Case #8: Video

[19centconstable]

[George is COMPLETELY DRESSED. So dressed. He also looks slightly pink and wrinkly, like he's spent too long in the bathtub.]

I've been in the tub.

[For two days, apparently. And still so unclean. His hair is also not parted and slicked down as usual, and is currently making a sort of wild, fluffy, dark halo around his face. The ends curl a bit. George's hair may eat combs. George is too sulky to do anything about it. This flood has tested even his unwavering positivity.]

I want to apologize for...

...

...everything.

[A curt nod, and the camera is switched off.]

...

[Then switched back on again.]

I would just like to say, also, just so you know, that I am never...unclothed, not even underneath my clothes.

...I'm getting back in the tub.

[The camera is switched off.]

...

[Aaaaaaand switched on again. He's here, he might as well. George clears his throat.]

Who...does...the art?

Comments

private; I fully understand the frustrations of phonetagging.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

It's disrespectful to be improperly groomed.

private;

[everylittlegirl]

It's not "improperly groomed" in this day and age.

private;

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on that.

private;

[everylittlegirl]

Just try it. If you try it for three days, I'll try doing something different too.

private;

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

What would you try?

private;

[everylittlegirl]

What do you suggest?

private;

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. I'm not sure what you don't do normally.

private;

[everylittlegirl]

Probably most of what you do.

private;

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

What if you dressed as would be appropriate for a young lady in my day.

It's quite complicated, but my cousin Penny enjoys it.

private;

[everylittlegirl]

If you get me the stuff and tell me how to wear it, I'll try it for a couple days. But then you're changing your whole outfit too. Jeans, t-shirts, and uncombed hair.

private;

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Alright. There's said to be a port looming, so once we've undocked from that, I'll make a request of the Admiral.

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...I'm not to be allowed to comb it at all?

private;

[everylittlegirl]

Cool.

Not at all.