imeeji_frontstage | the doctor is IN

the doctor is IN

Who: Mars and YOU
Where: hotel lobby
When: day 80, morning

[good morning, idols! today Mars has set up a little booth with the following sign hanging out front:]

Are you a person in need? Do you want help? Do you ALSO want points? Come here for free (FREE!!!) advice from an advice pro.

Insert question, receive a genuinely helpful response**, free of charge. Win-win-win scenario!!

** Quality of advice may vary, not responsible for any unintended and less than satisfactory consequences that may stem from acting on said advice.

[WELL, ANYWAY]

[Mars sits with his feet propped on the booth smoking a cigarette, watching as people pass by. he's dressed like a Taisho today in outfit number 5 with his henshin belt around his waist]

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[yes, this is exactly where he went after absconding from LiliS]

I have an answer, oh less-wise-than-me Lily.

What...

[dramatic pause......]

...Should my next ability purchase be.

. . . what abilities do you have again?

[like he pays attention]

Let's see...

[counts on his fingers]

A disguise ability, disabling one of the five senses, creating an illusion of an object, creating a heavy gust of wind, or changing your skin into an unpierceable bark.

That last one sounds dumb.

Go for the disguise abilities. That's actually kind of cool.

You say it's dumb now, but wait until someone tries to stab me and I can turn to bark instead.

[but actually, he'd been leaning towards the disguise ability, too]

Yeah, that's a good idea though. It seems like it has a lot of potential.

. . . aaaaare you expecting someone to try and stab you anytime soon?

[leans forward, elbow resting on the table, chin in his hand. he snuffs the cigarette out onto the table]

Yeah, it definitely does. The one about disabling senses is kind of useful, too.

You never know.

[there was just a game where people were killing each other, after all. he's sure Mars could've used having some unpierceable bark from how banged up he was...]

It's too bad it doesn't include disabling speech.

[TOUCHE. . .]

Yeah. It's too bad. Being able to shut someone up when they're being annoying would be useful.

It would be kind of funny to be able to cut off someone's long winded monologue...

[taking out his phone]

I'm gonna buy the disguise ability, and then we can try it out.

[leaning forward to peer at Lily's phone as he orders the ability]

Who are you going to disguise yourself as first?

[Lily slips his phone back into his pocket when he's done, and hums thoughtfully.]

I have an idea.

[Clears his throat, and in a perfect copy of Mars' voice:]

My name is Amamiya Ren, and I'm a huge nerd.