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[stealwithit]

[ It goes unseen beneath the shadow of her hood, but she squints.

And puts the heinous thing back onto the rack. ]

[whathawksdo]

[ Unseen, perhaps, but... does she feel like she's being judged here? ]

Oh, come on. It wasn't that bad.

[stealwithit]

Oh, fine. Not my personal favorite, but you're the one who'd be wearing it, so.

[ okay she pulls it back out. Begrudgingly. Maybe it'll look less heinous once it's on a person or something. ]

[whathawksdo]

[ No, it won't, which Hawke will prove immediately by trading who's holding what with her -- Kasumi gets the actual leather jacket, she takes the awful coat -- and pulls it off the hanger. It's just a coat, so she can try it on and also embarrass Kasumi in real time in the middle of a store by wearing it at all.

Which she does.

It's still awful. ]

It certainly has the weight to manage through a winter.

[stealwithit]

[ Kasumi honestly just

stares

for a moment. And then she slaps her hand over her mouth and looks away. ]

It's--it's pretty terrible, Hawke.

[whathawksdo]

[ Behold

the abyss

only in plaid coat form. ]

But would you still be seen in public with me if I wore it?

[stealwithit]

What if I said no?

[whathawksdo]

I'd be thoroughly disappointed in how you're only here for my good looks and not my quirky sense of style.

[ Okay, but really. ]

And I might not wear it around you, I suppose.

[stealwithit]

[ Her lips turn at a corner, into a smirk. ]

Hawke, please. I think we know who has the quirkier sense of style between the two of us.

[whathawksdo]

Oh? And here I thought your sense of style was meant to be mysteeeriooous.

[ Complete with the word being dragged out like that, long vowels and all. </small.]

[stealwithit]

Who says it can't be quirky and mysterious?

....small closing tag why have you failed me

[whathawksdo]

A hood isn't exactly surprising for someone in your line of work.

it happens to the best of us

[stealwithit]

You know...

[ Kasumi just reaches up and presses her index finger to Hawke's lips. Just. Shhh. ]

[whathawksdo]

[ Is she being shushed? She is! She's being shushed!

On one hand, yes, that does get her to stop talking! On the other, she's also grinning wide enough that it's pretty clear she thinks she won the "what is and isn't quirky" discussion. In short, she is keeping the plaid coat. ]

[stealwithit]

[ Fine.

But she promptly spins on her heel to face the rack again, and after only a few more seconds of looking through, she pulls out this tank top. And she just grins as she holds it up to Hawke.

Bless you, Orlando Magic, for apparently being the name of a basketball team. ]

[whathawksdo]

[ And now everyone else in the store is looking their way because of how loudly Hawke just laughed.

Magic. A shirt that just says magic on it. For a mage. Wow. ]

Why do I feel like that might be a little too self-promoting...?

[stealwithit]

[ Kasumi can't help but give a little laugh of her own. ]

Come on, Hawke. It's so perfect.

[whathawksdo]

Too perfect.

[ But... ]

Oh, why not. I'm somewhere that I can finally rub my magic in everyone's face without making life difficult, so why not go all out?

[stealwithit]

Yeah, and I bet most people won't even realize you're wearing a shirt that says "magic" on it because you can literally do magic. They'll just think you really like this sports team!

[whathawksdo]

And all the people who do know will roll their eyes so hard that they will surely fall from their sockets.

[ And then roll off to see said sports team play sports, probably. Who knows. ]

[stealwithit]

[ She shrugs a shoulder at that. ]

Sounds like their problem, not ours.

Anyway, you can try it on later. I bet you'd look really cute in it.

[whathawksdo]

I think you mean 'I bet you'd look fantastic in it', not cute.

[ And since they are still in Florida, she'll finally take the worst coat ever off and put it with the rest of the "keep" pile. ]

[stealwithit]

[ Kasumi rolls her eyes, then speaks as though she's addressing some invisible crowd. ]

Why does everyone hate being called cute?

[whathawksdo]

I can't speak for everyone else, but I have an image of big, scary apostate to maintain. It doesn't go well with cute.

[ She turns back to go through the nearest rack of clothes again, but she isn't finding much else worth pulling out in this one. ]

I'll let you handle the being cute part. How's that?

[stealwithit]

[ she folds her arms oh, so defiantly. ]

Well, I have an enigmatic image to keep up. That doesn't exactly mesh well with "cute," either.