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Yeah I guess, but it's as much about the aesthetic as it is about the ability yaknow..?

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“That makes sense, I suppose.” Amaterasu shrugged. “Just... seven years of frugality and I’ve never really known what aesthetic means for such a thing.”

Silas took notice of Shaun and smirked, "Talk later Arthur, great to have you back, always great to have family. Bishop. Fetch Project Arrowhead."

Bishop, of course, responded in the most K2 way possible, "That sounds really boring and I don't want to."

Silas sighed, "Seriously?"

With that he walked off to Shaun, "Shaun, got something for ya," Silas said pulling out a bag of grapes.

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Strelitzia and Kaden blanch. Impressive in the case of Kaden, considering he’s already kind of pale.

Kaden: <Reshiram’s tailfeathers she followed us>

<There’s a very low chance it’s some coincidence it’s gotta be her>

Strelitzia: <Aaaaa she’s gonna be so mad>

“... Who?”

Kaden: <So... How do I say this delicately.>

Strelitzia: <Shesyoufromthefutureandshesgoingtobereallyreallymadwedidthiswithouttellingherfirst>

Kaden: <... I might not have said it like that but yes, basically.>

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-Shaun smiles at Silas, accepts the bag of grapes...-

-And yeets them across the room as hard as he can.-

Shaun: "Go to hell, Fido."

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-and the theme for my group of people is...-

-spins wheel-

-stars of the Post-Punk scene! I guess!-

-Joe, fond as he is of gender bending, has picked Siouxsie Sioux as his subject. He's got the eyeliner and fishnets down, and his hair fashioned into an odd, spiky mess, but there are, of course, limitations-

Joe: I had to tone down the leather a bit since, y'know...

-he gestures to Mimmy, who is seated in the corner and whose costume this year is little more than an Unknown Pleasures t-shirt-

Joe: Kids.

-he tilts his head at Munn, who looks almost indistinguishable from his normal self, save for some hair gel and his leather jacket-

Joe: Nick Cave, right?

-Munn shrugs-

Munn: I was pretty much halfway there.

Joe: You're not really pale, though, are you?

Munn: Well, that can't be helped.

-Samantha, wearing a boxy grey suit, looks mildly irritated someplace else-

Edited by ILoveDogs on Oct 27th 2018 at 10:40:14 AM

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It's kinda... I dunno a part of that style is about being as graceful and beautiful as the viole-...

-She sighs and shrugs-

Or I just kinda want to look awesome and pretty. Kinda aspirational but definitely not.

In the time that Shaun had YEET'd the grapes, Silas has somehow produced 3 more bags, and has the smuggest of grins on his face, as the WS theme starts up again, "Whatever you say Shaunzo."

Silas tosses the bags into the trash, "Not what I meant though, that's not what I have for you."

Bishop walks up, and looks down at Shaun, "I forget how short everyone is compared to this body."

In Bishop's hands is a rather long metal briefcase, Silas smirks a bit and returns to his usual tone, "Been working on a project I figured you might like. Decided to embrace my status as a supplier of high tech tools and weaponry."

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“I suppose I should know most of all what it’d be like to be beautiful and dangerous at the same time,” she chuckled in bemusement.

Amaterasu pinched the bridge of her nose. “This is what superheroes and wrestlers go for.”

Edited by AbsentCoder on Oct 27th 2018 at 7:44:26 AM

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Ammy plz, I already know you're beautiful.

-Pent smiles slightly and tries not to get too ahead of herself-

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Amaterasu’s Mindscape

彼女は私は美しいと言った。

誰が？

ペントさん

待った。彼女？ペントさんは男ですね。 ^note She said I’m cute. Who? Pent. Wait. “She”? Isn’t Pent a guy?

Reality

“I’m not... I mean... I...” She’s wearing a blush, avoiding eye contact and doesn’t even seem to remember what she and Pent were both talking about.

Mindscape

“Amaterasu.exe has crashed. Would you like to send an error report?”

Reality

“I’m getting thrown for a loop here by your amulet doing what your amulet does!” She said, quickly, in a panic.

Edited by AbsentCoder on Oct 27th 2018 at 8:09:43 AM

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Well it's still me under all this. I can uh... I can go get changed if it's making you uncomfortable...

Maggie, the Hypno, and the Watchog all blink.

Hypno: <...Time travel?>

Maggie: "Well, that's unexpected... I'm... not sure what to make of that, but what should we do about that from here?"

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“It’s fine!” She quickly exclaimed at Pent’s offer, trying to still her racing heart. “I’m just... trying to process what’s happening in front of me,” she said.

“I’m not going to force you to set aside your costume given that I love how you look in it-” she caught herself speaking without thinking again. She spent a few seconds knocking her knuckles against her skull, inadvertently brushing aside her hair.

“Okay,” she decided, mulling over her words. “Either I’m too doped up on sugar to take this gracefully,” she started. “or my mind is freaking out at the realization I’m probably bi,” she realized.

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I think you should come back to the question of whether you're bi when you're calmed down, but just sayin'...

-She smirks and starts unwrapping a piece of candy-

No problem appreciating the look even if you're not into it on that level, could just call it aspirational.

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Amaterasu face faulted. “I don’t know what you’re insinuating,” she said as she picked herself up from the floor to sit up as she nursed her head. “But we’d need a second pendant if you want me to be 9S,” she explained.

“Oh, wait, that’s inspirational.”

Edited by AbsentCoder on Oct 27th 2018 at 8:42:08 AM

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Kaden: <Leave and panic as little as possible so she can’t find us.>

“She’s me though, she can’t be that bad when she’s mad right?”

Kaden: <I’ve spent a decent enough time around you to know that while there’s some things that didn’t change, there’s some that definitely did and that was one of them.>

<Also some other things but I don’t want to freak you out so let’s just go>

Kaden runs away, Strelitzia booking it after him. Daydre can’t find it in herself to just let them go alone so she grabs Nandina and Torenia and runs after the other two.

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Oh honey, now you've got my mind in a spin with that idea.

-Pent finishes unwrapping the lollipop and sticks it in her mouth-

Oakley: <I hope you realize that your entire team is within earshot of your low-key thirst.>

-Pent freezes up for a moment-

Uh... Right...

Maggie: "Um... alright."

"So... I and my team are dealing with her alone if she comes back and have to come up with what to say."

"That's... cool."

Watchog: <Might be a bit before we see her again!>

Maggie: "Hope so..."

Ken whistles.

Ken: "Didn't expect to see a place this... business-like."

"I mean, there's the Gym Luca works at, but... not like this."

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Despite having been sitting down on the floor two seconds ago, Amaterasu suddenly is now standing fully upright, her tails fanning out behind her, fox ears folded down.

“Don’t mind their eavesdropping,” she said. “Long as we got each other it shouldn’t matter what others think of. They’ll make fun of of us and we’ll just laugh along, right?” She finished.

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Okay let's get everything calmed down before we pop a full on musical.

-She tries to relax her pose and focus on her own piece of candy-

Friggin' love this flavor.

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“Yeah, we had enough of that at the wedding. Man, that was ugly,” she recalled as she broke off half a cookie and ate half of it.

“How’s the team doing?” She asked, gaze shifting between Pent and her team.

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Well it was a rough time during the whole bag thing but in terms of living conditions it was basically just pokeball so not much different.

Whatever's under the Solaire helmet and tabbard and nomming on various candies: <Still harrowing once we knew what had happened.>

Oakley: <Though with everything back to normal it hasn't been hard to recover.>

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“Makes me wonder if you ever just broke out of your Pokéballs while you were separated from Pent,” Amaterasu considered, noticably more serene now that she had time to process.

“Although we’re the ones with the infinite backpack, so...” she shrugged.

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Akechi!Shift: Well I made an attempt. Went a little poorly but still...

Yeah... Though given how that panned out, still pretty useful.