Story-posting time!

[rosejailmaiden]

Because I have nothing better to post, but post I must. Enjoy.

41. Truth

 

She knew it was probably a bad idea from the start.

Domino, like most girls every once in a while, had been getting bored lately with her appearance. So, naturally, she thought she'd make a change- a minor one- to shake things up. Needless to say, seeing the agent with perfectly straight, long hair, came as quite a shock to most people- and apparently drew envy from others.

"Ohmigod! You've GOT to tell me how you did that!"

"Did what?" she asked, annoyed. This was about the fifth time today, and the questioner this time was someone up from Personnel. Ditzes all, she thought, unsurprised by the question.

"How you straightened that! I mean, I've been trying forever to get my hair THAT straight." The- was it an accountant?- pointed to her bushy, tangled mess of curls. "And if you can do it..."

Domino exchanged a weary glance with her colleague, who she'd been discussing strategy with- until they'd been interrupted by this airhead. "Doesn't Wendy give you someone to bother around this time?" she asked, trying to change the subject.

"Puh-leeze?" she asked, with pleading eyes.

There was no getting rid of her nicely, it was clear. Attacking her was technically plausible, given her rank, but Domino considered it a bit of a waste of energy to get into an incident with such a moron. A lightbulb went off in her head. She smirked. It was perfect.

"Okay," she said, drawing closer to the accountant. She lowered her voice. "I don't do this often, so listen carefully. Find a Tentacruel, and get the poison out of it. Oh, and it has to be a live one," she added. "Then, wash your hair with it. It works every time."

"Really?" the woman asked, her eyes lighting up. "I had NO idea! Thank you so much!" she said, scurrying off.

"Idiot," Domino said, watching her leave. "She'll learn..."

"I thought you never shared stuff like that, though," her colleague said, shocked at this sudden change in her behavior.

"Do you honestly think I do that?" Domino asked, amazed TWO people actually thought it worked. "If she, by some miracle, doesn't end up getting completely owned by the Tentacruel and actually gets to the poison, then it's going to give her a nasty rash at best, if her hair doesn't completely fall out... Either way, she'll learn not to pry like that ever again."

"But then... how do you..."

"It's naturally straight," she replied. "I thought I'd leave it this way for once, just to experiment. Obviously, it failed. Otherwise, I just use curlers."

 Oh, and as long as I'm posting my writing, found this little survey on lilypeters's LJ. Feel free to fill it out... and be honest. Neku likes criticism on everything except Lolita and cosplay.

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