Fandom Library, Wednesday, July 31st

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Professor Beniko had assigned homework for skipping out on her class yesterday, which Arden felt was totally fair, so after putting away the returns and checking out a couple of National Geographics to what she was pretty sure were three porgs in the trenchcoat (she utterly refused to interrogate that situation any further, thank you), she settled behind the desk to look at pictures of Salar de Uyuni, which then informed her that there was a country called Bolivia, so she was reading more about that, too.

A 'The More You Know' type day. And best of all, it gave her something to focus on that wasn't her lingering worry or anger. Bonus!

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Arden made a mental note to text Ellie for permission to send those pics to Kamala. For tomorrow, though, when Kamala least expected it. #JustBestieThings

"Your girlfriend's hot," she explained, because what if maybe Kams wasn't picking that up?

Re: Talk to the Aide

[slothbabyproductions]

"Uh. I knew that. I just didn't know... wow."

Kamala handed Arden the phone back. Reluctantly.

"I didn't know she was that hot."

She let out a long breath like she had been holding it in too long.

"Wait. We have school dances?"

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"I know of two?" Arden said. "Homecoming and prom. You know, fancy dresses and voting for royalty and all that stuff." She flushed and ducked her head. "I, uh. Won prom queen. Last year."

Re: Talk to the Aide

[slothbabyproductions]

"Awww! Of course you did Queen!" Kamala said hitting Arden up with their special snappy secret handshake. "Did you have a King as your date? Or did you just go solo."

Re: Talk to the Aide

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"I had a date, but he wasn't a student, so he didn't get to become King or anything," Arden said, skillfully evading just who that mystery date could possibly have been. "And Dean made it incredibly embarrassing by making us pose and taking pictures and--hey, if I could pry my phone from your Ellie-addled clutches, I could show you?"

Re: Talk to the Aide

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"Ooo! Yes please," Kamala said handing it back to Arden. "I'm now rethinking my hesitance to go dress shopping now."

Re: Talk to the Aide

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"We agreed," Arden said immediately. "Dress shopping for powers exploration. Don't you welsh on me now."

She pulled up a selfie of her in her red prom gown. "That was me."

Re: Talk to the Aide

[slothbabyproductions]

"Ooooo. Girl," Kamala said with a wide smile. "You looked soooo pretty. No wonder they gave you the crown. And I wasn't chickening out. I just feel weird about picking out new clothes."

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"Money, or...?" Arden laughed a bit. "I was really limited in what I could take from Callista's house, so most of my new wardrobe came from looting the Walmart of clothing and cash during whatever the hell was going on last year."

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[slothbabyproductions]

"Well that sure as heck doesn't look like a Wal-Mart vibe," Kamala said with a grin. "And it's not the money for buying clothes. I just... It's trying something new for me. It's one thing to put on a uniform and help people. It's another to put me in something other than jeans and a t-shirt."

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"Change is scary," Arden said, laying a sympathetic hand on Kamala's arm. "But that's why we're here, right? Pushing past the shit that scares us?"

Re: Talk to the Aide

[slothbabyproductions]

"Yeah. I guess for someone who's fought aliens and other I shouldn't be afraid of a little change of color," Kamala said parsing through her thoughts. "Weird thought though."

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Well, from the way you talk, being Ms. Marvel is kinda just being...Kamala-plus? But changing up your wardrobe is like...changing Kamala, a little. Does that make sense?"

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[slothbabyproductions]

“Yeah I just never really put a lot of stock in my appearance before,” Kamala admitted. “I just dressed for comfort and for things I thought were cool.”

Re: Talk to the Aide

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"And it's not like you're going to suddenly become, like...someone obsessed with makeup and fashion and stuff. You can maybe find comfortable things that aren't jeans and t-shirts, or maybe you find stuff that you like but only for special occasions? Or maybe you don't find anything, but at least you know. Right?"