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[myownbestfriend]

[Say hello to Emma Frost, an intimidatingly beautiful but apparently normal human woman who is not especially pleased to be on a giant turtle and drafted into some kind of metaphysical war. She's got it dialed down to an aura of vague irritation, though, and she leans back in the large desk chair that came with her Fire Sector suite. The deep brown of the leather sets off her pale coloration and low-cut white X-Men uniform to excellent effect, and if you think she didn't plan that, you haven't met Emma.]

Please tell me there's a half-decent salon somewhere on this planet.

[If she has to do her own roots she's switching to diamond form until the problem is resolved, see if she doesn't.

Yes, yes, Malicant, a murdered emperor, giant turtles all but extinct, a world on the verge of destruction...but none of those are the sort of thing one ought to ask stupid questions about in public, now are they?]

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[backwordscompatible]

[Hey, priorities. But since she did say 'please'....]

There's a half-decent salon somewhere on this planet.

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[myownbestfriend]

[Zatanna is lucky she's obviously a teenager, because it means Emma moderates her response to only lightly scathing.]

All right, now let's work on "useful" in addition to "obliging."

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[optout]

[ Orion wouldn't even has responded if this hadn't been one of the rare times he ventured onto the network. Still, he had to wonder if this was not some human method for deflecting from the anxiety of sudden displacement and everything that's followed. Or maybe not. ]

Not among the foreigners, no. The local populace probably isn't keeping a lot of their doors opens at the moment.

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[myownbestfriend]

[Bro, she has seen some shit.]

Well, that's a problem.

[She manages to give the impression that it's a problem she expects him to fix. After all, he's the one who mentioned it.]

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[ancillary]

[ My god. It's like looking in a mirror. ]

If it's all the same to you I'll be watching your public feed to fish for answer. God knows I've already considered teaching myself.

[ Sure she was a controlling perfectionist, but she doesn't touch her own hair. ]

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[myownbestfriend]

[A fabulous, fabulous mirror.]

I can do it myself. It doesn't mean I want to.

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[baniichan]

[Barnaby sends over a location ping in Fire Sector.]

An acquaintance recommended this place to me because they have the most experience with non-kedan. They did a decent job when I paid them a visit.

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[myownbestfriend]

[Finally, a useful response.]

Ah, thank you. Finding a new stylist is one of the worst parts of moving.

[She's scrutinizing his hair for evidence of malpractice, though.]

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[alpha_squad_leader]

[Much like winter back home, Victor's bundled up even when inside. He's surprised to see Emma though and smiling a bit.]

Sorry, Ms. Frost. I haven't been paying much attention to any salons if there are any.

[No hair so no reason to.]

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[myownbestfriend]

[Her poor cold-blooded baby. :( ]

Oh, hello, Victor. Are you doing all right?

[If she's taken aback by his presence, it doesn't show.]

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[fuzzyelf]

[This is where the comical thought of running and hugging Emma plays in Kurt's head. Comical because he wouldn't do it. And because it's Emma. He's not stupid. But he's smiling and looking so relieved, another adult!]

'Priorities' just doesn't seem like the right thing to say. Can't answer the question, I tend to just do it myself when it gets ridiculous.

[Okay, being on a giant turtle aside, he is incredibly happy to see her.]

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[myownbestfriend]

[From him, she'd accept a hug.]

My priorities are in perfect order, Kurt.

[She's pleased to see him, too. There aren't many people in the world she actually likes, but Kurt makes the list.]

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[zerotoawesome]

Oh snap...

[Because what else do you say when Miss Frost shows up on the turtle?]

Too bad you can't be more like me. I wake up every day looking like this perfection.

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[myownbestfriend]

[In the absence of the Cuckoos and Julian, Santo is currently Emma's favorite student.]

I can be more like you, dear.

[She can turn into rock if she feels like it. She does not currently feel like it.]

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[superieure]

[A set of location pings, one of which matches the one Barnaby sent Emma, and then Monet's on screen, at ease in her Metal Sector apartment.]

Boutiques, however, are another matter.

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[myownbestfriend]

[Oh, well, this is unexpected. It's been a while.]

Monet. Thank you, dear. I might have known you'd have a list.

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[alphatar]

[Korra knows a prissy, elegant, rich woman when she sees one. usually]

There's maps of the city available at the Welcome Center if you need it. [Doesn't stop her from giving the benefit of the doubt. You can thank Asami, Emma.]

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[myownbestfriend]

[Emma's only medium pissy. Her idiom really runs more toward catty.]

I don't think that will be necessary, but thank you.

[She'll just pull any information she needs out of the mind of the nearest kedan, because she has the ethics of something not very ethical.]

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[unconchonable]

If there's anythin' half-decent, it'd be in the fire sector, though I ain't too sure what a salon is, so don't quote me or nothin'.

[Hey there Emma, have a kid who looks decidedly less human than damn near everyone on this damn turtle staring at you. He'd probably know what a salon is if trolls were privy to trusting other trolls being close to their heads with sharp objects, but that's a good way to get yourself maimed/killed, so. Not exactly a thing.]

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[myownbestfriend]

[Emma doesn't bat a single mascaraed eyelash at Eridan's appearance. She's had stranger looking students in her classes.]

Hair care, darling.

[She takes a lock of perfectly-kempt hair between two gloved fingers to emphasize the point.]

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[crabmunicator]

Let me get this straight.

[On this side is some weird grey kid in his mid-teens. His own hair sticks up every which way, the kind of hair that eats combs alive despite them being inanimate objects. He doesn't give a flip about his background setting off anything, for all he likewise has a Fire suite, and he's dressed plain and boring in dark colors. He's also giving Emma one hell of a raise eyebrow.]

You get dragged to a new planet in a new universe, told about this whole war crap going on, without even being asked if you wanted to come here, and the only thing you care enough to ask is if there's a fucking salon?

Why do I ever hope people will be intelligent on this? It's a losing battle. Every time I meet with disappointment, my soul dies a little more, and yet I rush right in ahead with hope in my heart each time.

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[myownbestfriend]

[Hello, child who might or might not be an alien.

Emma regards Karkat with what might almost be a hint of affection. She has a soft spot for really obnoxious teenage boys.]

You could benefit from a trip to a good stylist, dear.

[mightythinice]

You're the second person I've heard ask for a salon when they first get here.

I still think it's fucking stupid.

[She cleaner, so she doesn't immediately look like she came from a post apocalyptic world anymore! But she's also a teenager, and who knows how many split ends her hair has by now.]

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[myownbestfriend]

[Ellie is lucky she's a kid. It means Emma's not going to go for scorched earth tactics, just very mild scorn.]

And you felt the burning need to inform me of the fact?

[supremefaith]

I don't doubt that there is, but...granted I haven't had to worry about many bad hair days at all. Unless you're looking for a style.

[myownbestfriend]

Stylist, colorist. An aesthetician wouldn't go amiss, either.

[Emma's unabashed about the fact her particular brand of beauty is extremely artificial and high-maintenance.]

[afirewithfashion]

A hair salon?

[No one has to do their own hair when Cinna is around.]

[myownbestfriend]

Yes, do you know of any?

[If Cinna ever needs anyone skillfully and shamelessly manipulated, all he has to do is ask.]

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[laylaknowsstuff]

Talk to Monet.

[Hey, Emma, it's that weird chick from X-Factor Investigations.]

If anyone knows, it's her. But I'm pretty sure there is. Somewhere. [She doesn't exactly know anymore]

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[myownbestfriend]

[In Emma's head, Layla's still mostly the little girl who saved them all from Wanda's alternate world.]

Of course she does. She was my student, after all.

[Emma didn't even have to teach her the important things like never cheaping out on shoes. Monet's a natural.]

Hello, Layla.

[spideyfanone]

[She's the first he's seen who was on his team. Not this her, he's pretty sure, and multiversal doubles don't always have much to do with the person they resemble, and the one he knew didn't even particularly like him, but he's gotta say hi. Same as he would if a different Miz Blaire or Mr. Howlett showed up. Maybe she's nicer? Besides, there's a decent joke in there, and if she just coldly raises an eyebrow at him, he'll be able to guess how much like Emmaline she is.]

If you find one, say so, 'cus I'm having some fuzz problems. Usually that's a summer problem, but I'm totally in Satan-plushie mode.

[Blue and fuzzy, but also five feet tall, barely fifteen, and with a Brooklyn accent, not Bavarian.]

[myownbestfriend]

["Less horrible than Emmeline" is a low bar.

And this Emma really likes her Kurt, so the younger version's got an advantage. She cocks her head, mostly at the accent and vernacular.]

...Kurt?

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[dow]

[ A few businesses are marked on the map he issues via a file, menial-duty stores for shopping, hair-care, and clothing mapped out and high-lighted with an accurate appraisal percentage-wise of the best prices versus the best products. ]

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[myownbestfriend]

[Emma's not pop culture-savvy enough to place Spock, so she just notes the ears but displays no outward curiosity.]

Oh, thank you. This is very... [obsessive] ...efficient.

[agentx13]

Ms. Frost.

Sharon Carter of SHIELD. I can't help in regards to a hair salon, but if you're anything like the Emma Frost from my universe, I'm glad you're here, however temporarily.

[myownbestfriend]

[Have they even met in canon? Group shot, maybe?]

Agent Carter.

[Mostly neutral. Emma isn't SHIELD's biggest fan, but she doesn't see the point in antagonizing anyone who just non-sarcastically claimed to be happy to see her.]

I don't get that reaction from SHIELD very often.

[Maybe if you acted less like you were one failed dinner party away from turning back to supervillainry, Emma.]