Topic: Stolen Dresses

Duci

Date: 2016-06-23 23:24 EST
Duci absently rubbed at the band of pale skin around her throat, still surprised each time to find it barren. She had been wandering for days now, eating scraps from garbage bins and benevolent passerby. It was shock. The blonde found it impossible to figure out what to do with herself. It was like being abandoned had made her feet how to function. It wasn't until she caught a glimpse of herself in a window that she stopped in her tracks to inspect her reflection with a stricken gasp of shock. A layer of soot and grime made her appear several shades darker than she really was and her hair could have been mistaken for a bird's nest.

"I look disgusting," she declared. A passing stranger agreed none-too-kindly. Pursing her lips, she scowled at the back of the person until they were out of sight.

Unable to remember the way to her penthouse, she took turns and got stuck in many dead-end alleyways before finding it at long last. She may not have had her keycard, but she still had her looks. Buzzing herself in, the keypad recognized her thumbprint and allowed her access to the office.

A new manager had been hired and they jumped three feet in the air upon turning to greet her. "Hell—AHH! What in the heavens happened to you, Duci?" Alonso inquired with a raised brow.

"Long story," she smiled tiredly, graciously accepting the new keycard. "You're a peach." Winking coquettishly, she headed off to her home.

She paused in front of the door, staring at it distastefully as she thought about her face-twin occupying the home and stealing her life. "It was *my* life first," she shook a fist at the door like a petulant child before letting herself in.

At least it was kept almost exactly as she'd left it. Breathing in, she closed her eyes and remembered the moment she bought it. Her reminiscing was cut short, however, as Mez came bounding noisy through the penthouse and knocked her flat on her tush. A dulcet twinkle of laughter echoed in the empty place.

"Hello Mez, I missed you, too," Duci crooned, wrapping her arms around the polar bear and kissing her muzzle. After hanging out on the floor for a while and cuddling with Mez, she finally helped herself to a nice shower and a nap.

When she awoke, night had fallen and she helped herself to an outfit. A gorgeous pink dress had been carefully chosen so that her only remaining sign of servitude could be hidden.

Watch out Rhy'din...Trouble's on the loose.

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Duci

Date: 2017-06-27 13:02 EST
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Duci and Ducii had come to a strange sort of agreement where the former helped herself to the expansive bathroom, dresses that covered her scarred neck and occasionally she would even take Mez back with her to Taneth's forest home to sleep beneath the blanket of stars, nestled in a bed of wildflowers. She'd grown wild, short curls often untamed and bits of foliage sticking out of her hair. Duci kept mostly to herself, quiet and reserved. Uncollared was slowly being planned out. Several notes had been exchanged between the Deuces' regarding converting the unused portions of Luks Condos into temporary housing for ex-slaves seeking asylum.

Walking through the closet, she hummed, running her hands up and down the feathered skirt and gold brocade. It was soft and luxurious and with a content sigh she bent to rub her face in the skirt. It's funny how much she had changed, yet she couldn't let go of the simple finery of fashion. Smiling to herself, she slid into the dress. Sauntering out of the closet, she stood before the floor length mirror and turned from side to side, smoothing the fabric down her front.

"How do I look?" she asked Mez, turning her head to look back at the large polar bear sprawled across Ducii's bed. The bear lifted her brows and snuffled before going back to sleep. "That's what I thought," she replied smugly. After selecting a pair of heels, she deemed herself acceptable enough to visit prospective office sites down at the docks. "Fancy a walk, dearie?" she murmured into the bear's fur, rubbing her face lovingly. Nothing intimidates a business owner quite like showing up with a polar bear.

Duci

Date: 2017-09-25 13:17 EST
The little books the hooded girls handed out made her bite her lip, a frown playing the cornerd of her mouth. That was an interesting way to start off the evening. While she may have appeared reluctant in her acceptance of Ducii's invite to attend the Red and Black Gala, she'd truthfully had her own reasons for attending. She was finalizing her plans for Uncollared, the shelter and rehabilitation center for those escaping or being released from slavery, and wanted to get a better feel about who to approach in the future.

Duci did not know people in the same way her replica did, and she may have appeared stand off-ish in the way she said little and smiled slightly. She allowed Ducii to shepherd her around, saying hellos and other nonsense, but dark eyes were constantly looking past to scan the room and to cast a surreptitious eye on the man of the hour.

What was he really hoping to gain from all of this?

After Ducii abandoned her to self-medicate in the rings, she lingered briefly then departed quietly woth a crowd also taking leave.

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Duci

Date: 2017-11-12 15:22 EST
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Duci had to admit she enjoyed the time her and Ducii spent together, so it didn't really take too much convincing for her to accompany Duci to the ballet. She wandered around her (their?) massive closet, fingering through the dresses until one spoke to her. Just as she came across a silk, teal affair with a collar that would cover her scars, Ducii bustled in with a pair of silk and diamond heels.

"Deuce! You've got to wear these!" she chimed all too excitedly.