no running in the halls!

[moonstrualcycle]

[hot off the presses, this one, horrendous new clothes and all. wherever it is in the DR's apartment building that Lea's chosen to roost, that's where Isa's getting yeeted catapulted, quite literally. at least it had the decency to drop her outside the apartment, right? enjoy the distinct sound of someone colliding hard with the wall next to the door and crumpling into a groaning mess on the floor. there's sand on her shoes, and a familiar frisbee came with her, dropped a short distance from where she landed. knock knock, Lea.]

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[cinderlea]

[ The tentacle hand is actually withdrawing, just much slower than the feathers are falling out and stuff. She reaches up to scratch her face with it, in fact, then jerks a little when she feels it. Oh well, time to keep moving- Hey... ]

Wasn't that my shirt?

[moonstrualcycle]

[aw. oh well. wouldn't do to start things off with possibly the best option ever, i guess.]

Yeah. I hope you weren't too attached to it.

[god, even her underwear has a rip in it from the tail. this is stupid. B( ]

[cinderlea]

Look, I'm just saying—

[ No she wasn't attached to it at all. She dusts herself off with the hand-hand and then heads for a closet closer to her room. This has been a lot of adventure. ]

What're you after? It's harder to find specific clothes than it is to find specific weird rooms, if you can believe it.

[moonstrualcycle]

Uh. Just somewhere with pants and long-sleeved shirts, I guess. I don't really care as long as it's comfortable and keeps me warm.

[also greyscale, but she's not conscious of that preference yet. the formative years for developing a personal image sort of got cut short.]

[cinderlea]

That's just vague enough to be, like, everything.

[ Totally doable. Here you go, let's say they've been walking and the closet is right at this intersection of halls. Lea's gonna open the door (both hands are now hands again) and now Isa can see why it's called the dressing room. Clothes for daaays. ]

apologies for the link spam, i came prepared

[moonstrualcycle]

[*-* Isa's not a huge clothing person, but damn. she drops her jacket by the door and wades in, metaphorically speaking; within a minute or two it'll become obvious that her tastes run towards leggings and slouchy turtlenecks in black and grey but mostly grey. assuming Lea's not just going to sit there and watch, though, there are some specific items nearby that Isa definitely needs and hasn't found yet. that's not even getting into the moon-themed silver jewelry section, or the fact that she also needs undies and sleepy clothes.]

[cinderlea]

[ Yeah no, she didn't come here to just stand outside, although she might have come here more to watch Isa be a normal person than to like... look for clothes for herself. She does pick up a hooded flannel for herself before spotting the tank top. It's funny enough that she immediately slings it over her shoulder, because yes. The pants... she doesn't really know enough about Isa's sense of fashion now to be able to figure out if she'd even like it, really, but they're pretty, and they're rad as fuck, so she'll pick them up (and the scarf) with the intent of showing them to her. Are they too girly? Is anything too girly? Whatever, time to wander over. ]

Find anything good?

[moonstrualcycle]

[Isa's looking critically between two tops that are extremely similar, as if 1) they're a lot more different than they actually are and 2) she can't just take both. so the answer is that she definitely needs more girly stuff and also assistance. hell, enough time with a heart and nothing extreme going on and you might even get her into a skirt at some point.

she's got a few items of clothing draped over her shoulder, anyway, all fairly boring full-coverage warm clothes for a boring person who either was given the Gackt tracksuit set or picked it out herself and went yes, this is ideal.]

Mhmm. Can I assume everything is magically the correct size? It all seems to be so far, but.

[cinderlea]

Pretty much. Sometimes clothes just appear in your rooms.

[ She isn't watching her as intently as Isa's studying those tops, but there is a particular amount of concentration in the way Lea's watching her that is more subtle than most people give her credit for. Then her brow furrows like she's about to laugh, and she reaches for one of them. ]

You know you can just take both of these, right? Gimme that.

[ It's just so nice to see her doing something normal, like eating breakfast or brushing her hair, or picking out clothes. It's similar to how things used to be, but it's also better, because it means that Isa is better. Isa's here again. ]

[moonstrualcycle]

[you're right, that was pretty gay. Isa goes very slightly pink and lets Lea take one, putting the other one on the pile on her shoulder.]

I've never been able to just take clothes before. Did you find anything interesting?

[besides that flannel monstrosity which will probably look great on Lea, goddammit.]

[cinderlea]

[ She tosses it over the shoulder with the tank top, which she fully intends to just let Isa find in her pile of clothes later, but she does offer up the pants (are they even pants? Lea doesn't know) for show. ]

Dunno if these are your style, but I think they'd look good on you. This one's for me.

[ Patting the flannel on her other shoulder. ]

It's funny, I'm seeing it around a lot lately.

[moonstrualcycle]

[Isa looks surprised and then pleased, and takes the pants to examine them. sexy isn't usually her style, but they are pretty, and why the hell not, she has her whole life ahead of her now, plus a Lea to seduce (not that that'll take much).]

I do like them, even though I wouldn't have picked them out myself. And I don't think it'll spoil anything for you if I tell you that your magic clothes from Yen Sid feature plaid. It looks surprisingly good on you.

[cinderlea]

[ A squint. ]

That's kind of weird. What is it, some kind of hivemind? Whatever, I'm taking it. Especially when you put it like that.

[ She would tilde if she could, verbally. ]

[moonstrualcycle]

[just tilde with facial expressions like Isa does.]

Don't ask me how your brain works, I gave up on understanding it ages ago. I think it's more that you've always liked plaid, so it stands to reason all the others around here would too.

[cinderlea]

[ Her facial expressions are so much less subtle though. Heart right on her sleeve and all that. ]

Guess so. Not like most of us Axels had a lot of room to be expressive until recently.

[ Dumb coats. ]

And who am I gonna ask if not you?

[moonstrualcycle]

[god. fuckin. go canon update already, not that it'll be great once she's back, without the kids here as well. Isa's already turning her attention back to the array of monochrome shirts and sweaters in front of her.]

Riku, maybe, but I doubt she'd want to understand your brain.

[cinderlea]

Yeah, no, that's fair. She's got enough, weirder me-types to understand.

[ Like Red, and Ninxel and his weird hyena thing she understands sort of but kind of doesn't want to.

Yikes™, imagine Isa meeting Axel in a moment of gold eyes. ]

So are you gonna model for me when we get back? Oh, you need sleep clothes.

[moonstrualcycle]

[she'd powerbomb him into the dirt and then they'd have lunch.]

I do, and sure. Have you seen any?

[oh but there's jewelry nearby, which also isn't usually her style, but there's something specific that she's noticed which is pulling her away from clothes. that crescent moon hairstick thing i used in the image for her fanmix is there too, this closet clearly knows what's up.]

[cinderlea]

[ Pre-moon Riku, Ninxel, and Isa at a steak house? y/n?

Lea is already starting to say no and looking around, but she's distracted by how Isa gets distracted, and stops moving away to watch her. Oh. ]

Oh. This place knows it's you.

[moonstrualcycle]

[please. Isa might not be able to pack away the meat like those two can but she'd certainly try. her face has probably gone all soft and pleased, which i'm sure Lea's seen before but probably not in a long time, unless it was earlier today or last night. she picks up the earrings, which go immediately into her pocket for safe-keeping, and examines the hairstick curiously before realizing what it's for and stashing it as well. gonna play dressup when they get home, and it'll be great.]

I wonder if it'll always have things like this, if I come back later.

[cinderlea]

It might.

[ She'll wander over this way in search of something appropriate for sleeping, and also because seeing Isa like that made she really happy and kind of teary and she doesn't want to get Emotional when they're trying to have a relaxing not-shopping session. ]

Might as well take everything you want now, though.

[moonstrualcycle]

[dork. <3 she scoops up a couple of other bits of jewelry, on that note, because fuck it, and is about to get back to clothing when she spots something that is definitely leaving with her and which she'll give to Lea at some point after they get home, probably. now back to sweaters, and boring stuff like workout clothes and undies.]

I guess. This still feels weird, just taking stuff.

[cinderlea]

Feels like stealing, right? But it's a public closet. Free game.

[ Gonna toss these pjs over her shoulder, oblivious to whatever Isa is doing. Workout clothes? Be still my lesbian heart.

She stops to scratch the back of her head, actually. ]

We probably should've grabbed a bag.

[moonstrualcycle]

[stoooop, those are adorable and she already loves them. now she feels bad that she hasn't found anything super amazing and perfect for Lea besides this one thing. it's honestly just more leggings and a sports bra, it's not very exciting.]

Probably. I can carry stuff if your stick arms are getting tired.

[cinderlea]

[ Rude af. ]

Are you gonna carry me when my stick legs get tired?

[ Are we just gonna spend the next two weeks being weird and also carrying each other places? She'll grab a couple more nondescript pj lounging outfits for comfort, because it's been established that Lea loves staying in bed all day. ]