The Rocky Bits [Sunday morning]

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Olivia (or Olive -- the writers weren't great with continuity, but she was Olivia for the moment) stared bleakly out to sea, the wind whipping about her perfectly styled curls and yet somehow not tangling them at all. She should never have returned here, to this island, after her film career had tragically begun to sink after she'd developed her horrible skin condition. Her ephelides. Even the word had made her shudder, when the doctor had told her. It was something she'd struggled with her entire life, and she'd known, somehow in her heart of hearts, that her red hair had already predisposed her to this condition.

But still. They'd replaced her with a younger, blond actress with a tan, one who would never cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in foundation makeup, and Olive had been sent to the streets.

Now, she would stop at nothing to regain her spotlight. Nothing. She pondered her next move as she stared at the ocean. Was blackmail too far? Arson? Murder? No. She would have her career back, or she would die trying.

[I was afk yesterday but OF COURSE THIS IS OPEN, DON'T BE INSANE.]

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[suitably_heroic]

A single piece of gum was spat out at the rocks, just to make sure the audience knew Atton and his illicit substances were on the scene!!

"Well, well," he drawled. "Now who do we have here?"

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Olive whipped her head around to look at the intruder on her thoughts, and frowned prettily. "What do you want?" she breathed.

Because saying sentences with one's full vocal stamina was not nearly so dramatic.

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"A conversation," Atton said, drawing the word out. He took a couple of steps closer, and slipped his leather-lined gum packet out of his pocket. "Gum?"

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"I don't touch that stuff anymore," Olivia said, closing her eyes. "It aggravates...my condition."

HER HIDEOUS CONDITION.

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"But it might also take your mind off it," Atton suggested. "I mean, you only live once..."

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"The doctors say even one stick could trigger an epileptic seizure," Olive said.

Because that was a thing, when you had a skin condition to worry about.

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"You'll find the operative word here is 'could'," said Atton, whose writer had found a thesaurus the other day.

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"It won't help," Olivia added, turning her face away. "Nothing could numb the pain. Not even gum."

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"Well, I'd pick you up a couple of yellowtail rolls, but those aren't cheap," Atton drawled. "Say, don't I know you from somewhere?"

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"Ahem," Jessica said. She saw Olive looking all dramatic, so she scampered up to Olive's position to taunt and enjoy her friend's insanity as much as she could.

Seriously, Jessica was the best friend ever.

"Somebody looks pensive. How you doing there, champ?"

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Olive turned her face away from Jessica. She knew she should never have left her room without her veil! She was hideous.

"How did you find me here? I came here to think."

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"So did I. Great minds think alike apparently," Jessica said. "Something troubling you?"

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"Isn't it obvious?" she asked disdainfully. "My beautiful face has been destroyed, and my career is over because of my condition."

God, Jessica. Please do keep up.

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"If it helps, I think you look just as good as ever," Jessica said. "But I am interested to know more about this tragic condition you have. Hopefully it's treatable."

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"Don't pretend you can't see," Olive said woefully. "The ephelides. I'm covered in them. It ruined my career!" She clenched her fists, but added, "But I will have my revenge."

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"Two questions. First, what's an ephelide?" Jessica asked. "Second, revenge on who? I mean, YAY revenge. Did but did someone give you this condition?"

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Olivia gestured to the thousands of tiny spots on her skin. "I'll never be cured," she said sadly. "I was replaced in my acting career, by a no-good spray-tanned tramp. She will rue the day she tried to take my place!"

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Victor Mancha, pop superstar, had regained his voice thanks to Doctor Annie's tender ... ministrations yesterday. But he still needed true love to be truly happy.

Luckily, he was prone to finding that by the end of every episode.

"You," he told Olive when he came across her, "are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen."

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Olive turned to look at hum, hesitantly, and sighed heavily. "Are you mocking me?" she asked sadly. "I'm hideous."

HIDEOUS. DAMN HER EPHELIDES.

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Victor gasped, but kept a game face up. "Your heart is lovely," he insisted, because the writers wanted to keep him sympathetic. "But your skin -- dios mío, what happened?"

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"It's genetic," Olivia said tragically. "There's no cure. All I can do is...cover it."

THERE WERE SO MANY, THOUGH.

"You're very kind, though, to see past it. No one ever does."

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"Maybe if you stayed out of the sun," Victor mused. "But you see, I have a shameful secret of my own."

The music struck an ominous chord at that.

"Could I trust you with it, attractive stranger?"

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"Of course." Olive reached out to take his hand gently. "You can trust me with anything."

Never mind the fact they didn't know each others' names.

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"Ever since I triumphed over my voice amnesia," Victor told her in a hushed voice, rubbing his thumb over her palm. "I've only been attracted to girls with ... well, with maladies. Like your ephelides. I feel as though only you can understand my pain."

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"I can," Olivia said, biting her lower lip and ignoring the tears already welling in her eyes at this story of pain. "I can, all too well. Voice amnesia? How did you recover?"