There's a Strength in Letting Go (Siobhan)

[Coryth Elaris]

Coryth lifted a brow at Siobhan, as she glanced up to the woman. "Nail polish? And lipstick? What are you trying to turn me into?" A question she had to ask, though admittedly she couldn't stay serious for long as she chuckled softly. "Baby steps, darling. Baby steps. This is all brand new to me." She said softly, still smiling. Still seeming to be happy for the moment.

Coryth smiled a bit brighter as Sio commented on the dress. Confirming that indeed it was nice, and she'd not picked something terrible off the rack. It seemed it would take some time for her to build a sense of confidence in her fashion choices. "It is lovely, but don't you think that might show off a bit too much of my cleavage?" She asked as she looked over the dress Sio had chosen for her. The redhead was still a little shy about showing off her assets. Even if they were lovely assets, it was the scars that got to her. While she had mostly gotten over exposing them on her arms and such, she still hadn't gotten use to the idea of exposing them in any other place, outside of the bedroom.

As they headed towards the dressing room, Coryth came upon a dress that to her, just screamed Siobhan. "Here, Sio I think you should try this on."

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Coryth Elaris"]


Now that Coryth mentioned it, it was no surprise that Siobhan's eyes were immediately drawn to the redhead's lovely breasts. For someone her size she certainly had a magnificient pair. Then she realised that Coryth's eyes were up there. "No, darling. Not too much at all. You've got a pair of beautiful breasts, they deserve to be shown off. You're beautiful, dear. Scars and all. Anyone who doesn't get that is a retard and not worth your time anyway," she said feelingly. Then she saw the dress Coryth had found for her and she beamed. "Oooh, it's beautiful. See, you know more about fashion than you think. Come on, let's try them on!"

 

[Darth Libertas]

((Cameo time!))


For a change Ms Tanaka was not exploring ancient ruins, killing the innocent and the wicked in her quest for arcane knowledge and mystical power. Or indulging in spy games. Likewise she was not busy reading old tomes. No, she was here on a far more mundane but no less important quest that currently demanded her full attention.


You see, she was a lady as well and thus had certain interests. One of those being looking stylish. Admittedly she was far, far less obsessed with being a sexy fashionista the ladies swooned over than Lady Kerrigan, but the former Inquisitor still liked her pretty things here and there, though she prized practicality over style when in the field. And so it came to pass that in this very hour she was inside Ashira's Mall, looking for fancy things to buy. In the light of the fact that she was not an aristo with an almost unlimited bank account, she obviously had to pay attention to the price tags.


Sure, artefacts fetched a hefty price on the market, but she mostly used them herself rather than selling them! At the same time mechu-deru and mentalism came in handy during price negotiations. Mechu-deru could fool the counter and make it decide the price was far less than it ought to be, subtle mentalism could do the rest. Her dark Force Signature was comfortably obfuscated as she conjured up an aura of mundanity. It was still likely that a particularly powerful mentalist would be able to see through the deception and recognise what she was, but that would require them to specifically focus on her in the crowd. It took focus for her to accomplish, but Inquisitorial training had made her quite proficient in this art.


Right now she was entranced by an absolutely beautiful pair of leather boots lined with jakobeast fur. They were simply fabulous and so she lovingly ran her fingers across them. The moment she saw them, she knew she had to have them! Same applied for a pair of tight, hip-hugging jeans and some other articles. Later on she would go pay Ardarvia's Dungeon a visit. After all, she had certain...extracurricular interests, which somehow intersected very well with her former job as an Inquisitor.

 

[Coryth Elaris]

Coryth too had glanced down, and happened to be looking at her own chest as Siobhan spoke. The woman nodded, as she brushed aside a few stray strands of hair, back from her face. "I suppose so. I'm still, a bit shy about that especially around people I don't know."

The tiny woman gave a shrug and sighed, "I worry about them judging me without knowing what happened. I went through hell and back, and I really ... really ... don't want to be judged based on that alone. I don't like it either when people stare at them, which does happen a bit too often." Reaching up she ran a slow hand through her hair, "I've gotten used to showing my arms, but the rest ... It's still taking me some time." Which was only natural, but it had been over a decade. She needed to get used to it a lot quicker than what she was. After all, this was just a normal part of her body now, and after the events with the Box of Doom, the scars already had considerably faded. At least now, they didn't appear to be fresh scars only recently healed. They looked like old scars that had been there for years. It was time to stop being so self concious about them.

Coryth smiled, "It just looked like something you might wear, is all." She still had little clue of what things would actually look good on herself. That was an entirely different story. "And I do like purple." She said softly, as they headed into the dressing rooms.

It took her a moment or two of fussing over her own clothes, and staring at herself in the mirror ... looking over her scarred body before she finally slipped the red dress that she'd picked out on. Shyly she stepped out of the room, to let Siobhan see it on her. "What do you think?" She asked nervously.

As for the dark mysterious woman in the large store with them, Coryth hadn't even noticed. But then again, she wasn't paying much mind. There were far too many things to look at, and too many things that were distracting her right then, including her own scars and self conscious issues.

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Coryth Elaris"]

Siobhan strutted out of the changing room, carrying herself with the air of a woman who thought she owned the place and expected people to recognise she was gourgeous. When Coryth, looking a bit shy and nervous, stepped out she gave her a bright smile. Needless to say her eyes immediately travelled over the redhead, appraising the pretty redheaded princess.


"Gourgeous, darling. It looks magnificient on you. Don't be shy, you're hot, you should show it," she said warmly. "It's taking lots of self-control to keep me from wanting to ravish you right here. That's how great you look. How do I look?" she made a pose, turning around briefly so that Coryth would also be able to see how the dress made her butt look. Clearly Siobhan expected plenty of effusive commentary about how beautiful she was.

 

[Darth Libertas]

[member="Coryth Elaris"]


Sumiko tilted her head slightly when she felt two...very powerful presences. One was strong in the Dark Side and resembled a nuclear furnace, the other was an Avatar of the Light, radiating sickening purity and blazing light that felt like it would you if you touched. Yet despite this both seemed friendly to one another.


Of course, she recognised both of them. Master Elaris might not know this, but she had actually been targeted by the Inquisition as a potentially valuable asset given her gift of farsight. Alas, a certain Sith had had the same idea and too many other factors had intervened after her return to known space. But now things had changed, the Inquisition was dead, and Sumiko did not miss the old days, though she took some satisfaction in the fact that the Jedi were a crumbling edifice. The Atrisian kept up aura of mundanity and, having chosen a fine pair wicked boots, went to appraise a pair of jeans.

 

[Coryth Elaris]

Coryth couldn't help but admire Siobhan's boldness and confidence. In this kind of situation, the more timid redhead simply did not hold that power. She still, was a bit too shy about her own body. Clearly something that needed to change. Perhaps more time spent under Siobhan's loving heel might do her good, and remind her that her body was beautiful and anyone who could not see that was a fool. Coryth just needed to be further convinced of that.

"Thank you," She said softly, her eyes dropping to the ground for a moment, looking considerably shy and submissive all the sudden as a reddish hue spread across her cheeks. "I'm trying not to be as shy. I think it's just going to take a bit of effort and some time."

After a long moment, Coryth finally looked up to give an appraisal of Siobhan and her dress. Her cheeks, still a bit red. "You look so lovely, Sio. The dress really goes wonderfully with your lovely red hair." She said with a grin. Her eyes did pause for a moment, looking over Siobhan's toosh. Hardly able to avoid thoughts of what Sio would look like without a thing on. Yes, indeed Coryth was having a dirty thought or two. Not that she would publicly admit to such!

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Coryth Elaris"]


It went without saying that Siobhan noticed that Coryth was oggling her and so she posed in such a manner that the short stack of fire would get the best view of her perfect toosh. "I suppose I'll just have to remind you of how sexy you are till you stop being so shy. Oh, and Coryth, darling, I'm totally cool with you staring at my butt, you know. It is a very sexy one, after all." You could bounce a nickel off it. No, Siobhan was not being smug at all.


As for dirty thoughts, one or two might have bled over into Coryth from Siobhan. Clearly she would do her best to make the redhead less shy, though she liked her submissive side. However, Sio's eyes were already wandering across the clothing store. "Those pants and that leather mini skirt would look lovely on you," she declared, pointing towards the clothes in question.

 

[Coryth Elaris]

Coryth smiled a bit sheepishly. "Maybe you will. " Her cheeks quickly flushed a brighter shade of crimson as Siobhan seemed to have caught on to what the redhead was looking at. "Yes, yes it is ...." She whispered softly, clearly still a little shy about such conversations in a public space.
One or two certainly did bleed over, which Coryth quickly tried to push away. It wasn't that she wasn't thinking about that already, just that she really didn't want to have such thoughts in a public space where at this point it was certain only to make her blush more deeply.

Coryth then followed Siobhan's gaze out to the clothes she had mentioned. "I don't know Sio, I'm not sure about a mini skirt. That's an awful lot of leg to show. And I still have that lovely black dress to try on." Oh yes, Coryth was totally trying to distract Siobhan now, and avoid the leather miniskirt! She could only hope that such deception would work on Siobhan this time!

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Coryth Elaris"]


Needless to say Siobhan looked extremely smug. Of course, she knew that her magnificient butt was perfect, but it was always nice to hear it! Especially from a woman she was sort of in love with.


Unfortunately for the redhead, Siobhan was like a kath hound on a trail. When she wanted something, she pursued it! And right now she was on a mission to load Coryth with sexy clothes, gems and nail polish in order to turn her into a confident, girly femme. "Indeed you do, but we have all the time in the world. Come on, give the skirt a try. It'll hug your curves and show off those lovely legs," she said with a wolfish grin.

 

[Darth Libertas]

If Sumiko had felt more confident in her ability to conjure up a false light side aura, she would have attempted that particular trick. After all, there was a Jedi Master a couple metres away from her!


However, all evidence indicated that [member="Coryth Elaris"] was a very powerful mentalist, so she calculated that she would probably see through the illusion if Sumiko attempted it in her presence. Almost two thousand years ago, Zannah had infiltrated the Jedi Temple under the guise of being one of their own...but everyone seemed to be able to sneak into the Temple!


And so Sumiko simply kept her Force Signature suppressed and her thoughts fluid. If one tried to look into the whirlpool that was her mind at this point in time, the dominant thoughts you'd pick up on her were her desire for pretty things and perhaps some fun later on. However, coincidentally she was heading over to the same part of the clothing store as Coryth and Kerrigan!


She could not help appraising the lovely redhead. "Your friend is right, Miss. That leather skirt would look great on you. You shouldn't hide those lovely legs," she spoke. There, Coryth got appreciation for her looks from an unbiased source. Admittedly the source in question was an amoral sociopath, but, hey, Sumiko still had good taste.

 

[Coryth Elaris]

Oh, it certainly was perfect, shapely and just the kind of thing that Coryth had dreamed about from time to time. Though, she'd never, ever admit that outloud. Never!

The redhead looked from dem Rock, to Sio and back again seemingly so uncertain about it. It was far more revealing than anything she'd ever worn. "That is true." A heavy sigh followed, Coryth not wanting to try den Rock on, but peer pressure was at least good for something in this case! Like making Cory try on something entirely different that she never otherwise would have dreamed of trying.

Then the Atrisian woman came over to her. She smiled sweetly, and so far nothing seemed off. For a moment, the woman's words gave her pause. She'd never heard that before from someone outside the people she knew and called friend or family. "You are quite kind, thank you," She said softly, that same rosa hue brightening further. Reaching up, she nervously ran a hand through her hair as she glanced back to den Rock. "I appreciate hearing that." She managed with a smile.

"I guess with two lovely ladies telling me such things, I just might have to believe it. I suppose I can at least try it on." Though, she was still certain that she'd not like it. But maybe it would at least get Siobhan to let it go! If only she knew how wrong she was. Siobhan was highly unlikely to give up anytime soon! "If I didn't know better, I'd think you two were just tag teaming me on this." She said with a shake of her head, as she slowly headed over to grab den Rock. After all, it had become clear to her, she wasn't getting out of the store without trying it on. In the end, just trying it on, wasn't going to kill her. At the very least it would make Siobhan happy!

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]

 

[Darth Libertas]

[member="Coryth Elaris"]


Sumiko smiled enigmatically and needless to say her eyes were following Coryth's cute butt when she headed over to pick up den Rock. It would truly look lovely on her. "Not tag teaming you at all, dear. Just speaking the truth. You're beautiful, you should show it," she said softly.


For her part Siobhan had the distinct impression that she knew the woman from somewhere. The face just seemed too familiar...but she could not immediately put a name to the face. Yet there was the growing sense of familiarity, as if she had seen her before. Perhaps it was someone her Mirien had known. So instead she decided to play along. After all, the Atrisian was right. "See, unbiased source, darling. You're hot, accept it," Siobhan stated smugly.


"Exactly. Are you two...together? Forgive me if I'm being too forward," the Atrisian woman queried. Her voice had a core worlds accent, though it seemed more learned and well-practiced than natural. Her Force Signature was comfortably suppressed.


Siobhan shook her head in response. "No, we're just very good friends." You better not try to pounce on her, she thought to herself. See, she was quite protective when it came to 'her' Coryth - and probably had impossibly high standards for anyone who wanted to date her.


"Oh, my mistake. You must be very close ones. A pretty thing like her will make anyone she dates very happy. That reminds me, those breasts so call for Silaqui's Secrets, anything else is a crime." Verily, it truly would be.