video | dating show attempt #1: naked attraction

[lyingheart]

[ The video opens from an angle, filming what looks like a film crew and a man wearing a very large cravat talking with Annie. Both faces can be seen from the side. ]

So get this, [ he says, lifting his hands. ] you start out by seeing everyone's bare feet—

[ Annie stares at him, unblinking. The man's smile fixes in place, and he continues on. ]

Then you see their bare legs—

[ Annie continues staring without blinking. Determined, the man goes on. ]

Then you see bare everything from the legs up, and then their faces—

[ Annie stares, her eyes narrowing. ]

Before at last you step out, naked, and—

[ She holds up a hand, cutting him off. ]

When they said this was going to be a dating show, I didn't realise they really meant pornography. A young woman like me might take offense.

[ The man waves his hands, shaking his head. ]

No, no, no! It's not pornography, it's art! There's no touching invol—

[ His voice is cut off as Annie moves forward, her quick throw of the man landing him on his back on the ground with Annie placing one knee on the middle of his chest. His arms are held overhead. He's breathless, wheezing a little, eyes wide from what whites can be seen by the camera, which floats closer. ]

To hell with art. Contact me when you have a real proposal.

[ She pushes up to her feet, dusting herself off with a look of irritation still on her face. Her eyes flit to the camera, then to the one holding it. ]

Turn it off, Fritz. Now.

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[be_notorious]

Hahaaaaa Now that's the show I'd watch. Nice moves, Annie.

[Hey look, he called her by her real name and not just "sister".]

I'm assumin' you got this sleezebag covered?

[Drifter is a sleezebag too, yes. But he's not that kind of sleezebag. If he gets thrown by a woman he fully expected that end result and knows he asked for it.]

[lyingheart]

[ A bit later, and she lets it default respond in video; she's still tight around the eyes, but the irritation is less sharp than it had been. ]

Until his next moronic inspiration strikes. Wrestling would be better worth everyone's viewing time, in my opinion.

[ There's no sign of the film crew in the angle of her camera, but the general backdrop looks consistently familiar enough. ]

[be_notorious]

Maybe I should be the one cookin' up the TV shows, huh? Like one of them old ones where you got a buncha people tryin' to impress some asshole wantin' a date or wantin' to give out a job or a panel of judges. Then you gotta have your pokemon cobble up some shit or do challenges under shit conditions to be the best. Except in mine I pick all the worst damn judges I can find an' watch people stumble all over themselves to please someone they shouldn't. Always funny, seein' that go down.

Everybody would watch and get invested an' then not give a rat's ass when the next season rolls around. Don't worry though, if it were wrestlin' like that [he almost says it like wrasslin', his accent comes real close] I could absolutely watch you do it all day.

...Should I be sayin' Rattata's ass? Is that a requirement now?

[lyingheart]

I'm forwarding that to the idiots back there, because anything is better than thinking seeing a bunch of people naked tells you shit about how intolerable they are.

[ lmfasd his comment about her wrestling merits a raised eyebrow and a pointed look; ]

Only if you're ready to bring something to the field.

[ She's not a performer, and doesn't see her fighting that way. Granted, there's a small part of her that is at least appreciating the recognition, but it's small and easily tamped out with the dismissal of insincerity. Her martial arts are important to her because of who taught her, and whose style they belong to; genuine interest is something she has a hard time turning away from.

This, however, is offhand. ]

Only if you want the locals to understand exactly what you mean.

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[schachmeister]

A-annie?

[Yeah, yeah, shouldn't care but does care. That spiel has been established already. Right now Armin is just shocked (and flustered) at what he saw on the gear. What sort of things is Annie getting herself into?

(again, not that he should care)

((He still cares though. because emotions are illogical and problematic like that))]

[lyingheart]

[ Emotions should be taken out back and shot and buried because that is far more useful! Even if that's also not what happens. Thanks, irrational mind.

She still looks sharp around the edges, irritation visible around her eyes, but not as cutting as it had been when she was laying a smackdown on the director. Producer? Maybe even both. ]

Why are people idiots?

[ Is all she says, instead of parroting his name back at him. He gets the frustration instead, there in her tone, but tamped down. Annie doesn't give into being truly angry like she did when she was younger. Like nine years ago, apparently. ]

[schachmeister]

I'm not sure. Sometimes I think they must enjoy it.

[She had met Jean and Eren, after all. Those two were masters of stupidity and Armin still isn't sure what they got from it. They must have enjoyed it. Somehow. For some bizarre reason.]

Did that guy... really suggest what I think he was suggesting? Is that really the sort of program people watch here?

[That is just so... lewd!!]

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[sunspotted]

[ there's something of a small snort of laughter coming from the freckled face. on the screen. ]

I would have turned him down too... but why are you going on any dating show?

[lyingheart]

[ That irritation from earlier has lost some of its edge when she comes on video, and there's a new emotion: muted exasperation. ]

Clothing and gear sponsorship, technically.

[ Her outfits are going to be very on a specific brand when it comes to filming anything sensible here. ]

Turns out their brother wants to produce something for the "reality television" sector.

[ She makes air quotes when she says that. This is, perhaps, copying off someone else saying the same to her before. ]

[sunspotted]

Oh, so you're not really going on a dating show.

[ that makes more sense. she has seemed about as interested in dating anyone as marco has ever been. sure, he's been intrigued a time or twice but it hasn't been a major focus for him. ]

I can think of better ideas than seeing someone naked. What about having to guess their personality from their starter?

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[notyourgoddess]

Nice throw.

[Also restraint, Maya would have punched the guy in the head.]

I'm hoping that was just a stupid proposal and not an actual show they have going on here.

[lyingheart]

... Thanks.

[ Her irritation isn't as sharp as it was right after the video ran, but it's still evident in her eyes, the tightness of her lips. People are so much. ]

Doesn't seem to exist right now. Shouldn't need to exist ever, but what does my opinion matter in the face of "entertainment."

[notyourgoddess]

It would be nice to think it won't but then entertainment is a field I have severely limited knowledge in.

[Pandora...probably didn't help.]

Maybe a show were people who come up with stupid ideas have to fight to the death.

[Pandora really didn't help.]

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[shiro2hero]

Annie?

Are you okay...?

[Yes, he saw her kick that guy's backside, but on the other hand, he can't NOT ask.]

[lyingheart]

[ Her audio line comes live again sometime soon after, responding with a clearly annoyed: ]

Why are people stupid.

[ She's fine, Shiro, but people are irritating. ]

[shiro2hero]

[Well that's not. Quite the answer he'd expected. But it also very much sounds like Annie, so...]

I wish I knew. It must be some kind of universal constant.

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[sassymaru]

You know... last I had heard, that sort of thing was wildly illegal.

[lyingheart]

[ She still looks irritated when she's back on camera, this time holding her own pokegear instead of being filmed from a floating perspective. ]

Oh? Which part?

[ Inwardly, rather cynically, she thinks: when has that ever stopped anyone from doing anything? ]

[sassymaru]

The filming of naked human beings, of course.

I suppose there is a separate industry, but... I was under the impression it was for a very select audience.

And with the express permission of the subjects.

[forsaintcecilia]

[ASSUME THAT HE REPLIES SOMETIME LATER, because he can't really handle pornography talk. That is so far beyond his comfort zone. Bring it up if you want to turn him into a strawberry (it's the green hair).]

You'd agree to being on a dating show? Really?

[lyingheart]

[ LOOK THE DISBELIEF IS UNDERSTANDABLE and he's replying later enough that she's less irritated and more just sighing, internally and externally. ]

As long as no one's expected to show up naked the first time they meet, it seems harmless enough.

[ She'll choose when and where to get naked, thanks. ]

[forsaintcecilia]

Huh... I wouldn't have thought that was like you, but that's how a realist would reason it, huh

The naked thing was crazy though. I'm, uh... Glad. That you wouldn't do that.

[Glad that she has the self-respect, even though she has some problems with self worth.]

[fuelthefire]

Hah! Now kick 'im in the pistons!

[To borrow a phrase from Gaige.]

[lyingheart]

[ Aren't those part of a car engine... ]

Which would be where, specifically?

[ She's not opposed to specific aims in the future if that particular person is thickheaded enough to make equally unpalatable suggestions again! ]

[fuelthefire]

Mnahahaha! Right between the legs!