"The ink is about me in particular, the piracy is philosophical. Maya's a shipgirl, I'm her captain, we're all scoundrels, and we've broken lots of unjust laws and a few just ones. We don't necessarily need to live the piratical aesthetic full-time, there are probably other priorities."

"Tell me more about yourself, then, Sable. What would you consider your aesthetic goals to be?"

She hums a bit, tapping her lips. "Very femme, by my old world's standards. A bit of danger, a bit of vulnerable openness... Actually, what all do y'all tend to express aesthetically here? Just so I have a sense of how deep in the pool of identity to dig, y'know?"

"Fictive aesthetics are quite common, especially among Sparks, so if you're alterhuman don't feel that you have to be shy about it. There are also known aesthetics for most sexual interests which are fine to wear in public. Necklaces are generally reserved for Keeper and Kept bonds, but there's also a number of ways to signal availability through a necklace. In general so long as you're not actually nude or experiencing movement issues due to the depth of your costuming you're free to do whatsoever you wish. I've seen some people who do full-body makeup looks on a day to day basis - they're very dedicated people, of course, but that's not seen as particularly unusual. There is much less gender separation between clothes here than on some worlds as well; in particular the general aesthetic is more feminine." 

She takes a breath. "What's in style... In hair, ponytails are in, particularly braided ones. The classic transfemme look is a v-necked top, maxi skirt, likely some stylish boots or glossy flats, usually with snaps rather than laces, and depending on the individual's preferences and transition progress perhaps a mask, breast forms, or a hair accessory or headband. Hair treatments are also common - I have a bleach that will render your hair dyeable without destroying its curls, and there is also the option of hair extensions. A mask would have to incorporate prescription lenses, of course, but some are built to attach to an existing pair of glasses and those might work with your present pair."

"Oh wow, okay. That's more than we expected." She hums again. "Fictive aesthetics are complicated slightly by the fact none of the media we're sprawlingly multifictive of likely exists here, unless y'all have been harvesting media from our old world. That could be fun, though slightly less applicable to me as my fictivity isn't as aesthetically central to me as the other girls' are to them. Sexual interests, though..."

She blushes brightly and bites her lip.

"Sparks can be very much like that, yes, taking inspiration from a dozen different sources. There's quite a demand for custom clothing commissions on this world, so even if you only have a moderate income that's likely to be within reach for you in future. The stock here at my atelier is government-supplied for identity separation purposes, and you can walk away with an exact duplicate of any pieces you like here for a low cost. Several prominent artists and designers contributed to the project of clothing and fitting our new immigrants, and the stock rotates, so while you may encounter others wearing similar designs in the program they're not likely to mark you out in the broader world save to those who are already in the know." 

"As for designs expressing your interests, sexual or not, whatever you would like to discuss I'm sure I can find something appropriate." 

Sable fidgets for a moment, accepting a mental hug from Maya, before finally speaking quietly, "Do you have anything for girls that fantasize about eating other girls?"

"Ah, a Voracian! One minute -" 

Aria bustles back into the stacks of items, and there's a sound of shuffling and muffled cursing as she rummages through not-entirely-neat stacks. 

Then she returns, bearing a half-dozen items in her hands.

"Let me see here. Sharktooth mask." She holds up a cloth halfmask to cover the lower half of the face which is blazoned with a pattern of very fangy teeth, along with an actual metal edition of the same one with quite sharp fangs, which almost looks like some kind of muzzle. 

"Stylized chef's coat." She holds up a long cloth jacket in black with small buttons and a small collar, with a marking of a bloodied cleaver over the right-hand pocket. It looks like it'd be good at preventing stains on anything worn underneath. 

"Sharktooth availability charm." She holds up a simple ring with pointy teeth on either side of it. "To be worn as a pendant to advertise that you're open to partners interested in vore. There's a one-sided and a two-sided version, depending on if you want the teeth on the side against your skin or not." 

"Several slogan t-shirts." She holds up a shirt saying SEX MEANS TEETH, another saying WARNING: I BITE, and another few with images of fangs and meat, one reading MY KINK IS RARE over an image of a steak. Most of them have a dipping v-neck, with the slogan over the bust. 

"Knife bandolier slash scabbard." She holds up a small hip scabbard with room for three knives, which currently has a table knife in it simply to demonstrate its intended use. 

"Claw extensions, tooth appliques." She lays out several false fangs and nail extensions, all pointy and able to scratch.

"There's more in the back if you don't like anything from here but I thought I ought to let you see this much at first." 

Sable's blush, which had begun to fade while Aria was bustling through the stacks, returns with a vengeance, her hands coming up to cover her mouth in shock. A sound somewhere between a teakettle and a strangled breathy moan escapes her, muffled by her hands. "Hhhhngh???"

It takes her a moment to collect herself.

"Hailey's gonna like the knife bandolier too, for non-vore reasons. Chef's coat is very tempting. Definite yes on the pendant, pred flavor if there's a difference. Yes to the shirts, preference for v-necks. Definitely the fangs, claws are a sometimes thing though."

"Then let me suggest — open chef's coat, v-necked blouse with your choice of slogan, pendant, and then we should start talking about skirts and boots. Any other aesthetic notes you'd like to work in before we go deeper down this route?"

"I like that plan," Sable agrees with a nod. "The other big themes for me are ink, shapeshifting, and eldritch stuff? Do y'all have that trope here?"

"Eldritch stuff? Please elaborate."

Yeah her blush just isn't going away here, is it? "My big alterhuman theme is about being a sort of otherworldly, 'beyond the sane borders of the universe', spooky, tentacled-horror kind of thing?"

Yeah she knows that's dorky and edgy as fuck she's weird okay?

"Aw, cute! I'm not sure I have that exact idea in — after all, tentacles are pretty mainstream here, so it's not exactly an easy combination with 'otherworldly' — but I can try. Let me see..." 

She ducks into the back and comes back with a long purple maxi skirt with a pattern of black octopus tentacles on it, descending from the waist and tangling along the hem. "Something like this, perhaps?"

Sable wiggles in her seat a bit. "Yeah, that's great. If we can somehow work ink themes in I will be well and truly covered."

"Ink, hmm... — do you actually, like, write as an enra or is it more of just an aesthetic note? An enra is, ah — Star, can you, I'm not sure how to explain." 

Star walks over from where she's been inspecting the stacks, a new coppery tiara on her head inset with pink gems, and bows her head to Aria. "Certainly."

She turns to Sable. "An enra is — a thing that you do because you are compelled to by your heart. Something you can't set down even if you want to. Generally it's used to mean a passion or a vocation, but anything that's an area of lifelong work or play can be an enra, including some kink roles. An enra is — something life-defining that's non-circumstantial, let's put it that way. Something about you that you choose to express on a daily basis, because something in your heart demands that you love it or else can't help but be it."

Sable's eyes go wide. "Okay that's an amazing concept to have a simple two-syllable word for. I don't know that writing counts as an enra for me, though. I... I really want to get into writing more, but it's not central like that. It's... more that I'm a person who's made of stories, than that I'm a person who must write, if that makes sense?"

"That makes sense. When someone has an enra of a particular kink role, that role is often referred to as their pleat. You can take or play with a role without it being an enra, but if you do it's just a ruche."

"Any type of enra can be recorded as part of your official ID, though if it's an uncommon one you might have to check an 'other' box. Most pleats have an associated formal title."

"The most common enras are writing or other artistry, helping others in general, allegiance to a particular person or clan, one's chosen gender, and the pleats of being a princess or being a goddess."

She tilts her head, grinning. "Huh! That's really cool! Do princess and goddess pleats typically come with any kind of power, beyond just whatever followers you wind up acquiring? How do the dynamics around that get handled?"

"Generally we try to avoid the religious angle, there's a policy of state atheism due to religion predictably causing problems in most cases — it often leads to psychosis symptoms in the local population despite being a very attractive enra. It's a bit of an awkward situation. But Princesas such as myself are accorded the privilege of being addressed by that title on official communications, and certain government programs are more available to them based on their natural aptitudes. We try to avoid the situation where someone wants to falsify their Enra though, so generally such programs come with duties as well. I'm presently employed under one such program."