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A New Look [Open]

What is known: when the crew came to XaXing for Shore Leave, Sasami was made a rich girl - two sets of memories spanning a combined total of just over a millennium would do that for someone wanting to sell them to someone who wanted to buy memories. Sasami had spent plenty of that money to help stock up her little restaurant and her house with enough food and other things to last them until another stop, if not longer. But, it did leave her with so much more to indulge on, yet it left her holding the bag - she had no idea, at the time, what to do with it.

What isn't known: that after a few false starts, Sasami had finally figured out what to get from there... and it made her a little more than a bit embarrassed about wanting to be seen in them. One of those things was an interesting collection of clothes. During her wandering, she had passed by a clothing shop and, while she had every intention on picking up either casual clothes or those close to her usual Juraian-style kimonos, there were a few that especially caught her eye.

At the moment, in an abandoned building, she was trying out one of those. The person had said that it was fit for a princess and it certainly fit: the bright white, gold and pink colors, the intricate design pattern on the outer jacket gloves and boots, the flared skirting. It was like it was made for a princess.

Finding a mirror to look at herself, a bit smile formed on her face, giving herself a little spin as if showing someone with her a full look of her in it. Despite all her want and need to help, wearing this gave a sense of just being herself...

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"You're wearing that?"

She had been careful to keep the sarcasm out of her voice, but also just enough to also keep her voice at a decent level: she may have been in her Hit Girl costume, but right now she was rocking a hangover that was enough to make a migraine welcome. Normally she would never wear her costume or this, but she looked like SHIT as Mindy at the moment. The mask and purple hair were perfect for this.

"It looks kinda...poofy."

Sasami kept her surprise in check - she should have known someone would have seen her. She couldn't help but grin sheepishly as she turned to face her.

"Yeah, well... I think it's cute." she admitted. "And it may be poofy, but... it's unique."

"That's definitely a word for it, unique," Hit Girl said. She put a hand to heard though: it felt like there was an all day party going on in there, and it was making her feel woozy.

"What prompted the wardrobe change?"

"Well... I guess I needed something different. Ever since, well... ever... I've always been in kimonos and the like. I've worn a few normal clothes here and there, but..." Sasami chuckled and shrugged. "I wanted something different."

By this time, she noticed Hit Girl woozy. "H-Hey, are you alright?"

"Well, there are always jeans and skirts and sundresses and stuff," Mindy said. "If you want, you know, we can go and chose something for you, kput your hair up, stuff like that."

She rubbed her head. "I took one of Negi's pills and...well, I drank a lot, I guess."

"Eheh, yes, well... I kinda like this for now..." Sasami admitted, smiling.

Her eyes went wide as she heard what Mindy had done. "You drank? Why?!" She'd seen how bad drinking binges get - mostly from incidents involving a slighted Ayeka against a Ryoko who could drink the world out of its sake.

"It's not so bad, I guess," Mindy said, wincing.

"I said I would," Mindy replied. "If it was to anyone else, maybe I might have waited, but it was Ruff, so...I aged up and drank. We were insane."

Sasami sighed in exasperation. 'Insane' isn't even the word for it. "Mindy, I don't care what you think you are, but you can't drink like that!" she said, trying not to scold her. "I know you'll argue against it, but you're still a kid. Yes, you're a hero and all, but that doesn't give you the right to do something like that!"

There was a hint of worry in her voice as she spoke. She was more scared at she'd get hurt in her state.

It would come to the scolding, wouldn't it? Hell, she could have lied about it, but she didn't. Sasami was already telling her what she could and could not do.

"It would have been fine if the stupid pills had kept!" Mindy answered. She sighed. "Hell, I told Ruff I would, so I did. I keep my word. That's just how I work."

It was weird, but she rolled that way. "And anyway, what person is just kept down by what they can't do anyway? You test your limits, its how you know you can get stronger."

Sasami just facepalmed. It would be like arguing with a brick wall, that was for sure.

"Look, Mindy, you're not looking too good. You should go and lay down for awhile. It won't help you if you're staggering around like that. Okay?"

It might be scolding her, but she's concerned about her friend.

Yes, yes it was. Hit Girl was definitely not used to getting fussed at either.

"Not really a point in staying still, its painful either way...but whatever you say, dear." Hit girl said the last part in faux humble tone, sounding like an abused husband.

"How are you and Negs doing?"

Sasami pouted a bit at Hit Girl's comment. She really hated it, she could tell.

"Well, I haven't seen him in awhile, but I'm sure he's doing fine." Sasami said, not really knowing that he got caught up in that fight with Signum.

Oh, Hit Girl would just have to deal, in that case. After all, sometimes Mindy just needed some looking after: no one else would do it.

"Well, two things: I need to learn more magic from him. Right now, despite how much better in the body and training I am from Ruffnut, I still am trailing behind her when it comes to actual power and energy: she can still channel her energy when it comes to fighting. It's embarrassing."

And then came the other things. "And, uh, one other thing. This is something directed to you, Princess: when did you know you actually liked Negi that way?"

"M-Me?" Sasami stammered, blushing at the question. "I... well... I guess it was before the our first Shore Leave. We had been friends for awhile, but... he was always so nice, so caring..."

She scratched her head as she continued. "It probably didn't help with what we did during it..." The ploy to help an adult Negi, their little date, the Pactio during the attack...

"So in other words, he poured on his English charm," Mindy chuckled, grinning. "I get that. Hell, I OUGHT to, considering it won me over too. He's a good ki-no, a good guy, when you get down to it. It was kinda how I knew I didn't have a chance, you know? I tend to break people like that, or at least, I would likely worry the hell out of them."

Which was why, when she thought about it, the person she needed wasn't someone who would worry: it was someone as crazy as she was, who would fight and keep fighting until they won or died.

"Really? Tell me more: I'm sort of thinking about how I can relate."

"That looks really good on you, Sasami-chan!" Hikari said as she walked up over towards the younger girl and saw her in that dress. "Did you get that on XaXing?"

Sasami blushed at Hikari's compliment, causing her to slink back just a bit.

"T-Thank you, Hikari-chan!" Sasami said, trying to recover. "Yes, I did, actually...!"

Hikari smiled a bit more, moving closer to Sasami. "It's nice," she said. "How's the restaurant going?"

"It's doing well, but... it's tough." Sasami admitted. "I didn't realize how hard it was to do all that."

Hikari nodded. "Yeah, I guess something like that has to be a lot of work," she said. "I'm glad to hear that it's doing well though."

"Thank you, Hikari-chan...!" Sasami said, smiling. "How about you? How are you doing? We... haven't really talked since that whole incident with KAIN..."

Hikari smiled. "I'm doing already. Just training a bit, really," she said. "I mean, we never know when something like that is going to happen again, right? Plus well... I guess I can't just keep relying on the pactio I made with Negi a while back, if something like that happens to him again..."

Sasami nodded a bit. "You're right. I got a lot of power - power, that I forgot I had - but... I just don't know how to really use it yet."

Hikari nodded. "You'll figure out how to use it in time," she said. "I've been training with the standard equipment a bit to make sure I'm not helpless if I'm cut off from Negi again..."

Standard equipment? Probably the usual weapons others have used. She wasn't sure if she could do that, though...

"Well, I've been taking a bit of interest in archery." Sasami admitted. "After seeing Reimi do so, I couldn't help but try it myself..."

Hikari smiled. "Really? How's that working out?"

Heck, maybe she should try having Reimi teach her that too. More knowledge couldn't hurt, after all.

Sasami couldn't help but blush at that. "I-I'm learning..." she said, probably enough to tell Hikari that she had a long way to go.

"Oh, I'm sure you're doing fine," Hikari said, moving a bit closer and putting a hand on Sasami's shoulder. "I mean, you just started, right?"

"Yeah... I don't have to be perfect on the first try, right?" Sasami said, grinning sheepishly.

"Definitely not!" Hikari said. "That'd just be asking way too much."

"Did you you get that on XaXing?" Ashley was on this occassion not wearing her Phoenix armor, but simple pants and shirt over her plantsuit. Still being cautious over what was happening on the ship recently, she was glad Sasami was okay.

"Hm? O-Oh, yes. Yes, I did!" Sasami said, nodding to Ashley as she approached. "I had gotten so much money there I ended up deciding to spend a bit of it on myself after I got everything I wanted."

Ash had a small almost unnoticeable smile on her face. "I got a few things there myself. How have you been?"

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