I'm reppin' for the girls who taking over the world (semi-closed)

[rathercommon]

WHO: Kitty Jones, Keladry of Mindelan, Tej Stuffgoeshere Vorpatril, Lucy Pevensie, Blue Sargent, maybe Aerith???? other women they would have invited along???? all participants are welcome to bring more people
WHERE: A Capitalist Hellscape a.k.a. the De Chima mall
WHEN: The evening of August 17th
WHAT: Girls' night out!!! Semi-ironically engaging in shopping and other similar activities like a bunch of hipsters/people who secretly enjoy this sort of thing
WARNINGS: Consumerism...?


[ RESOLVED: That men are sometimes irritating and the company of other women is very frequently much, much better.
RESOLVED: That the night of August 17th is therefore to be given over to women going out and having fun together not in the company of men.
THEREFORE: Kel and Kitty put together fun things to do for some women, no boys allowed. These fun things take place at the De Chima Mall, and they include:

Going shopping (or, possibly, criticizing the capitalism that drives the need for these shallow, worthless consumer goods, if you're Kitty or Blue).
Getting mani/pedis.
Stopping by the arcade and shooting things/dominating at Dance Dance Revolution (if you're Tej).
Sitting and drinking coffee drinks in the mall Coffee Hut.
Staring in horror at the price tags on the cookware in the Willem-Soneema.
Having a delicious/terrible dinner at the Oregon Pizza Kitchen.

Go forth. Enjoy the pleasures of this terrible place. ]

Comments

[protects_the_small]

[Kel glances across the arcade to the counter and then around at the various games, her lighting up in comprehension]

Ah, so they can get you to spend more money to get more tickets! Very clever.

[rathercommon]

Exactly.

[ She gives a grand shake of her head, and sighs, though she's clearly actually more charmed than disapproving. ]

It's all so capitalist.

[protects_the_small]

I think I prefer this kind to the one shop with the breasts bands.

[rathercommon]

The what?

[ Oh - ]

Oh, the bras.

[protects_the_small]

That's what I said.

[CHEERFULLY]

[rathercommon]

[ Mildly: ]

Right, yeah. I'd like to go back and set that place on fire.

[protects_the_small]

[Kel slots a few more tokens into the game while she collects her thoughts. She had actually listened in on Blue and Kitty's disgust and Tej's critique, but something nagged at her about the store]

Is being a prostitute a favorable trade here?

[rathercommon]

[ She blinks, startled. ]

Erm - what?

[protects_the_small]

That seemed to be implication, that their wares would help you sell yourself.

[rathercommon]

Oh. Erm - no. That's not about prostitution.

[protects_the_small]

Even though the inside was made to look like a bordello?

[Her confusion is genuine here]

[rathercommon]

The goal is to be...sexy. I guess. It's not about actually being - a sex worker. Sex worker is the preferred term, by the way.

[protects_the_small]

[Kel accepts this with a nod and throws her first ball]

But.... Being sexy as a performance, not as a feeling? Like being seen at a popular gathering rather than going for its own sake.

[rathercommon]

I mean -

[ She huffs out a breath, leaning against a pillar beside the skeeball machine. ]

I suppose it depends. There are people who are genuinely made to feel sexy with that, I'm sure. People who really enjoy it and the way it makes them feel. But - that stuff - it's not comfortable. It's not available to all women. And the people who started that company wanted men to be the people who bought it for their wives.

[protects_the_small]

[THAT gets Kel laughing so hard she misses her next shot]

Have they ever SEEN a man in a dressmaker's shop?

[rathercommon]

[ Dryly: ]

That's what they wanted to avoid. The poor things being afraid and uncomfortable. Because, you know, it's so difficult for men, isn't it.

[protects_the_small]

[Kel raises an eyebrow and folds her arms]

Goddess knows I have a hard enough time guessing at my own measurements, they really think that's going to work well with a husband that doesn't even know how such things are measured?

[rathercommon]

[ She shakes her head. ]

They hardly care about that. They don't care about you actually looking good.

[protects_the_small]

[Kel opens her mouth, then closes it and shakes her head]

Just when I think I've gotten the hang of this mad world....

[rathercommon]

Oh - no.

[ She gestures around herself. ]

Do not take this as representative of this planet. This place is far beyond awful.

[protects_the_small]

[Kel laughs probably too hard at this, shaking her head]

I've never had to take an entire planet into consideration before, honestly. This country is big enough as it is.

[rathercommon]

No? Don't spend a lot of time meditating over the state of the world?

[protects_the_small]

[Kel shrugs]

Only in a... A general sense, or what will affect the realm in the near future. Mind you, I spent the last two years or so in a far north war zone, and thinking about Carthak or the Copper Isles is hard when Scanra is about to overrun you.

News travels at the speed of a horse still, even if the Crown has mages who can speak over long distances.