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Name: Styx
Date: 01/09
Format: video

[Styx doesn't really like to use the voice function, let alone video. but he's got a question that would greatly benefit from some visual aid, so...enjoy your view of a fish tank, network. there's a single resident inside just chilling, weaving his way around the lush plants and the decorative skull without a care in the world. the skull's eye sockets are continuously changing colors, but that doesn't seem to bother him.

this is a much nicer view than his stupid face for sure.]

Um, hey! You guys have tattoos where you're all from? Just mean in general, not, uh...actually on you or nothing, haha.

[it would kind of be a pointless question if they already had a piece done, wouldn't it? this was off to a great start already.]

I'm gonna get a new piece done real soon, but 'm kinda stuck on what to do with the design. There's just so much killer shit, you know? So I thought maybe if I heard what everybody here's into it'd help me pick something out...'nd if not at least I'll get to see some cool stuff!

[the camera shifts now, briefly glimpsing an extremely large man before it narrows in on what is presumably that same massive guy's upper arm and the wicked tattoo on display.]

This is what I already got! Picked it 'cause it went with my name, but I dunno if I should do more skulls again? Be like too much of a good thing, you know?

Oh, hey, Soren! Dunno if you're listening but you should check everybody's shit out too! 's your money 'nd all, I wanna get something you think's awesome.

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[Klaus is leaning on the edge of a table, his chin lazily in the palm of one hand, elbow on the table, kind of languid.]

Oh yeah, I've got a ton.

[He holds up his hands so his "hello" and "goodbye" tattoos are visible on his palms, then turns and shows off the army crest on his bicep.]

I've got a couple of other ones, but I'd have to be a contortionist to show you those ones on this thingy.

[A pause.]

That skull and death thing is pretty awesome.

Is that what Styx means?

Why skulls? Why not something nice like... Flowers or... [She didn't know. Bones though, she'd seen a lot of dead people, why put them on yourself in ink?

Not that she had anything like that. She had done. But then her changes had covered her one tattoo. ]

Hey, those are pretty killer! Kinda like one of those open/close signs on your hands, yeah?

[he's seen people get words tattooed on their knuckles all the time, but never really on the palms. it was kind of neat in its own way, wasn't it? you didn't even have to greet or dismiss people at parties, just give them a big ol' wave. he's sort of enamored by the novelty.]

'nd thanks! Got it done right after I moved out...was wanting something like that for a while so it felt good. 's the ferryman, you know?

yeah !
styx was a goddess they named the river of the dead after
im a dude so like im named after the river but still
all the other gods would swear their oaths on it cause those were unbreakable promises
its fucking killer right ?

[this is surprisingly intellectual for Styx, but he presents it so earnestly that one might not even notice.]

Flowers are cool too! Could do bloody vines or petals covered in poison or something like that for sure.

[because bones are awesome? death is cool!! M E T A L.]

This one was my first though, yeah? Was something I'd been thinking about for years before I got it...so it definitely had to have the skull. Wouldn't be the same without it.

[Styx... He's so cheerful about it though. Even if she was still pensive. ]

It's... Good that you have such fond memories. [Mikasa, the tattoo wasn't in memorial one. ]

[It's so rare for him to use video that she feels it's only fair to use it in turn, so Styx gets a clear shot of Karin looking equal parts cheerful and thoughtful as she considers the question. A tattoo is forever, so it's not a decision to be made lightly, right?]

I don't have any, but we do have them where I come from! I think that whatever you get, it should be something that means something to you. It's going to be permanent, after all! There should be some sentiment involved.

Yes, of course we do! I have one, too.

[ nami turns to show him her shoulder and the symbol there. ]

But if you already have something that has to do with your name... how about something with an X? [ then, muttered, ] That skulls looks really realistic...

So you're saying a hume's skull, swallowing a robed figure on a boat, is how your world interprets the flow of aether?

That's... very unusual I must admit.

Nice tattoo! Personally I don't believe in too much of a good thing. Skulls all the way, if that's your style. Could get a skull tattoo on your face. Seen people get it done, very effective.

[...... well, Styx wasn't kidding when he said he was a big guy, Ferran guesses. He has to wonder why the decision to get a tattoo when he doesn't have anything in mind, though...]

What made you decide to get a new one?

[Styx may be a sweet boy, but he actually has a strange fascination with gore and the macabre. it's very odd.]

Mm, I think so too! It's a real pain in the ass to get rid of a tattoo, yeah? So 's basically like it's permanent...you gotta be sure it's what you love more than anything else.

[there are...actually a lot of people using the video function on this post! it's more than Styx was anticipating and is kind of making him a little nervous, to be quite honest, but it also feels stupid to switch the camera back to the fish again. at least Karin is a familiar face.]

Yeah, 'course! 's why I'm looking to see what everybody else felt was important to them, you know? I got a lot've feelings but like...not a lot've pictures to match with them, haha.

Hey, that one's pretty neat! 's simply but it's real cool, you know! Almost looks like music notation.

[abstract but definitely interesting, and put in just the right place on her body. what a good choice, Nami! he's clearly really into it.]

Oh, like 'cause my name ends with an x? Yeah, maybe! Could put the xs on another skull's eye sockets or something, yeah?

[clearly the realism is the appeal here, not a deterrent.]

[that's a lot of words that Styx doesn't recognize, and so the other man is treated to some tuneless humming as he tries to puzzle out a response to it. shit.]

Uh...don't think so? 's just a regular human skull up there.

haha thanks !
oh dude those are fucking killer
have you seen the guy who got it done and then had his tongue all split like a snakes ??
its so fucking awesome

but i dont think itd really work out for me
cause i put on corpse paint when i perform you know ?
so itd just get covered up a bunch
kindve a waste feels like

[Styx is incapable of many things, but lying is chief among them. the dude is huge.]

Um, kinda nothing! Soren said he'd pay for me to get one done as a Modranicht gift out of nowhere. Don't wanna be rude 'nd hold off for too long but I've really been having a hard time thinking of anything good.

[Oh yes, lost in translation.]

Ah, yes. I've been told this world calls humes, 'human'. A human skull, then. It seems a strange motif, regardless. I've always considered the flow of aether to be more... vibrant. Not simply black and white.

[It's probably not helping that he's not really detailing what aether is. Perhaps it can be figured out through context.]

A gift, huh...?

[Kind of a weird thing to offer... especially if Styx hadn't said anything about wanting one. Hmm.]

Well, it's not something most people would be able to come up with immediately, so I don't blame you for having trouble. [For Ferran, that kind of permanent marking would take a lot of thought... he'd want it to be something he'd know he'd continue to enjoy for at least most of his life.]

What kinds of things are you into? Other than the skull aesthetic.

[Styx using context clues properly? ah, the sweet optimism of youth.]

Well, uh, 's just water in the river. Nothing weird. Don't even erase your memory like the other one, haha!

[although he does suppose the water could be black. it was the underworld, after all.]

'nd it's only dead people who're using it, so there's probably tons of skulls there 'nd stuff.

[what Styx - and by extension, Ferran - can't know is that this gift was induced by the big guy choosing to get Soren something rather than any premeditation on the dragon's part. there had to be some degree of panicked scrambling involved here.]

Oh, you know...uh, metal music, food, drums...blood's pretty killer too.

[helpful.]

[The fellow on the other end of this short audio conversation is no true youth. And he does seem to be picking up on context, unlike his conversational partner. SOMEBODY has to do it.]

In my world, the dead return to aether and the living come from it. Flesh is left behind. So there's no skulls involved in the... ah, 'river'. Where do your world's dead go, when they meet their end?

[Oh great, now he expects Styx to have an answer to one of mankind's greatest question. Good luck!]

[There's something about someone so earnest being into hardcore things like metal that's simultaneously endearing and strange.]

Music or drums might be an interesting starting point.

[Food is way too vague, first off. Secondly, avoiding any kind of realistic blood-related tattoo is probably a good idea for the sake of preventing misunderstandings, so let's just put that aside...]

Drum kits tend to have some kind of design on the front, right?

[that would be the moe gap, my friend.]

Yeah, they totally can! You can mod any instrument pretty hardcore if you've got the skill...'s pretty awesome to watch.

[however-]

Uh, mine wasn't ever that interesting, though. Just slapped the band's logo on it a while after I joined.

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