[Sunday, Feb. 28th, Time: early afternoonish! Sonia had to talk to the cops at the hotel, and that's left her at the suite with a hankering for a new look. But how's she gonna do that all by herself! If only there was someone who really liked fashion around! Mini start!] 06* Sonia walks out into the common room, hood down but hoodie on, the new blue cornrows in place. For now. She looks around for Shiho there before going to her and Alysha's room. 06* Shiho comes out of her room just as Sonia reaches the door and just barely steps back in time to avoid running into her. "Oh, hi." 06* Sonia stops and looks to her. "Hey." A mini-pause, then, "I need a new look. Maybe one with two legs on the pants, so Alysha can't help." She looks over her sunglasses. "You want to, uh, go shopping?" Sounds better than running errands. What prompted the change of wardrobe? 06* Sonia half-shrugs. "Had to talk with the cops so Montana could get into the hotel room where the other exec was murdered." Don't really need 'em followin' up. Okay. Let me just grab my wallet. 06* Shiho does so, and returns! "Where did you feel like shopping?" No idea. Was hopin' you knew some places from your restock. 06* Sonia sighs and smiles weakly. "Been long enough with the 'pick up a hoodie off the rack' look, I guess. Losin' em's a good time to restart." Oh, I just let the boss order my clothes, she has my sizes and my work stuff is all pretty bland. 06* Shiho adds quickly, "But shopping sounds like fun! I'll call a taxi and have it take us... somewhere, I guess I'll check the internet for someplace." Huh. Thought you were into fashion. Yeah, but there's no point in wearing nice things if they're going to get shot or ripped up. Can you imagine if I'd had something I really liked and lost it in the crash? I'd be devestated. 06* Sonia nods slowly, then says, "It's good to travel light. But ya can't always play it safe with the good stuff." Life's short and ugly. But... what if I die in the line of work? All of my fantastic stuff gets wasted. 06* Sonia chuckles. "Yeah, but you'll be too dead to care." And I'm sure Alysha'll find them a good home. 06* Shiho is absolutely not comprehending what Sonia's trying to tell her. "I'll worry about it while I'm alive. And if I leave a ghost or spirit or something, I can still care." The boss does -not- get to have my nice things. One sec, let me call a cab. 06* Shiho does so! She turns her phone's screen back off once she's done and says, "They'll be here in a few minutes, we should head down." 06* Sonia has glasses to protect Shiho from realizing Sonia doesn't get what she said either. A little. She nods at the cab call and pulls the door open. TO THE SHOPATORIUM. [The cab drops them off in front of a street full of boutiques. Some of them are very specfic - there's a bra store and a store that sells only anklets - but in general there's a variety of male and female fashion.] 06* Shiho pays the cabbie and gets out of the car. "Oh, this looks good! Well, you're the one that's getting new clothes, where do you want to start?" 06* Sonia starts walking down the street, looking at display windows, and says, "Lemme see. Probably somethin'... dangerous?" A pause, then, "I, uh, guess showing a little skin would be fine. Different. Stomach, arms... maybe chest. I ain't got your legs." Mm... you don't want to look too memorable, right? So, we should probably stick to solid colors, no logos or text... jeans are tougher than slacks, you can keep wearing those and just pick a different style. (Does Sonia wear a particular color and fit of jeans, or just whatever?) (Not really on the color: she's stuck with greys and blacks on the hoodie, and the jeans have generally been loose fits.) 06* Sonia nods slightly and says, "Yeah, alright, I was figuring on giving up the jeans." 06* Shiho folds her arms and looks Sonia up and down for about half a minute. "...Okay, we'll have to try things on to be sure, but I'd recommend black, gold, or green tops, and boot cut jeans. They're called that because they have a slight flare at the bottom, you don't need to wear boots with them if you don't want to." It's starting to get warmer, so you should probably stick to tees and tank tops. 06* Sonia fingers her hair and says, "I was figuring on changing my hair and eyes too, if you were thinkin' about that." Hate that I just made it blue and am gonna change that, but that's my life. Sure. You want to cut it or get a weave? 06* Sonia bites her lip a moment, then says, "Was thinking straightening." Figure it don't get too much different than that. Sure. It's a shame, though, the cornrows look nice. Why don't we head in there? 06* Sonia nods and smiles a little, saying, "Yeah, they do." The smile fades as she heads in 'there' and looks around for the kind of tops Shiho was talking about. After a few moments she fills the dead air with, "So what you and Nigel do yesterday?" Went to a museum to look at old Russian weaponry. He thought I'd appreciate the weapons and getting away from the boss for a few hours. 06* Sonia chuckles and says, "Everyone needs space from her." She picks up a cami-based black top and looks a moment, before saying, "Strap's too thin. One cut and it's fallin' off." 06* Shiho starts looking for tanks with one inch straps and pulls a few from a low shelf. "Nigel's a pretty nice guy. He gave me this book to read that he wrote, but it's not the kind of thing I can just scan through." Pretty sure I'm going to need to take notes and have a dictionary on hand. 06* Sonia squints. "He gave you a book he wrote? What's it on, tweed?" 01 (HA.) (I AM HILARIOUS.) (Tell your friends.) 01 (I do!) 06* Shiho flashes her a grin. "On my phone." 06* Sonia looks over a moment, looking at a green top with a vines down the arms. "Uh... okay." She picks it up slowly, then asks, "What's it... about?" Well, I was asking for a book on how to kill magical things, but it's actually about the history of the occult in Britain. I'd probably do better with something more generalized, but then I bet it'd be even longer. 06* Sonia lets out a breath, then says, "Ah... huh. Something different than comics, I guess." 06* Shiho says quietly, after making sure there's no civilians nearby who might take it poorly, "I hate things I don't know how to kill. Drives me nuts." 06* Sonia looks over, then nods slightly and says back, "Well, it's your thing. I hate shit I can't tinker with." 06* Shiho pulls a few more shirts in solid colors, mostly the color scheme she mentioned earlier but one in blue and two in red. "Here, try these." 06* Sonia takes the shirts and nods, saying, "Right... back in a second." She takes the wide array of tops and heads for a dressing room! 06* Shiho checks her phone while she waits, and waves away one of the shop attendents at one point. 01 [The shop attendant shrugs and goes about her day, though she does sweep back occasionally to glance at one/both women and see if they do actually need help. It isn't super busy right now.] 01 (Check me out and my ninja brackets!) 06* Sonia comes back with a frown on her face, still wearing the red one. She says, "Figured you wanted to see the ones with the different colors." She adjusts her glasses, then takes them off: purple slightly glowing eyes! Woo. Looks good on you! What do you think? 06* Sonia picks at it and says, "It's alright, I guess." She looks back at her. "Why do you like it on me?" The color stands out well against your skin tone. 06* Sonia mms, then says, "Can go back to normal cyborg eyes too with this one." What do the normal ones look like? 06* Sonia looks to her with a slightly confused look, then goes, "Cyborg eyes always glow red. These are contacts." Really? Huh. I always thought that was an affectation. 06* Sonia shakes her head and says, "Yeah, it's dumb, but they all do." I wonder why. Well, whatever. Try on something else! 06* Sonia puts the glasses back on and says, "Yeah, one sec." She goes back in, then comes back out in a gold tank-top with broad straps, and rubs one of her upper arms as she walks back over. It's a lot clearer in this that she has muscle definition all over, although not massive musculature: sculpted is the right word. "How's this?" The color's not quite as good, but it makes your arms look great. I'd say go ahead and get it. 06* Sonia smiles slightly and says, "Yeah?" She looks down at her arms and runs a hand over one of them a moment, then says, "Lemme try a green one. Can't imagine green looking good." She heads back that way and comes back in a green T-shirt! 06* Shiho makes a face. "Huh. No, you're right, better stick to the other ones." 06* Sonia chuckles and heads back in, before coming back out with two armfuls, handing the 'ones to put back' to Shiho. "Here's the nos, then." [Shiho is about to take them when the attendent hurries over and takes all the 'no' shirts. "I've got that, don't worry," she says, and begins refolding them neatly before putting them back on the shelves.] 06* Sonia watches the attendant take them, then looks back at Shiho and says, "Are you, uh, gonna get anything while we're here?" No, what I've got back at the hotel is fine. Do you have enough shirts? 06* Sonia looks down and nods slightly. "Yeah, should be enough." Oh, so... the boss gave me a rundown of what happened today. Like we need more people trying to kill her, you know? 06* Sonia has also, this entire time, been wearing a lavender-pearl bracelet. It has a gold clasp! She chuckles to herself and says, "Yeah, no kidding. Hopefully what Montana got helps us lock down some info." South America was less problematic than this area. Actually, with Harry retired, I wonder who's running the South America circuit? 06* Sonia shrugs slightly. As if she knew. "Sorry, not a company girl." Mm. You know, my last group only had Harry and three other bodyguards. I thought the boss had picked a weirdly large number of people, but unfortunately, it seems like we're all necessary. 06* Sonia frowns a touch and says sharply, "Haven't had too much call for me. Another bruiser'd do what I have." 06* Shiho looks confused as they finish paying and head out. "Why on earth would we have someone different when we could have you?" 06* Sonia squints, then laughs faintly and says, "I'm unique, but you don't need a driver, and that's what I am, girl." But we probably will need a driver at some point. Maybe. It's best to have people with multiple skillsets on the team where possible. 06* Sonia rubs her neck as they hit the street, then says with a slight smile, "Yeah, but it ain't good for my resume." 06* Shiho 's eyes widen. "Do you -have- a resume?" 06* Sonia licks her lips and says, "Well, only the cops keep it on paper, but... word gets around when you're a professional like Montana or I." Oh. That's true, I guess you won't be with the company forever, huh? 06* Sonia shakes her head slightly and says, "Forever's a long time. Shit, this is a two month job, and I don't think Monty's used to being in the same place for a month. He's gettin' antsy." You mean the same job, right? I mean, we've been moving around a lot. 06* Sonia nods slightly. "Right." A small moment, then she asks, "I mean... you move around a lot too, right? Places aren't really... places. The same people around are what make a place the same." True. I sort of miss living in one place, actually. Knowing where things are, where to buy different stuff, what's the worst place to get ambushed in... 06* Sonia chuckles slightly. "Lay of the land. Yeah, it's nice to have a leg up in a street race." (I'm getting kind of tired. Is there anything else you wanted to cover?) (Nopes!) [And Shiho and Sonia continue shopping down the street until Sonia has a new wardrobe! End~.]