Lash stuck out her tongue at him, but she was grinning. That was a good sign, if anything. "Then I'll just wear another bathing suit instead, Overlord. Or at least something not from this store." So that wasn't a...complete no, if anything. She held up the skirt again.
"We are taking it," she added with a nod, amused at how his mode had changed the minute she brought it out. At the mention of her tattoo, however, she looked down and poked at it with her other hand.
"Oh!" she turned her head at the dark purple lights. "Tee hee, I hadn't even noticed they were UV lights." She looked down again, and turned so he could have a better view of it. "See, at the bottom they put our name. This is why no one in Black Hole ever had huge ones. The barcode is scanned as you enter any building to confirm your identity, or alert who is coming. Wrong barcode, and you were either shot or arrested for questioning. Most people would be happier getting shot, trust me. And at the top is the Black Hole symbol!" She grinned, looking into another clothing rack. "Because the tattoos are only visible in UV light, they weren't detectable to the naked eye. That way, we could easily sneak into their bases without being suspects." Unless they had a supply of blacklights. "However, they couldn't sneak in our bases and let's just say very few people were brave enough to copy a full code tattoo into their own skin."
She spun around one of the jewelery racks, her eyes searching for something that looked at least nice or maybe deadly enough to use as a weapon. Most of these were terrible fake diamond incrusted 'babyoll' and 'sexy' necklaces that probably weighed a few pounds.
"Black Hole was always about efficiency and being better than the other nati...ooh!" Her attention was suddenly shifted to something else. "This one is a gun..." she held it up to admire it better.
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"We are taking it," she added with a nod, amused at how his mode had changed the minute she brought it out. At the mention of her tattoo, however, she looked down and poked at it with her other hand.
"Oh!" she turned her head at the dark purple lights. "Tee hee, I hadn't even noticed they were UV lights." She looked down again, and turned so he could have a better view of it. "See, at the bottom they put our name. This is why no one in Black Hole ever had huge ones. The barcode is scanned as you enter any building to confirm your identity, or alert who is coming. Wrong barcode, and you were either shot or arrested for questioning. Most people would be happier getting shot, trust me. And at the top is the Black Hole symbol!" She grinned, looking into another clothing rack. "Because the tattoos are only visible in UV light, they weren't detectable to the naked eye. That way, we could easily sneak into their bases without being suspects." Unless they had a supply of blacklights. "However, they couldn't sneak in our bases and let's just say very few people were brave enough to copy a full code tattoo into their own skin."
She spun around one of the jewelery racks, her eyes searching for something that looked at least nice or maybe deadly enough to use as a weapon. Most of these were terrible fake diamond incrusted 'babyoll' and 'sexy' necklaces that probably weighed a few pounds.
"Black Hole was always about efficiency and being better than the other nati...ooh!" Her attention was suddenly shifted to something else. "This one is a gun..." she held it up to admire it better.