video . 8th transformation

[permutates]

[ Raven's bathroom. The camera is on the counter, angled so that it mostly sees Raven's reflection, and has a little bit of her actual self on the left.

She has been rummaging through the costumes. The result: a black leotard that goes up to her collarbone, black fishnets, and elbow-length black gloves. She's pale-skinned, blond hair tied in a tight bun, and as the camera watches, she places a top hat on her head, and picks up a tube of deep red lipstick. ]

We could use a break, couldn't we?

[ Something about her voice is a little lower, a little smoother than usual. She finishes applying the lipstick, and then, with a flourish, takes the top hat off her head and leans in and presses her lips to the mirror. A perfect lip-mark is left behind.

She laughs, and does a perfect, smooth spin, her arm out in a graceful arc. ]

There. I always wanted to be a dancer.

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[handsomeharv]

You can dance any way you please, looking like that.

[ Whoops, here's someone so thoroughly affected he has literally become his costume. Little did he know the leather jacket he found hanging from one of the wardrobes, that begged to be touched was a remenant of his rebellious youth. ]

[So "Handsome" Harvey Dent, about seventeen years old, is on the prowl. ]

[permutates]

I know I can. You don't have to give me permission.

[handsomeharv]

Oh. Liberated lady, huh? [ He's a-okay with that. ]

[permutates]

You bet. Threw off all my chains.

[ She leans on her elbows on the counter, watching the camera through the mirror. ]

Who'm I talking to?

[handsomeharv]

Harvey Dent. [ His memories are fuzzy, thanks to the Flood; he knows he's an inmate (doesn't care why, really), knows she's not. ] Think we've met somewhere.

[ If he follows it up with a cheesy line of in my dreams he'll reveal he's totally seventeen, right? ]

[permutates]

Yeah. Yeah, we did.

But you didn't look like that.

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[notdreaming]

[ Kara had a similar idea, but she had a more specific costume in mind. One that's made her a bit old for her age, and mellowed her out. ]

It seems you finally are one. Will you dance for us, then?

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[permutates]

Probably.

I was going to anyway. Just... not this soon.

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[notdreaming]

I look forward to your performance. You'll have to let me know when you're ready.

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[permutates]

Natasha was teaching me ballet...

[ She does a pirouette, and bends, lifting one leg high into the air. She is very, very flexible. ]

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[notdreaming]

She does good work, it seems. You look very fit. I never had the patience for dancing myself.

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[permutates]

Well, it's part my mutation...

Part me.

A little bit Natasha.

It doesn't need that much patience.

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[notdreaming]

Being fit, or dancing?

It requires more than I had.

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[permutates]

Both.

I don't know - it gets interesting. Being alone with your thoughts.

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[notdreaming]

[ She chuckles quietly at that. ]

I think that must be the problem. I never did much care to be alone with my thoughts.

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[permutates]

I know I'd rather no one else be in there with me.

[strangehistorian]

You look lovely!

[permutates]

Thanks, doll.

[codename_duchess]

Wow. You're super-hot no matter what colors you are.

[permutates]

Aren't you sweet.

[codename_duchess]

Nah, not really. That was an honest compliment.

[permutates]

Still a cup o' sugar.

[ She stretches out a leg against the wall, and leans, until her forehead almost touches her shin. ]

[breathoflight]

You look lovely, Raven.

[permutates]

You're a doll, Snow.

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[lawofthejungle]

[There is a bark. It's off-camera because UGH it is difficult to reach the communicator when you don't have hands, but give him a little while and he'll come flying at it to stick his nose all over the screen.

Yes Victor is a puppy at the moment. Don't judge him.

Also the longer the flood goes on the more inclined he is to act like a puppy instead of a puppy-shaped Victor so...there's that.]

Hello hello hello! Hi um.

Hi.

You look nice.

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[permutates]

Is that...

Victor?

[ She's poised on the edge of laughter. ]

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[lawofthejungle]

...maybe.

[Doofy doggy grin is a go.]

Don't laugh it isn't funny.

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[permutates]

You're so cute.

[silvestris]

Oh? What did you end up being instead?

[permutates]

Waitress.

[silvestris]

Now that is a shame. You would have made more dancing.

[permutates]

As if Charles would have let me.

[silvestris]

And why does it matter what Charles thought?

[permutates]

Oh, it mattered a lot then.

[silvestris]

Pity. The opinions of men could just pave the road to Hell, but everyone takes them so seriously... I hope you snapped out of it.

[permutates]

...still snapping.

[ A sigh. ]

He is my brother. [ For better or worse. ]

[silvestris]

[She smiles crookedly] I bet holidays at your house are just full of laughter.

No offense, but you don't look a thing like him. Is that a part of your shapeshifting, or is he adopted?

[permutates]

I don't look anything like my parents.

[ Not when she's blue, anyway. ]

...but I'm the adopted one. Not him.