inbox.

Mar. 6th, 2025 08:55 am
sophielicious: (Default)
[personal profile] sophielicious

SOPHIE CUCKOO INBOX

un. fiveinone -> justsophie | voice, text, action
dwbi

Date: 2025-07-10 12:35 pm (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (Thinking)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
Does it hurt you?

[ Clea has no desire to see Sophie hurt herself. She hadn't known that was a possibility. She would not ask to proceed without a full accounting of the costs, both to Sophie and to herself. If it is merely a question of unpleasantness, Clea is fully capable of leaving. However, returning someone's favor and assistance by asking them to do something that would hurt them would be a poor way to return kindness.

Of course there are no hairdressers. Why would anything be easy? Clea can't help but sigh. ]


I appreciate the information. I will attend to my hair myself.

[ Sophie is quite busy and it isn't her duty to take care of Clea. Clea can trim her own hair.

They wouldn't cut their own hair? Clea raises a judgmental eyebrow. ]


Do they not notice? I've been without proper hair care for a week and I already am feeling the situation add to my madness.

[ Everything here is strange and uncontrollable. There are electric iceboxes, everything is made out of some weird light material that feels wrong, the 'apartments' are sterile, her Papa's copy is here, and her hair doesn't feel right. ]

Date: 2025-07-10 02:23 pm (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (4)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
Perhaps later, then.

[ When they've both prepared and when Clea has supplies to capture her essence. And some way of returning the favor. It clearly is more of a process than Clea would have expected, and thus should only be requested once. She needs to make the most of her opportunities and it would not do to inadvertently display disrespect.

Ah. That is quite understandable. Clea glances over at Sophie with a smile and a slight gleam in her eyes. ]


We are quite spoiled in one regard - there are very pleasant sights to see here.

That does sound rather advantageous. How does he feel about you? Has he turned that delicious shade of red around you?

[ She does like seeing handsome men blush and stammer. ]

Date: 2025-07-10 08:24 pm (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (Neutral)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
[ That hadn't been the result Clea intended, but it's nice to hear Sophie laugh. The entire conversation is nice, actually. It's...ordinary. Normal. Not very much has been normal in Clea's life recently. How strange to find that feeling in a place which is decidedly not ordinary.

If the cost is Clea looking foolish, she'll pay it. ]


I see. Probably. That's not a 'certainly.'

[ The question is, does Sophie want it to be 'like that', or is she content to admire him from afar? Or close by, as the case may be. ]

If he's not the blushing type, what type is he?

Date: 2025-07-10 11:30 pm (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (Neutral)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
[ Clea doesn't say it, but a thought does run through her mind before she can stop it: 'Oh, so you're all English?' Some things are completely unconscious, such as the completely reasonable urge to mock those across the Channel. ]

What if I was?

[ Given the tone of Clea's voice, it's obvious she doesn't mean it, even without the benefit of telepathy. Unless she really dislikes someone, she tries not to pursue a man that someone else has expressed interest in. She's teasing. Clea sighs. ]

Unfortunately, I prefer the blushing ones. Maybe you have the right idea: The ones I like are a lot of work.

[ They're so cute though. ]

Date: 2025-07-11 01:04 am (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (7)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
Are you not human?

[ Clea doesn't understand. Are mutants not human? Or are clones not human? They all seem human enough. What abilities would make someone not human? Some people used to considers Painters witches, but that isn't the same as not being human.

This is all quite confusing. Is it politics? Those are so dreary.

It is a new form of rejection, but not one Clea takes personally. It's similar to finding out someone only wants men in their bed, and she truly isn't interested. ]


That's true enough. And women are simply a different form of work.

[ So that's no reprieve. ]

Date: 2025-07-11 01:45 am (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (Thinking)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
I see. It's a shame mutants aren't less work, but that would be too easy.

[ Human or not, apparently that particular suffering translates.

Magic. Is Painting magic? Clea frowns slightly, lost in thought. She'd always been told never to call it that, but is it? She isn't certain. Apparently, there are mutants. People with superpowers. And people with magic? Which are all different somehow?

Her thoughts drift towards her discussion with Dr. Crane. About people with abilities judging those without. Level playing fields. And her encounter with the giant, who could see her Gift and certainly had an opinion about it. ]


I don't know what it is. What I would be.

[ And she does not like that. There is apparently context she was missing from earlier conversations. ]

Date: 2025-07-11 02:14 am (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (Neutral)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
[ Clea still doesn't like this situation. She's always known where she fit. Who she is. Genetic. That's something that someone is born with. She thinks. Clea finds herself wishing she'd pursued more of a scientific education, but she isn't certain it would have done her any good. ]

What is magic to you?

[ This all must be absolute nattering to the girl. Clea's level of understanding is too low - she feels like a new painter in the Louvre, unable to make sense of what's around her. ]

How do you stand people? I barely manage and they have to speak their inane thoughts for me to be aware of them. You have to listen to everyone's idiocy.
repaintress: by betenoir (Haughty)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
[ She still doesn't fully understand, but that is not Sophie's problem. Clea resolves to investigate what all this means on her own time. Clea momentarily returns her attention to the hair products, then back up at Sophie. If she understands the hair products, then... ]

The maquillage. Makeup. Do you know which ones are worth our time?

[ Having seen the array of colors, Clea had taken some home. And immediately been disappointed with the lack of pigment or how the powder fell everywhere. Some of them could be repurposed for art, but some of them are simply...terrible. ]

If you want me to depart, you only need say.

[ Not just now in particular, but in general. Clea has no interest in forcing her company on someone who has tired from it. ]

Why speak to me?

[ If Sophie does not like people. ]

Date: 2025-07-14 01:25 pm (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (Default)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
I can tell.

[ Sophie's presentation is subtlety immaculate - the type of presentation that looks effortless but is far from such. The steadiness of the hand needed to apply her eyeliner along with the understanding of what would look best with her face showed an attention to detail which Clea finds admirable. If Sophie does something, she does it well. She approves.

Clea would not ask for advice from the incompetent. ]


Good.

[ She's always preferred people who can assert themselves. People with spines. ]

I appreciate the assistance. My hair and I both owe you a debt.

Date: 2025-07-14 07:05 pm (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (Shadow3)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
[ Although Clea isn't entirely certain what 'estrogen' is, she still understands the sentiment well enough. She takes the bag, accepting it as the gift it is and meticulously arranging everything inside of it to stay closed and upright before tying the bag off in a neat and perfect bow, holding it in her lap with her hands resting lightly on top. ]

Thank you.

[ She pauses. ]

Please don't tell me all of the clothes in those stores are things people try to wear.

[ Clea understands that different worlds and times will have different sartorial standards, but there are some items she saw that were... she would give them as gifts to her enemies. Knee high bright yellow wool athletic socks. Baggy shorts that went just past the knee. Never mind the absolutely hideous construction of some garments. Arm holes that were elongated ovals. Unfinished hems. ]

Maybe we should burn them and do everyone a favor.

Date: 2025-07-15 12:40 pm (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (Thinking)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
[ Sophie isn't wrong. While Clea has a good eye, she is aware that she is 'behind'. There's a reason she's been spending most of her time in the library inhaling books on art post 1910. ]

How bad is it?

[ Hopefully, she doesn't look like one of those mid century Americans in giant hoop skirts and dresses made of fabric that looked like the pattern was designed via die roll. Or those horrid bonnets, or the truly elderly ladies who still thought they were in the time of Louis XVI.

To stagnate is to become complacent. Complacency is the enemy of creativity. ]


Why limit ourselves to the sartorial rules of any time period? We can do better.

Date: 2025-07-15 02:37 pm (UTC)
repaintress: by betenoir (7)
From: [personal profile] repaintress
[ That's disgusting and distressing, but Clea appreciates the honesty. She can't help but make a face at the news; that is certainly not how she wants to come across. Though it might keep people from speaking to her, which would be positive. ]

I assure you, I'd rather clean the banks of the Seine than discuss religion.

[ And she's not particularly fond of manual labor. ]

More opinions would be useful, if they're informed opinions.

[ If they share Sophie's eye, their input is welcome. ]

I would aspire to terrifying practicality.

[ Her clothes need to be suitable for sculpting and painting, but if she can intimidate people while walking down the street, all the better. To wear armor that renders her untouchable, beyond anyone's insipid opinions. ]

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] repaintress - Date: 2025-07-16 09:22 pm (UTC) - Expand

𝓼𝓸𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓮 𝓬𝓾𝓬𝓴𝓸𝓸 💎

𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒-𝒾𝓃-𝑜𝓃𝑒 ; 𝑜𝓃𝑒-𝒾𝓃-𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒