Room 508, Friday Afternoon

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After classes got out, Kathy returned to her dorm to make sure it--and she--were ready for her parents' arrival. She'd been obsessively cleaning it all week; Raven had caught her dusting the walls and the ceiling fixtures once, but every time Kathy turned around, she spotted something that wouldn't meet her parents' high standards. Her blanket wasn

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"Kathy, Kathy, Kathy!"

And there was Alluka, peeking in the doorway. She surveyed the clothing carefully.

"... Are you playing dress-up?"

It was just that while it was kinda cute, it was also not really what she was used to seeing Kathy wear.

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"Hi Alluka," Kathy said, giving her a smile that was a little strained around the edges. One more friend she'd be trying to keep away from her parents, so they didn't say anything rude. Because if her dad was mean to Alluka, she wasn't sure she'd be able to keep quiet about it. "Umm, a little? I guess you could say that."

It was a much better way to think of it, actually.

"Do you like it?"

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The fact that the smile was strained when riiight over Alluka's head. (Sorry, Kathy.)

She did take the question seriously. Dress-up games were super serious things, after all.

"You look like a princess that hasn't been rescued," she said, after a moment. "It's cute, but rescued princesses have better clothes."

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That was fine by Kathy. She didn't want Alluka to think she was anything other than happy to see her.

"I do, huh?" she asked. That wasn't that far off from how she felt, actually. "What do I usually look like, then?"

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Ummmmmmm.

Alluka conferred with Mr. Bubbles (though they didn't speak out loud) for a moment before saying, "Like yourself."

Which was true.

"But it's okay if you don't look like you usually do for dress-up," she added, nodding her head. "That's the fun of it."