(7:28:42 AM) Earthflame: The sound of bells still clanging merrily in her skull, Khaira is looking for Uytana!
(7:31:53 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana is...not home! She's out and about. That's not usual for her!
(7:33:53 AM) Earthflame: That's why Khaira is looking! She could probably call her, but wandering about is more fun!
(7:34:28 AM) Ikiryo: She could try sensing for Uytana's magic and following that. Or wandering aimlessly!
(7:37:07 AM) Earthflame: Or both! Keeping her senses option and just drifting where the flow takes her~
(7:42:57 AM) Ikiryo: She senses...oooh, sale nearby at a local store. They have the cutest fashion! Wait, what was she focusing on again?
(7:45:28 AM) Earthflame: She'll remember! For now, clothes!
(7:47:17 AM) Ikiryo: Wow, there is a real press of people in here. They must be looking for all the fashion. Especially that guy at the front. He was so enthusiastic about the fashion he brought a gun to make sure he got to the front of the line!
(7:47:58 AM) Earthflame: "Hey, you can't push ahead!" Khaira floats up to him, pouting.
(7:48:20 AM) Ikiryo: He turns, raising the pistol. "What?! Yes I can!"
(7:48:34 AM) Earthflame: "There are rules!" Khaira pouts harder.
(7:49:05 AM) Ikiryo: "Yes and I'm breaking them! That's why I've got the gun!"
(7:49:29 AM) Earthflame: "...Are you being mean?" Khaira cocks her head.
(7:50:36 AM) Ikiryo: "I'm robbing the store, you idiot!"
(7:51:02 AM) Earthflame: "...Oh." Khaira frowns and punches him in the soul.
(7:51:02 AM) Ikiryo: Oh, hey! Khaira spots familiar rabbit ears over the top of one of the displays.
(7:51:11 AM) Ikiryo: He winces and falls over
(7:52:19 AM) Earthflame: Khaira looks around the crowd, frowning. "Is anyone else being mean?"
(7:52:54 AM) Ikiryo: A guy makes a break for the door, Uytana sticking out a foot just enough for him to trip over.
(7:55:13 AM) Earthflame: "Nice!" Khaira gives her a thumbs up, floating over to stomp on the guy to make sure he stays down. "Someone call the Boros!"
(7:56:37 AM) Ikiryo: Someone gets right on that.
(7:56:49 AM) Earthflame: Khaira smiles. "Hi Uytana!"
(7:59:09 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana seems to be doing her best not to be seen. She's still not got a hang of ducking low enough to hide her ears.
(8:00:06 AM) Earthflame: Khaira leans over and pokes one. "Why didn't you beat those guys up yourself? They'd be no threat to you."
(8:00:57 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana jumps, clothes spilling out of her arms. "I...well...I was afraid..."
(8:01:27 AM) Earthflame: "Aww." Khaira hugs her.
(8:02:30 AM) Ikiryo: She seems surprised by the hug. "I didn't want to kill them...I mean, that's what Abyssals are good at..."
(8:03:19 AM) Earthflame: "But you're more than that."
(8:03:32 AM) Earthflame: Khaira speaks it with frank, simple honesty, matter of fact.
(8:04:02 AM) Ikiryo: "...I was afraid I'd do it even if I didn't mean to." By this point she's dropped all the clothes on the ground.
(8:06:06 AM) Earthflame: Khaira leans down and starts picking them up. "Then we should practice!"
(8:09:02 AM) Ikiryo: "What?" The clothes are...gothy. Though Uytana clearly has no real fashion sense, most of them don't work together.
(8:09:28 AM) Earthflame: "On non-lethal takedown! Also these aren't the right clothes."
(8:10:22 AM) Ikiryo: "...they are not? But I thought...I had to look more death-y..."
(8:16:21 AM) Earthflame: "You don't have to if you don't want to!" Khaira does a little spin in her white sundress. "But you can if you'd like to! But not with those."
(8:17:09 AM) Ikiryo: "Well, I mean...it's supposed to help my situation..." She frowns. "Why not these?"
(8:18:32 AM) Earthflame: "They won't look good together!"
(8:19:12 AM) Ikiryo: She looks over them. "They won't? I thought...sorry, I don't know fashion."
(8:20:06 AM) Earthflame: "It's okay!" She pets Uytana. "I do and- Oooh. I know an expert!" Khaira calls Sarandiel!
(8:20:35 AM) Ikiryo: It's not long before she picks up. [Hello?] The angel looks half asleep.
(8:21:03 AM) Earthflame: [Hi! I have a friend who needs goth clothes advice! Also were you sleeping sorry?] Khaira points at Uytana. "Pose!"
(8:22:14 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana less 'Poses' and more 'Freezes like a deer in the headlights' [Not yet...just got back home]
(8:22:42 AM) Earthflame: [Ohh? What were you doing?] Khaira takes a picture and sends it as 'NeedsGothing.jpg'
(8:23:40 AM) Ikiryo: [Some local vampires went crazy and finally showed themselves. Had to clear them out before anyone got hurt.] Khaira gets lots of very quick advice.
(8:24:44 AM) Earthflame: [Oh dear. I hope you're okay!]
(8:27:08 AM) Ikiryo: [Just tired]
(8:27:45 AM) Earthflame: [Well, get some rest! And thanks for the advice!] "So my friend is tired after beating up vampires but she gave me some advice for the best goth boutiques so let's go!"
(8:28:28 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana nods nervously.
(8:29:24 AM) Earthflame: Khaira takes her by the arm. "Still, it was smart of you! Trying to figure out a way to make it easier on yourself! Good job!" Khaira gives her a smile. "And later we'll do some non-lethal magic training! You can practice on Annandra!"
(8:30:10 AM) Ikiryo: "...how do you tell if something killed her or not?" Uytana lets herself be led.
(8:31:02 AM) Earthflame: "How quickly she gets up!"
(8:31:43 AM) Ikiryo: She nods. "...I guess if nothing else, killing things is supposed to make it easier on me. Do you think that still works with Annandra?"
(8:32:19 AM) Earthflame: "Probably!"
(8:36:03 AM) Earthflame: [Hey Annandra mind if Uytana uses you for non-lethal magic practice? Also maybe kills you a few times?]
(8:38:18 AM) ID_chrome: [Non-lethal is really open when I won't die permanently unless it's holy magic. As long as she doesn't mind either replacing my clothes afterward or me being nude during the practice? I learned my lesson the last time Lien had me be target practice.]
(8:38:23 AM) ID_chrome: [Shirts add up after awhile.]
(8:38:56 AM) Earthflame: [Sure!] Khaira smiles at Uytana. "Annandra's okay with it!"
(8:39:08 AM) Ikiryo: "...alright?" She nods
(8:39:46 AM) Earthflame: "So, clothes!" Khaira picks one from the list Sarandiel gave her and goes! Apparently it's small and expensive but super exclusive!
(8:53:28 AM) Ikiryo: Heading towards it, the pair bump into a very odd looking woman. A tall, athletic woman of Kaladesh decent with a large bust, a narrow waist with impressive abs, seductively flared hips and legs that go on forever. Her black hair hanging down past a lovely ass. Her light brown skin has bright brass lines along it, like runic circuits.
(8:54:00 AM) Ikiryo: Most odd, however, is the second pair of arms she has. A quartet of flesh and brass arms. She's dressed in a short sarong skirt, a short halter top and a jacket all in red and gold. Her red eyes have brass tracery along the iris itself.
(8:54:01 AM) Earthflame: "Ooooooh!" Khaira floats over, looking at her.
(8:54:28 AM) Ikiryo: She looks over at Khaira, offering a smile. "Hello." She's got a few bags of clothes with her.
(8:54:31 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana just stares
(8:54:42 AM) Earthflame: "You're super pretty!"
(8:55:41 AM) ID_chrome left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(8:56:03 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana nods silently.
(8:56:04 AM) Ikiryo: She chuckles. "Thank you. It's...rather recent."
(8:56:54 AM) Earthflame: "Whoever did it did amazing work!" Khaira smiles, looking at her arms thoughtfully...
(8:57:43 AM) Ikiryo: "It was an accident...most likely." She seems a bit unsure about the latter part.
(8:58:01 AM) Earthflame: "...How do you do something that complicated by accident?" She cocks her head.
(8:58:16 AM) Ikiryo: "Some girl called Annandra."
(8:58:19 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana facepalms
(8:59:17 AM) Earthflame: "Oh, Annandra's a friend of mine!" She pauses, looking thoughtful. "...Were you super hot before she met you?"
(9:00:12 AM) Ikiryo: "...not really." She shakes her head, gesturing with one of her free hands. She has a few. An image appears of a decidedly unimpressive girl with two less arms and a lot less curves.
(9:00:27 AM) Earthflame: "I guess it's true then..."
(9:00:39 AM) Ikiryo: "...what is?"
(9:01:03 AM) Earthflame: "Ooooh!" Khaira grins as a pair of extra arms flow out of her torso. "...This feels funny." She stares, apparently having to focus hard to get them to move independently of the upper pair.
(9:01:56 AM) Ikiryo: "It's weirdly natural for me." She shakes her head. "Then again, most of this has seemed weirdly natural concidering how strange it all is."
(9:02:42 AM) Earthflame: "That happens..." Khaira nods sagely.
(9:04:20 AM) Ikiryo: She raises an eyebrow at Khaira. "What does? What is this true thing?"
(9:05:33 AM) Earthflame: "Ohh. Annandra just kinda makes porny things happen."
(9:05:56 AM) Ikiryo: "...that does not remotely surprise me. Especially with several of the new submodules I ended up with."
(9:07:38 AM) Earthflame: "Ohh?"
(9:07:53 AM) Earthflame: As Khaira's focus shifts, the extra arms dissolve.
(9:10:21 AM) Ikiryo: "The Synthetic Bliss Engram Submodule of Thousandfold Courtesan Calculations and Emotive Aesthetics of the Body Electric are particularly notable."
(9:10:36 AM) Earthflame: "...Those are big words that sound weird but kinda cool."
(9:12:57 AM) Ikiryo: "...they were definetly named by someone with a taste for the flowery."
(9:13:03 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana is blushing VERY hard at those name
(9:14:16 AM) Earthflame: Khaira looks to her. "Do you know what those are?"
(9:16:18 AM) Ikiryo: "No but they sound..."
(9:16:51 AM) Earthflame: "Sexy?"
(9:18:12 AM) Ikiryo: "I wasn't going to say that..." Uytana protests
(9:18:37 AM) Earthflame: "Why not? They are?" Khaira sighs. "Non-dryads are so weird about sex. Well, most of them. Reise isn't."
(9:19:42 AM) Ikiryo: "It's not weird..." Uytana shakes her head.
(9:19:57 AM) Ikiryo: The partially synethetic woman chuckles.
(9:20:11 AM) Earthflame: "Yes it is! Sex is completely natural and awesome!" She looks to the woman. "You agree, right? Oh, um, what's your name?"
(9:21:02 AM) Ikiryo: She smiles at Khaira. "Samaira...and previously I'm not sure I'd have agreed. Then again, previously I hadn't had sex." She shrugs.
(9:21:33 AM) Earthflame: "Ohh, Annandra was your first time? That's cute~" She offers a hand. "I'm Khaira!"
(9:22:10 AM) Ikiryo: She takes the hand, shaking it. "First and a few after that."
(9:22:19 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana turns all sorts of funny red colours!
(9:22:57 AM) Earthflame: "Maybe that'll help her calm down a bit! She always seems to get really flustered and stuff." Khaira pauses, turning to look at Uytana. "...Have you ever had sex?"
(10:27:42 AM) Ikiryo: "N-no!" She stammers.
(10:27:56 AM) Earthflame: "...Really?" Khaira seems surprised.
(10:29:10 AM) Ikiryo: "Why would I have?" Uytana is a truely glowing red at this point.
(10:29:28 AM) Earthflame: "Why would you Not? Sex is awesome."
(10:32:46 AM) Ikiryo: "Because everyone hates me and sex is just...that's something you do after you've been married for a few years!"
(10:33:38 AM) Earthflame: "Lots of people don't hate you! And Eladrin are silly." Khaira turns back to Samaira. "It was nice to meet you! But we need to go get her clothes." Khaira smirks at Uytana. "Sexy clothes~"
(10:35:14 AM) Ikiryo: "W-What! No, just normal clothes!" Uytana protests
(10:35:33 AM) Earthflame: "Dryad normal is sexy!" Khaira grins.
(10:36:03 AM) Ikiryo: Samaira smirks. "Stop round my shop if you need any metalwork done some time. Despite the look, it's not actually a brothel. I'm trying to find some clothes I can actually do metalwork in."
(10:36:07 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana looks horrified.
(10:36:40 AM) Earthflame: "Can you work with magical materials?"
(10:37:23 AM) Ikiryo: "...I'm not sure. I've not had any to work before...but I also feel a lot better at it than I did yesterday."
(10:37:39 AM) Earthflame: "Cool! I'll come by if I need anything!"
(10:40:53 AM) Ikiryo: She sends Khaira a location. "Alright, see you around."
(10:43:30 AM) Earthflame: Khaira looks it up as she leads Uytana to the boutique...
(10:45:45 AM) Ikiryo: It's a metalwork and vehicle shop it seems. Not yet updated with a new image of the owner.
(10:46:35 AM) Earthflame: "Neat!"
(11:09:43 AM) Earthflame: Khaira takes her on a whirlwind fashion tour! Into a world of dark silk and lace and just a little leather, dizzying Uytana with choices, having her try on outfit after outfit (and going through a few herself), before putting it all on the Orzhov coin and marching out victorious! The robe Uytana finds herself in would be familiar, if not for its dark colours... And the large sections of it
(11:09:43 AM) Earthflame: made out of translucent lace, weaving elegant patterns through the dark fabric, pale skin creating a lovely contrast. It also fits rather tighter than her usual, a broad belt around the waist and her hair up in chopsticks, accentuated with makeup and a fan in black and silver.
(11:10:19 AM) Ikiryo: The red blush is sorta ruining it though.
(11:12:15 AM) Earthflame: "Come on, you look great~" Khaira says, from rather higher than usual, in tall platform boots and a purposefully ragged dress, one shoulder shredded and the fabric angling across her breasts, the long skirt torn to show off the leg between the knee high boots and where the fabric becomes consistent again.
(11:12:51 AM) Ikiryo: She staggers slightly on her tengu Geta. "I-I do?"
(11:13:22 AM) Earthflame: "Yeah! We should go to one of the clubs near the temple!"
(11:14:20 AM) Ikiryo: "...what?" And back to pale! That looks more fitting.
(11:15:07 AM) Earthflame: "Yeah, they've got all these super cool goth clubs! And you look perfect! And it might help your abyssalness!"
(11:16:46 AM) Ikiryo: "...it might?"
(11:17:26 AM) Earthflame: "So let's go!"
(11:18:51 AM) Ikiryo: "I well...I mean..." She stammers. She's not very strong though, easily dragged places.
(11:19:30 AM) Earthflame: Khaira heads to the temple district!
(11:20:29 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana is dragged
(11:23:55 AM) Earthflame: A goth club *really* lets Khaira go off, going full spooky-stuttery teleporty as she zips and dances around the club, sometimes amongst the crowd, sometimes floating above it, others literally dancing on the ceiling, and something about the night and the music just sends her above and beyond, living the thrill and the fun~ That the temple of the Raven Queen is next door might help.
(11:24:53 AM) Ikiryo: She ALMOST feels alive here.
(11:27:06 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana proves to actually be a really good dancer, though she's having a hard time getting into it. Too nervous.
(11:29:29 AM) Earthflame: Khaira grins... Abyssals were meant to revel in death, right? And the Raven Queen encourages embracing and accepting it... This ticks both categories! A hug and a whispered prayer and a touch to the spirit... That should help her really get into it~
(11:40:00 AM) Ikiryo: Before long, she's smiling whenever she doesn't think Khaira can see her and dancing happily to the music. She's not really dancing with people but she's clearly having fun...and between the looks, the outfit and the fact she's actually a really good dancer she's getting a few appreciative looks.
(11:41:56 AM) Earthflame: "Yay!" Khaira punches the air, before going back to kissing a cute goth boy/girl. Sometimes it was hard to tell.
(11:43:18 AM) Ikiryo: Oh, it's actually twins and she's been losing track of the one she was kissing! That explains it.
(11:44:27 AM) Earthflame: A very pleasant problem to have~
(11:45:53 AM) Ikiryo: Uytana and her finish a few hours later, Uytana looking flushed again but this time with excitement (And more running about than she's used to) rather than embarrassment.
(11:46:25 AM) Earthflame: Khaira giggles, a bit tipsy on spirit-booze, an arm around Uytana as they stagger past the temples. "That was so Fun~!"
(11:46:54 AM) Ikiryo: "I...guess so?" Very bad at hiding the fact that she had a lot of fun.
(11:47:28 AM) Earthflame: "It Wa~as~" Khaira giggles.
(12:04:45 PM) Ikiryo: "Maybe a little..."
(12:05:05 PM) Earthflame: "Yay!" Khaira squeezes her tight. "But let's get you home to Reise~"
(12:06:39 PM) Ikiryo: She blushes. "A-Ah maybe not have her see me like this?" That...might be difficult to avoid. Pictures of Khaira and Uytana are trending among the goth community after that...
(12:07:01 PM) Earthflame: "Why not? I think she'll think you're super pretty!"
(12:08:35 PM) Ikiryo: The blush intensifies.
(12:08:50 PM) Earthflame: "And I think she'd Love to see you!"
(12:09:04 PM) Ikiryo: "R-Really?"
(12:09:11 PM) Earthflame: "Absolutely~"
(12:09:46 PM) Ikiryo: "...I suppose she wants to see me look nice...as a friend. She's said she'd like me to be happy..."
(12:11:13 PM) Earthflame: "So let's go let her see you!"
(12:11:31 PM) Ikiryo: "I guess?"