Luke's Diner, October 18 (Monday)

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Let it be known that if Lacey had woken up yesterday to a noticeable drastic change of anatomical assets, she'd have deemed today completely and totally spoiled. But she hadn't, and a lot of the people who'd gone on the trip had come back looking different from usual, as did her kitchen staff, and Lacey . . . was finding her sense of unaffected smugness stymied by the feeling of being left out. Again.

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Yes, that was an incredibly sad reaction to have to the whole thing. She was perfectly aware of that, thank you, which was why the planters (the veggies still looked healthy; yay for small favors) were getting an extra-vigorous tending job.

They could get extra sunlight today, reflected off the aggressively-polished counter surfaces, too.

Luke's is open, and this is perfectly normal, thank you, why would you think otherwise?!?

[OOC: OCD went wherever Lacey's genderswap did. Mwahaha.]

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[colourfulscents.livejournal.com]

Angua wasn't sure if she was envious that Lacey was still herself, or profoundly relieved because of it. Either way, she was pretty sure Lacey was going to have some sort of reaction, and that was mostly the reason she decided to still come in for lunch today.

That, and trying to just act as normal as possible in the hopes that the whole thing would get bored and tired and stop.

"The calzone has no meat, right?" she asked, figuring the order might at least give a good indication of identity if the still luscious blonde locks didn't.

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"Nope, it's our vegetarian option for the day, and --" Lacey looked up from the tiny, tiny spot of dirt she was trying to gouge out of the cash register keys. "Oh, gosh, Angua, this thing got you too, huh?"

It was patently ridiculous that she sounded a little jealous, and yet.

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Angua gave the slightest of smirks. "And you seem unaffected*, yourself, Lacey. How'd you manage to pull that one off?"

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(Always relative, Angua. Always relative.)

"I'd tell you if I knew," Lacey replied, lower lip not at all quivering, really, "but it just seemed to skip over me. Meanwhile I've got the cook back there complaining that his burger-flipping technique is thrown off now that there's 'something in the way' there."

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"Tell him that's yet another wonderful use for duct tape," Angua offered. "They haven't decided to adopt sexy outfits, though, have they? I went into work wondering if I'd accidentally walked into a new club with a very specific target audience."

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"Oh, don't give them ideas," Lacey pleaded with a touch of a desperate air; it started with duct-tape binding, sure, but then with her staff it would just spiral into building an entire duct tape fort. Possibly with the princess in another castle. "I thought I saw some of the patrols out there looking very . . . burlesque."

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"As someone who has to actually have specifically modified armour usually," said Angua, shaking her head, "I can't figure out if I should be offended. Mostly, I'll just be glad if they don't try to convince me that I should adopt that look once this all blows over."

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"I don't know," Lacey said thoughtfully. "It's kind of cute? Maybe a little less frilly for everyday duty wear, but . . ."

No, Lacey. No.

[colourfulscents.livejournal.com]

No, Lacey. No was precisely what Angua's face was saying because she really didn't feel like her mouth should have to.

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Nobody should have to. The establishment profoundly apologizes on Lacey's behalf, Angua.

". . . or, you know," she went on, faltering, "maybe not? Except on special occasions?"

Still no, Lacey.

[colourfulscents.livejournal.com]

Angua opened her mouth to say something, but then decided it was best not to even go there. Because dating a fellow Watchman put an interesting, useful spin on special occasions, but it was just incredibly wrong to think about that in her current state.

"I'll...consider it," she allowed, if only because she felt bad when Lacey went faltering.