Video 07 → What Do Women Want, Anyway?

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[Unfiltered. Let's see how long it takes Ken to realize this.]

[Ken sits on the edge of the fountain in Espoir, frowning into the camera in aggrieved confusion, as if it personally has done him some disservice.]

Uh... this is probably gonna sound dumb but Does anyone know what kind of stuff you get a girl you like that isn't totally stupid or creepy?

[The head and neck of a toy giraffe are just visible in the lower right hand corner of the frame. Ken glances over at it as he speaks, then shoves it quickly down in an attempt to get it out of shot, without any real noticeable success. An awkward look flickers across his face. Great, so he's already seriously regretting deciding to ask this question and he hasn't even finished saying it yet...]

And I'm not gonna do flowers.

[The feed cuts off quickly.]

Comments

[voice]

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

[Well, jewelery shops do seem to exert a strange allure over girls, right?]

You think something like a bracelet'd be safe, then? Or... or earrings? I'm pretty sure she likes earrings. Those long ones you can get, anyway...

[Yeah, what Ken knows about jewelery could be written on a postcard without going into the address side. GOOD LUCK.]

[voice]

[warriorothesea.livejournal.com]

A bracelet? Oh yeah, probably. What kind?

...maybe one of those charm ones? *that seems girly, right?* Oh, and then you can buy her more charms for it later on! *bingo! you're a genius, Usopp*

*pauses* Yeah, or earrings are probably fine. I mean. As long as she has pierced ears. She does, right? Do you mean that dangly kind? *...like Zoro wears* ...maybe hoops would be better.

[voice]

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

I dunno if she really wears bracelets... some girls don't, right?

[... wait, does this guy have any idea what he's talking about?]

I'm pretty sure she has pierced ears. [Or used to, at any rate.] I think she likes stylish stuff. You know, kinda plain things?

[voice]

[warriorothesea.livejournal.com]

Mm, maybe not. I'm not even sure who you're talking about, so I dunno. Have you ever noticed her wearing one before?

*snaps his fingers* There, that's it then! Just get her something that seems like her style. Maybe just plain gold or silver! Simple, but elegant!

[voice] [1/2]

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I don't really pay much attention to her wrists...

[voice] [2/2]

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

[... and what the hell did that sound like Ken, that sounded way way way worse than it did in your head didn't it. He has a horrible feeling he's blushing and man oh man is he ever glad this is a voice call and this guy can't see him doing it...]

Uh, I mean-- I don't, I never really spent much time lookin' at her hands or anything, not--

[--that I was constantly staring at something else!

[Even if I have been. Sometimes.]

Something... uh, something simple, right. That can't be too hard to find, can it?

[voice]

[warriorothesea.livejournal.com]

Probably not, but you don't have to let her know that! Think up a story for when you give them to her, and then she'll be sure to remember it and think of you whenever she wears them!

*...not that he's ever had occasion to put this theory into practice, but it seems like a sound idea, right?*

[voice]

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

You mean she wouldn't if I just gave her something? Man, this is complicated...

[I really shoulda bought a notebook, right?]

Re: [voice]

[warriorothesea.livejournal.com]

Uhm, more like...don't leave it to chance! Make a really big impression, you know?

*he's starting to believe he really knows what he's talking about. it all seems like pretty sounds advice, anyway*

[voice]

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

A big one, huh?

[I think I probably did, if she don't wanna kill me after this post she's got the patience of the proverbial saint...

[Of course, he means a deliberate one, and a good one at that. Rather a taller order.]

So the giraffe's definitely no good unless I want her to think I'm an idiot?

[voice]

[warriorothesea.livejournal.com]

*a pause* ...well. I wouldn't go that far, but I think a more sophisticated gift is better. Unless she...really really likes giraffes. Even then, don't have it be the whole present.