As soon as I was teleported into the Atmos using my amazing Teleportation Powers That All Authors Have And Use For Situations Like This: Torturing Their Favorite Characters (whew, that was a rather long name…I have to have a word with whomever came up with it), I had a specific target in mind.
Finn.
Finn should be rather easy to bug, there were so many things one could do to him: destroy his guitar but in a way that he doesn't notice until he tries to play it, sabotage his skimmer (okay, he does that one to himself), get a giant Venus Fly-Trap to eat him…but I had better plans, plans that required more subtlety.
Using more Author Powers (although this one was less amazing; after all, the Atmos does have Chroma-crystals) I transformed myself to look like Piper. In one hand I clutched a crystal, and in the other, various tools and a camera.
"Finn!" I called. My Piper-voice annoyed me already (as a huge fan of the Cyclonians, Master Cyclonis especially, I find a natural animosity towards all things Piper).
Finn stuck his head out of his room. I took it as an invitation to enter. "What did I do this time? And what in the world are you doing in my room?"
"I'm in a bad mood, Finn," I pouted. Okay, I was already annoying myself.
"And this pertains to me because…?" he drawled.
I lifted the crystal. Finn's face appeared. "So Piper, seeing as you're a girl and all, I was wondering—" his holographic and real head winced simultaneously "—if you want to braid each other's hair or something."
Finn gave me a mortified glare. "No way."
"You promised. You can't take it back now. I am going to braid your hair, Finn, whether I have to paralyze you with my crystals to do it!"
Finn sighed meekly, then sat down. I grinned evilly (again, I think I probably looked more like the Cyclonis-Piper that the poor girl saw in her Binding Visions than the actual navigator. Finn, at least, looked scared enough.)
----Five Minutes Later-----
"Smile!" I said.
*Flash!*
"Hey, wait, no pictures! Hey!"
It was too late. I ran from the room. Now, for part two of my plan…
------The Next Day, on Terra Atmosia-----
The Condor landed to re-fuel and for Piper (the real one, I was observing this all, invisible) to replenish her crystal supply. Finn was strutting around the main marketplace, trying and failing miserably to hit on the ladies.
"Hey, gals, tcha-cha!" Finn drawled. "How are you today?"
The trio of teenagers whom he addressed all leaned away and gave him a strange look. Finn stepped forward, wiggling his eyebrows. "Don't worry, there's enough of the Finnster to go around!"
They all gave each other another look, that kind of look that you give people when you both know something embarrassing, but no one wants to say it. The tall, blonde girl decided to break it to Finn.
"Look, Storm Hawk, it's okay. We know. Don't worry, your secret is safe with us. But really, you don't have to try to overcompensate just for appearance. We're not in the mood to act."
Finn looked confused. He'd had a lot of varied responses from girls, most of them negative, but none of them trying to be…understanding, and implying that he was…faking hitting on them? "Huh-what-in-the-world-do-you-mean?" he gulped, suddenly very nervous.
"Finn, it's okay, you don't have to pretend around us," another said sweetly.
Finn was sweating. "I have no idea what you're talking about," he replied, hands in the air. "What's going on here? What does everyone here know that I don't?"
The blonde one held up a picture. It was Finn, alright, but his normally styled hair was pulled into two tight French braids. Adorning the top of his head was a giant pink bow.
"Finn, we don't blame you at all. We don't judge you. I mean, you were born that way, and we don't blame you at all. But seriously, could you stop hitting on us just for the sake of appearances? There's nothing to be embarrassed about, and it's kind of awkward for all of us girls."
Finn's face paled. The blood drained from his cheeks and his eyes widened as the implications of their statement struck him.
They…they thought…he was…
"PIPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
