<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ca/e3/76/cae37629f492fb3c728caa4dcbec2421.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name:</strong> Vyx, aka Rachael Kyleson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=277865.msg13656378#msg13656378)<br/><strong>Date:</strong> September 1st<br/><strong>Time:</strong> 8 AM<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Living Area (https://i.imgur.com/BwCPhrY.jpg)<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong> Sophie Reynes, OPEN<br/><strong>Warning:</strong>  <br/></td></tr></tbody></table><hr/><hr/>Vyx offered a gentle grin, nodding thanks when Sophie decided what she wanted to call her.  In truth, names were strange things for Vyx: everyone else had a single name that they lived with their entire life, so she knew that they meant more to other people, the same way a face did.  To Vyx, though, it was sufficient that everyone understand she was the same person no matter her face, even when her personality was a little different.<br/><br/>Sophie's explanations about schooling were meant with an expression of sympathy and compassion.  "I don't honestly know either," she said.  "That's part of why I keep taking different majors.  Having to decide on how you want to spend your life...it's really scary."  Of course, Vyx knew that she could always change her mind later, but not everyone had that option.<br/><br/>Then came the question that Vyx let Sophie broach at her own pace.  Some people didn't even want to talk about it at all, but others were completely eager and excited to learn as much as they could.  Sophie seemed to be somewhere in between.  "I give you permission to ask anything, no matter how strange," she offered.  "I've had all kinds of questions asked of me, and requests."  The latter part was met with a bit of a grin, though it quickly faded.<br/><br/>The exact explanation brought a bit of trepidation, because she knew the reputation her kind had.  "I'm a doppelganger," she explained, "but I don't take people's form with the intent to deceive others, and the mind reading...isn't really as focused and powerful as people think.  It's more like empathy, where I pick up what someone wants, but..."<br/><br/>Vyx took a breath, remembering that the shyness and fear she was feeling was not her own.  "If you want," she said, her smile quickly returning, "I'll show you what I naturally look like.  I don't go around a lot like that, but..."  A gentle shrug made the offer, totally okay with whether Sophie did or didn't want to see her true form.