Demon Marcus, Monday Afternoon to Evening

[myownface]

Sparkle? Was in a surprisingly good mood today. Their morning had been not-bad-at-all, thank you, and today seemed like as good a day as any to test-drive a singular 'they,' to see how it felt. And, you know, there were a bunch of guys today who were probably having a difficult time, so...

Here was Sparkle, showing up for a second whole day in a row to check up on the place, round up every sports bra and multi-pack of women's underwear in the shop, and put them out with a sign in the window.

New To Boobs?
Come Get Clothed-- Free Underthings and Discount Clothing to People With New Bits

Ha. There. That was Sparkle's charity for the week.

Until Wednesday. But they didn't know that yet.

[OOC: Open! Come get your clothing fix!]

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[hourtohour_notetonote]

Simon wasn't sure what it was, but he'd been feeling bad all morning -- bad enough that he was actually a little late getting to the store, which meant that he was a little confused to see the lights on and the door open when he got there. "... Uh, hi?" he said, seeing the unfamiliar person putting up the sign. "I thought it was my day to work. I didn't realise Sparkle had hired anyone else."

And then he promptly turned into a badger.

[myownface]

"Oh, yeah, hey Si--um."

Sparkle blinked. Leaned forward over the counter to kind of blink down at the badger on the floor. And then grimaced, nightmare memories of Zeela after an animal transformation coming back to haunt him, years and years and years later.

"... Oh, not again."

[hourtohour_notetonote]

The badger looked up at Sparkle, a little plaintively, and let out a little badger-y sound.
Whatever badgers sound like.

Sorry, Sparkle, guess you've got a badger now.

[myownface]

"If I make my way around the counter," Sparkle said, hands up in a surrender gesture, "you're not going to maul my leg, right? I need that leg."

They used it! They used both of them, actually. They were pretty fond of their legs.

"Look, I'll feed you until you turn back. I'll even make sure the quokka don't try to eat you. But the second you maul my leg, I'm putting you up at the shelter, okay?"

Sorry. Badger trauma.

[hernando_fuentes]

Hernando was going to follow Sparkle a little while later, still with a dreamy little smile on her face. On her way to collect a kiss she paused to blink at the badger. "Baby?" she asked curiously, "That? Is not a cat."

[myownface]

"Nope," Sparkle agreed, looking slightly woebegone at the badger before looking back at Hernando. "That's my newest employee."

A beat.

"We have an understanding. He doesn't go for our ankles and I don't let Furnado deal with him until he turns back."

[hernando_fuentes]

"As long as it is temporary and we have not suddenly become parents to a badger," Hernando said, finishing his route to collect a kiss.

No badgers.

Only beavers.

[myownface]

Sparkle was happily leaning in to meet Hernando in the middle for that kiss.

"It's a Fandom animal transformation," they mumbled, before stealing another kiss. "It's not permanent, and I'll make sure the quokka don't eat him." A beat. "We can keep him in the sun room or something."

Especially since, um. They were probably going to be doing an awful lot of exploring these bodies this week, and Simon was not invited.

[hernando_fuentes]

"He can stay in the shop with the quokka," Hernando said after stealing another kiss. "Outside of Narnia, just in case."

[myownface]

"Pretty sure if we tell Dave he's a student, he won't try to eat Simon," Sparkle agreed, grinning faintly as they nuzzled their cheek against Hernando's. "We'll hardly know he's there."

A beat.

"I'll make sure there are clothes in the shop for him. Uh. Don't suppose we can make sure there are curtains in case the poor kid changes back in front of a window or something?"

[betterthanaplan]

"Holy shit, free bras," Duke said. He'd heard enough rants from Evi over the years over how much those things cost to fully appreciate that sale. "Bless you."

[myownface]

"That's me, I'm a saint," Sparkle agreed, before they actually looked up. "I mean, I've danced this da--Dani?"

A moment's silence while Kanan came through the door a few steps behind Duke.

"DANIES?"

[betterthanaplan]

"Duke, actually." And now he was hunching into himself awkwardly again. "Starting to feel like I need to apologize for sort of seeing your girlfriend naked this morning."

He really needed to stop thinking of it that way. For his own mental stability.

[myownface]

"... Why?" Sparkle was doing a bit of a slow headtilt, eyeing the pair of them up and processing this situation. A lot. "I mean, yeah, you've got Dani's face, but it's not like you went to Mexico and invited her to strip for you. God, that must get really fucking weird for, like, twins."

You're all welcome, world, for Sparkle's very deep insights on the matter.

[betterthanaplan]

"Because when you wake up with someone else's face you recognize, whose skin is whose can get a little confused." He shrugged, looking faintly embarrassed. "Dani's okay with it. Jack checked for me."

[hernando_fuentes]

Hernando had been browsing the clothing and, at Sparkle's yelp, she turned around.. way faster than she was used to in this body. Almost falling, she caught herself against the counter and stared as not one but two Danielas walked in.

Setting off every twin fantasy she'd ever had with a minor gender bend to it. A look at their eyes explained well enough what was going on and .. there went Hernando, snapping her eyes shut and slapping a hand over them.

"Kanan, this is like the leather pants thing. You're both wearing our girlfriend's face and she was just here. For context."

She wasn't mentioning the other reason for that suddenly too-close-to-the-surface burst of arousal, no.

[uncertain_dume]

Look, Kanan had been absolute human trash for nearly a decade after the fall of the Order. He didn't need any explanations, he had probably lived them all at one point or another anyway.

"Yeah," he drawled, "this is about as much as surprise to me as it is to you two. Hey, Hernando." And a nod toward the other person already in here on their arrival. "Sparkle. Sorry, didn't have any say in what face we woke up with this morning."

[hernando_fuentes]

"It's a great face," Hernando said, "I happen to be very fond of it. I don't mind and Daniela would probably be pleased you were sharing her face, the both of you."

[betterthanaplan]

"Leather pants thing?" Duke was going to latch onto that amusing detail so hard right now.

[hernando_fuentes]

And there she was, studying the ceiling like it was the most interesting thing in the world. "Kanan wore leather pants to Kaidan's birthday last year. Sparkle and I had been flirting heavily." All but making out. "They were very tight leather pants and he walked by, we checked him out. As would anyone with eyes. Kanan mistook the.." rampant lust ".. mood as directed toward him and not each other and it made him feel like he was being treated like a prime cut of meat instead of artistic appreciation. It made him uncomfortable. We didn't mean to. He could see the emotions but not the context, so.. "

Hernando grimaced, "I haven't felt as terrible in my life as I did when I found out we'd caused that in him."

[sharp_man]

At some point during the day, Sparkle was getting a text. It was a picture of Hannibal, nicely done up, and a question.

What would you say to a mother-daughter shopping day, perhaps tomorrow?

[myownface]

Sparkle stared at that photo for a long moment, then read the text. And if they eyerolled any harder at that 'mother-daughter' bit, they would've had a great view of the back of their own skull.

And yet, they were still texting, MOMMY. Your little darling needs new shoes!

And shopping therapy. So much shopping therapy.

[sharp_man]

It was possible that was the exact ridiculous outcome Hannibal had been hoping for.

He chuckled and texted back. Baltimore or he supposed New York was out, Paris?

[myownface]

See Sparkle. See Sparkle actually gasp.

IF WE GO TO PARIS I'M BRINGING HERNANDO.

A beat.

"Hernando! Wanna come to Paris!?"

[sharp_man]

Does Hernando also need shoes?

Hernando was a fashionable man; hopefully he wanted to be a fashionable lady?