video ; 7th transformation

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Did you know we have an ice rink?

[ Because there is one! And Raven pans the camera around to see: yes, ice, places to sit around the ice, everything.

When she refocuses it on her, it's apparent that she looks slightly different from usual. She has dark hair, for one. And, for another, her skin is a subtle shade of green. ]

I didn't!

It's in the annexe.

Someone come skate with me.

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[ She got good at tight maneuvering because she didn't like skating with the rest of the crowd, in endless circles around and around the winter rinks. So she went to the center, and more or less played on her own.

Thinking about Ivy leads all of those feelings to twist in her belly again. She'd wanted a lot of things, when she was around Ivy. Some of them she doesn't really have words for. ]

That sounds really nice.

She helped me. A lot. And she was beautiful.

[ There's longing in her voice. ]

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[routemistress]

I think a planet to 'erself'd suit 'er. And she'd look after it.

She is. Wherever she's gone.

[Iris reflects, and doesn't say aloud, that Ivy always had a tender spot for the vulnerable and wronged, or those she perceived that way. Iris' own soft spots are almost diametrically opposed; but they did eventually find some common ground.]

...Zev, too. I've already promised to go look for 'er. Raven - Ivy and me aren't much alike. Different triggers, different outlook - but in the end our priorities overlapped a fair bit. I'll 'elp anywhere I can.

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I didn't expect you to be like her.

[ For one, she's not attracted to Iris like she was to Ivy. ]

But - thank you.

[ She lets out a little laugh at another wall rebound. ]

I'm not sure this rink is going to survive you.

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[routemistress]

[Iris is good at watching people do a thing and then arranging her own body to copy it, though, and she's been watching Raven manoeuvre. She chuckles, and then pushes off from the side into a series of overfast and somewhat wobbly circles.]

...There. No, I know. But I'd also like to be your friend.

Think we could get Victor taking an interest in this?

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In putting blades on his feet?

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[routemistress]

[Iris laughs ruefully.]

...Point. I'd just like to get 'im interested in using 'is body for summat that's not fighting or fucking. That boy's a lovely mover. I'm going to try and poke 'im into dance classes or summat.

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Dance classes would probably lead to the second of those.

[ HOW SAY WORD 'FUCKING' NO ]

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[routemistress]

[She chuckles and raises an eyebrow.]

That'd depend on who were takin' the classes. I don't thnk Mark's 'is type. And I'm not going to shag 'im. I wouldn't 'alf like to tackle an upright tango with 'im sometime, though.

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I mean I've been learning dance, lately. Ballet. From Natasha.