[PRP BENT] When Women Shop (Juno/Hack/Ane)

[Shnazz]

Surprisingly enough, Juno had been adjusting easily enough to this new switch of gender. Being a model perhaps was what made the transition easier? But let's leave it short explained at Juno knowing quite a bit about females. Needing a new wardrobe for this fine female figure he was now sporting, she convinced Hack that she too should think about a bit of new clothes to fit her new attributes. It was simple logic.

And Ronth had plenty of malls... They could easily find a nice place to get some new shirts and pants... Skirts maybe. Dresses? Shoes. Purses, bags... Okay, maybe Juno should've been born a woman. Though her masculine qualities did seem to make up for her fashion interest. And she fully intended to take advantage of all these new things she could try on. Just for fun, may as well use what she's got while she's got it. Hopefully Binary wouldn't figure out how to fix them all up too soon, that would suck. She had a lot of things in mind to try as a female, who knows if such an opportunity would ever exist again. She was glad to be dragging along her best friend, though it didn't really take much convincing.

Hack was just as mischievous as her. Though Juno was having a touch of trouble adjusting to this new height. Coming down from 6'-something to 5'-something was definitely a challenge. Her arms were not as long... Her legs felt stubby in comparison. But Juno did have to admit that she had a good female figure, petite and thin. Hack didn't have too poor of a female figure either, so shopping would definitely be an interesting adventure as they explored the possibilities.

"Hey. After we go shopping, we should hit up a club. See if guys will hit on us." Juno said nudging Hack with her elbow, laughing at the idea as they walked down the street. Juno was currently in her male-jeans that she'd asked Alex to make smaller since she had no female clothes, and a rather too-large t-shirt that she had tied the end in a knot at her waist. Also wearing a pair of flip-flops. In fact, she looked a bit mismatched currently. And it being only a few days after the transformation (she hadn't found time prior due to crime fighting, and mind it was difficult to do so in clothes that were meant for a taller more muscular you).  

[mori-zae]

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It didn't much convincing on Juno's part to get Hack out on the streets. The technopath had been rather reticent at first ("Are you suggesting we go on a flesh parade?"), but then again, it was true that his-- her current wardrobe was filled with nothing that would fit her current physique. And so it was with some reluctance that Hack decided to join her new BFF on this shopping trip. She may be a woman in body now, but she was still 100% man-Hack mentally.

On the plus side though, being a woman meant she could plan a whole new array of pranks... and never get caught! Since this lady thing was only temporary anyway, right. There were a lot of... advantages, that came with being the opposite sex. For one, she could probably get away with most things if she batted her eyelashes nicely enough, since her face didn't look half bad. Heavy lifting was out of the question though. Her strength had greatly diminished after becoming a woman, as evidenced by that one time she tried to move her CPU for a checkup and nearly dropped it on the cat instead.

Juno clearly had similar funny ideas up her sleeve. Hack grinned generously at her suggestion. Wouldn't those dudes be terribly surprised if they knew who they really were...

"Oh yes," she giggled. "You're going to break some hearts with that face of yours."

And then Ronth's largest mall came into view: Ellie's. Hack usually did ALL her shopping there since it carried just about everything thing she needed; clothes, food, furniture, random as hell supplies, EVERYTHING. Of course, she'd never ventured into the ladies section.

"Let's start with that," she gushed, hooked one arm around Juno's and without even asking, tugged her friend towards the gigantic structure.

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[melona-pan]

This had not been a good week for Anemone.

It hadn't been a great week for anyone, really; spontaneously switching sexes had thrown everyone's game off a bit. Anemone, however, in her his usual fashion had simply chosen to not venture outside of his room.

Nope.

Not doing it.

Ane remained holed up in the room he shared with the now babelicious Theo, which all in all wasn't too out of character for him. Anemone was never very good at dealing with stressful situations or change; and this certainly fell into both categories and then some. Borrowing a few items of clothing from Theo, Ane had managed to scrape by clothing-wise. He had gained some height but remained thin and lanky- but his shoulders. Oh my god those shoulders.

Anemone couldn't even handle the broad shoulders he was now sporting. As a chick she had a minuscule frame- her shoulders were thin and frail looking and not very big at all. If anything, as a female her shoulders were smaller than the average pair- most ballet dancers tended to be on the petite side. Now Ane was constantly smacking them off door frames and bumping into things- his pale arms were littered with bruises. He just couldn't cope with this new body and these new additions. Speaking of new additions- going to the bathroom had proven to be rather embarrassing and Ane had decided to just not look and keep sitting like a girl.

Needless to say, Anemone was not coping with this new body even just one bit. His self esteem had been practically non existent as a girl to begin with, and being transformed into an awkward man certainly had not helped his image issues.

It had taken him the better part of a week to muster up the courage to leave the dorm building. Getting off campus had proven easier than Ane had anticipated; but he supposed lots of kids were probably freaking out and were asking to leave the island and go home. Or, more logically, to go get new clothes... Originally Anemone had intended to beeline back to Quancell and stay locked up in his own room until mommy dearest had worked out some sort of cure- (he had all the faith in the world in her mother, and found himself doubting the Academy's ability to fix the whole gender swap issue as the days trickled by). However, overhearing two boys in tight, mismatching outfits on the same chartered boat to the mainland discuss shopping had changed his mind.

Having his mother see him like this would be a fate worse than death.

At least, that's the thought that dashed across Ane's mind that very moment. No- it was better to just tough it out, grab a few pieces of clothing and return to the safe embrace of his mattress and bedsheets. Trailing behind the two other males that had recently lost their boobage, (she had only ever been to Ronth unattended once- and even then had a map for her mission), Ane finally found himself at something familiar in the unfamiliar, bustling city.

A shopping mall!

Ane clapped his hands gleefully together- while usually endearing when she did it as a girl, it sort of just looked awkward and creepy with his oversided hands and.... well, man-face. Shopping was certainly something Ane liked to do and could afford to do a lot of; and while he wasn't used to the lower class, packed malls nor male clothing it couldn't be terrible, right? Shopping was shopping and no one here would, or could, ever recognize her in this new body.

Right?  

[Shnazz]

Juno snickered. Her? Break hearts? Juno did have to admit that she made a rather decent woman. Petite, slim but muscular. Not nearly as strong as her male-self, but not that low on the scale either. She had the look of an athletic but elegant female.
"I think we'll break equal hearts if you don't act like a foolish git..." Juno snirked, thinking about how well Hack would be able to pull off this 'female' thing. She was awkward as a guy in terms of romance, and she was pretty sure that would translate through even with switched genders.

And perhaps it was girly hormones or the excitement of this new adventure, Juno gently squeezed Hack's arm as it was hooked with her own. Entering the mall seemed like an entirely different experience being a woman. They would need to look for very different things. And maybe Juno would be able to convince Hack to wear things other than skin-tight spandex... Widen her horizons, so to speak.
"We should get you a summer dress." Juno snickered, though of course she knew that Hack in a summer dress would look completely absurd. She just wanted to see it on her in all the ridiculousness. But Juno almost stopped short for a second, slowing down considerably, when she saw a tall figure that looked for some reason extremely familiar.... "Hey wait..." Juno discreetly pointed a delicate finger towards the white-haired figure. "That person... Doesn't he look familiar to you...?" she whispered to her partner in crime.

And at that particular moment, it was the girly gesture that clinched it for Juno. Granted that Juno didn't know if Hack had met Anemone yet or not, but Juno was pretty sure that looked exactly like a male-version of the shy youth. Her smile cracking into a wide cat-ish grin exhibiting her pearly whites, she tugged Hack along towards the awkward individual. "Let's go say hi!"  

[mori-zae]

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"I think we'll break equal hearts if you don't act like a foolish git..."

Hack snorted derisively and waved a dismissive hand at the comment. Really, she had better things to break than hearts, maybe a couple of chandeliers or firewalls, but certainly not hearts.

She steered the both of them towards the section with frilly dresses and skirts, the land of the unknown, terra incognita. Her eyes roved around the area, taking in the wide array of outfits on display with disbelief. How in the world did women ever get any clothes shopping done when there were so many choices...? No wonder they could spend hours doing this and not buy a single thing / buy a lot of things.

"We should get you a summer dress."

Hack raised an appraising eyebrow at her girlfriend.

"You mean YOU should get a summer dress," she corrected Juno with a grin, and leveled a look of disdain at a rack of brightly colored summer dresses. "I'd rather get something more... secure," she mused, gaze wandering towards a shelf with an assortment pants and shorts.

And then Juno came a halt, staring at something in the distance.

"What? See something you like?" Hack queried, peering in the direction of Juno's gaze.

"That person... Doesn't he look familiar to you...?"

Hack squinted into the distance. Who...?

"Let's go say hi!"

The technopath blanched. Oh HELL NO she was not meeting anyone she knew like... like THIS. Panicking, she immediately tugged Juno in the opposite direction.

"No! I-- We can't just meet someone looking like... like this!" she hissed frantically, vaguely hoping that Juno's vanity was still intact and multiplied several times as a woman.

Of course, it was at such an opportune moment that a bunch of hairy looking biker dudes decided to make a pass at them. In a shopping mall. It was absurd, but there it was.

"Hey ladies, lookin' good," the largest one of them drawled, leaning in too close for comfort, close enough that Hack could see the pockmarks blemishing his splotchy face and several coarse hairs protruding from his nostrils. Eurgh... The others leered at them in a semicircle. Hack shrank back, swallowing nervously as she clutched Juno's arm a little harder than usual.

"Crap," she whispered.

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[melona-pan]

Manemone had been feeling pretty good about himself for the first time since, well, the whole gender swap thing. Being alone was nice, and even if he didn't really know where he was Ane had more than enough money to get back to the Academy one way or another. For now he could enjoy dressing up as a guy; the prospect seemed potentially enjoyable, although Ane much preferred shopping in and for her female body. But, he had always wanted a younger brother to dress...

Ane meekly tugged open one of the heavy glass doors to the mall, stepping into an invisible cushion of cool, artificially cooled air. Shuddering at the sudden temperature change, Ane slowly wandered into one of the lobbies of the mall, spotting a directory that every mall posted practically every few hundred feet. He started to make his way towards it, curious as to what sort of stores this mall held; did they carry high end?, but a crowd of people off to his left caught the gravity manipulator's attention first. Ane glanced away from the unruly crowd of somewhat unkempt men, eager to dismiss other's problems; but he did do a double take on the two females they were currently harassing. The taller one had the almost unmistakable blonde and black hair, the shorter a familiar pair of goggles and a scar across her round face.

N-no way...

Ane winced. It was a coincidence, r-right? He didn't even know if Juno and Hack knew each other; although really, they were staff at the same school how could they not? Ane scolded himself for grasping at failed reasoning desperately; it was almost certainly her teachers. He refused to accept it at first, glancing from the directory he wasn't actually reading back to Juno and Hack. It totally was. It completely, without a doubt, was them. Albeit them as girls, but seeing as Ane was now sporting a third leg that didn't seem very far fetched at all. Judging by their clothing, they were probably even here for the same reason he was...

Well, they were teachers after all. Heroes, even! Why should a mere student have to step in? Ane mused to himself, gaze now fixed on the fast food listing. In the back of his mind, Ane's mother was scolding him, going on about what it meant to be a hero and whatever other inane ideals she had from the media about the topic. Ane was no hero, never planned on being one; it was just about honing his abilities. Yup. And he was just here to get some clothes, not make a scene. He'd probably just interfere with something his superiors could have easily dealt with themselves- maybe they were just having a casual chat. Yup.

And yet, Anemone's lips quivered and he glanced back over. Hack seemed to be cowering slightly now- oh god why were his feet moving now? Ane slowly made his way over to the small group of rather unpleasant looking men, perusing his lips. Somehow, somehow he managed to push words out of his mouth.

"Is... is there a problem here...?"