005 | Video + Action

[marchens]

[She turns on the video feed as she reads aloud this thing she found called a 'horoscope' from a magazine she found'. The general idea of this horoscope intrigued her, so she decided to see what hers was for today.]

"Make a date with yourself as soon as you possibly can -- take yourself out to a nice long lunch, buy yourself that hot new gadget you've had your eye on, book a luxuriously long massage or just hole yourself up in your bedroom with a good book for a few hours. Today you've got to do something for yourself -- and let everyone else fend for themselves for the day. If you don't remind yourself that you're worthy of indulgences and preferential treatment every once in a while, then who will?"

Maybe I will take myself out to lunch today. That sounds like a wonderful idea! So does a massage and just reading a book in my room with no distractions.

Yes, that sounds like a plan!

[With a small giggle, she looks towards the camera with a smile and then turns it off.]

((ooc: Estelle is affected by the That's Your Horoscope for Today curse. Basically, she is going to be very unnaturally selfish and could care less about that child that may have just tripped and hurt themselves right in front of her.

Action open either for housemates/people visiting the house when she's holing herself up in her room, or out and about getting her lunch, that massage or just wandering about the City.))

Comments

[aettir.livejournal.com]

Sure—food service's usually pretty crazy, right?

[firstaid]

It can be, but they aren't ordering one hundred of the same dishes here, so it's not always too bad. I can just get worn out.

[Still, that was a one day thing when she helped out at that restaurant in her world...this is a full time job thing.

And normally she doesn't whine about getting worn out...she puts up with it and rests when she gets home.]

[aettir.livejournal.com]

Good thing you got that horoscope on your day off, then, huh.

[firstaid]

Yes, that is probably a good thing.

[Bad things may have happened if she was to work today and got this curse. There's a reason she got this job...;.;]

[aettir.livejournal.com]

What, just probably?

[firstaid]

[Nods.] Well, I suppose it's not 'probably'. The fact that I read this on my day off is a good thing because I wouldn't want to skip work just to do all these things.

[aettir.livejournal.com]

See, totally fate.

[ Not that Kazu believes in:

i) horoscopes
ii) fate (except jinxes!1!)

but she's so solemn and earnest! Clearly she's the hard worker type who needs to be encouraged to chill. ]

[firstaid]

I see, then I will see it as fate.

[And even when all this is over, she will believe it is fate. But fate means that a choice is already made for you, and that she didn't make this choice!

But she chooses to believe that she made this choice on her own and it is totally not a curse!

So there, take that, fate!]

[aettir.livejournal.com]

Maybe stay away from horoscopes for the next couple days, though. Just in case!

[firstaid]

Why should I do that?

[She likes horoscopes right now! They have good advice!]

[aettir.livejournal.com]

The advice today was way too good! You can't trust luck like that all the time!

[ And now, to Kazu's true expertise: bad luck, and how to run away from it. ]

[firstaid]

I suppose you're correct. Luck like this isn't something I should trust. Nor would I want to run into any bad advice.

[Though hopefully she will never be cursed with this again. And this horoscope is making choices for her today, which is something she will come to realize soon enough, though not today.]

[aettir.livejournal.com]

Eeeh, it's not the advice that'd be worrying. But you wouldn't wanna psych yourself out with a bad prediction!

[firstaid]

I suppose I wouldn't. A bad prediction would keep me on the defensive all day, at least that's what I would think.

[A psychological effect, she would think. While she is rather fond of today's advice/prediction, maybe for her own well being it would be best to stay away from horoscopes in the future.]

[aettir.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Like if you tried to walk around a black cat and walked right into a ladder.

[firstaid]

Oh, those bring bad luck. I wouldn't want to do either of those...

But...isn't it walking under a ladder that brings bad luck?

[Maybe it's superstitions are different in other worlds?]

[aettir.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's it. Walking face-first into one's still gotta hurt, though.