[video] Because the network is the best dating service?

[foreverbouncing]

[Charlie is standing in the center of the screen in her apartment when she appears, in a blue blouse and black skirt, and she waves, smiling brightly.]

Hey guys! This is kind of a ...public service announcement sort of thing but not really about something totally important! See this is-

[She frowns off screen.]

You have to actually be in view Kat!

[There's a groan off screen.] I guess I kind of have to, don't I...

[And then a girl with dark skin and blonde hair sidles into the frame, one arm reaching across her stomach to idly grab at the other arm. She seems uncomfortable, but manages a nervous-looking smile at the camera.] H-hi there!

Right, great. This is Kat! [Charlie throws a hand out as if to indicate her.]

She's awesome and cool and everyone should want to be her friend. And she's pretty, and she has this really neat gravity powers.

But! And you may not believe this, she has never been on a date before! Ever!

[She whispers a bit too loudly.] You didn't have to be so blunt about it--

[And then she just looks at the camera and waves a bit awkwardly.]

Well how else was I going to put it?

[She rolls her eyes and looks back at the camera.]

Anyway! She's awesome and cool and needs a date? So who's interested?

[A beat.]

Oh right! We're pretty sure she's eighteen or so, so kinda around there's the age we're looking for here, and...uh, don't be a creeper. Or evil. Evil's a big turn off, okay?

Yeah, if I could avoid anyone evil that'd be really great.

[She takes a deep breath for courage and looks at the camera, her smile growing more genuine if no less nervous.] I like cats and stuffed animals and like high-up places with nice views, and taking long baths and reading magazines, and think that--

[Oops. She timed that wrong. The feed shuts off.]

[ooc: Blue is Charlie, Red is Kat, they'll both be answering this!]

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[invoking]

[ Gil looks into the feed curious and surprised all at once. ]

Kat? Did she say your name is Kat? [ He's pretty much addressing her and not Charlie, I'M SORRY. ]

[redshifting]

Uh... yeah!

Why, what's wrong with it?

[invoking]

Nothing's wrong with that! You're Raven's friend, aren't you?

[redshifting]

Oh! Yeah, that's me!

[invoking]

Raven said it would be best to ask you about gravity shifters.

[redshifting]

Really? But she's been doing it for longer than I have...

...I guess she's not very talkative, though.

[invoking]

[ A soft "haha". ]

She mentioned that, yes... [ And Gil thought he was bad at socializing. ]

[redshifting]

Which part? That she's not very talkative or that she's more experienced?

[invoking]

Oh! That she's not as talkative.

[redshifting]

Yeah, it's also pretty obvious if you actually, y'know, talk to her!

So what did you want to know about gravity shifters?

[invoking]

It's... [ He rubs his neck. ]

The power she described, it reminded me of something from home. I was mostly curious.

[redshifting]

Really? People where you come from can change gravity too?

[invoking]

No, nothing like that.

But your powers are sort of lent to you through other-- beings?

[redshifting]

Oh, yeah. I have Dusty and she has her raven.

[invoking]

Dusty? [ Raven told him it was a cat and he's somehow forgotten. ]

[redshifting]

Yeah! He's my cat. I named him Dusty because he looks like stardust.

[invoking]

Cat? [ A PAUSE. ] O-Oh, right! I'd almost forgotten. Raven said it was... that.

[redshifting]

...wait, what's wrong with cats?

[invoking]

I didn't say there was anything wrong with them.

[redshifting]

Are you sure? You definitely seemed a bit, um, on edge right now.

[invoking]

N-No, I'm fine!

So... where did the raven and your... Dusty come from?

[redshifting]

Oh, I don't know. I woke up one day in Hekesville and Dusty found me right away.

I'm not actually sure where he comes from, or how Raven met her bird.

[invoking]

What is Dusty supposed to be? Not just any animal...

[redshifting]

Well... he's a cat. And he meows, and does catlike things. So I don't know what else he'd be.

[invoking]

He doesn't have an ability? I thought like Raven's, it did.