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[waltharius]

[ Here's Walter, looking supremely awful. His skin is nearly paper white, the lines on his face and especially his neck have darkened considerably, and all traces of red have faded from his hair. At least he isn't bleeding? Always look on the bright side and all that. ]

So, ah...

[ A lot has been going on lately in Locke City. There's obviously a ton of things to discuss. Important things. Things that are clearly weighing on his mind. ]

Does anyone have any experience with... with dyeing hair?

[ Orrrr he could just talk about his hair. ]

Really... really... really really dark hair? It -- I know it's dumb, and it probably wouldn't even look good. I was just. You know. Wondering.

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[drama8om8]

NOOOOOOOO--!

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[waltharius]

Y-yes...

It's honestly not that dramatic, Tavia, and... I think we knew it was coming.

off-network phone call;

[drama8om8]

[ Hey wally your phone is ringing. RING RING RING RING~ ]

off-network phone call;

[waltharius]

[ oh no ]

Hel -

[ He holds the phone away. Just a bit, because if there's yelling/screeching/shrieking involved, he'd like to preserve his current level of hearing. ]

Hello?

off-network phone call;

[drama8om8]

[ Oh hey look it's a robot ]

Hello. You have a collect call from --

NOOOOOOOO--

Will you accept the charges?

[Video]

[scarlet_devil]

I've looked into dyeing my own hair. [Yep, hers is a light blue, but dyeing it seemed kind of pointless since she has a large pair of bat-wings.]

...Just a thought, but I think you have to bleach yours.

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[waltharius]

Understandable.

And I... yeah, probably, but that's not... I hear it's not very good for hair.

[ursoreckless]

If it's an echo, dyeing it won't work. But if you want to try, well, first thing is to lighten it slowly. You don't want to bleach it right away, but use several various washes to keep your hair from getting really brittle. It takes a while and smells a lot but if you're lucky it will work out okay.

[waltharius]

Oh...

[ Damn you, logic. ]

I can... try that. It's gotten kind of brittle already, though...

[ursoreckless]

Then I wouldn't chance it. Brittle hair and bleaching will only make it fall out.

[waltharius]

...I was afraid of that.

S... sorry, I'm being a vain idiot.

[ursoreckless]

Nothing wrong with that. You should see my morning routines.

Well, you can fix brittle hair with hot oil treatments, but you do hafta be careful with that too. Too much oil will only make it snap faster. You should also look into your eating habits.

[Handwritten]

[ghostly_heiress]

You'll want to bleach it before you dye it anything else.

[Handwritten]

[waltharius]

So I've heard.

[ A series of scribbles and erasures. ]

It doesn't seem worth it.

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[ghostly_heiress]

Are you all right?

[Handwritten]

[waltharius]

I'm fine.

It's just hair.

[Filtered/Handwritten]

[ghostly_heiress]

The scratched out parts kind of say something else.

PRETEND I TAGGED THIS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY POSTED IT

[gogoghostpowers]

[Danny looks DEVASTATED. He's noticed Walter's hair slowly darkening for a while now, but this...this is just sad.

What is a Walter Price without red hair?]

Uh, I-I dyed my hair before, when I was trying to get it from white back to black.

[waltharius]

[ And Walter's face just completely crumples. A Walter Price without red hair is a sad, sad soul. He runs a hand through the offending hair and a few brittle strands break off, clinging to his fingers. ]

You didn't need to do the bleach thing, then...? My hair is...

[ He looks at his hand. Yes, his face can get sadder, and it does. ]

[gogoghostpowers]

[he tries not to wince. He looks like a kicked puppy, this is PAINFUL to watch.]

Well, my hair was already totally white, so even if I bleached it, it wouldn't have done anything.

...and uh, it didn't work. The dye didn't stick at all, it completely washed out. But I'm not sure if that was because my hair was pulsed that way, or because I'm a ghost and things work weird for us ingeneral.

[waltharius]

Thought so... you're the second person that's told me it won't... won't stick...

[ His eyes have gone totally swimmy, and he's trying his best to hold it back. He has cried over cheating on the SAT, so crying over hair is definitely not beneath him, but it feels horrifically pathetic.

Tilting his head back now. Keep it together KEEP IT TOGETHER. ]

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[brotimaeus]

Depends, is it a pulse?

[He might be new in the grand scheme of things, but he knows how this stuff works by now.]

If it is, you might be better usin' a wig.

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[waltharius]

It is.

[ Wig. It's 110% superficial, but the mention of wigs makes his shoulder sag further. ]

So... s-so I guess... I don't want to, I really don't want to.

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[brotimaeus]

Look on the bright side, I guess. At least you ain't got wings or horns or somethin' like that.

[A beat.]

You don't, right?

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[waltharius]

No...

[ A headshake accompanies that for double confirmation. ]

Still not yet. I have these weird markings and... black blood, so. Who knows what comes next?