<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/JCoNFHJ.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Lily Jimenez<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>June 15th, 2021, 11:15 AM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Beauty Salon<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Albion, Nerissa, Open| Mentioned: Kevin, Mallory<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>Warning - Naked Albion Ahead<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Her usual T-Shirt and jeans, and a bomber jacket. (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpicture-cdn.wheretoget.it%2F1houij-l-610x610-jacket-black-bomber-patch-women-summer-beauty-cool-black%2Bbomber.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwheretoget.it%2Flook%2F2277461&tbnid=M05SnUBK42DD-M&vet=10CA8QMyhtahcKEwjAivXW6_DqAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBg..i&docid=C2N3n6H8A4jfiM&w=433&h=610&q=bomber%20jacket%20woman%20&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=0CA8QMyhtahcKEwjAivXW6_DqAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBg)<br/><br/><hr/><br/>With Nerissa's advice, Lily checked out the fishtail braid in the mirror. "I guess I've got a good neck. Whaddaya think Snowball?" She turned this way and that to try and assess. She didn't know what to make of the word fragile. No doubt it was meant as a compliment, but considering what they were facing, maybe being fragile was something of a liability. Then again, the whole point was to turn heads, right? "OK, Foxxie. I guess I can do the braid thing if you can help me set it up. I missed out on the whole slumber party thing when I was a kid, so I'm a little low on my braiding skills. Unless you can code the damn things."<br/><br/>At least she had a good looking avatar.<br/><br/>Then the talk turned to double dating. "Hmm... I mean it might be OK if you came along. We can always split up into respective couples later, right?" Of course, of more immediate interest was the question of who Neri would take. Whom. Damn grammarians. Lily's initial attempt had been Ryu, but it seems Vegeta had been struck by that lightning bolt which had so shocked Albion in a very different manner. There was still Leasick, of course, and maybe Toshiro, though he gave this whole older brother vibe even more than Albion did.<br/><br/>Perhaps it says something of Lily that she didn't recognize the fox demon's obvious interest in the gentleman right in front of her for what it was. Then again, Nerissa always had a sexy affectionate vibe going. Besides, Neri's suggestion had hit like a bombshell, wiping out all other considerations for the outright audacity of it all. It was difficult to evoke a reaction from Lily other than the one she wanted you to see, but damned if her jaw didn't drop to the floor and her eyes didn't widen to, well, Neri-like proportions, The fox had a way of pulling out the rug from under you. Case in point, she had been maneuvered into dating the poor suffering soul lying half-naked in front of her. Point one, Neri.<br/><br/>Back to the topic at hand. "Kevin, though? I mean given, I suppose Joe's cute in that drooling completely mad about you sort of way, but let's face it, he's not mad about<em>you</em>. Usually when you date someone, you kinda want to explore some kind of future with the person. Besides, I couldn't say for sure that Barbie isn't the kind of woman who would tear out your arm and beat ya to death with it, but if you want to find out, that's a good way to go about it. At least<em>she'd</em>be clear on how she feels after that. Him?..." She waved her hand back up and down in the universal sign for meh...<br/><br/>As for Albion, for all her front about not caring, Lily was doing her best to make this as painless as possible for Albion. Albeit in a Lily-leaves-nothing-but-self-amusement-and-scorched-earth sort of way, but there you go. She made a big deal of the not caring, "Yeah well if I didn't care, who would right? I'm a sucker by default I guess," she replied to his cynicism, grasping tighter as the women began to pull the strips. And his response to her query was no surprise. Instead she gave an evil grin and asked, "You know you shouldn't play that men's little secret card with me. That only makes me want to find out all the more. I thought they'd teach you that in Lily 101."<br/><br/>But nothing... NOTHING in Lily's arsenal could have served as distraction or destabilizing agent for Albion compared to what Nerissa was about to do. For the second time in three minutes (a new record), Lily was left momentarily speechless and still at a complete loss for any idea of what to do for a few moments more. "Snowball... this is why most people choose boxers or briefs. Apparently... you prefer neither." This was uncomfortable, and not in the usual Lily-likes-it-when-you-sweat sort of way. She looked around for a solution to the problem. Fortunately, this was a salon, so washcloths were easy to come by, and she quickly grabbed a pink one (what other colors would there be?) and threw it over the appendage in question. As long as Albion wasn't a masochist (though the fact that he accepted his fate of taking her out later would seem to provide evidence to the contrary), the presence of women ripping the hair off his body through the liberal application and removal of hot wax should put paid to any secondary issues regarding the washcloth not being up to the task of providing cover for the poor sap. "Well Foxxie," she added with an arch eyebrow, "you don't take half-measures when you set your mind to something, do ya?"