<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 transformed back into her Rachael body without any fanfare, or even an obvious recognition that she'd done so, the way someone who didn't like wearing shoes might slip them off just out of force of habit.  It wasn't really in her nature to stay in her true form for a long period of time, and she'd learned to build up the rote of staying in one form at a time to make sure she didn't accidentally shift around ordinary people.  In fact, it had been a major effort of her summer vacation, and it was every time she created a new persona.<br/><br/>The mention of taking the day off got a nod and smile from Vyx.  "Smart," she said, giving a smile.  Human appearances were far more expressive, her lips having a full shape and some actual color once again.  "I try to move in early also, but...most of my room is a mess.  I have a lot of...stuff."  It wasn't exactly easy to explain, although she would try if Sophie really wanted to know.<br/><br/>Sophie's question about enjoying it, however, made Vyx really think of a good way to explain.  "When you're reading a good book," she said, "you feel for the characters, even though they're not real.  I heard that actors do that, also: they develop feelings the same way their characters do."  She wasn't sure how perfect the analogy was, but she was trying.  "With doppelgangers, we feel things the absolute strongest when other people are feeling them.  Hearing a joke isn't<em>nearly</em>as hilarious just by yourself or reading it, but when the whole room hears it for the first time, and everyone feels it..."  She grinned.  "It feels more real that way."<br/><br/>She really didn't know how else to explain.  "Life doesn't always feel real...feel solid.  We can be anything.  If you would want to know why someone would impersonate someone, that's probably why, just to feel loved like that."  The way she shook her head showed that it didn't justify such behavior, but Vyx didn't really know how to explain it.  "I enjoy taking other forms the way people enjoy books and movies, just losing myself as a character like that for a while, feeling things.  And when it's over, I can decide if I actually like it or if I was just trying it out, but I rarely feel bad for trying something out.  It's like..."  Her fingers swished the air in the attempt to find the right words.  "It's like trying something new, and just playing along with it.  The only time it's not fun is when the other person picks something that they can't really take seriously, because they don't feel it."<br/><br/>Her lips curled in an inviting smile as she stood up.  "I feel like the Professor Granger idea excited you, though."  One hand reached out for the remote in order to shut off the television.  "Would you like to try that one out, or did you have a different request?  And what would you like me to teach you?"  Soft eyes glanced over Sophie's body.  "And have you been a good student or a bad student?"