Yes, I see what you mean about Quality Time and Cuddle Buddies. They're things that are nice to have, and can be important if they're what you really need in your life, but you can also have those things without using the Spirit's power for them if you don't need them to be an easy guarantee.

And it makes sense to take the time to think through your choices, too. ♡

Thanks.

I think that means the next thing to look at is the other really big decision I've been putting off.

She flips through the pages a bit and composes a new list.

Growth
Anything You Can Do 6 ✓
Dragon Fairy Elf Witch 5 ?
Snowglobe 4 ?
Unleash The Magic 3 ?
You Can Teach Better 8 ✓
More Magic 5 ?
The Princess And The Dragon ?

She stares at it for a moment.

The Princess And The Dragon doesn't perfectly fit with the rest but I think it's the best place to put it.

I think, there's only four serious ideas I have here:

1: Just Anything You Can Do for 6 points. I think Anything You Can Do is the one I like the best and if I'm really short on points I think that's the option that feels best.

2: Anything You Can Do and You Can Teach Better for 14 points. I prefer this to the first option if I can afford it. Then I'm bringing people with me instead of leaving them behind.

3: Add in Snowglobe for 4 more points and a total of 18. I think Snowglobe is the second most aesthetic of my options here and I guess it doesn't actually promise that the magics I would get would be a good fit for me but it feels like a better chance than DFEW.

3: All of them for 31 points. I don't know if I want this but again I really like the idea of bringing people with me and this is the only way to do that with the other powers.

What do you mean about the magics being a good fit for you?

So it says one of the things it can help with is 'personality-based magic' That implies to me that the magics would fit me somehow instead of feeling random or arbitrary. It does also talk about superhero worlds though.

Yes, Snowglobe gets you powers that suit you in that sense, even if the source it's drawing from doesn't necessarily work that way. Dragon Fairy Elf Witch doesn't directly have the same quirk to it, but because it tries to give you the advantages of each heritage without the disadvantages, it also tends to provide results that suit what you want in a broader sense.

I think that makes sense. There's also the tension where, this would take a lot of points and one of the best ways to get those points is to accept That's How It Goes and not have any control over how I'm changing. And I don't think my sense of a good story would protect me from that, because I do like stories about people struggling to adapt to things and stories that show that power comes with consequences instead of being an unallloyed good.

I see what you mean, yes. That sounds like a pretty tough decision to make. I do want you to be able to share these things with More Magic, but That's How It Goes could make having these powers much more difficult than it would otherwise be.

Yeah, I guess that's another argument for dropping off the Friends In Places powers.

She does some math on the side.

If I skip the Princess And The Dragon and the Friends Places and take the lot along with some of the drawbacks I wasn't sure about that puts me at 121/122 So there is actually an option where I take them all without That's How It Goes.

Oh, that's heartening... except for the phrase "some of the drawbacks I wasn't sure about". Which ones are those, and what weren't you sure of about them? (Or should I wait for you to get there in your list?)

She goes to look.

It would mean I would have to take Signature Style and Flashy and both of their predecessors.

What do you think of that idea?

I think I'm loosely okay with it. There are more powers I haven't looked through that I could potentially drop too.

Like I said last time, Very Distinctive feels like it could be something I would need to expect anyway. And honestly I'm pretty okay with Flashy it's Very Distinctive that I worry a little about.

On the other side I have been tossing around some more thoughts about Signature Style in my head. I think the summation of the concept I have is upskirt compatible.

Tom snickers.

"Oh hush."

To go into more detail, it means I more or less give up on pants and shorts and also give up on panties. I think it would also rule out floor length dresses unless they had long slits in them. Basically the idea in my head is that my clothes could always potentially give someone a peak of my vulva though I'm hoping undressing room would let me arrange things so that it only shows people when it would make their day better instead of worse.

I feel like people being able to see the outlines of my nipples through my top and just generally the shape of my breasts through my top is also likely but if I can focus on the one aspect that would be my preference.

That sounds less like a style and more like the kind of restriction that would fit as a Single Perfect Flaw... because, hmm, it's focused on non-stylistic aspects of how you dress?

Yeah, that makes sense. I think with enough time I could think of a more stylistic way to describe it, but that does make sense.

Actually I'm a little curious, I feel like for a bunch of possible Signature Styles there's no direct application to being naked. Can people who's signature style is for example ballroom gowns just never be naked?

Yes, Signature Style almost always allows taking off clothes, it's just that to the extent that someone is dressed they have to be dressed a certain way.

Okay, that actually gives a lot more flexibility.

I think if I had to pick something very narrow it would just be sundresses but I feel like there's a way to describe that which also lets me wear a bunch of combinations of skirts and blouses that have the same kind of floaty aesthetic. Maybe there's also some pants at the edges that fit but that's less important to me. When I was trying to come up with something before I was also trying to include the more tight fitting outfits I wear sometimes especially when it's colder but if I didn't have to care about weather or my clothes getting in my way when doing something physical, I would always go with this lighter side.

I think that sounds much more like a style!

Oh, good. I think that's enough to put it in the ✓ category. There's some things I would miss variety wise but I also like the idea that nobody could force me to wear clothes I don't like. I guess it doesn't protect me from people trying to hurt me because they don't like how I'm dressed but I have other powers that can help with that.

She updates her marking.

Based on the discussion she also moves The Princess And The Dragon as well as he Friends in Places powers to *. And has That's How It Goes et all join them.

It can be really nice to know that you'll never have to wear clothes you don't like, even though it also means you can't update your style in the future.

It's also an anchor and a reminder of where I came from. It's a promise to myself that a lot of who I am will stay the same even if I'm embracing change.

That makes sense. ♡

Alright, well we're getting close to the end of things now.

When I was looking through again, I noticed that Where The Heart Is doesn't really fit into any other big category. I have it rated as a minus but I think that might be a mistake. There's absolutely some whimsy in my medley of clothing powers and in the idea of kid mode but I think I've been leaning really far into the serious side of these powers.

I think I want to take Where The Heart Is as a reminder to myself that I don't need to live my life quite that seriously even if I have the potential to accomplish big things.

I think that sounds like a lovely idea. ♡