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[demigoddess]

Oh gods! [ INSERT GAGGING. ] I can't get this cigarette taste out of my mouth. [ A mouth which is at the moment foaming a little at the corners with toothpaste. And she's back to brushing her teeth, then spitting, followed by more frantic brushing, one last spit, and finally a rinse. ]

Help? [ Cassie who has never before this breach smoked a cigarette in her life is for lack of a better word disgusted with herself. ] Not all the Febreze in the world is going to help, and apparently neither is a shower. [ She picks up a clump of blonde hair and sniffs it. ]

EUGH. I swear the smell is still in my hair. [ Actually she kind of wishes it were stuck only in her nose and that there was an easy solution. ]

I'll be in the gym if anyone needs me. It's not like I can wash my hair anymore... [ Grumble, grumble. ]

[Private to Tim ]

So what are the chances of me being able to look through Kara's file?

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[demigoddess]

Baking soda. Really? That's the best idea I've heard yet. [ Or the simplest. Isn't her mom proud she never had to teach her that baking soda trick? ]

Do I wash my hair with it, or..?

[yeahscience]

Yeah. I think so. I don't-- [He gestures to his fuzzy scalp.] But it's like, chemically... you know, the alkalis, they take out just about anything.

[demigoddess]

But it won't do anything too damaging that I can't fix with another quick wash, right? [ She does not want to be damaging her hair more than she needs to be. ]

[yeahscience]

No, no. [He thinks.] Not unless you've got, like, acid hair. Probably.

[demigoddess]

[ Snort. ] i think it's safe to say my hair is going to be fine then.

[yeahscience]

Or just do the superpowers thing.

[demigoddess]

I'll still be needing some baking soda, I'm sure. Who knows if Kon's idea will actually work. [ She's pretty sure it'll work. ]

And being here, there's no way to say for sure that I've smoked my last cigarette. [ She reaches down into a garbage bin and pulls out an unopened pack of Marlboro Reds. ] I even managed to save a pack, if you want it. Honestly I was just going to throw it away.

[yeahscience]

Looks like you did throw it away.

[demigoddess]

I did. But see? I dug them out. They're not even open. [ She moves the pack in her hand so he can see the shine of the plastic. ]

[yeahscience]

I'm... good. Thanks. [In his tweaker days, maybe, but he's pretty sure he can manage now without trash can cigarettes.] The Admiral keeps me covered.

[demigoddess]

That's nice of him.

Thanks for the advice about the baking soda.