comparative advantage | Glowfic Constellation

six-degrees-of

Her hands wander over him, and she can't help but think that Cameron's girl form is cuddlier.

"I believe I do."

Teasing giggle. "What's the term? Campus bicycle?"

omega-point

Cameron sporfles.

"Campus bicycle? Campus bicycle? I'm not some piddly bike, I'm Goddamn Batwhore!"

And then, as his bruised hips start hurting more than the afterglow feels good, Cameron heal-shifts

omega-point

because she can't take herself seriously as a boy after saying that.

six-degrees-of

Helpless giggling.

Oh that's nice. Cuddling naked jiggly girl Cameron.

She's passively aware of enough to know if anyone is about to interrupt them, but she wants to be sure they have time to cuddle, so now she starts probing more actively. Is anyone thinking about checking on them? Is Kitsune?

Kitsune is kicking orange-haired boy (Justin, no codename yet)'s ass at DDR.

Hayden, however, is wondering where they are, and is about to go looking.

six-degrees-of

Sigh.

By the time Hayden knocks, Eelle has her dress back on and the high-tech climate control unit has silently filtered most of the scent of sex out of the room.

omega-point

Cameron doesn't actually care if they're caught, unless its by someone who's going to try to enforce the fake rule. She picks up her clothes but doesn't bother to put them on.

six-degrees-of

That's fine.

"Some plausible deniability is necessary, but not very much. We should avoid being caught in the act by Hayden in particular because she's the only straight girl on the floor and would appreciate it least."

She opens the door.

"Oh hey! There you gah!" Hayden spins around. "Wait. I'm a girl now. Do I still need to turn my back? Does the rule change for lesbians? If you weren't? If I was? It wasn't when I was gay. Except it also kinda was. Um..."

omega-point

"Well I can't speak for everyone, but I don't care who sees me naked," and the next part isn't true until she says it, but then it is, "and I'll probably be naked anywhere that's not against the rules."

Cameron gets up and wonders at Purgatory what the actual rules about that are, because it's not like she can trust the ones that are written down.

six-degrees-of

I don't have enough observations to be sure, but I'd guess that the dorm rooms and bathrooms are fine all the time, and the hallway and study lounge of our floor are fine when the safety indicator is green.

"Anyway, what were you going to say, Hayden?"

"Oh right! I just got curious if you two got lost or something. Mystery solved! Want me to save you a spot?"

omega-point

Cameron probably should meet and get to know her dormmates, shouldn't she.

...she's actually a little nervous about brazenly walking into a semi-public space, nude? She doesn't want to be nervous, and she doesn't want to go back on the decision she just made, but... what if the guys boo and tell her to put clothes on? Should she shift? What if that just makes the girls boo and tell her to put clothes on?

six-degrees-of

Eelle hugs Cameron from behind.

"Please," she says to Hayden. "We'll be there in a bit."

Let's go have a shower, she projects to Cameron.

omega-point

Cameron just needs to put away her bracelets and stick her tube-top and skirt and socks in the hamper drawer in her own wardrobe in her room, and then yes, they can totally check out the showers. Towels?

A set of bath towels comes with the wardrobe! They're fluffy.

six-degrees-of

After a moment's consideration, Eelle takes her dress back off and drops it in her own hamper drawer, grabs a folded towel, and doesn't wrap it around herself. She wouldn't normally like to go nude in the halls on her first day here, but Cameron's attitude about it is like a shield around Eelle's nakedness so long as she's doing it with Cameron.

Everyone's in the study lounge anyway.

Well, not everyone. A cute non-exemplar girl with a black side-ponytail is coming the other way. She sees them, ogles them, and is so distracted that she walks straight into a wall.

"Ow!"

Realizing what she's done, the girl turns red and flees with an, "eep!"

omega-point

Giggle.

"Oh no. Should I go find her later?"

six-degrees-of

"She'll be fine as long as she's there when you make your nude entrance to the floor party."

Pause.

"You'll be fine too. I haven't caught any thoughts that imply a fuss is waiting to be made. Just laugh it off if anyone questions you and there shouldn't be trouble."

Eelle pats Cameron's bare butt and gives it a reassuring squeeze. Now, what're the bathrooms like?

Gleaming.

Soft light-panels in the ceiling come on automatically the moment they step through the door. Marble counter tops, tasteful glass-and-brass fixtures, and rich wood-grain accents lend the room a high-class steampunk feel, complemented by the ultra-modern sleek lines of the pristine white tile and accordion-style shower 'curtains'. Each shower stall could've been pulled from the master bathroom of a mansion, with a full dozen chrome'd sci-fi-looking shower nozzles and a set of controls considerably more full-featured than mere hot vs. cold.

In pride of place, where it's not visible from the entrance but where it can't be missed while looking towards the showers, there is a self-lit engraved plaque dominating a wall.

THE FIRST RULE OF HYDROFLUX HARDWARE IS
YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT HYDROFLUX HARDWARE.

HYDROFLUX HARDWARE IS NOT TO BE USED BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM ON WEEKDAYS.
DO NOT MAKE ANYONE LATE FOR CLASS!

REMINDER:
TURN ON SOUND CANCELLATION SYSTEM BEFORE USING HYDROFLUX HARDWARE!
WITHOUT THE SOUND CANCELLATION SYSTEM, YOUR SOUNDS WILL NOT BE CANCELED.

THE SECOND RULE OF HYDROFLUX HARDWARE IS
YOU DO NOT USE HYDROFLUX HARDWARE ON SOMEONE ELSE WITHOUT CONSENT

It is a very large plaque, all in caps. Also the self-lighting appears to be rotating through colors like an aurora.

omega-point