Yadrolla System Mingle

[lacyprincess]

Who: EVERYBODY
Broadcast: Yeah, sure, I guess
Action: The Fleet and the Yadrolla System
When: 4/29 - 6/8

[Hey, hey, look, we have a new system! Let's go compete in stuff and root for sportsball teams! System info is here!

GO WAVES!]

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[shroudedsecrets]

Apparently, it's rare enough.

[She knows that's one of Katie's "jokes", because if there were other space witches in this reality, they likely were not being augmented from getting out of squirrely situations by unknown outside forces.]

They ... were interested in my clothes.

[What shop had they come from? What did the symbols mean? What materials, could they feel it? And they were so... grabby. Blasting them away would have caused unnecessary trouble, but she had been... close. Perhaps she would have been better off to avoid this planet once determining it's lack of magical resonance.]

[hollystrike]

Oh. Well, they have good taste. [Katie would have fun rocking Haggar's robes, just sayin'.] Do you think perhaps you're wearing colours of great interest to them? I heard something vaguely about sports.

[shroudedsecrets]

These are my colors.

[But she can't deny that Katie's put her finger on a truth; she had managed some research before being ambushed, for how useless it was.] ... Now that you mention that, it's true that certain colors seem to hold great significance to the separate teams here, for identification or sport or otherwise. How unfortunate.

[hollystrike]

Rather silly. I shan't change what I wear just to please a crowd of overenthusiastic rabble. [But she says it affectionately enough. Said rabble is delicious, in its own way.]

Perhaps you ought to look into more variety for your wardrobe.

[shroudedsecrets]

Anything found on this system is going to be representative of something.

[She'd glimpsed enough of the locals to gather that much.]

[hollystrike]

Hmm. I wonder if we could sew something together that had all the colours. At the very least, you could blind your opponents into submission.

[shroudedsecrets]

Like an aurora.

[There's a hint of amusement there.]

No... perhaps your earlier point has merit. Where does one go to hide a leaf but a forest, after all.

[Says... the woman hiding under her very purple cowl with very blue skin, though her tone seems thoughtful.]

[hollystrike]

Does that mean you want to go shopping?

[shroudedsecrets]

... I harbor no desire for it, but...

[Frankly she... doesn't know how. Not yet.]

Perhaps you could assist me.

[hollystrike]

I could certainly try to. [The idea of helping a space witch who may or may not be Evil TM (based on clothing) is certainly a great one.] What assistance would you like?

[shroudedsecrets]

[She's quiet for a moment, eyes flickering over Katie's height in quiet contemplation.]

... First, I'll need to borrow you.

[She's even being polite and warning first.]

[hollystrike]

[Now that sounds ominous. Mildly:]

What would borrowing me entail?

[shroudedsecrets]

... Not much. But if I am to go "shopping", I can't go as myself.

[So all she requires is a moment or so, before the corner of her lip twitches up into a faint smirk.

... And just like that, with slight adjustments, Katie will find herself looking at her twin. Her slightly hunched double, perhaps, down to the outfit, though gold lingers in the eyes, a few stray strands of white in the front.]

[hollystrike]

[Katie gives a small surprised gasp, but it's the sort of gasp reserved for the best of magic tricks.]

Goodness! Suddenly you're hideous.

[shroudedsecrets]

[She knows that's as good as approval that she can get from Katie. Still, even this was new, this reason for adapting, as it was. This odd sense of playfulness? The smirk is back, but it's Katie's smirk now.]

Thank you. I took some... liberties. I can tell you have complaints.

[hollystrike]

So many complaints. I wish my hair was white at the front like that.

[...okay look it is, but not to mundane eyes.]

[shroudedsecrets]

[A very deliberately done choice on her part. She could have become an exact double, either way, but there was no need to reveal that she could do that either, so... the liberties, they helped.]

It seemed fitting.

[She conjures up a round portal mirror in front of them both, in part so she could view her own handiwork for once.]

[hollystrike]

[Ah. Magic that's similar yet still so different. She shuffles in to practically peer over Haggar's shoulder, though she's careful not to actually touch her.]

Could I tell everyone my twin sister has come to the Fleet? I know of at least three people who would be terribly dismayed.

[shroudedsecrets]

[She appreciates the lack of touching. Not that it would do anything to the look; her magic is very good. At Katie's remark, she cants her head slightly to the side.]

... If that's an open invitation, then by all means.

[If Katie was generous enough to let her "borrow" her look, she could agree to that much. It was far easier to not be herself for a little while. Probably better "ratings" too. Mutual benefit.]

But now your twin needs a name. [What an ironic thing for someone who has not properly introduced herself at all on this Fleet to suggest, but she has her reasons yet.] One you don't think would go along well with yours.

[hollystrike]

[Oh the irony isn't lost on her.]

I suppose Hilda doesn't really suit. What about... Lucy? It's my mother's name. Short for Lucinda.

[shroudedsecrets]

[Haggar and Honerva. Hilda and Lucinda. There really is something ironic to the names Katie chooses, how close they come to matching in syllables and yet so far, that's almost amusing to her.

But, better to avoid past and present entirely.]

On-- Lucinda, is it. [Actually saying it almost made her come close to saying a name she dared not yet claim. Interesting, that, while she glances back into a face that isn't hers, thoughtfully.] ... Lucy. Yes... I don't think I would mind being called that.

[...It's... actually almost refreshing, after lifetimes of something else. Who knew.]

[hollystrike]

Wonderful. Suits you far better than Hilda. I shall call you Lucy from now on.

[This is fun. She waves at the portal mirror.] Shall we go shopping, sister mine?

[shroudedsecrets]

[A moment longer, to look in the mirror and attempt to correct her posture. As much as she can manage, anyway, but she'll get there. Then she'll let it vanish, before flashing a grin over at Katie.]

By all means, sister. Do lead the way.

[She still had quite a lot to learn after all.]