the world that I never knew

☆ "Oh, 621!" It was a bit of a relief that so many familiar faces from her previous stay in the city were still around. Suletta had problems making new friends even though she seemed sociable. She actually had a lot of social anxiety that she had only recently started to improve with.

"Well that's good at least." Last thing they wanted was to see someone who was still so young suffer. At the very least Suletta's safety was all that mattered in their mind. Especially for someone that went through something similar to Raven.

He waited patiently for the result, then looked them over with appraising eyes. Pointing a finger forward positively, he answered, "That is a nice start. What I would do to improve it, now..." He closed the distance between them and tugged the shawl, currently bunched up around the shoulders, down over their arms. Spread out toward their elbows, it resembled draping sleeves over the form-fitting inner's.

"It's unique." Almost too unique. They felt like a completely different person with this on. Like the words of that pink haired individual suggesting books all it really took was just looking at themselves. And it seemed to pay off, even if they wouldn't really admit it in the moment.

They stared at Raven with great interest for a moment, wondering briefly if they were privy to forbidden knowledge Kyrie hadn't discovered yet. "I don't think they can even bite it! Right? If you've ever seen them eating something with those tablet heads, I really hope you have a video."

"I'll be sure to keep it in mind if I see it show up..." They had a feeling Kyrie was right. Where would they even consume any of their food or drink anything? Sure even robotic creatures had to keep themselves going somehow but not usually through normal "human" methods.

"Ah! Would you? I'd love to see the product of my imagination come to life!" Clearly enthralled with the idea, Hiyori made to hand off the other clothing items he'd selected to them.

"I'll look my best then." Or at least try to. At worst this will all be a fashion disaster and at best there could be some fun involved in trying to look their best.

"With the shawl, I'd have to say..." Hiyori paused, stepped back up to a clothing rack, and began to push aside two hangers at a time. Shortly, he pulled out a fitted black 3/4 sleeve shirt.

"He certainly knows his stuff." The voice in their head flickered for a moment as if to just provide their own input too. Even following them around and listening to what he had to say was somewhat overwhelming. Not enough that everything was going into one ear and out another but some things were definitely falling out.

"It's nice to meet you, Raven. You provide an interesting canvas to paint upon! You could make both traditionally masculine and feminine looks work. Is there any preference when it comes to that, or should we experiment first?"

"Do I now? That's certainly a first."

"I'm glad you asked. ♪" With a hand loosely at his chest, he proudly claimed, "Hiyori Tomoe will be your personal advisor for today! While you would be even better served if my friend Arashi was here to assist me, we can cover plenty of ground on our own."

"...Raven. Ready to be advised in fashion sense." Oddly not the worst thing they were tutored in but it was certainly a subject matter they had little to no knowledge in whatsoever. And Hiyori seemed very eager to help get them on the right path.

Kyrie nodded. "It's this cool thing I bought, a "Pre-packednic," from one of the special ATMs." Regardless of whether they had a real name, that was what they called them. "It's supposed to work over and over again, somehow. Today you'll get to test it out yourself."

"That's convenient honestly. Especially managing to keep all of that in there without too much of a mess."

Huh, so Raven was someone who'd been around for a while. Even then, it was completely understandable to be overwhelmed by the idea of picking up new hobbies in a new world. They seemed capable and open-minded enough, though; from his own experience, Vash knew that Golden had been something of an endless supply of people and activity. Hopefully it wouldn't overwhelm them!

"Good! Then its a partnership in the works."

"Modeling skill has its time and place! While it might be entertaining if you struck a pose, looking natural is enough for a time like this." Hiyori hummed pleasantly as he stepped over beside them and tossed the shawl over their shoulders. After only adjusting it enough to make it even, he stepped back and looked them over.

"Color?" Considering they were pretty devoid of that it probably wouldn't hurt to consider adding some brightness onto them. Even if it was something small that they could strap onto themselves. Maybe it would help them finally understand why people painted their ships all bright as hell...

"You! You must try this on. I insist."

"W-Would it really?" Really the situation just felt a little odd to them. While the shawl did seem somewhat nice looking on them it felt there was a better owner. At least one who could wear it and not look so off putting. Still it was someone else's suggestion...so maybe they were onto something.

"Real exciting spot to be put in, right?" The possibilities are invigorating! To Vash, at least. Sunniness soon affected by self-consciousness for how he might be imposing on Raven, he tries to slow himself down: "Challenging, also. Well, you could narrow things down to what's around you, if goin' out n'about isn't taxing...?

"Yeah I think that's my next step. At least until something big happens."