Customs, pt 5

[vmurther]

While I began the coffee machine ritual, Akiko was getting ready for work. Her professional wardrobe is very sharp, all somber business and careful lines, and she was buttoning up her shirt while her hair worked on getting tangles out, making it look like it was shivering in great waves

Comments

[gaaneden]

The thing I like about this vignette is how domestic it is, contrasting with the creepy factor. Kissing nee-chan, too? Ew!

[finickynarcane]

Prehensile hair - I love it.

[ariaforme]

Are you deliberately using more aggressive and abrupt word choices with Akiko?

[vmurther]

Not deliberately, she just turned out that way.
Also, there's a lot to Akiko that people haven't seen yet; it'll come up.

[balothejester]

I'm loving this--especially, I like the idea of supernatural creatures being geographically restricted as an explanation for their diversity, and I absolutely loved the way you described the conflict between SFO and the journalists: the phrase "the papers hadn't pried off the silence yet" is absolutely wonderful.