampuss]

I don't see why not - Liz wants to work too you know! And you know how important it is that I have time to look after my nails.

But if you're that determined, you can go organise jobs. I'm not going to go wondering off to dangerous worlds where we have to find our own jobs.

[nickers]

She wants to make sure her parents don't go nuts even more.

I intend to. Unlike in Raven Hill, we're going to have to build our reputation all over again. Just don't mess it up.

[glampuss]

And how are you going to get a reputation in lots of different worlds? There's too many people. You'd have to be a celebrity to do it.

Do they have celebrities in other worlds? Maybe if there's someone who needs an actress, or a model...

[nickers]

Easy. I'll go to lots of different worlds and use those who come through as liaisons.

They probably have enough of their own starving young blondes.

[glampuss]

That's if they're real blondes. A lot of people dye it you know. Or worse, use bleach.

[nickers]

[Eye-rolling.]

Yeah, Rich, I know. But I'm sure some of them take care of the hair wisely.