ZERO PARADES wiki
Party Wig
clothinghead

Party Wig

Synthetic pink wig from Malen's costume shop. ☉ 9. Personalism +1. Cheap social-skill boost with a built-in alibi (the hair is the alibi).

Stats

SlotHead
Price☉ 9
VendorMalen
Personalism+1

Strengths

  • +Personalism +1 — broadly useful social skill
  • +Costume-flavored visual that fits multiple cover stories

Costs

  • Pricier than the Mister Artista Hair Set for a similar +1
  • Highly visible disguise — memorable hair

Description

Game flavor: "Dance into the night then vanish at first light. Be remembered for your moves and all the synthetic pink hair you leave behind."

☉ 9 from [Malen](/wiki/characters/malen) gets you Personalism +1. Personalism is the Relation-cluster skill for the soft-side conversation — empathy, vibes, the read of someone's mood. Useful in basically every dialogue tree.

Compared to Malen's other inventory:

- [Mister Artista Hair Set](/wiki/items/mister-artista-hair-set) — ☉ 5, Nerve +1 - **Party Wig** — ☉ 9, Personalism +1 - [UFO Glasses](/wiki/items/ufo-glasses) — ☉ 7, Entanglement +1

All three are head-slot items with a single +1. Personalism is arguably the broadest-use skill of the three, but Nerve at ☉ 5 is cheaper. Buy by which checks you're failing.

The flavor text's "vanish at first light" is on-theme for a costume-shop item — pink hair as decoy, the wearer as ghost. If Malen's missing-father / payphone-disappearances thread pays off in disguise, this slot may matter beyond the +1.

Acquisition

Buy from [Malen](/wiki/characters/malen) in the Bootleg Bazaar of [Quisach](/wiki/locations/quisach). ☉ 9.

Builds & playstyles

Personalism-leaning Relation builds

Social / interview-heavy runs