A/N: Apologies for the lateness, got no excuse. Whee.
Chapter 6 - You Make Me Feel Like An Unnatural Woman
"No," said Tokidoki faintly, staring at his reflection in the mirror.
"What, you don't like purple?" Wilhelmina asked from around his knees, her mouth full of pins.
"Purple is fine, fine," he said, "just... aren't the feathers a bit... much?"
Wilhelmina stood carefully and regarded him critically. "No, you definitely look like a World-Class Seamstress," she said finally.
"Ahahahaha, yes," said Tokidoki. "But I don't really WANT to look like a World-Class Seamstress."
Theodora entered and glared at the two. "More rouge," she grunted, flipping her fan angrily.
"Good idea!" Wilhelmina cried, ignoring Tokidoki's protests. "Hold still, dear!"
"Shnerf," Tokidoki said, his voice muffled by several acres of brocaded bosom.
"Good thing Agateans keep their hair long," Roberta commented, combing Tokidoki's luxurious black tresses with a small pink comb. She had thrown up several more times and had finally felt good enough to pick up a ribbon, so she was helping Tokidoki with his uniform.
The door slammed open, silhouetting Louisa in the bright morning light. "hLadies," she said, a gleam in her eye red enough to be called wicked, "the boat has hnow hlanded. Feel free to hmove about the country."
"Um, hello, um, sir," Tokidoki said, patting his hair carefully. "I'm afraid I must, um, leave the crew now. Um. My services are, um, needed elsewhere."
The captain of the small vessel stared at him and made a choking noise at the back of his throat.
"Um," said Tokidoki.
The two were suddenly enveloped in a floral stench, pink and cloud-like and strong enough to be likened to a large battering ram. Louisa swept down on them. "Tomiyo is so VERY sorry she didn't tell hyou before," she tittered. "She didn't have henough hmoney to pay her passage so she signed on as a crewmember hinstead. hIsn't that hright, dear?"
"Shneerg," said Tomiyo ne Tokidoki.
"She told hus haaaaaall habout hit, the poor darling," Louisa squished, holding the captain's arm to her chest. He burbled. "But hnow hwe hMUST be going." She dropped the arm like something sticky, wiped her hands delicately on a handkerchief, and waltzed off.
"That's one... unique... woman," the captain said eventually. "Amazing what you confessed to her."
"Oh, yes," Tomiyo said bitterly. "She could make anyone say practically anything."
Chapter 6 - You Make Me Feel Like An Unnatural Woman
"No," said Tokidoki faintly, staring at his reflection in the mirror.
"What, you don't like purple?" Wilhelmina asked from around his knees, her mouth full of pins.
"Purple is fine, fine," he said, "just... aren't the feathers a bit... much?"
Wilhelmina stood carefully and regarded him critically. "No, you definitely look like a World-Class Seamstress," she said finally.
"Ahahahaha, yes," said Tokidoki. "But I don't really WANT to look like a World-Class Seamstress."
Theodora entered and glared at the two. "More rouge," she grunted, flipping her fan angrily.
"Good idea!" Wilhelmina cried, ignoring Tokidoki's protests. "Hold still, dear!"
"Shnerf," Tokidoki said, his voice muffled by several acres of brocaded bosom.
"Good thing Agateans keep their hair long," Roberta commented, combing Tokidoki's luxurious black tresses with a small pink comb. She had thrown up several more times and had finally felt good enough to pick up a ribbon, so she was helping Tokidoki with his uniform.
The door slammed open, silhouetting Louisa in the bright morning light. "hLadies," she said, a gleam in her eye red enough to be called wicked, "the boat has hnow hlanded. Feel free to hmove about the country."
"Um, hello, um, sir," Tokidoki said, patting his hair carefully. "I'm afraid I must, um, leave the crew now. Um. My services are, um, needed elsewhere."
The captain of the small vessel stared at him and made a choking noise at the back of his throat.
"Um," said Tokidoki.
The two were suddenly enveloped in a floral stench, pink and cloud-like and strong enough to be likened to a large battering ram. Louisa swept down on them. "Tomiyo is so VERY sorry she didn't tell hyou before," she tittered. "She didn't have henough hmoney to pay her passage so she signed on as a crewmember hinstead. hIsn't that hright, dear?"
"Shneerg," said Tomiyo ne Tokidoki.
"She told hus haaaaaall habout hit, the poor darling," Louisa squished, holding the captain's arm to her chest. He burbled. "But hnow hwe hMUST be going." She dropped the arm like something sticky, wiped her hands delicately on a handkerchief, and waltzed off.
"That's one... unique... woman," the captain said eventually. "Amazing what you confessed to her."
"Oh, yes," Tomiyo said bitterly. "She could make anyone say practically anything."