He who trims himself to suit everyone [OPEN]

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Characters: Rise Kujikawa (forthecamera), Fa Mulan (thethirdhare) & OPEN
Location: Northern Lights / Anywhere in town
Rating: G subject to change?
Time: October 16, 2009
Description: Open post for anyone who wants CR with Rise or Mulan! If any of you are interested in CR with Winry check out this log. Rise will be in Northern Lights hosting a small information session. There will be signs outside leading to it so if your character is interested in learning more about this world/shibusen/meisters and weapons/witches/what have ye Rise is willing to provide.

Mulan will be wandering around Death City without her Ping disguise for the first time so if your characters know Ping expect a lot of awkwardness. In fact expect a lot of awkwardness either way since Mulan is a scared little duckling.

Please let me know who you want in your subject! And for Mulan a location. Keeping to action this time around and damn this description is too long.


Rise

[Set up in the shopping districts were signs calling out to the recruits, informing them of an information session that was being held at 'Northern Lights'. Directions to said place where found on all of them.

Northern Lights was the international restaurant found in the shopping district, set up by the former country of Canada more commonly known as Matthew Williams, and now maintained by his once partner Rise Kujikawa.

Rise had talked about setting up some sort of information session quite a while ago but it was only now that it was actually happening. Some extra tables had been set up before the stage that contained free munchies and drinks of all kinds. The restaurant was still going, with the other half still serving customers who wanted something a little more filling, or who weren't interested in the information session.

Rise was sitting at the stage dressed in a simple, white summer dress, pants and sandals. Mostly she was answer questions to whoever approached her, but occassionally she would go around to see who had come, and to see if she could help them in any way.]

Mulan

[Mulan felt naked. It had been over two years since she had last allowed herself to dress femininely. Not for lack of desire, but simply because she hadn't thought it a possibility. It was liberating in one sense, but it also gave her a paranoia that she was being looked at by everyone. Ironically enough her fear that she was being watched was absolutely justified, but not for the reasons she thought. It wasn't the fact that she was wearing a green and blue peasant dress, or that her hair was unbound, or even that while she had forgone her armor, her training sword remained strapped to her side.

It was the fact that she was looking like she wanted nothing more than to hide under a rock. Her body was tense, her gait was exaggerated as if she were trying very hard to make herself seem taller than she was.

This was all reminding her horribly of when she first entered the army. Only this time she had to learn how to be herself again.

Which, sadly seemed to be easier said than done]

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[Mulan--En route to the shopping district]

[terra-inflexus.livejournal.com]

[They were almost out of non-soda drinks and other things, so Toph had decided to go get the groceries.

Unfortunately, her teacher was walking funny, and there was something off. Toph stops]

Sifu?

[thethirdhare.livejournal.com]

[It was Toph.

Mulan stopped in her tracks for a bit.

Toph, a fellow female fighter. Toph was even younger than she had been when she first joined the army, and was one of her students who was showing the fastest progress. She was tough, determined, and while she could be very callous it was part of her charm.

It was funny...she wasn't quite as afraid of what Toph might think as she was of others, for she felt that Toph would probably just give her a hard time not for her deception or who she was, but for the fact that she had bothered with a masquerade at all]

Hello Toph. [It was odd not disguising her voice anymore]

[terra-inflexus.livejournal.com]

[Whoa wait a sec.]

You okay? You're walking funny, and you don't sound to good.

[thethirdhare.livejournal.com]

I am? [Mulan looked down at herself. A pointless effort given that she had stopped walked but it was an instinctive move. She let out a small sigh, she really was being very silly wasn't she? She also ought to explain the situation to Toph but even after speaking about it to others it was still a weird thing to admit.]

I am fine, only a little nervous I suppose. Thank you for your concern.

[Rise]

[socialinking.livejournal.com]

[He may have had most of the information that he needed at this point, but there was still the fact that he wanted to see Rise, and see how she was doing. There were a few things he wanted to talk to her about, actually.

He took a seat, waiting until she had a moment.]

[forthecamera.livejournal.com]

[Rise had just finished talking with someone she she sat down on the edge of the stage, her legs dangling. She surveyed the area--not too many people had come just yet, so it didn't take long before she noticed Souji. She slid off the stage and hopped on over to him, excited as ever]

Hi Souji-senpai!

[socialinking.livejournal.com]

Hey Rise. [Souji smiled at her as she came over.] It's not that busy yet, is it. Unless there was a rush before I got here?

[forthecamera.livejournal.com]

[Rise shook her head] Not too many takers just yet. Hope that changes soon otherwise this food is going to waste!

[Rise]

[forbearanced.livejournal.com]

[Here, as promised, leaning against the wall.]

[forthecamera.livejournal.com]

[Well we can't have someone playing wallflower! Rise piles some crackers and cheese on a plate and brings them over to Kojuurou. She holds them out to him]

Thanks for coming!

[forbearanced.livejournal.com]

[Nods, his expression easing.]

...Thank you for the food.

[He takes the plate, dipping his head again in gratitude.]

[forthecamera.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome! Katakura Koujurou, right?

[Mulan - close to Death By Pastry]

[mr-fancy-car.livejournal.com]

[This is Miles, coming out of Death By Pastry after having his usual tea and quiet.

...

And now this is Miles stopping suddenly after taking several steps outside, staring at Mulan. Somehow, he has this feeling that he has seen her before. This woman...the sword and the face are very familiar, but his train of thought is derailed momentarily by the getup.]

Ah...Mr...

[He pauses and clears his throat. That didn't sound right. "Mister"? Hardly!]

[thethirdhare.livejournal.com]

[Oh]

[Uh]

[Mulan also stopped in her tracks, eyes widening a bit when she came across Edgeworth and she felt the heat rising to her cheeks. No, no. She hadn't been prepared to face him. What would he think? What would he say?

Unfortunately, unless she planned on turning tail and running (which was an admittedly tempting idea) she had to face him whether she wanted to or not.]

[She gave him her usual cursory bow]

Sir Edgeworth.

[mr-fancy-car.livejournal.com]

[He calms down; well, he can't really say he saw this coming. Taking a deep breath, the prosecutor bows as well, as any gentleman should. Then he apologizes promptly for the "mister" bit. And getting startled.]

Miss...Ping, please accept my apologies.

[Yes, he - or rather, she - was most definitely a miss. Although this new knowledge was going to take some getting used to. While he still respected Ping as a training instructor, man or woman or none of the above, this...er, let's just say Miles didn't run into these sorts of things often back home.]

ahhh cute icon

[thethirdhare.livejournal.com]

[She smiles a bit shyly at him. More people are taking this in stride than she had expected. It makes her so happy.]

Mulan sir, and I should be the one apologizing to your for my deception. I am most sorry.

[Rise]

[cashnotash.livejournal.com]

[ It's not a terribly busy day so far. The number of the customers were those of a normal day (maybe a couple more than usual, but can still be categorised as normal), and there aren't any unusual happenings. Iceland's shift has ended, and he had changed back to his normal clothes, about to head out and go home. But he saw Rise at the stage and figured that he should say goodbye to her first.

He wouldn't mind if she asked him to help her, though. He's sort-of free for the rest of the day. ]

Hey. [ He said casually, approaching her. ] How's it going?

[forthecamera.livejournal.com]

Hey Iceland. [she gives him a warm smile]

It seems to be going pretty well! People seem to be mostly showing up for the free food, but I guess that's to be expected, huh?

[cashnotash.livejournal.com]

[ There may or may not be a vague smile in return. ]

Yeah, that's to be expected. [ In a light-hearted tone: ] After all, who doesn't like free food? [ Protip: not him. ] It's a good thing if it's going well, though. [ Brief pause. ] Do you...need any help?

[Mulan (I guess, given the circumstances) - near the Casualty Communal]

[exploding-kunai.livejournal.com]

[Ran Fan herself was dressed in clothes she wasn't comfortable wearing, but since she wasn't on any kind of duty right now this had generally been her orders. The awkward frown and blush on her face are pretty clear signs that despite how long it's been, she still didn't like this. Though she had been in an even worse mood yesterday, maybe that had something to do with it...

Noticing someone in clothes similar to those of Xing caught her attention immediately, as she hadn't seen many females dressed as such here. And she looked familiar for some reason. Sorry, Mulan, she's just going to stop walking and stare in confusion for a few moments; you might be a security issue.]


[ooc: I'm amusing in that other log she's not actually going to reveal it yet, right? If I'm wrong just let me know and I'll do something else with one of them ^^;]

[thethirdhare.livejournal.com]

[Well here was the very person whom had finally been the one to put her head on straight. Mulan also pauses and stares for a while, uncertain what to say. All in all she still wasn't sure where she stood with Ran Fan. She certainly respected her, and she was immensely grateful towards her for her help, even though she probably didn't even know how she had helped.

She stood there for a moment, unsure of what so say before she decided that nothing really needed to change.

She put her hands together, and as always gave Ran Fan a deep bow]

Good day, Ran Fan.

((ooc; bluh I still needa get that log up xD;; but yea, I expected it would mostly be her asking about her role back home then mebbe just saying something cryptic about being true to herself xD))

[exploding-kunai.livejournal.com]

[Ran Fan was completely unaware that she'd done anything remotely helpful to him... her. Even disregarding the circumstances she wouldn't think that she could be inspirational or anything like that.

At her bow things finally started to click, though it still took her a moment to completely register how she knew this person.]

...P-Ping?

[Mulan, on the path from CC to the school] Incredibly late, hope you don't mind. ;3;

[ih8spiders]

[This is a trip he makes regularly, returning and borrowing books to and from the library. He and Kuroro are both voracious readers, so they tend to go through sizable stacks every couple of weeks or so, and he's taken it upon himself to do all the borrowing, just to prevent Kuroro from stealing from the library again. The path is already familiar and well-traversed to him, as a result, and he can follow it with only half a mind and eye on where he's going, but today he comes across something odd and out-of-place, something that actually makes him freeze in his tracks. It's Mulan, out and about in female garb, and what if she gets seen?]

Mu--[nearly calls out her real name in surprise, and he catches himself before he can actually blurt it out in whole]--Ping?

Not at all <3

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[Mulan stops when she hears her name called and tears her eyes away from the ground. That was a voice she recognized, a voice that she had become quite fond of and that had been one of reason throughout this whole ordeal.

Kurapika.

She silent for a second, somehow surprised to have run into him but once she gets over that.

She smiles.]

Hello Kurapika.

[She still feels rather awkward being out here, but her smile at seeing him in genuine]

[ih8spiders]

[He can hardly fail to be taken aback at getting such a sweet smile from the girl, but it's not the bad kind of surprise. In the same moment, he's realizing that she doesn't look truly upset - perhaps quite obviously uncomfortable, and that posture is horrible, but she wouldn't be able to greet him so amiably if something is really amiss.]

You look pretty. [Not quite sure where that came from; he's not the type to compliment other people out of the blue, but he feels that it might be the right thing to say in this case - this look does suit her, far more than her tight bun and deeper voice.] But, is this okay? What if people recognize you?