Magne sat nervously in her car in front of Yua's building waiting for the other woman to come down. Yua had been invited to a girl's night from one of the other moms of Mezo's friends and had extended that invitation to come along to Magne despite the fact she didn't have any kids, Magne wasn't sure she should go because of that fact but Yua had needled her enough to agree to come with her.
Yua at least told her who they'd be meeting up with, little Midori-Chan's mom, her best friend Bakugou Mitsuki the spitfire dragon of the fashion world (because yes, Midoriya-San somehow knew her), Uraraka's mom so she'd know two people there, and a woman named Aditi that had a bird quirk of some kind from what Yua understood.
Magne wasn't sure how well this whole thing would go but Magne was willing to give it a shot since Yua had asked her to and seemed to be a bit excited to hang out with her in a group, Magne had to make sure Dabi wasn't alone though because she's sure he'd do something that was against Midori-Chan's schedule, and she asked Iguchi to stay the night with him.
The boy had agreed pretty quick as Iguchi planned to play a new game with Dabi anyway, Magne wasn't sure she trusted Iguchi to be able to fully stop Dabi from his shenanigans but hopefully he could keep Dabi from doing more than binge eating his popsicles, Dabi's cravings for the icy treats had settled down since Midori-Chan gave him those salt lick cubes but Dabi refused to give up the flavored ice.
She really hoped Dabi wouldn't do anything to scar the poor boy and leaned back throwing her head back over her seat and nearly jumped when Yua opened the passenger side door "Sorry for taking so long Maggie." Yua apologized as she got herself settled in the car and Magne made sure not to go until Yua got all six of her arms into a resting position and she was buckled in, the roads were bad enough here and she wasn't going to risk her any more than that.
"It's no problem, Hun, so you got the directions, right?" Magne asked and she nodded taking out a paper and began reading off the directions.
The car pulled up to a nice-looking set of apartment buildings and almost immediately Yua looked nervous, Magne couldn't help sympathizing since "nice" places like this weren't that kind to people outside the normal, especially in suburbs like this.
"Which one are we going to Hun?" Magne asked stepping out of the car and Yua nervously glanced around before re-reading her paper "An apartment on the second level, number 9." Yua muttered ducking her head as a couple of women pointed at her, clearly whispering.
Magne scowled at them and wrapped her arm around Yua waist "Well then lead away Hun." she prompted, and Yua gratefully took the out and followed her over to the staircase quickly moving on.
Standing in front of the appropriate door Magne knocked for the two of them, a few seconds later Mitsuki opened the door grinning at them "Hey! Come on in." Mitsuki told them then yelled over her shoulder "Inky your other friends are here!"
A small woman with her green hair half up in a bun appeared in the entrance who smiled upon seeing them and it was obvious this was Midori-Chan's mother "Hi Shoji-San, I'm glad to see you. Oh, and this must be your friend, Magne-San right? I've heard a lot about you from Izuku, he loves telling me all about Minty Delights." she said motioning them to come inside.
Yua stepped forward without problem having spoken with the woman before and Magne dutifully followed them as Mitsuki closed the door "Speaking of your baking Inky here brought us some of your stuff and I was wondering if you have delivery? Cause Masa doesn't think I know but he has a serious sweet-tooth, and your stuff is the shit." Mitsuki asked surprising her.
"Oh, uh, no. Can't really afford that right now." Magne answered slightly nervous when the woman tsked "Should've figured, how about commissions then?" Mitsuki questioned not sounding very upset considering she was known for her temper in the modeling world.
"We can do that, have to take a cash deposit up front and it needs to be ordered two days in advance." Magne replied with a dismissive wave of the hand "Good, I can probably get someone to pick it for me." Mitsuki said.
Magne scoffed "Doubt it, most people won't go to the South Side for any reason." she commented and Mitsuki shrugged "Yeah, I definitely can see that. Should've seen the blow up I had when Inky told little Izu was working there, I totally lost it." Mitsuki joked elbowing her before they stopped in the living room.
There was the other two women she was told would be coming along were, Uraraka looked quite like her bubbly daughter, and it seems that both Ochaco-Chan and Uraraka had the habit of nibbling on cookies like hamsters, and an avian woman that clearly had a peacock quirk judging from her colors and large distinctive tail feathers, likely Aditi.
"Now that everyone's here we can get the makeovers started." Mitsuki declared with a clap surprising them. "Makeovers? Oh Mitsuchan, I don't think we should-" Midoriya-San tried to say but Mitsuki scoffed. "What kind of girl's night would this be if we didn't get all dolled up? And god knows you need a self-care day you Inky little bitch." Mitsuki argued poking Midoriya-San's chest.
"I wouldn't want you to trouble yourself over me Bakugou-San." Uraraka said slightly nervous, looking a bit uncomfortable with Mitsuki's language.
"Pff, Trouble? Are you shitting me? Pampering people is like, my kink or some shit." Mitsuki countered as she went over to a closet that held a bunch of clothes and took out a color sheet. Midoriya-San sighed with her face in one hand "It is, Mitsuchan just loves to spoil people. If you're really uncomfortable with something though just mention it and Mitsuchan will respect that." Midoriya-San told them.
"I may be a crude bitch, but I don't make a habit of boundary stomping. Now who's going first? We're going bar crawling and I'm going to make sure we're all dressed to kill." Mitsuki asked one hand on her hip as she teasingly waved the color chart with the other.
Aditi perked up "I'd like to volunteer." she announced standing up and walking over one of her two-fingered hands up and Mitsuki grinned looking slightly feral.
"Great your tail will be a pain in the ass, but I love a challenge Cocktail." Mitsuki commented and Aditi snorted at the nickname while Midoriya-San gasped "Mitsuchan I told you, you shouldn't call Tokoyami-San that just because she has a peacock quirk." the small greenette scolded.
And that was what led to Mitsuki going through half her wardrobe dressing all six of them up and Magne had to admit she liked how she looked in the sleeveless white blouse paired with the purple flair bottoms the blonde had picked for her, though she did have half a mind to wonder why Mitsuki even had clothes that would fit her.
But Mitsuki wasn't happy just dressing them up and insisted she style their hair and help with their makeup, Yua was the only one who got out of it because she was the only one that could do her own hair and just refused to have any makeup since it would just irritate her eyes since she could only close her main set of eyes.
A request Mitsuki was more than happy to abide by so long as Yua helped her with everyone's hair and makeup.
A task she was well suited for since all she had to do was hand Mitsuki things and keep their hair in place for her and her six arms made that kind of multi-tasking easy, and with Inko also helping she and Uraraka were the only ones left to have their hair and makeup done though she wasn't sure how much they could do with her base features.
But Mitsuki was on a mission and couldn't be swayed as she curled Magne's hair in waves "You ever thought of growing your hair out Barb? Your locks are pretty soft considering you aren't doing anything special with this mane of yours." Mitsuki asked bringing her out of her head.
"Sometimes, but I've never had the chance before I moved out." Magne answered shrugging, and Mitsuki huffed "Well that's a shame, hey I know a gal that's crazy about hair, she could grow it out for you if you ever feel the fancy for longer hair." Mitsuki offered as she gathered up some of her hair.
"Oh, I'll think about it, thanks for the offer." Magne said somewhat unsure, having longer hair might be nice but she might not have the time to deal with all that hair. "Not a problem Barb, sides if long hair ain't your thing, a quick snip-snip from some scissors will fix all your troubles." Mitsuki replied as she began braiding the hair together.
And wasn't that a nice thing? Just being treated like one of the girls and getting her hair done was a lovely feeling. Magne couldn't remember the last time she'd ever had the time to do more than the bare minimum for her hair, then again it wasn't like she had the time or money to visit a professional.
"There your hair is done Barb, and I just need to add some color to your face, and we can start having some fun out there. I'm thinking of hitting that place Marcy told me about, Inky you know the one I'm talking about. That Eros place is supposed to have some good vodka." Mitsuki suggested as she started adding some foundation to her face.
Midoriya-San perked up at that "Really?" she asked pausing from applying the lovely sparkly white eyeshadow on Aditi "Oh yeah. And Marcy's Irish so she knows her alcohol and if their vodka is that good, I'll buy you a bottle or two Inky." Mitsuki promised "Now let's soften some of your edges Barb, they're a good feature of yours but I want people to focus on those eyes." Mitsuki said dusting some powder on her cheek bones.
"You'd buy her a bottle of vodka?" Uraraka questioned shocked and Mitsuki cackled "She may not look it but Inky here can out drink most people, she's got high tolerance but she's not an alcoholic drunk, so I'd never worry about her poisoning herself like most dumbasses." Mitsuki playfully answered as she compared different colors of eyeshadow to her face.
"Fuck it, Inky I need a second opinion on colors, should I use purple to cyan or cobalt to lilac?" Mitsuki asked, since Midoriya-San was done touching up Aditi's face she came over to curiously glance at her face and her hand came up to her chin.
"Hm, I think you might want to use cobalt to a orange, for a pop of color Mitsuchan." Midoriya-San suggested "Yeah, that might be it." Mitsuki conceded looking through the palette.
"What about her lips, Mitsuchan?" Midoriya-San inquired. "Oh, that'll be easy, the lips are a nice color already. So, I'll just put lip gloss on the bottom and a slightly darker reddish shade for the upper lip to compliment it." Mitsuki brushed off "Now hold still Barb, cause once I'm done, I'm going to put on some of Inky's mascara on ya." Mitsuki added and Midoriya-San's cheeks turned red.
"Mitsuchan, I know you made that for me, but do you have to call in mine?" Midoriya-San asked slightly flustered. "Ooh you made a brand of mascara just for Midoriya here?" Aditi commented stepping over.
Mitsuki cackled again "Oh yeah, that's how she got her nickname. Inky blubbers a lot and before I made this super water-resistant stuff, she'd end up leaking black ink worse than a broken pen. But she'll always be an Inky little bitch." Mitsuki explained playfully bumping her elbow into Midoriya-San's side, Midoriya-San for her just shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"And there finished, go ahead and take a look at yourself Barb." Mitsuki said and Magne blinked turning back towards the mirror and her mouth opened a tiny bit as she stared at herself.
*Is it really me?* She thought bringing a hand up to her hair, sure she could still see all of her features, but she looked prettier in her opinion with this makeup on *Huh, maybe I'm just not that good with makeup?* she considered running her hand through her hair, Mitsuki leaned down on the chair and Magne saw her head just over her shoulder.
"Well, I think you clean up pretty good Barb. What do you say girls? Are we ready hit the town?" Mitsuki asked with a smirk.
Suki (as Mitsuki she insisted they call her after a few drinks) hadn't waited for confirmation and dragged them all down to the big car she rented for the night, apparently so no one could call designated driver and skip out on the drinks, and the group went out bar hopping.
Something she hadn't done in her life before since she was far too busy trying to keep enough money to eat but Magne wasn't alone in that as Saori and Yua have never gone clubbing before either. She thought they were all getting the hang of it, and it was actually sort of fun to hang out with them all once she loosened up.
A lot of their conversations revolved around their money issues either previous or current, something they could all relate to surprisingly. Then they'd started bringing up their kids and Magne knew that was going to happen but she didn't think that she'd be able to add anything, but apparently Dabi acted enough like a child for her to relate and give her own stories for the boy's acts of naivety.
By the time they got to Eros everyone had at least two drinks and were feeling good about how the night was going. It was her turn to buy their drinks and Suki gave her the card she'd been using to buy everything, Magne chatted with the reptilian bartender for a bit before deciding on the green tequila shots and two types of vodka for Inko because Mitsuki wasn't kidding about her high tolerance.
"Well, hey there little la-" a guy behind her started to say only to abruptly stop once she turned around, Magne lifted an eyebrow "Do you need something sugar?" she questioned leaning back against the bar counter.
"Nah, sorry man I thought you were someone else." the man said his nose scrunched up and Magne felt a twinge of irritation.
"Excuse me?" Magne questioned.
The man tsked but unlike the way Suki did it, hers were actually casual sounding compared to the way this guy hissed out the noise "You can't exactly blame me can you dude? You look like some buff woman from behind, the fuck was I supposed to think?" the guy said and Magne stared at him taken aback then it sunk in, Magne's guts started to twist in on themselves.
But before she could do anything someone popped up right next to her "Hey Maggie! How the drinks coming along?" Inko asked beaming up at her "Oh, who's your friend here?" Inko inquired her head tilted to the side, but Magne recognized that smile as the same one on Midori-Chan's face before he baited her mother.
"Maggie?" the guy repeated his nose scrunching up even more "Your name Magnis or something? Don't tell me that's your 'professional' name? Cause it's one thing to go around dressed like that but if you're selling-" he said practically spitting the word before very suddenly and without any prompting, the man's two front teeth shot out of his mouth.
Magne's wide eyes followed as said teeth landed in Inko's hand, but she was still smiling "Oh, sorry. Were you saying something?" Inko asked her voice saccharinely sweet as the man panicked one hand over his mouth as it filled with blood. "I thought not, come on Maggie, the rest of the girls are waiting for us." Inko said gently tugging her on the arm to follow her.
Too shocked to do anything Magne let herself be dragged off by Inko since her default mode after working for Midori-Chan was to "follow the greenette" in times like this. Before they could get far though the man stood in front of them "You think you can just run off after you yanked my teeth out you bitch?" the man hissed, small amounts of blood and missing teeth muffling the sound.
Okay it seemed that Inko doesn't have as much experience in dealing with people like her son because the only thing she did was to back up a bit and put herself between Magne and the guy.
"Is there a problem here?" another guy asked wrapping an arm very tightly around the man's neck, the first guy's eyes narrowed, and he turned to the second "Dude who the fuck-" missing teeth guy growled only to freeze upon seeing the man and grow very pale.
"Yeeah, that's what I thought. Apologies for interrupting your night ladies, and I'll see you for the boss's order tomorrow Magne-San." the man promised with a cheery wave as he dragged the man with missing teeth away, his arm still holding the man in a headlock.
And upon seeing the small leathery wings Magne finally placed the man, he was a gang member from the South Side who she had seen in passing but knew Midori-Chan had a lot of sway with them.
Relieved about the near miss being over she took the tray of drinks the bartender had finished and brought their drinks over with a flustered Inko beside her, there was low whistle from Suki once she saw the two of them "Woo, the fuck happened at the bar? Barb looks about five years older and Inky has that 'I kicked someone's puppy face'." Suki pointed out.
Inko winced "W-well you see Mitsuchan, the thing is-" Inko nervously tried to explain with an awkward laugh, but Saori gasped when Inko absent-mindedly open the hand that had the man's teeth in it, the other three women's eyes landed on the teeth and Suki began howling in a fit of laughter.
"Oh my god, Inky you bitch! No fucking way!" Suki choked out while Inko shamefully hid her red face with one hand "Mitsuchan." Inko hissed under her breath which was dutifully ignored as Suki continued to die of laughter.
"Here you were riding my ass about giving makeovers only to go and pull your tooth fairy shtick." Suki said while Inko tried to just bury herself in her arms "Wait 'tooth fairy'? Does Inko yank out people's teeth often?" Aditi asked cocked her head, and Magne could understand as she had never heard of a fairy for teeth.
"N-no!" Inko squeaked out at the same time Suki yelled "Yes!"
"I do not!" Inko protested and Suki got a shit-eating grin "Oh yeah? Ashley. That guy who tried to mug us during high school. At least three of my co-stars in my first month of modeling. Most of Izu's baby teeth," Suki started to list off causing Inko to melt in her seat muttering and getting teary eyed.
"And every other time we go out we just so happen to run into someone that'll piss you off, then you pull their teeth out with your damn quirk. if we saved all those teeth I'd enough for three sets of dentures Inky I swear." Suki finished with another round of laughing.
"Mitsuchan please, I'm not that bad." Inko whimpered, Aditi was the one too squawk with laughter this time "I'm sorry but in what context does someone regularly pull-out teeth and it's seen as a good thing?" Yua questioned and Suki scoffed grabbing her shot of tequila.
"Well to be fair, almost all of those fuck-heads were asking for it, they just didn't think someone as soft as inky would actually do it." Suki told them before she took a sip.
"So back to what I was saying, who was it and how'd they get on your shit list Inky?" Suki asked booping Inko as she did "O-oh, um?" Inko mumbled looking over to Magne for help, unsure what to say Magne shrugged back.
"Well, there was a guy giving Maggie a hard time at the bar," Inko explained and Suki snorted "And he did that shit in front of you? No wonder you added some more teeth to your collection, I would've just punched that asshole." Suki replied.
"Oh, I second that. I used to hate all those transphobes that would get on my case before I finished my transition." Aditi groaned with a sympathetic pat to Magne's shoulder.
"Wait you transitioned?" Magne asked surprised and the only ones that weren't shocked were Inko and Suki, Aditi just smiled.
"My quirk is peacock not peahen, people who have full body animal quirks sexual dimorphism is biologically accurate to their animals' counterparts, though I had an easier time with such an effeminate animal all things considered." Aditi elaborated.
"Hey, wait, I thought you said you and Fumi were blood related?" Suki mentioned and Aditi nodded "We are, I'm his paternal mother. We had our little chickadee before I had my bottom surgery." Aditi explained "Oh! I think I get it." Saori said with a nod.
Then the conversation was quickly forgotten as they started back up on to the many adventures of Inko ripping another person's teeth out since Inko hadn't gotten rid of the man's teeth yet. Magne wasn't sure people were supposed to just move on from people outing themselves but hey that wasn't quite a bad thing she guessed, it was actually kind of nice that they just didn't care that much.