The girls' bathroom- Friday afternoon

[seriesofbaddecisions]

On spring break there had been a conversation, and after working out the design, it was time to actually do it. So Sabine was waiting in the girls' bathroom, setting out the supplies while she waited for Lana.

Usually there wasn't a chair in here, but then she usually wasn't doing this on someone else.


[Expecting one but open!]

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[unusual_sith]

Lana showed up. Hey, that was a start! She'd never done anything like this before. She was wearing just an undershirt and some jeans, just in case.

She grinned at Sabine, still a little nervous. "Right. Should I ask what you've come up with, or wait to be surprised?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"That's entirely up to you," Sabine told her. "But if you want to know first, you're running out of time."

[unusual_sith]

Lana laughed. "Right." She sat decisively in the chair. "Split the difference, explain it as you go?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Deal. I have a very important question before I start, though, because that affects how this goes."

Was she dragging it out on purpose? Maybe a little.

[unusual_sith]

"All right, shoot," Lana said, looking up at Sabine in the mirror.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Yes to the blue, or no?"

This was important.

[unusual_sith]

Lana breathed deeply and let it out. "What does the artist think?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"The artist thinks you're nervous enough to get too daring yet," Sabine said, like she didn't have several other colors here. "If you want to add it in another time, we always can."

The nervousness was kind of adorable.

[unusual_sith]

The nervousness was ridiculous! Lana had made it through the Academy on Korriban, and this was just hair!

"Right." She nodded. "So, leave it out for now, and we'll see how it looks?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Got it," Sabine nodded. "Remember, this is just a spray and will wash out in a few washes. If you hate it, it's just a couple days. If you love it, we can do something more permanent."

[unusual_sith]

"Right." Lana grinned. "It should be interesting, no matter what."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Exactly," Sabine said, and picked up a brush. "Do you mind?"

[unusual_sith]

"Not at all." Lana settled in place and waited.

"When did you start doing your hair in colours?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Years. I've always played with it," she said, starting the process of brushing her hair out so she could section it out and pin the top parts up for the moment. "I started doing this much with it when I left the Academy. Something about leaving regulation behind and doing what I wanted, I guess."

[unusual_sith]

Lana smiled; the brushing was soothing. "Your military wasn't too accepting of colour, then?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"They are the very opposite of color. Black and white and cold metal... No personality to it at all," Sabine shrugged. "It wasn't really my scene."

[unusual_sith]

"I can't imagine you so colourless, no," Lana said. "What made you want to join, then? Duty?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

There was a little pause as Sabine pinned a section of hair up, and she said, "It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. I guess everybody's got to do something when they're young and dumb."

She was sixteen.

[unusual_sith]

"I wouldn't know," Lana said honestly. "You don't get much chance for 'young and dumb' at the Academy on Korriban. I suppose I can understand it, though. Were there good parts?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"No," Sabine admitted. "What about the good parts of your Academy?"

[unusual_sith]

"I learned a lot," Lana said. "About using the Force and about our history. And about myself. Some of the other acolytes were good to know. It was dangerous and occasionally deadly, and the overseer I did my trials under was terrible, but I made it through."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"What I'm learning," Sabine said, "is you've probably got a more glass-half-full outlook on that stuff than I do."

Which was good to know, actually.

[unusual_sith]

"Maybe?" Lana said. "Or maybe my Academy had more good qualities than yours."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Possibly," she conceded. "I just don't know that I could do it."

[unusual_sith]

"Do what?" Lana asked, curious. She wasn't doing anything unusual, was she?"