paradisalost | Twentieth Sip

[Mal has been enjoying the peace and quiet after that whole slenderman mess. She really should have known something would ruin it. More to the point, she should have expected that speech about how her world worked on belief to come back and bite her on the ass.

Her first clue something is distinctly wrong was when she wakes up in the hallway outside her room. The next big warning klaxon is that her hair is in her eyes, that's definitely not normal. Looking down and seeing more cleavage than had been on show for a long time (ie: any) is the final horrible proof that her life is going to get especailly more difficult. Luckily, the journal is open on the floor to record her displeasure]

What the bloody HELL?!!

[She jumps up to a standing position pretty damn quickly; despite the fact this dress is clearly not designed with movement in mind, and tries her door, which does not open. Well, she's not having any of THOSE castle games, thank you very much. The journal picks up the loud BANG as she tries to punch her door off it's hinges, to no avail]

OH COME ON! What did I do to deserve this?

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Do you really. Is "decorum" another word for "kind of stuck-up"?

For us, yes? It's just a fancier way of saying it.

Which works with the "stuck-up" thing pretty well, huh?

Precisely. It's what we do best.

I bet. [He was going to suggest that eating people or turning into bats are maybe things vampires do better, but then again she is the first vampire he ever knew. So maybe not!]

So how come you don't like wearing dresses, anyway?

[There's a whole package deal thing going on. She sighs]

Because it's what's expected of me. The second you put on a dress in my country, hell, in my species, you may as well not have a brain or a sense of self at all. You're taken a lot more seriously if they think you're male.

That's actually pretty stupid.

Yes, it is. But that's how things are done, and Gods be damned you get them to change their minds.

Well, it's probably not that big a deal here. I mean, lots of women wear skirts in this place and stuff.

That doesn't make me want to wear a skirt any more. I got quite comfortable with the trousers.

That's fine too. I wouldn't want to wear a skirt either.

[She chuckles a little around her coffee cup]

I don't know, a skirt might make your legs look smashing.

[Pfftt, haha, he grins around his cigarette at that!]

Corporal, I never knew that about you.

[A sip of her coffee]

There's a lot you don't know about me yet.

I know, you like to do the whole "mysterious" thing. I'll figure you out someday.

I think that's what you'd call a pipe dream, Brock.

Well, I like to stay positive.

We'll see how far that gets you.

If we're being positive about it, pretty far, probably.

Oh? I wasn't aware positive thinking could get a person so far.

Oh, sure. In my world, there's books dedicated to that shit. Oprah says it's alright and everything.

You're doing the Earth popular culture thing again, Brock.

[That understanding was short-lived!]

Oh. Uh, it's not important. Anyway, yeah, it's a thing.

I'll take your word for it.

Anyway, I thought you'd be all over positive thinking. Since thinking makes stuff real where you're from, or whatever.

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