branding lady, meet meek little lamb

[mxglam]

Glam isn't allowed to actually patrol the following day (it's a Sunday), so they mostly browse the 'net and read books. Echo's busy with her family (and she is allowed to go out patrolling), and Lorica's... doing something.

They're slightly worried about the fact that Yates hasn't replied to their email, but it's the weekend, so maybe that's why.

Has she replied to the email by Monday?

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[mxglam]

"Yeah! If I could get a reputation of 'they can do literally anything' that will make me happy."

[thinkering]

"First step: 'they'."

[mxglam]

"...yeah."

[thinkering]

"I'm sorry they're giving you a hard time."

[mxglam]

Shrug. "Being two people is almost as good."

[thinkering]

"Plus, versatility boost."

[mxglam]

"Yeah. When I come out as being only one person that will probably help with the whole 'they can do anything' thing even if the 'they' part might be a bit more problematic."

[thinkering]

"Exactly."

[mxglam]

"I'm trying to count on the fact that Loen's gonna be a boy and Glam a girl but I'm worried people will just fixate on girl girl girl. Which would be hilarious because that's the opposite of the problem I had for the first seven years of my life."

[thinkering]

"You were -?"

[mxglam]

"Boy-shaped, so to speak."

[thinkering]

"I stopped short of saying seven, actually."

[mxglam]

"Ah. Yes. I was. I think I did tell you I triggered ten years ago at some point."

[thinkering]

"'Ten' could have been rounding."

[mxglam]

"Wasn't." Pause. "Actually I think the anniversary's next week."

[thinkering]

"Jeez."

[mxglam]

"Actually, it's the 24th, the anniversary's the day after tomorrow."

[thinkering]

"I'm sorry."

[mxglam]

They sigh and shrug. "Other than the body-reflects-gender thing, it took me a long time to actually really understand what my power was."

[thinkering]

"It seems like it might be hard to figure out. You've got it really ramped up now though."

[mxglam]

"Yeah, there's a reason I didn't start going out in costume 'til recently. Had to be sure I had it under control and stuff. I actually waited a year after I had enough control to satisfy me before starting." Pause. "And it still wasn't enough to save that guy."

[thinkering]

Lorica pats them on the shoulder.

[mxglam]

Sigh.

[thinkering]

Sigh.

[mxglam]

"...it occurs to me that performing stress tests on my power while I'm wearing a costume and we're standing on a boat I conjured could've gone pretty badly if my power worked differently."