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[As the video cuts on a girl can be seen trying to adjust the settings only to slam her fist down right next to the keyboard in total frustration.]

Stupid technology…and I thought the ancient El-Hazardians made things complicated; this has got to be even worse!

[Because technology is only good when it works, and highly selective in whoever it chooses to be user friendly toward. Can you really blame her?

Upon closer inspection of the girl, she looks somewhat drained, like the strength had been sapped from her body and she was slowly trying to get it back. She shows some visible signs of her weariness, pinching the bridge of her nose between her thumb and forefinger.]

Okay…whatever…it’s on so it’ll be what it’ll be for now…just as long as I can communicate…oh and since we’re communicating I’m going to need some answers right now.

[She sure sounds grateful, doesn’t she.]

Because…well, to be frank I didn’t understand a single thing those Phantom Tribe look-alikes were trying to yammer at me…and while we’re on the subject of yammering keep it brief. [She makes the gesture for small with her fingers to emphasize the point.] I was dumped here with a massive headache and I don’t think I can take too much…I don’t know if it has something to do with the fact that I can’t use my powers all that great…[She snaps her fingers, but only a small burst of fire appears briefly and like a candle being extinguished it goes away]…or maybe they did something…bastards…if they did I’ll seriously…

[…“kick their ass” is hanging in the air there somewhere, but a wave of weariness washes over her and she drops her head into her hands.]…This is so stupid…

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Headache, huh? What, did you party a little too hard before they grabbed ya?

[That headache? It's gonna get sooooo much worse before it gets better.]

And what's the matter, never seen a computer before? This stuff's not exactly rocket science, Red. I've seen coffee makers more complicated than these things!

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Yeah, I've been hitting the Miz Mishtal a little too hard. Or I'd like to, I didn't think she'd be such a fussy bride.

[This is your free pass, her head hurts way too much to act on her violent impulses. So she'll swap wits with you instead.]

Tell it to my aching head, Blue. [Hey...you called her Red.] We don't have this kinda thing where I'm from...but we do have coffee, how about fetching some for me.

Do I look like I'm your personal go-fer?

[Loud. LOUD.]

Get your own coffee! If I wanted to spend my time babying somebody I'd work at a daycare! Not fetch lattes for some country bumpkin with a drinking problem!

Dunno about go-fers...but you got one of those grating voices. I bet it carries.

[Shayla's got one eye closed and both fingers in her ears.]

Oi, oi. You brought it up, you oughta get it. Have a heart, Blue.

I never got any complaints about it back in Metropolis. I even had my own radio show--you do know what a radio is, don't you bumpkin?

[Hurray for being condescending!]

And I don't have a heart you dope! If I felt like it I'd go around town trashing all the coffee shops just so you couldn't get any coffee!

[And if she'd been able to find a significant source of power, but ~~cave-girl~~ ~~bumpkin~~ Shalya-Shayla doesn't need to know that.]

Nope, but if it's something that amplifies your voice I'll pass. Besides, everything I need to know I already know.

[Rebuff.]

Eh? That might be why you have such a small chest. [She just went there, yes she did.] Well if you really wanna challenge me, you should wait until I've had some sleep. I'd say now, but you're being stingy with this coffee thing.

Hey, no need for jealousy, bumpkin! I may have the voice for radio, but you're the one who's got the perfect face for it.

[Yeah, two can totally play that game. Also if she had any body image issues would she really be in this outfit in public, come on.]

Why would I wanna fight some loser like you anyway? But hey, you ask nice, and maybe I'll let you be the ring girl for when I throw down with some real opposition. Act now, and maybe we can find you a nice mask to match the outfit!

Otherwise, I'm thinkin' somethin' in the paper bag range, maybe an extra large one to hide that rat's nest of red you call hair.

And I'm the one who's not supposed to know what a radio is.

[She would have come back with it being more of a muscle issue than a breast issue.]

Hn...nah, just figured that's what the oppositional attitude was all about. I'm not supposed to fight normal people, though you kind of look like you were whelped by Deep Shadow.

You're one to talk, especially since that's not a fade on your head, that's your hair trying to get away from your face.

Kinda like the audio broadcasts here. People hear ya, but they don't have to look at ya.

[So she can just go ahead and figure out what "a face for radio" means on her own from there.]

You really have no idea who you're talkin' to, do you? I'm high voltage you dope, it ain't going anywhere else but up.

[She could probably make it, but she kinda likes it the way it is.]

You don't like it, you don't have to look. I'm a visual person myself, I like to put a face with an explosion.

[She's got a handle on it.]

Dunno, don't care. [Though she'll snicker at that second part.] So basically you shocked it into that position.

I can't not look, it's like a good train wreck. In more ways than one!

[It's probably not a good sign of her mental health that the longer this goes on, the more she's actually starting to kinda like the redhead. As much as someone like Livewire can, anyway. No Hallmark moments on the horizon, but also no dedicated attempts at physical harm, either.]

Well, I didn't, but the lightning sure did. Haven't bothered fixing it, either. I figure it goes with the outfit.

[The one with the cut in the shape of a lightning bolt that goes all the way down her navel. That one. The super modest one.]

What's the story behind yours? Somebody scare ya?

[Because how do anime hair physics even work]

If you're willing to go through that kinda effort then you must like it better than you're letting on, Sparkles.

[Shayla can appreciate someone who can give her shit...doesn't make it any less irritating, but she's pretty tranquil right now.]

Accessorizing your hair with your outfit...that's the girliest thing I've ever heard.

[Shayla can't talk, one of her favorite outfits is a crop top/loincloth confection. She's been known to battle in the nude too.]

You're outta luck, nothing scares me, but my story's the same as yours, it matches my fire motif.

[Special gravity defying gel.]

Hey, even us tomboys are allowed to be a little girly now 'n then. I don't got a problem admitting it.

[All Shayla's dig at the girly-ness of keeping a common motif gets is a quick shrug of the shoulders--obviously, coming across as overly feminine is not one of Livewire's big concerns.

But Shayla's explanation for her own ~~gravity defying hair~~ hairstyle gets an obnoxious scoff in return.]

Matches your motif? What, you make fires outta hair product? Most people ditch the hairspray-and-lighter routine during the teenage years, babe.

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[video] I'm sorr- wait, no I'm not 8D

Oh you will be XD...when Shayla's able to move...

Nope not even then

She'll have to insist

No, she'll have to do better than that is what she'll have to do

You have yet to see her best

It will probably remain unimpressive to Sparky here

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