Canon - Jem and the Holograms

[sugar_and_ice]

Yeah, I'm not sure what you're doing either.

Look, you know I'd rather stay up in the relative safety of your headspace. Well, safe besides the scary Sheena Easton lookalike with the tail. Where the heck did you find her?

But if you do get around to sending me to this place, do I have to have a... "power" that makes me zap stuff? Yeah, Stormer, I get it. But I don't want to blow up my keytar.

And even I think a Misfit with superpowers is a bad idea...

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[oujomerchant]

Hmn, my mun says that 'It's clear your mun is doing something amazing.'

However I admit I do not understand the reluctance; having powers is très magnifique! Imagine how many monsters you could defeat!

[sugar_and_ice]

Don't say that! [half smile] It'll go right to her head.

[and then alarm] Monsters?! I think you've got the wrong idea, kid, I'm a musician! Biggest thing I ever defeated was a spider!

It was a huge spider, but still.

[oujomerchant]

Noted!

[Alouette tackles it backward.]

Ah well that's where most adventurers start, you know.. Bats, rats, spiders.. Next thing you know you're slaying dragons and giant crabs, it isn't really so different in the end..

So, a musician, non?

...

Then why do you look like a berserker?

Sorry, RL hit -- didn't mean to leave you hanging

[sugar_and_ice]

Uh... wild animals really don't get along with me, I think I'll just stick to keyboards.

Berserkers? Ugh, that metal band that plays at Club LeCool? Yeah, I wouldn't call them musicians either. I'm a Misfit! [punches the air with pride, as if you should obviously know what she's talking about]

NP, Welcome back!

[oujomerchant]

Ah.. That isn't really what..

[Alouette is getting a little confused. What just happened??]

I.. See..

[ A moment passes.]

Actually, I do not. What is so wonderful about being a misfit?

Thanks!

[sugar_and_ice]

The Misfits are the best band in the world, that's what!

[pause, noting Allouette's confusion] You know what a rock band is, don't you?

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[oujomerchant]

[Alouette looks insulted!]

Excusez-moi! Just what do you think you are asking! Do you really think that I would have no idea what a rock band is?

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[oujomerchant]

However, seeing as my mun does not, [HEY!] I think you could describe it better than I, so.. Feel free to do so.

[sugar_and_ice]

Hmm. Well... it's basically a popular music band with lots of focus on rhythm, volume, and image.

What kind of music are you familiar with, anyway? I mean, unless you're into the retro scene, I'm guessing from your clothes, you're not from... [pause, as a belated realization comes to her] When... when you mentioned dragons, you didn't really mean there are dragons where you're from, right?

[oujomerchant]

[Alouette gets the gist of it, and rubs her chin in thought.]

Hmnnnn. Well, I do play- Oh that? Of course I did, why wouldn't I? Of course, I've never actually seen one; they are perhaps the rarest of beasts. The most common are slimes, though they are very weak..

Perhaps they still crawl about where you're from, non?

[sugar_and_ice]

Slimes? [pauses to think, then smirks] Oh yeah, we've got one where I'm from called Eric Raymond. Maybe you could come over sometime and vanquish him.

[oujomerchant]

[That one goes right over Alouette's head!]

Oh, ah.. Well, I am not the one that does the actual fighting, I am the one that hires them, you see.

So that is all the more reason to get your zapping magic! I pay quite well, not to toot my own horn.

[sugar_and_ice]

So... you're basically an agent?

[oujomerchant]

Well.. I mean.. Hmn. No, not really, but I could see why you'd suggest such a thing.

I am actually the heiress of Big Bash; the biggest chain of item shops in Europe! However, I lack combat ability, and so I hire adventurers to basically help me hunt for treasure and items to sell.

Sounds quite exciting, non? Perhaps you should become an adventurer after all?

[sugar_and_ice]

Treasure hunting sounds alright but... [shakes head] You know, I nearly got gored to death once by a herd of wild boars. I don't even want to think about dragons and things, I don't care where my mun sends me!

I could do an advertising song for you or something though.

[oujomerchant]

Wild boars? Wow!

[Though to the mention of getting a song, her eyes light up.]

Really?? That would be magnif-- Erk *ahem*

That is, I would be quite honored. What are your rates?

[sugar_and_ice]

Yeah, and it was the day after I nearly drowned! That was really terrifying...

[smiles at the enthusiasm] Well... hm. I'm not sure how US dollars transfer into European funds... especially a Europe with dragons in it. What have you got to offer? [never mind that her manager usually handles business details and she really has no clue]

[oujomerchant]

[She looks sympathetic]

Oh la la.. It is a wonder that more adventurers do not learn how to swim..

[Then brightens a bit.]

Well, one does not merely walk into dungeons! It is an investment! First you must pay the hunters fee, sign the appropriate pagers, then make your way through the first dungeon with a sponsor.

Once you do so, then you earn your adventurer guild permit, and once that is done I can officially hire you! Since you are a beginning, I am afraid that 500 pix is the most I could offer.

[sugar_and_ice]

[defensive] I know how to swim! I fell off a ship trying to help my friends and just got... disoriented.

W-wait a minute! We're talking about writing a song here, not going on adventures myself! [pause] And what's this about dungeons anyway?

[oujomerchant]

Oh! Well then, my mistake!

[.. Oops. She got sidetracked, didn't she?]

O- Oh.. Um. Well, we are of course, I was simply using fancy business lingo! Sorry, it is a very bad habit of mine.

So, as I was saying, I would gladly offer you 5,000 pix! Converted to american I believe that would estimate to.. 500 dollars.

[sugar_and_ice]

It's okay, in the music biz people toss around lingo a lot. Just want to be clear on what we're talking about!

That sounds about right, for a song. Deal? [offers her hand]

[oujomerchant]

[It worked! Alouette smiles even brighter, so incredibly proud of herself and her business prowess~. She returns the handshake.]

Oui oui! Deal! T'was a pleasure doing business with you, Mademoiselle~.