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[teamsad]

Er... Sorry to bother everyone with something so... comparatively inconsequential, but...

[ Jess pauses for a moment or two, because she can't help feeling awkward about this. This is so stupid. ]

I don't make a good blonde. And quite honestly, I really hate to fulfill my parents' dream of being their perfect Aryan superchild, and my roots are growing in, so...

Black hairdye. Can someone make it for me? I can't really... pay you back, but I'll do what I can.

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[thornsofmalkav]

I might have the formula to do it with Nova Venezian alchemy. I'll see if it's in the recipe I brought back from there. Otherwise, maybe ask Helena or Naoki or Minako? They're all good with chemistry.

I mean, there's also ways of doing it with magic, but they're kinda temporary.

[volving]

[ An important question ]

What is... Aryan?

[senpaidol]

I don't know about making the dye, but if you need any help applying it it's been forever since I got to do anything with hair dye...

[Believe it or not, the auburn waterfall going on over here is natural, although she's dyed it redder in the past.]

[teamsad]

Yeah, anything that's going to wear off quickly doesn't really work for me. Though it would be better than nothing, I guess...

But yeah, let me know if you find that formula. I'd really appreciate it.

[teamsad]

Oh boy.

...are you from a version of Earth? Any time after the 1940s?

[teamsad]

I've gotten pretty good at doing it myself... but I wouldn't mind some help making sure I don't miss any spots.

[thornsofmalkav]

I will, dude. I'll go looking now.

[naturaltwohands]

If you happen to locate any that is white by accident, please let me know. [Drizzt, that isn't how hair dye works.] ... I'm afraid all I can offer is a way to dye it orange, which I would not suggest.

[Don't ask. Just don't.]

[senpaidol]

I'll be happy for the girl time, frankly. Plus I think our Overlays talked in Newport and I've been meaning to catch up with the original you.

[volving]

Yes.

...But I... don't know things? [ ugh, words ] Um. School things.

[teamsad]

Okay. Well... Aryans are the so-called 'master race'. Blonde, blue-eyed, northern European white people, essentially.

I don't believe in that crap, but my parents did, which is part of why I do my best to disappoint them at every opportunity.

[teamsad]

You're my hero. [ That was only partially sarcastic. ]

[teamsad]

Oh, did we? I'm sorry, which one were you? It was a little hard to keep track with all the secret identities flying around.

[teamsad]

Uhh... someone could probably come up with bleach, but it doesn't sound like that's what you're going for. Though who knows, maybe you'd make a better blonde than I do.

[ Pause. ]

Okay, I have to ask, what happened with the orange?

[thornsofmalkav]

De nada.

[It's about an hour or two later when she replies again.]

Okay, yeah, I got the formula for black dye. I can totes make it for you with the shit I brought back from Nova Venezia and get it to you before the next liminal shift. Do you need a dying buddy to help with it or will you be okay doing it on your own?

[naturaltwohands]

[A bit of an amused sound over the network.]

Only old drow females are blond. Males go silver. Mine is still white, which is what I would be going for.

If you know of Davesprite, never run into him. Or, more precisely, through him. The orange "goo" that he will leave behind will stain.

[volving]

Most... blonde people are... not that great. In my life. Need lots of... training.

[ she says it thoughtfully but baffled. Steph is like. A wonderful exception, but she was still in no way a "master race" type of person.

Ollie, on the other hand, really is not that great. ]

[Video]

[neverfeltthatway]

[Blink, blink.]

I can change the color magically, if you need a short term solution while waiting for someone to come up with a more permanent formula.

[senpaidol]

Hypersonic. Also Rise Kujikawa, if you listened to britpop while you were there.

I think I looked back on the network and saw you were Wreckingball? I hope I got that right. Talking to you was probably the most productive thing I did there.

[teamsad]

[ She sounds amused when she responds. ]

I have help. And years of practice doing it by myself. But thank you.

You shouldn't have trouble finding me when you have the dye. I think I'm the only one still running around in anything resembling a superhero costume, and it's bright red and yellow.

[ And also skintight. As these things tend to be. She doesn't feel the need to announce that, though. ]

[mysunnydisposition]

Ouch. Okay, I see how it is...

[ She doesn't sound actually offended, and she definitely doesn't want to sound like she's coming out in defense of any Nazi ideas, but... wow, Cass. She can hear you. ]

[teamsad]

[ Out loud, Jess snickers quietly, and some of that amusement carries over to her mental tone. ]

That's true. Logic and facts don't really... work on people who believe that sort of thing, though.

[teamsad]

Yeah, that was me. I probably could have used a bit more talking to, back there. I swear I haven't been quite that dumb in... a few years now...

I usually go by Spider-Woman. Or just... Jess, when I'm not wearing a mask.

[teamsad]

...I'll keep an eye out.

Maybe you'll get lucky and your hair will go back to normal after the next jaunt.

[volving]

Ah. [ There's the sense that she's probably nodding sagely, from her tone ] Idiots.