03-07-2022, 05:53 AM
Chéri blinked back but that was all the surprise they allowed themselves to show.
“It’s me!” They answered with an almost victorious look. Since both their suits required some caring, they were now wearing clothes they had borrowed at the Diamond Pony. They didn’t fit well, but gave them a more authentic, less artefact appearance. Had their feature been slightly less symmetrical or their colouring a little duller, they could have more easily look what they were: a young man who has just stopped being a boy.
“Are you?” They added, at least slightly taken aback. Christine had showed some preference for them, but they hadn’t realised just how much. They took a step but the place was still suspicious to them, foreign more than anything else in Whitby. They stopped exactly one step in and looked around.
“It’s me!” They answered with an almost victorious look. Since both their suits required some caring, they were now wearing clothes they had borrowed at the Diamond Pony. They didn’t fit well, but gave them a more authentic, less artefact appearance. Had their feature been slightly less symmetrical or their colouring a little duller, they could have more easily look what they were: a young man who has just stopped being a boy.
“Are you?” They added, at least slightly taken aback. Christine had showed some preference for them, but they hadn’t realised just how much. They took a step but the place was still suspicious to them, foreign more than anything else in Whitby. They stopped exactly one step in and looked around.
