Slipping Into Something More Comfortable [Open/Athena]

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Alright, so, blood was pumping after the throw down with the girl and her robot boy, which was pretty fantastic.  At the very least, it left a huge grin on the half-Czarian's face.  But she really needed to do something about the prison uniform, especially now that it's been all scuffed up after having...well, a truck thrown into her.  And by scuffed up, she meant "covered in grime and blood".  Bummer, another shower after this, she guessed.  Still!  It wasn't all bad.

She had dragged the frizzy haired girl along with her, smirking.  "So, tell me more 'bout this "mall" thing, Fuzzy.  Y'think they'll have som'thin' that suits me in there?"  Honestly, anything would be better than the multi-colored dross that the Rainbow looking girl had offered her, earlier.  

Truth be told, fast talking was one of her specialties, and this would probably work for a distraction off of the whole "hey, are you a big violent alien/why are you in a prison uniform" convo that Taboo really wasn't up for having.  Because it'd be boring.  Hella boring.  And Taboo wasn't about that life, not yet anyway.  Plus, convos like that would lead to convos like "where are you from, anyway?" and "who's your daddy, and what does he do?" and "maybe we should call Lobo to pick up his unruly daughter" which was going to be SUPER not something that Taboo was looking forward to.

Nor was being arrested again, mind you, but they were way less competent than dear ol' dad at keeping her down, so, less worries there.

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[Athena 'Shift' Logan]

Going to the mall was like a siren song; nobody could resist it, even if the place got robbed by various villains every other month. Besides, she did need some new clothes... So there they were, walking through the mall; passing by the first couple of stores as they talked. The furniture stores weren't of any interested; Taboo needed something that didn't scream 'guess who just got into a fight with an android'. And maybe a haircut, Athena thought, eyeing the other hero.

She'd probably seen people paler than Taboo - Jian came to mind, although she wasn't entirely sure that Jian counted, being undead - but it was a close call. With her tattered, stained jumpsuit hanging off her muscled frame, not to mention her unusual eyes, Taboo was drawing some attention. Attention that wouldn't turn negative, Athena hoped, although she knew that Taboo could take care of herself, if the fight downtown had been any indication. At least a car couldn't take her down - permanently. "The mall has something for everyone, trust me." Shift assured her, raising a hand to emphasize her point just as they came upon the first clothing store and she steered Taboo into it.

"Pick out what you want, try it on in one of those rooms-" She waved a hand towards the changing rooms near the middle of the store, "-and if you like something, we'll pay for it and, y'know, leave with it." She'd never had to explain malls to someone before...just where did this chick come from? "Uh, they don't have malls where you're from, Taboo? Where are you from, anyway?" The pale heroine had some kind of accent that the Titan couldn't place, strange clothes even before the fight with that other girl they'd had had messed them up, and - okay, it wasn't like she of all people could comment on weird looks, but Taboo was definitely unlike anybody Athena had ever seen.

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"Oh, draz." Taboo mutters as she picks up stacks of black jeans and whatever black tops looked the most interesting and started for the dressing room haphazardly.  "I was really hopin' y'wern' gonna ask me 'bout th' whole backstory thing jus' yet."  Still, she shrugs, and smirks a bit as she closes the door behind her.


She could edit some of the information, anyway, the important part for now was just satisfying the earthling's curiosity, right?  "Not really sure where I was born or whatever, raised in an orphanage a few galaxies offa here."  Noisy sounds of zipping and unzipping and the shuffling of feet and clothes could be heard along with the She-Wolf's explanation.  "After I was old enough, they booted me an' I've been makin' my way 'round the 'verse since.  Not a whole lotta people like me out there, well, exactly, anyway."  Totally not ready to get into the whole daughter of Lobo thing still, so, that'd probably suffice.  


Now, as far as the other question went; "Depends on where you go, I guess.  There's clothin' repositories, obvz.  Too many diff'rin' anatomies for anyon' to wanna see anyon' else in the buff, y' know?"  The half-czarnian chuckled.  "Tho', tha' reminds me - there was this one time in a bath house on Adrani Prime..."  She pauses.  "But...aw, I'll tell y' later.  I gotta save most of my good anecdotes fer th' whole official interview or whatever, right?"


The door to the dressing room swings open, and Taboo emerges dressed in a snugly fitting pair of black jeans and black spaghetti top, still adjusting the fabric around a bit, she quirks up an eyebrow, and the wiggles her still bare toes.  "Think it'd look better with some proper stompy footwear, but...not t' bad, right?  Could use a proper jacket, too, tho'"


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[Athena 'Shift' Logan]

This is really weird. Shift couldn't help but think. It wasn't like she didn't know any aliens - Rainbow, naturally, came to mind immediately - but she didn't know any aliens who were so...well, alien. Almost all of the aliens she knew well were part human, or had been raised on Earth; meeting someone who hadf so little context for things like a MALL was jarring. But Taboo seemed clever, and she definitely picked up on stuff easily, even if she didn't always seem to care much about it. Or much about what most people thought, if what Athena had seen so far of the pale girl was true. She definitely hadn't cared about the girl and her robot they'd had to deal with.

As Taboo's muffled story floated through the air, Athena dusted off her fur, looking around the stacks of clothes arranged around the changing rooms. Maybe she'd pick out a new shirt or two, while they were here and all. She hummed in acknowledgment where it seemed appropriate as Taboo explained her story. "Yeah, 'unusual' is basically our bywords for the Titans." She joked in return. Shift could certainly relate to being unlike the people around her - but the lucky difference between herself and Taboo was that, although strained, the Titan certainly had a better relationship with her father.

Shift turned and eyed Taboo as she opened the door and stepped out. "Yeah, looks pretty good. I know a good place to buy boots." Shift gestured to her own pair of boots; worn but thick, they had carried her over rooftops and sleet-slick sidewalks safely. "I'd like to hear some of those stories - they sound interesting." Her grin was wide and friendly, eager for stories from beyond her own scope of reference, as amazing as it might be to other people.

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