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That was one perk of being a Negaverse Captain: teleportation made it easy to be punctual. Even if doing it took about as much out of you as a hefty punch to the stomach, and you could only do it a couple of times a day, it definitely came in handy if you had more things on your plate to take care of before meeting up with someone... or you didn't want to mess around with actually running around the city because of the ******** weather. All Uranophane had to do was keep an eye on the clock, wait for it to hit the right time, and then transform and go.

Simple as that.

A couple of moments after Zinkenite arrived, Uranophane rippled into existence next to him, almost as if she had been standing there the whole time and he just hadn't noticed her until now. Her hands clasped behind her back, she turned to look at the other Captain, saying, "Oh, you're on time... as a matter of fact, you're early even. Very nice."

"I don't like to waste my time with such trivial activities as walking," Uranophane replied, but in spite of her stony expression it was evident she was joking. That was an interesting thing to note -- she wasn't supposed to have much of a sense of humor, and possibly be able to kill jokes with a moody glare.

Her eyes caught the Crystal soon enough, and she made no effort to hide her fascination at it. The fact that it was what it was made the slingshot seem a great deal more intimidating a tool than it may have been otherwise. "I've been wondering what you're able to do with that thing," she said matter-of-factly. "How about you tell me what your game piece does before we figure out where to place it?"

Uranophane's eyebrow pitched, clearly amused, and her expression broke further when she watched Zink do what he had to do to invoke the power of his Crystal. The poor little man, he sounded like a goddamned senshi. That had to be embarrassing.

Her interest piqued again at the word "transform," however, and she waited to see what would happen... and waited... and...

Zink's voice had trailed off. Uranophane gave him a look that clearly said well? why don't you get on with it? -- and when he didn't immediately, she rolled her eyes a bit and said, "If you don't have a breakthrough sometime this year, I'm asking that thing to turn you into a princess."

And with that Zink had completely disappeared, a maiden stepping right out of a gaudy fairy tale to take his place. Uranophane's eyes widened with surprise and genuine fascination, looking the Negaverser-turned-princess up and down several times and taking in all the intricate details. He really... had transformed, and she couldn't believe how effective it was. She wouldn't have been able to tell it was Zinkenite unless he or someone else told her!

There was just one problem... this was really, really, really goddamned funny.

It was hard for her to keep her composure -- and in some ways she honestly didn't, a poorly-muffled snicker breaking through her facade. Hey, at least she was trying to show him some respect.

"Well, at least we know that your disguises could fool just about anyone..." Uranophane replied, finding it impossible to suppress a rare, mischievous smirk. "I'm no expert on magic by any means, but that Crystal is definitely powerful. I can see why it's so important for us to get them all..." And with that, she was being perfectly honest. As much as the latest meeting had intrigued her, they had gone with the usual bit of being all talk and no evidence, which made her a bit wary.

"Who said anything about hiding?" she asked. "Isn't being able to hide in plain sight the entire point of being able to disguise yourself?" Hmph. "I don't know about you, but I don't have all night to wait for your carriage to turn back into a pumpkin. I'm sure there's a Christmas display at the mall or something you could be taking advantage of."

"An elf costume?" Uranophane balked, somehow managing to be picky in spite of the situation she had gotten her companion into. "Please, that would take too long to put together." Unless they went and stole one, but that would too messy for the sake of a little practice. "Not to mention you can drain energy in that getup, and I can't while powered down..."

"Fine," she said, crossing her arms stonily. "If you insist, I guess I can't let you have all the embarrassing fun." They started trotting down the street, in search of a costume shop that was open and had what they needed -- and Zink was correct, there was no shortage of places they could go at this time of year.

"But we're never talking about this again. Ever."