i'm a cheetah on the plains/i'm a highway star

[nuns4money]

Who: Eda and YOU!
What: A day in a life of the rescuers party girl.
When: March 5th
Where: Various places in around Vista City
Warnings: It's Eda, stuff will happen, yo. :|

ONE | CAFE | grab yourself a mug 'cuz I made a fresh pot

Eda starts up her day like a lot of people in Vista City, she goes to The Daily Grind and has her coffee and breakfast there along with reading tabloids. (Pricilla’s is pretty nice, but she prefers this cafe because it's close to work and for some reason their caffeine is more... zippy than theirs.) She's relaxed at the moment, dressed for the workplace and ready to talk to some musicians.

TWO | WORK | i'm a bad dream/i'm a rad scene/i'm a tad mean

Eda's workplace is the Primal Lion Hotel, as expected it's near Pride headquarters and sees a lot of traffic from musicians, producers, various sound tech, and AR's from Pride. Eda doesn't like to toot her own horn but she thinks she's pretty good at her job. She's friendly and personable, and just rough around the edges to appeal to the people that stay here.

"Hello, and Welcome to The Primal Lion Hotel. How may I help you?"

THREE | OUTSIDE A BEAUTY SALON | break neck, trainwreck, in my presence genuflect

Eda's been meaning to do this ever since certain tabloids came out about her. She's known as 'the blonde' to most people that watch Manticore and other Pride bands and usually it's never a good thing. (Those fans are fucking crazy. Also it's a favor to Riza.) So she goes to the salon and asks for a crazy ass dye job that nearly guaranteed to put a death knell to 'the blonde' title she has : bleached to it's limit and toned to look white, even silver in certain angles, and the roots are dyed blue to contrast. Why? Cause she can. Admittedly she was a little inspired by the various 'Squalo inspired' dyes some of the Manticore fans have that she's seen around town. But usually they just went full white or silver, Eda thinks the blue roots mark her as unique.

After this long process, Eda can be found walking the street right by the beauty salon. Gladly showing it off.    

Comments

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[sharktrash]

That relaxation isn't going to last long. Sure, the cafe might be a little more decent than most, but it's still got a long way to go if it wants to aim at something authentic. Squalo isn't sure what he expected, really. He's been up since early in the morning, running around working and doing stuff that the manager insisted he should (like getting a new bleach job which he didn't need anymore but obviously he wasn't going to tell Kid that), and he wanted a coffee. And he was passing right by, so he came in.

CLEARLY HE SHOULDN'T HAVE. He takes like one sip out of the paper cup he's been given (with the staff no doubt looking pretty excited that a celebrity is drinking at their place), and FLINGS IT ACROSS THE CAFE.

"VOOOOOOOOIIII!!! You call this shit an espresso?!!"

[nuns4money]

Guess where that cup happens to hit, a nearby woman that was just chillin' and starting her morning, but THIS ASSHOLE had to stroll on in here, yell and throw HOT FUCKING COFFEE at her. Her blouse is ruined and she thinks she's been burned, but Eda probably doesn't even notice it because of the anger.

For a minute she ducks out to change out her blouse, leaving her in her tank top underneath and she may sneak over to where Squalo is.

"Excuse me. WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR BITCHIN' ABOUT!? YOU JUST THREW HOT FUCKING COFFEE AT ME ASSHOLE!"

[sharktrash]

He'll actually pause in whatever rant he's giving the manager right now and turn to look at the woman. It's quite unusual that people yell at him, mostly because they usually know better. There's no competing with him where volume is concerned. The initial surprise wears off in three, two, one...

"COFFEE??! HOT FUCKING PISS IN A CUP IS WHAT THIS IS!!!"

[nuns4money]

She don't give a shit if her ears are fucking ringing. He's gonna hear her goddammit. What she doesn't have in volume, she makes up for in sheer anger.

"I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT IT IS TO YOU BITCH, YOU JUST DON'T THROW IT AT PEOPLE. WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU RAISED?!"

[sharktrash]

Yeah haha good luck with that. He's not intimidated in the slightest.

"IN THE SAME BITCHHOUSE YOUR MOMMA WORKS IN, TITS. YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHING?!"

[nuns4money]

She isn't either. Notice that she isn't too pissed off about calling her Mama a whore.

"YA CALLIN ME THE FIRST THING YA LOOK AT, HOW DAMN BASIC. I DO GOTTA PROBLEM YA GODAMN FUCKIN SENTIENT RAKE, YOU AIN'T GOT BASIC RESPECT FOR PEOPLE. ALL THIS BULLSHIT IN THE MORNING OVER BAD COFFEE?"

Wait... that's Squalo she's screaming at. Oh well, he ain't special.

[sharktrash]

He'd notice if he cared. As is, he'll just keep on shittalking.

"HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GUESS? HERE'S YOUR BLOODY GOLD STAR, SHERLOCK!! THESE PEOPLE DON'T GOT BASIC RESPECT FOR COFFEE!!"

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[giglio_madonna]

In contrast, Luce thinks she prefers Pricilla's, but, well, she's being asked for The Daily Grind this time around from some... esteemed veterans. (Which she has some words about, now that time has passed to let her get some of her energy back, but she's not in the position to say them.) As she waits for her own worryingly large order to be done with, she glances over to the nearby woman and gives a friendly smile.

"Nice outfit. Something special planned for today, or just your usual style?"

[nuns4money]

Well, here's a musician. Eda gives Luce a smile, it looks more like a smirk though.

"Usual, I'm going to work. A hotel receptionist gotta look nice."

[giglio_madonna]

"Oh, really? What hotel? I imagine it must be one of the nicer ones if you go in an outfit like that."

[nuns4money]

"Primal Lion. It's nearby Pride HQ. Lotta big shots stay in there." Eda explains.

[giglio_madonna]

"Ah." A sigh of disappointment escapes her. "I don't have much reason to head down in that area of town usually... Which is a shame. It's quite the fun place to be. I hope you haven't had work take over too much of your time."

[nuns4money]

"Why? Virgo people aren't allowed there? Are y'all really that vicious towards one another?" She just thought the rivalry was played up.

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[avidita]

Well, this is certainly a thing to see. Mammon passes, in disguise as just another pedestrian with the only thing being a certain frog on their shoulder, and smirks.

"Quite a change. That bored already?"

[nuns4money]

Hey Mammon, hey Fantasma you gorgeous girl.

"It's to conceal my identity. ...And I got bored too."

[avidita]

"It will certainly be eye-catching, that's for certain. Which can be a way of concealing to, I won't lie."

Hiding in plain sight, et cetera.

"Inspired by something in particular for this shade?"

[nuns4money]

"Squalo's hair and my favorite shade of blue. Tips are overdone, so I elected to color the roots. Tabloids peg me as a blonde. But I'm no longer one now. If this doesn't work, I'm cutting it short."

Yer teammate's is hair amazing. Too brilliant and healthy-looking to be a dye job.

[avidita]

Of course it's Squalo. Mammon isn't even surprised.

"Be sure not to tell him that. His ego doesn't need to be stroked and made larger than it already is."

[nuns4money]

"Eh, he'll think it anyway." Eda shrugs.

3!

[psyvampexperiment]

He'd seen the tabloid photo of him chatting with Eda in a bar, and he'd more or less expected that or a similar reaction from certain sectors of the press. He might have started getting used to the attention and secretly relishing it, though he wouldn't let on to anyone.

And at the same time, he's kept an eye out for the woman he knows only as Ruby Gordon, hoping he might see her again.

He'd gone out to buy more music paper when he spotted the charmingly gruff gal in question, and spotting her sporting her new look, he might have done a double take.

"My... that's quite a change in look you have there. Might I call you Miss Sapphire?" he asks, curious and playful at the same time.

[nuns4money]

Meanwhile Eda takes it in stride. "Fitting. I happen to like Sapphire's."

We know, a lady with a red based name liking cooler colors. But hey, she didn't choose her name. (Actually she did.)

"How ya been, Sariel?"

[psyvampexperiment]

"They would certainly match your colour scheme: might I ask what inspired this look, or was it a simple case of 'let's mix things up'?" he asks, intrigued, looking her up and down a little more thoroughly, and it starts to grow on him.

"I've been well: doing my best to stay out of trouble, not always succeeding, but finding ways to enjoy the ride when it turns wild," he replies. "And you? How has life in Vista City treated you?"

[nuns4money]

"Various silver or white haired dudes I know. I threw in the blue dye on a whim since this color is kinda popular." No thanks to you and Squalo.

"Pretty ok I guess." Aside from some tabloid issues.

[psyvampexperiment]

"Hmm! taking up the new trend in hair colour, but putting your own slant on it? I like that: it's one thing to follow a trend, but to take a trend and put your stamp on it, that's a better way to follow it, rather than blindly taking it up," he says, with a smile of approval. Then with a bow, he adds, "If I'm a part of that inspiration, then I'm honoured."

A raised eyebrow and a tilt of his head and he asks, "Ahhh, okay aside from the less scrupulous publications printing photos that they've no right to have? I'd seen some of them: it can be hard to avoid, even when you're in the middle of it."

[nuns4money]

"Fans are crucifying me online. I don't understand to be honest." Eda shakes her head.