doku | VISIONS I HAD BURIED UNDERGROUND / RETURNING TO ABUSE US

I'll get it for you.

[And so he does, wherever she might have kept it, and sneaking it into the dressing room stall.]

I'm still finding it hard to believe that you're what people consider extra large...

[It's disappointing to suggest that she might not be able to take that sick coat home. Still, they have the name of the place so she can teach him how to shop online.]

Thank you!

[She opens the stall door to get her phone, and stands in front of him, points at her chest.] Boobs, Krieg. The only part of a woman's body aside from her stomach that can dramatically alter sizes.

[And the stomach part was more a reference to pregnancy, since you couldn't do anything about that once it got started.]

If I can find a thin enough top it should work, though! It's technically a coat anyway.

[So she'd never really wear it like this, and she could never button it all the way, but that wasn't such a bad compromise, and there is still the online store! She lifts her phone with her camera open annnnnd! Selfie!!]

Does the fashion industry really consider them that big?

[...uh, yeah, they are kind of huge, Krieg. How much of a virgin asexual can you be? Or have you just really not looked, like, at all?]

Do you trust me to find something large enough for you?

[Send him out on a mission! Or would you prefer not to be surprised?]

Krieg, in the entire length of our friendship have you never looked at my boobs and then looked at someone else's?

[Which, considering the man she's talking about? That might be the case.]

Sure! Like I said, I'm going to end up looking online too, it's not a big deal if there isn't a lot to be found. [She can't help grinning at the mirror, though it's more directed at Krieg - she just can't stop looking at herself yet.] Besides, I like being dressed up by guys.

[He's not the type for that at all, which is why it's kind of funny.]

...Should I have?

[He thought he was doing the respectful thing...!]

I'll be right back.

[And so Krieg scurries off for his quest. What does he return with? Two things. One shirt that should be thin enough on the grounds that it's practically see-through, and the other is a little more chiffon. They're both the biggest size he could find.]

[That's very respectful! But even on a purely observational note ...

Anyway! She waits and leaves the coat open, does a few little poses here and there in the mirror until he comes back and she can open the door again.] Oh, that one is perfect!

[The white one! She tries that on first with the coat open this time. Her gray bra is too contrasting and easily seen, and she's still wearing her shorts but it's got the makings of a decent outfit! She looks at the blue one, too and deems that while it may not work immediately there's a nice pair of leather pants that it'd fit with!]

And I had thought you'd need help with clothes! Hell, you're helping me!

I don't care. I'm having fun.

[He has some clothes. She has some clothes. They found them together and had fun doing it!]

Lemme see?

[You know, it's not as if she doubted it but that's weirdly reassuring to hear.]

Oh, right!

[She'd kept the door closed the whole time, but now it opens so that he can see as much as he likes.] A nice skirt, maybe add in a petticoat? It'll be perfect.

[She's really onto something here and he's right: It is fun. Shameless, directionless fun that she doesn't have to justify to anyone.]

Hmm.

[Krieg actually sits on his haunches to get a better view of the whole thing. A top-down view isn't the most comprehensive of vantages.]

What about a miniskirt and stockings?

[There's a little bit of odd staring at that but - whatever works for you, Tall Man.]

That'd work, too!

[He really has an eye for these things! If they weren't relatively close she'd actually feel a little bit jealous.]

[Only the best for you, Short Woman.]

I think we'll cut our losses for now and try to finish this up online instead.

I might already have a miniskirt that'll work, too! But we'll have to hunt down the stockings. Let me change!

[It's a shame to take the coat and top off, but it'd look a little strange if she walked out or went to lunch in this getup. When she comes back out she organizes the definite buys and keeps a hold of them just in case he isn't done! Otherwise, time to head up to the register.]

Man, I can't wait to wear that leather dress. Hey, do you think your sister would want to go dancing?

[Wait.]

... Is it weird if I go to a club with your sister?

I have no clue, you'll have to ask.

[He brings out their few winners out to checkout! This with what they bought earlier...it's not a closet, but it's a start. At her second question, he gives Nariko an arched eyebrow.]

Why would that be weird?

I don't know, I have an easier time with brothers, not so much with sisters.

[She's just trying to be a respectable music partner. One time lover ... Whatever, man. She pulls her phone out so that she can write some item numbers down before the dude at the register takes the security tags off.]

Maybe it's weird to ask when I've only known her for five seconds. And maybe she's low key like you ...

[This hopeless wondering will continue even as they get into the truck.]

Brothers?

[Only one?]

You're not--you don't intend to romance my sister, do you? [This is most definitely starting to sound like not a girls' night out thing.] She's got a girlfriend.

[He won't comment on the low key thing, because he honestly could not say one way or the other.]

[She doesn't know, man, she could totally screw this up and even if they do keep messing around what does that even make them, etc etc etc.]

Krieg, I don't even like women.

[But she's messed around with them in very particular situations which is what tends to confuse people, but the fact remains: She's straight, thank you very much!] And I'm not a home wrecker.

[She is ... Actually kind of surprised and maybe a tad bit hurt.]

Then what's the problem?

[Don't be hurt by him...well, not getting it.]

Girls 'go clubbing' together all the time, don't they?

[He shrugs.]

Not that you have to go to one if you just want to dance. She has her own studio.

[Yeahhh, no, she's a little hurt. That'll be violently repressed along with everything else but the point remains.]

I guess so?

[Sure, she went out with her female friends when she was still in school but as an adult she hasn't had any free time or very many friendships that weren't attached to her band, and therefore her label. In any case she's not going to explain that dancing is generally far more enjoyable when it's not just herself in a studio or maybe herself and one other person. Mostly she's gonna take the bags from their cashier.]

Speaking of that, do you think we can head over there now? [For lunch and all that.]

[He's totally ignorant of her repression...]

Yeah. I don't know if they're ready but I need a drink anyway.

[Not a boozey one! He's genuinely parched. Once the truck's all packed up they start heading back to Izzy's.]

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[She plays on her phone for the majority of the trip back and when they make it back to Izzy's and their trailer Nariko sets about putting most everything away. Her new clothes are folded and put off to one side while all the new ropes and such go in their tiny little storage closet. She can't really think of anywhere else to keep them.

Hopefully by the time she's decided on an outfit, done her hair and makeup, and double checked her appearance three times it'll be about time to go! She's switched out her shorts for a nice, flattering blue skirt and a flattering white top, and a thin beige belt and four inch heels, so she doesn't have to crane her neck so much to look up at him! She's curled her hair a bit at the ends and made her face flawless.]

See, this is the right level of perfection for meeting another woman you respect.

[Either way, she still has weird standards about the whole thing, but at least she's in a better mood!]

I see...

[No, not really. He's kind of equating it to being some derivation of a formal event or something? Still, he spends the entire time she's getting ready hydrating himself idly, just...sitting around and waiting, but now that she's done he steps out of the trailer, where Izzy and Chroma are waiting.

It seems like a case of "opposites attract" at first. Where Izzy is tall, muscular, and dresses in a fashion-forward way, Chroma is shorter--about Nariko's height--and chubby, with straightened and blunt-cut hair dyed a deep, dark purple with a single silver streak in her bangs. Her taste in fashion? Dark, space-themed lolita.

She stares like a deer in headlights as Krieg steps out of the trailer--"Oh my God," followed by Nariko, "Oh my God." She pulls Izzy aside and whispers, harshly and audibly:

"You didn't tell me your brother was Krieg," she hisses. "And--and he has Nariko with him."

Izzy just gives her a silent, shit-eating grin. Krieg takes a blasé sip from his water bottle and glances at Nariko.]

[Blink blink stare.]

Guess she's a fan.

[She looks up at Krieg and ends up meeting his gaze.] Can I have some of your water?

[Whenever Chroma is done with her moment they can do the introductions! ... Although they might be kind of one-sided since she knows who Krieg and Nariko are.]

Mm.

[He hands it over while Chroma has her little freak-out, who eventually takes a deep breath and turns around to introduce herself to the two of them, starting with Krieg.

"Hi, I'm Chroma0xide, member of the two-time championship winners Riptide. You can call me Chroma."

Because apparently this is a networking thing? SHe manages to shake Krieg's hand without any problem but she becomes obviously starstruck when it comes to Nariko, barely holding herself together to shake her hand.]

[How does she even pronounce that nickname. Screen name. Whatever, Nariko doesn't understand half of what Chroma's saying, she's mostly just smiling politely through it, even though Chroma seems way more concerned with being near her than Krieg. How weird.]

It's really nice to meet you!

[She's very patient about the whole thing, whenever Chroma's ready Nariko's grip is firm and easy. There's nothing to be starstruck about anymore! She's no one's lead anymore.]

[As it looks!

Lead or not, Nariko still had a profound impact on people, and there's no going back on that.

"It's a pleasure, Nariko."

She's practically trembling with joy. Izzy makes her way over to the garage and opens it, revealing a well-maintained seven-passenger van that will be more than comfy for the lot of them. The question is: who gets shotgun? Krieg isn't calling for it.]

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