Carnivore

vii) Indutias Relaxantur

Not when she was surrounded by blood and death as closely as if it were her very shadow.

A sudden buzzing from Zinnia's coat pocket drew her immediate attention somewhere around Tatooin plaza, bringing her to halt in her steps as she foraged for the wayward device. An over exaggerated shout of "care-package inbound" over the music playing through her headphones was the tone that told her it at least wasn't an urgent summons to the hospital.

[Kiribro: Hey Kennedy-san! I have a question, and was wondering if you could give me some insight.]

Zinnia's brow furrowed as she typed her reply. If it was anything questionable, she was going to have some problems.

[ZinnK: Well that depends on what your question is about. Need more info before I can promise insights on anything.]

[Kiribro: Haha, fair enough. It's about dye.]

[ZinnK: You can do better than that]

[Kiribro: I would if you wouldn't type replies so fast! ;v;]

[ZinnK: Sorry sorry. What about dye?]

There was a remarkably long stretch of time before Zinnia even got a reply back, and she had to shuffle awkwardly out of the street walkway so she didn't continue holding people up.

[Kiribro: Ok, I bought this box of red dye yesterday and I used it last night EXACTLY as the box said but it didn't work! Can I take the empty box back to the shop and get my money back?]

Zinnia was motionless as she stared blankly at the email, with her brow furrowing a little more with every passing second.

[ZinnK: Kirishima-kun, exactly what type of dye did you try to use? And on what?]

Honestly, Zinnia was expecting this was another addition to that pair of red crocs he wanted to buy the other day but could only find white...

[Kiribro: Red dye for my hair, of course!]

How on earth was she meant to know that!?

[Kiribro: But my hair looks exactly the same and I followed the instructions and everything!]

At that very second, all Zinnia could do was facepalm right there in the streets.

Red hair dye over natural black... yeah that was definitely not going to work.

[ZinnK: Okay, I'm sorry to tell you this, but you won't get a refund.]

[Kiribro: What?! But why not?!]

[ZinnK: Because it says in the fine print in all boxes that dyes will not do anything but tint black hair in best case scenarios. You have to bleach first.]

[Kiribro: ... So does that mean I have to buy more dye?]

[ZinnK: And bleach plus peroxide, yup. Much spend, such yen, wow.]

There was no further response from the stone-quirk user, leaving Zinnia to let out a faint, wry chuckle.

'Guess I freaked him out a bit.' She muttered to herself, before she closed her phone and tucked it back into her pocket as she chose to continue on her way.