[video]

[waitingforhope]

[Mai's face appeared on screen looking...defeated.  And wet.  Quite wet.  Hair plastered to her face, skin and hair thoroughly soaked.  One might think to ask why she would willingly broadcast herself in such a state, except...as a means of introduction...she stared blankly into the camera before tilting it slightly upward.]

[Low-level grey clouds unleashing a personalized spring shower greeted the viewer.]

Does anybody know how to turn these off?  [A slight shift in camera, and it returned to face level.  Only suddenly much more even, as if she had placed the communicator down on a flat surface.]  It's been over an hour.

[The reason for such an action is quite apparent as she reached off-screen then, reaching for a small umbrella, and opening it over her head.  It seemed to work for all of three seconds, before the clouds above disappeared...only to reappear once more under the umbrella.]

[Shoulders slumping, Mai gave a heavy sigh.  Completely unsurprised by the reveal, as if she'd been through it several times already.]

[Then, just before the camera shut off, she gave a loud sneeze.]

Comments

[Video]

[waitingforhope]

Eggs?

[She seemed confused for a split second, sending the camera a strange (if slightly unfocused) look.]

No, I don't-- [He would see the moment realization dawned on her. Eyes widening as a small gasp escaped her lips.] Wait...at the garage...

I didn't think anything of it at the time, but...that must've been one of those eggs.

[Video]

[aka_shazam]

There's a lot of weird things happening and people say they touched an egg first.

I guess you'll need to wait it out.

Or try a hairdryer? Blow it away?

[Video]

[waitingforhope]

[She tried blowing some hair from her eyes. It didn't work.]

At this point, I'm willing to try just about anything once.

[Video]

[aka_shazam]

Sorry I can't think of any other ways to help. Some people tried to help me and nothing worked - but then I just was suddenly unstuck.

[Video]

[waitingforhope]

Are you sure about that?

[As promising as it sounded to have some hope for an end in sight...]

There wasn't anything, in particular, you said or did? Try to think.

[Video]

[aka_shazam]

I don't think so?

Pulling didn't help. Magic didn't help. Superhuman strength didn't help.

[Video]

[waitingforhope]

[She opened her mouth to question those particular methods, before deciding...actually, no, after everything she'd seen in her life, she was completely willing to believe this boy either had those abilities or knew someone who did.]

Well, that rules out at least two ideas I might've had.

Process of elimination. You might be right that I just have to...wait it out.