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Sex, Dating, and Self- Confidence [Tuesday]

Today, when the students entered the classroom, they wouldn't find Irene perched on her desk. Nor would they find last week's assortment of art supplies.

No, today the room was filled with racks upon racks of expensive ~~yet fully moddable~~ clothing. Don't ask where Irene had gotten it all; she had connections for such things, even now.

"The semester's rather flown by, hasn't it?" Irene asked, frowning a little from where she was rearranging a rack of cashmere scarves. "Today, we're going to tackle a huge, huge portion of developing some self-confidence, or maintaining it." She grinned at them, spreading her hands out. "Faking it. And the best way to fake it, in my well-traveled opinion, is by looking confident. Clothes that make you feel comfortable will help, yes -- no one here needs to lace themselves into anything restrictive, or anything like that. But today, I want you to peruse the racks here and see if you can't find something that makes you feel stunning."

"Clothes," she added, straightening her skirt, "are just a tool, yes. But someone who walks with their head high in something well-tailored and sexy -- that's someone who looks confident. And looking confident is half the battle. Now, that's going to mean something different for all of us. You've seen how I dress -- " Irene gestured expansively to herself. "This is what works for me. Maybe you'd feel more confident showing a touch more skin in your every day -- that's fine, if it works for you, though it's always a good idea to be aware of what situation you're dressing for. Maybe you'd feel more at ease in something with much less skin showing -- great for you. The idea here is to look presentable in a way that makes you feel ready to take on the world. So browse, try things on," she waved towards the privacy screens she'd set up in the back of the room, "and feel free to ask questions."

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Raven nodded. "The changing screens don't help," she guessed. "Maybe we could ask if you could take the clothes down to the bathroom and change there instead?"

"I can't..." She bit her lip. "I need to be all covered. No one can - I just have to be."

"I bet there's clothes here that would cover all of you?" Raven tried. "And if no one comes into the bathroom while you're there, then no one can see you when you're not all covered. I could guard the door, if you like."

If Kaylin objected again, Raven would give up. Pressing the girl would only make her even more uncomfortable. But it was worth one more try.

"I guess... I could try..." She'd never had nor expected to have the opportunity to even touch clothes that fancy, so it was certainly tempting.

Raven nodded enthusiastically. "And if you decide you're not comfortable with it, you can always change your mind."

The whole point was to wear something that made them confident, after all.

Kaylin nodded, still a bit uncertain, but moved to look through some of the clothes there. Her fingers lingered over the dresses, but there didn't seem to be anything that would cover everything that needed to be covered. Which was well... pretty much everything.

90% of them weren't anything she considered anywhere near decent - for her world at least. She knew people here wore next to nothing without thinking about it, which was fine for them, but she'd feel completely naked.

She found a pair of what they called 'skinny jeans', but shook her head after looking at them carefully. She'd never be able to fight in those, so she certainly wouldn't feel confident in them. The long black leggings, though, those were possible. And some of the long sleeved, high necked shirts on the rack.

"Those look good," Raven said with a smile. "Do you want to pick out shoes and things, too? There's some nice high boots in here, too."

Kaylin glanced at them, but shook her head. "None of those heel things. I think my own shoes will do." She could only bend so far at one go.

She disappeared into the bathroom and came out shoving a stick through the knot of her hair to make it into a sort of bun. "Well... they're soft. And pretty comfortable..."

She was pleased, but it was hard for her to admit it.

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"You look great!" Raven said, smiling. She'd say it no matter what, just to encourage Kaylin, but she meant it, too. It was nice to see her smiling, if nothing else. "Soft and comfortable are definitely good. Can you move in all the ways you need to?"

Kaylin spun and crouched, then did a quick spin kick before nodding. "That should do it."

Raven's eyes widened a little, and she clapped softly. "You're a fighter!"

Kaylin blushed a little. "I'm a Hawk. Or almost one anyway. And since we're like the police here we need to be able to protect people."

Yes, she was touched that Raven had applauded.

"Hawk," Raven said. "That's a good name. Do you guys fly, too?"

"Only the Aerians," Kaylin said, her face full of wistfullness. "They have wings."

She sighed. "I wish I had wings. I'd love to fly."

"I can have wings," Raven admitted. "But I'm afraid to try flying."

Kaylin's eyes went huge. "You can have wings?" She said with astonishment. "How Why don't you have them all the time? Would you ever try to fly? Maybe from a low place or - oh! In the Danger Shop where you couldn't get hurt!"

Yes, more questions than poor Raven could handle at once.

And one more comment.

"I'd help!"

Really, Raven should have anticipated this. "I'm a shapeshifter," she said. "I can be any shape I want. But if I try to have armor or something, it's not really made of metal, it's still just me. So I'm not sure if I have wings they'll be real flying wings or not." She tipped her head thoughtfully. "I bet I could glide, though. Like a flying squirrel."

"Ohhhhhhh...." Kaylin looked even more like the little girl she had never been. "Gliding... that's awfully close to flying."

She shifted a little closer, hands clasped in front of her. "Could I touch your wings? I wouldn't pull or tug or anything, but just, wings."

Raven shrugged. "I guess. What kind do you wanna see? Feathery ones? Bat wings?"

"Bat -?" She shook her head. Those weren't real wings. "Feathery. Definitely feathery. Kind of like in pictures of angels."

Raven knew at least one vampire that would beg to differ. "Okay, angel wings." She shrugged, rolling her shoulders, then leaned forward to counter the weight of the bright white feathery wings suddenly coming out of her back. She frowned once at the placement, then shifted them a little higher, fussing with the musculature to slim them down into something less fluffy cheruby and more -- well -- hawklike.

"Like that?" she asked. She'd never tried having wings while still human shaped, before.

Kaylin's face was all wide-eyed awe. "Ohhhhh, those are beautiful."

She reached out a finger to touch, then pulled her hands back and clasped them in front of her. "They're perfect. Can I... can I touch? I'll be gentle, I swear."

"Go ahead," Raven said. She was curious to see what it'd feel like, too. She slowly stretched one of the wings out towards Kaylin, not wanting to knock it into anything. "You can tell me if I got the texture right."

Kaylin gently touched the edge of Raven's wings. "So soft..." she smiled up at her shyly. "They feel right to me."

Her fingers traced over the wings, carefully avoiding the flight feathers. "Clint says I shouldn't touch those," she explained. "They're the flight ones, he says."

Raven craned her neck a little to look. "So if I don't get those right, then flying won't work?"

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