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"She's always been so nice.. She talks a lot, sure, but I hardly talk, so... It works out. We chat often online."
"She knows all about how ruthless the world of luxury can be, sometimes. I find her a kindred spirit!" (sends Lena 20 pictures of things she's planning to buy)
"We talk sometimes online! I occasionally give a few tips here or there.." Online buddies! Jinx used to antagonize her, but Lena's friendliness wore through and now they're buds who chat on Nephcord. Helena still hasn't disclosed the fact she's an ex-model- all Jinx really knows is the very skittish but sweet fanfic writer.
"Oh LENA? Terrible, horrible. absolutely the wors- I JEST, I JEST. She's cool I guess." Was a terrible brat to Helena online at first, but has since repented for his sins and now they chat. Jinx enjoys making "exposed" videos on Lena, 100% in joke, and roasting her fan-fiction online. He doesn't ever mean to be malicious and will sheepishly apologize over in DMs if something he said was interpreted wrong. He actually really enjoys her fan-fiction, shhh don't tell.
"Oh, well, by now I'm practically a regular at her bakery! It's one of the few places I can just.. Relax and be me, but.. Well, the thing is, Lulu's incredibly cool.. I don't want to mess up in front of her.."
Occasionally, Lena actually manages to get to her smaller vacation home on Rosemoon, and due to a fateful bout of power loss, she ended up going to Lulu's bakery to wait it out. Ever since, Lena frequents it to buy her usual, but perhaps she's also there for other reasons, too..
Lulu wouldn't admit it, but she looks forward to Lena's visits and is delighted that she has become a regular of the humble little store. She often asks Lena to taste test her latest experiments and creations, but in reality, Lulu has already done rigorous testing to make sure they are perfect by the time Lena comes in.
"I... Well, worked for him! And. Now I don't. I really.. Can't say too much, I never met him... It was kind of weird, really, but.. It's in the past now."
"W-who?... I.. Know that probably doesn't help my case at all.. But in complete honesty, I really didn't keep track of my models beyond 'bad' and 'workable', which. Oh, on the gods, why couldn't I just be better than this?!... This is exactly what I deserve.. I was always an ugly monster, even before this.. I'm sorry. I really am. It's probably too late for that."
"Oh, Rye? I know I don't go too out much, but I know she's also around here.. One day I'll get the courage to get one of her fabrics to use for a cosplay.... One day..."
"Poor girl.. I often catch her skittering around as if someone's going to pounce on her at any moment. I know she used to work for the modelling company... It'd be rude for me to dig into it too deep, but I have a feeling something happened. Things just seemed to happen there, constantly. I hate to say 'that's just the way it was there', but it really was just how things operated in it. I'm glad she could get away from the system like I did."