seven- video

[futureleader]

[cue the brief roar of a shower before the sound of the water being shut off.]

Keeping up a profile is hard work sometimes. Not in an everyday sense of style and appearance but with notable features, like your face. [the feed clicks on to Quentin drying his hair out with a towel. it's relatively normal, until you take a closer look at the pink stains in the towel and streaked across his white shirt.] Since the first impressions come from the face, we look for a couple of key traits. But, no matter the judgement, we use these keys to support our impressions and info of the person.

Say you take a guy in glasses with well kept hair who dresses sharply. What would you think of him? Now take the same guy, shave his hair and dye it, and give him faded and raggedy clothing. Would your opinion change? [he pauses briefly to remove the towel around his head, unveiling his newly dyed pink hair.] Come on, don't lie. We're all a little biased.

It's the very principle of being judged or having that distinct face that we strive for appearances.

Comments

[jewelofborune]

Nobody's going to remember your face, with hair like that. It's distracting.

[futureleader]

Keywords, identify me.

[jewelofborune]

You also used "remember my face".

Aside, if your message is good enough, shouldn't people remember that as opposed to your silly hair?

[futureleader]

People tend to not remember messages if they don't have a face to associate them with.

[jewelofborune]

The technology here and the use of it might suggest otherwise.

You just want attention, more than most, so you've got to work a little harder to get it.

[futureleader]

Well, the attention thing really isn't that far off.

But, you know what I mean. No one remembers a speech. Just a quote of it and who said it.

[jewelofborune]

Perhaps you should work more on being quotable.

Or, you know, simply insert notable quotes into people's minds.

[futureleader]

Now, I couldn't possible insert quotes into people's minds!

[jewelofborune]

Couldn't you?

[futureleader]

It's unethical.

[jewelofborune]

As if you haven't done that sort of thing.

[futureleader]

Heh. I've done no such thing.

[jewelofborune]

I did talk to an old schoolmate of yours, after your rally. I didn't know what sort of power you had, before that.

[futureleader]

...who? Who did you talk to?

[jewelofborune]

What does it matter?

[futureleader]

Because somebody hasn't heard the concept of privacy issues, yeah?

[jewelofborune]

I'm not sure that you're a nice boy at all, Quentin Quire, and so I'm not going to tell you.

Though, I suppose if you'd like to go into my head again and retrieve that information, I cannot very well stop you.

[futureleader]

I've never gone inside your head.

[a lie... but he doesn't like to be exposed.]

[jewelofborune]

You have so.

[futureleader]

Where's your proof?

[jewelofborune]

I know that I wasn't in the least bit intent on fussing at your stupid gathering, but I did anyway. There's no physical evidence, which you know and find safety in.

So, apart from being a horrible boy, you are also very cowardly.

[futureleader]

I am not cowardly! Nor am I horrible!

[jewelofborune]

You are cowardly and horrible, thank you very much!

[futureleader]

After all the help I gave you?

[jewelofborune]

And what help was that?