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The Midnight Train to Nowhere

I thought it be good for some free interaction days, but if majority votes break then that's good too :)

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Brandy walked by, complimenting them and suggesting that they go on ahead of Leila. Stepping out to the judging area, Jasper was holding her breath, but was met by squealing delight. Martini was wheeling around the room, gushing over how great they looked in the outfits she had made. Perfect was the word she used to describe them. 'I guess all my worrying wasn't really worth it.' She swiped a bead of sweat from her forehead and fluffed out the skirt of her dress. Once Leila and Songbird joined in, the mermaid approved of all their picks and began on the feast they had brought for her.

"Well, that's that then. I'll get that suit burned later, so don't you all worry about that. You're all free to go~"

Thinking about the banana suit, she somehow felt that she would miss it and would've loved to have watched it burn in the flames, maybe roast some marshmallows over it. Martini's choice to stay behind brought some concern, but forcing her just wasn't a valid option. Approaching Martini, Jasper ducked down and gave the female guide a light hug. "Get better soon ok?" Jasper sighed and smiled at the mermaid before parting from her.

Upon exiting the tropically themed room, Songbird asked them if they would be able to find their way back to the party and at the same time, an elderly Nobody was slowly but surely making his way towards them. Jasper knew how to get back, but in all honesty, she wanted nothing more than to return to her room. Her wishes would not be fulfilled for she should at least show off her dress at the dance hall before disappearing or all her "suffering" back there would've been useless.

Inadi was conversing with Songbird and questioning him about the hooded figures. The lucky fellow hadn't been present when they were attacked by those hoodlums. She'd always wondered about those guys. They seemed... human, but at the same time inhuman. By this time, the old man was now very close to them and in tow, Harper was being brought along with the newcomer. Harper nodded and complimented them on their oufits. Jasper grinned in return. He looked rather suave in his vest as well. The elderly Nobody then proposed for Songbird to hunt down a guy named Amiel.

'Amiel, Amiel, Amiel... hmmm. How come I've heard that name before?' Jasper pondered the name for a bit before remembering seeing a Nobody approach Lesley at the bar, introducing himself as Amiel. "That Nobody you're looking for, I think he's with Lesley," she concluded. "Hey Song, do you mind if I tag along to the hall of doors?" She asked, yet wasn't going to take no for an answer. Apologizing to her friend was a big deal and she wanted them to be back to normal as soon as possible. She really did feel bad about puking on him back then and though she did not know why he had acted a tad bitter towards her even before that, she just wanted to settled any issues once and for all.

Turning to Brandy, Inadi, Harper, and Leila, she felt that staying together as a group would be best unless they didn't want to, so just in case, she asked, "Did you guys want to come along too?"

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Ok it might not be happening. I'll see what I can make with mah cell xD

Popped something on there, a lil' rushed, but I hope it'll suffice. Leaving town again with the fam. Will be back Monday.

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Hopefully gonna post today. Got some family over along with homework but I'll try to squeeze a post in.

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I will try my best to include more interaction with the guides. I've also been noticing for a while now that they aren't getting more to react to. Let the bondings begin!

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'Oh man, I wonder if she'll approve of it. Should I go back? Ahh, I don't think this was a good choice!' Jasper fumbled nervously with one of the bows attached to her dress, constantly rolling it between her thumb and index finger. Though her pick felt like a good choice at first, as she walked down the hall to show the mermaid, she was being flooded with doubt. She wasn't sure if she could handle another rejection or more poky comments about appearance. The comment Martini put out earlier about her looking like a ghost, was enough to plummet her little self-esteem. 'Yes I think I should go ba-' Just as she was about to turn right around to search for a different dress, Inadi was at her side decked out in his own suit.

'Egh. It would be rude of me to go back if he hurried to catch up to me right?' Swiveling her head to face him, she forced a quick smile even though she was having a meltdown inside. Her heart was palpitating with every step they took, nearing the exit to where Martini was patiently awaiting them for critique.

“Don't worry Jasper. If Martini can't see how beautiful you look in that dress then maybe she isn't as good a fashionista as she says she is.”

Jasper stuttered her steps a bit, but pulled herself together with a tense swallow. 'Did he just say I was beautiful?' A mixture of panic and happiness flared up inside her, causing her heart to flutter even faster than before, but this time it wasn't from fear; it was because of joy. This compliment felt more natural and sincere than the first one(exotic), which was a bit more thought out and unsure. She wasn't aware of why it felt so good to be praised by him, but now she wanted him to feel the same contentment too.

"Y-you l-look beautifu- ah, I mean handsome in t-that suit." Wanting to die in a box right there and then, she wasn't too proud of how she executed that. Her voice had cracked up more than once and her hands even went clammy with just that single sentence. But she really meant what she said. The pinstriped suit looked clean-cut and aristocratic on Inadi. Not to mention she couldn't bare to even look at him for more than a few seconds at a time because she was afraid of getting a

nosebleed.

While she continued to drown in fret about her failed attempt at complimenting, feeling a hand suddenly land on her shoulder startled her immensely and she swiftly side-stepped away from him.

“Maybe we should wait for Leila to join us too. I don't think it would be right of us to just go on ahead and have her stand up on the chopping block by herself, ya' know?”

"Ah, sorry" She apologized for her reaction and continued to say, "Mkay. Let's wait. Oh, and we should wait for Brandy and Songbird too." Remembering the guides, she wanted to surpass the invisible barrier between the guides and the humans. "Then we can all go as a group."

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Posted!

Garnett is brutal, but at the same time, that guy's outfit is brutal. He looks like he just walked out of Katy Perry's California Gurls music video. Even Inadi's banana suit is better than that one.



EDIT: Sorry for two posts in one day "^-^. I was trying to get some back and forth in there.

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"Unacceptable! I will not have this!"

Since her eyes had been on the sand for the most part, Jasper's head shot up in panic as the mermaid's angry voice echoed through the room. 'What's going on? Does she not want us to be here?' Turning to the exit, she heard Martini rolling closer to them on her chair. Feeling rude to have her back facing the mermaid's direction, Jasper swiveled around again to face the Nobody's wrath.

"Who in the whole of Nowhere dressed you? They put you in a white dress? You need color! COLOR! You look like a total ghost in that. Oh don't look at me like that, I should be feeling sorry for you the way you're dressed."

Looking down at her outfit, a feeling of extreme shame and insecurity washed over her. In her mind, it was one of the better dresses in comparison to the overly frilly ones she had been fitted into before, but that was just Martini's style. She rubbed her arms with a sad frown; head hung low like a puppy who had just done something very bad. Whilst she sulked, Songbird on the other hand, was bawling his eyes out in laughter as Martini continued to move from person to person, criticizing everyones attire.

"And you! You will take that horrid thing off and burn it first thing, you understand? Nobody deserves that thing."

Inadi was standing beside her covering his face with his hands.

“He shouldn’t just burn it; he should also bury the ashes in the ground in case someone catches a case of criminal ugly"

And with those two cruelly honest comments, Jasper couldn't hold back as she let out her own laugh through poorly compressed lips. Though she had been a little more lenient with her opinion about the suit back then, Martini and Songbird sure had no problem telling him straight up, but it wasn't his fault. He was just wearing it, it's not like he was the one who picked it out.

"You are all getting changed. All of you. Now. I will not have people talking about horridly dressed humans especially since I usually dress you. Well, move it! Put your dishes on the table and get in already. I can't assist you in finding things today in this state, so you'll have to pick something out. Everything's sorted by size, style and color. And nobody, is leaving this room until I approve. Got it? Dress, accessories, shoes, everything. I can help you with the knick-knacks since they're in lower drawers but you'll have to deal with the clothes."

Jasper's mouth hung agape as one of the walls opened up to reveal a ginormous closet, wait no that's an understatement, to reveal a mall of clothes. There was so much outfits that an upper level had to be built to store all of them. The colors and sizes were arranged to perfection and Jasper, being a neat freak herself, felt a warm fuzzy gladness at the sight.

Each being, both the Nobodies and humans, was led to their own respective size and left behind. Jasper felt stranded. She stared at the long rack of clothing not moving an inch. Back on Earth, she wasn't one to fuss over clothes. While girls her age were getting hyped up on shopping and make-up, she was the one showing up to school in neutral one-colored shirts paired with jeans. Since she didn't know how to fix her hair, she had always kept it at shoulders length to avoid having to deal with it. But now here she was, standing alone in front of dozens upon dozens of dresses, only one of which, she had to pick.

Sweat drops beginning to form across her forehead, even her her hands were getting a bit clammy. Reaching forward with hesitation, she paused a bit in her action before touching the first article of fabric and shifted it slightly to give it a look. Once she had conquered the first barrier, she was now carefully sifting through each and every hue, besides black and white, to find something that would be up to par with Martini's standards, but at the same time, have it be acceptable to her as well.

“What do you think? Granted it looks better than the thing I'm wearing now, since the way Martini reacted a burlap sack would look better on me in her eyes, but do you guys think this would look good on me? Or should I keep looking?”

Inadi was holding up a black suit with vertical red pinstripes running down the solid color. Imagining how it would look on him, she thought he would look fine so she gave him a thumbs up, but was unsure of how Martini would critique the clothing. Since it was in her closet, Jasper was sure that Martini wouldn't be too angry about anything coming from her own creations.

Continuing to flip through her choices, she finally settled on a pink dress which was not as vibrant as the others, but it looked nice and appeared light. Many of the ones she'd scrutinized before had too much going on and the bottom halves flared out in a giant dome shape which seemed rather heavy to be walking around in. But the look she chose was both aesthetically pleasing and easier to move around in. Slipping into a change room, Jasper slid the dress on and with a fearful sigh, she made her way towards Martini for judgement day.

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LMFAO Bhahahaha (≧▽≦) Martini is way too strict on clothing. Ohmegawd. It was a bad idea bringing Inadi (◎_◎;)

Edit:

Ish dish foofoo-frilly enough?

Flower power:


Pretty in pink:


Maybe something more neutral:


Craycrayfloral+more skin:

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Weapons and killing devices! L(・o・)」

The humans need some combat training I think.