we really, really should never be allowed to make any more npcs

[happyhalloween]

Alright, alright, I'm doing the streaming thing, let's get on with it.

[Suddenly, out of nowhere, the psychic network is graced with the sight of Maria Ushiromiya standing in the middle of one of the rectangular rooms. Given the off-screen voice that's just spoken, it's fairly obvious that she's gotten Jules to 'record' this for her.

Maria waves at her audience.]

Uu! I'm Maria! Maria Ushiromiya!

When we were on the Bando Peninsula, my piece met a spirit named Sai! People say that sometimes the people we meet on the gameboards for the Jaunts are sometimes people from each other's worlds. I want to know if anyone recognizes Sai.

This is sort of what he looks like.

[Maria holds up a picture of a chubby man drawn painstakingly in colored pencil, manga-style. His eyes have noticeable sparkles in them. He's also drawn as if he's hovering a few feet above ground.]

Sometimes he poses like this.

[Maria does a 'cool' pose with her arms crossed in front of her.]

Also, he has a dance! It's called Sun Guard Style! It goes like this:

OPPA SUN GUARD STYLE!

[What follows is... well, it's certainly a dance all right. People get to see it from all angles, as Jules ends up crawling around the walls and ceiling, the better to show off the... dance.]

Okay, that's enough! You can turn your eyes off now and I'll wait for people to talk to me.

[And the psychic connection is cut]

Comments

[professorwolf]

[Lyall has a sinking feeling as soon as he hears that name paired with that picture. Then there's the OPPA and... well, he's not transmitting his snorting laughter, but it's definitely happening, and is probably the reason for his somewhat disjointed reply.]

Um. Actually. Yes. I didn't know him in person, but there is... a version of him... on my world. He's a singer from Korea.

[Thank you, Maria, he sorely needed a good laugh.]

[awitchdidit]

...beautiful, Maria. I see you're ready to follow in Jessica's footsteps as well as my own.

[She's not sure whether she hates this more or less than the murder skills Maria learned from being Mari, but at least this is more fun to watch.]

[claudiometer]

...Holy mother of God.

[happyhalloween]

Uu! But I'd need a pretty dress and a back-up band to really be Jessica!

[awitchdidit]

That can be taken care of pretty easily. Well, less easily if you want your band to be any good.

[happyhalloween]

Oh! Is he happy? Do people like his singing and dancing?

[Look, Sai was the first spirit that she saw on her own without anyone manifesting them. She's very concerned for his counterpart.]

[happyhalloween]

... does the band need to be good?

[awitchdidit]

Not for K-rap, no.

[happyhalloween]

...

[???]

... do you need me to do the Sun Guard Style dance again?

[claudiometer]

No, that's... that's fine.

It's just. Of all the things to carry over, that's a really strange one.

[capital_asset]

Sorry - I only recognize him from the monastery.

[comebewe]

...Dammit Maria.

[happyhalloween]

That's okay. He was a nice spirit, wasn't he?

[happyhalloween]

...

[...]

I wasn't doing his dance in an infirmary. I made sure.

[happyhalloween]

Does Sai sing in your world too?

[claudiometer]

Someone very like him, yes. [Why this. Of all things, why this.]

[happyhalloween]

Huh. I wonder why mine didn't. Maybe it's gonna but in the future?

[comebewe]

[oh god where is a nearby desk that he can bang his head on]

No...no you're not in an infirmary...

[capital_asset]

Yes, he was.

[happyhalloween]

Did he show you his dance or just me?

[happyhalloween]

[Maria isn't sure why you'd want to.]

Oh! I figured out how to teleport from that stuff you told me about! I'm getting pretty good at it!

[comebewe]

...What.

[capital_asset]

He showed me, but he didn't teach me.

[Because he'd (correctly) figured that Raidou would be too self-conscious to try it.]

[happyhalloween]

About portals. Back when we were in the cave farms.

[happyhalloween]

It's a really fun dance!

[capital_asset]

I can see that.

[He's still not doing it.]

[happyhalloween]

[But it's so fun!]

[capital_asset]

[Raidou is not very good at having fun.]

[comebewe]

We...we only meant to teach you portals, not teleporting...

[oh god what has he done]

[happyhalloween]

But the stuff you explained about portals helped me figure out teleporting!

[comebewe]

[oh god]

Excuse me, I. Need to go find somewhere where I can sit and regret all of my life choices now.

[claudiometer]

Maybe. You never can tell.

[happyhalloween]

Okay! I'll find you later!

[professorwolf]

That particular song that the dance was attached to was, in fact, very popular. It's basically making fun of rich people in a neighborhood in Korea, but since most of the people watching the video of it don't understand Korean, they just like his style and confidence.

[happyhalloween]

He does have a good style! I like it.