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2nd Card [Backdated to yesterday night]

[They spliced her. They kidnapped her and they spliced her. Sure, giving her wings when she arrived is one thing, but she didn't volunteer to be taken away so they could give her scales, fangs, mess with her eyes and get rid of her hair. She can't be out like this - she needs to get back into her apartment, and... stay there until she changes back. Or until she can figure out some other kind of solution.

Melanie's lucky it's dark out, or else it would be a hell of a lot harder to try and sneak back home - and she's lucky that she still has her legs, too. It would be pretty difficult to miss a human-sized thing slithering around in the middle of the night, after all. Of course, there's no real way of knowing for sure if she'll manage to get back without being seen, but damn it, she'll try.]

[Later, when she's back home:]

It's Melanie. Sorry for being away, but the sudden absence wasn't exactly my idea.

Either way, I'm back now, so I guess that's what matters. Did I miss anything interesting?

[OOC: Melanie's back from her mallynapping! And she's been spliced with a black mamba, HOORAY. She'll be looking pretty different from usual (apologies, my editing skills seem to be pretty crummy these days), and she may start acting a bit different since splicing changes both appearance and personality, so uh. Yeah. Just a head's up! |D]

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[Melanie has definitely gained some attributes from being spliced, although nothing on the level of a meta-human. She's a lot more flexible, she can run a bit faster, she's cold-blooded, and whenever her tongue flickers out, she can smell Kurt and whatever else happens to be in the area. Fairly standard for someone that's been spliced with an animal for enhancement. Melanie was never informed what kind of snake she was spliced with and doesn't know whether or not she's venomous, but she doesn't plan on taking any risks with that.

His next question takes her by surprise, though. She's not sure why, but it just does.]

... Yeah. I'm still me.

I guess we could do something together, but I think I'd like to get back to my apartment. If you don't mind hanging out there for a while, anyway.

[Yes, Kurt would be quite happy not discovering that one way or another. But he still doesn't want her to think she has to stay holed up in her room either.]

Well, we can. I was just thinking... there's a theme park here now. I know, I know, it's weird. But hey, who knows, maybe this is the last night it will be here, yeah?

I'm sure it's fun, but I don't know, Kurt.

Even if it's night, I'm not exactly thrilled with being out in public like... [She gestures to all of her.] This.

[Yeah. He thought she'd say that. A small smile begins to form.]

What if you didn't have to go out in public like that?

[... Melanie doesn't really know what Kurt is trying to get at with this, but he's got her interest.]

What do you mean?

[Although he didn't use it anymore, Kurt kept his old holo watch on him anyway. Not so he could hide his appearance. It was mostly because it had endless possibilities for pranks. But right now, it was going to do something important.]

Back in Bayville, I could never go to school looking like this, yeah? So I had this. [He reaches into an inner pocket and holds out the watch.] The professor gave it to me. And I used to hide with it. If I was still in Bayville, I would still be using it. But here... well, I kind of decided there was no reason to hide. But still...

[He presses a button on the watch.]

[His entire form begins to flicker, like a TV changing channels. What was blue is now a normal human looking guy. He looks just like himself, only normal.]

It's nice to be able to look normal anyway.

[... Wait, what?]

Kurt--

That's amazing! [Holograms are nothing new in Gotham, and some synthoids use holograms to generate a human appearance, but she's never seen something like that being used to change a person's appearance.

So, colour her impressed.]

[Well, impressing her is great and all, but aside from hoping she'd realize he's ridiculously handsome, it was more the implication of what the watch can do that he was hoping to get across.]

Yeah. But it can do way more than this. We could make it look like you. Well, I mean, the normal you.

[She completely understands the implication, which is another part of why she's so happy.]

Kurt, that's... that would be great. [Seriously, she's kind of at a loss for words right now. Considering her plan was to just hide herself until she looked normal, the fact that Melanie no longer has to do that has her feeling pretty fantastic.]

Thank you.

[He knows that feeling, only time ten. He felt the same way the first day he received it.]

There's only one tiny problem. I'm ahh... not so good at programming it. [He pulls it off, returning to his normal self.] I can try, but... are you any good with computer stuff? [He can fly a jet, but programming a VCR is still beyond him.]

[Melanie takes the watch, taking a moment to look it over before she puts it on. Computers, tech... she can handle it. She was the one her family relied on when they needed to deal with something like that, after all.]

I can handle all kinds of tech, just give me a second. [Or a bit longer. Melanie is good at what she does so long as she isn't too distracted. The thought of not having to look like some kind of freak is distracting enough, but she forces herself to focus so she can get everything in order.

It's a few minutes of fiddling around with the watch before her form flickers and goes back to how she normally looks. Blond hair, pale skin, no scales, and normal everything.]

[He's impressed she's able to work with it so quickly. What is it that makes these people better at it than him anyway?

Once she gets it working, he smiles at seeing the old Melanie again. Even if he knows what she looks like underneath.]

So you're beautiful, a fighter, and super smart. Anything you don't do?

[It comes with years of experience.]

Well for one, I have no idea how I'm going to repay you for this. [If he doesn't move away, he's going to get a great big hug. Melanie will probably feel a bit cold, though. Even if she looks back to normal, the hologram doesn't change the fact that she's currently cold-blooded. Not that it matters much, as she's not really concerned with anything beyond Kurt and the watch he gave her at the moment.]

Thanks, Kurt. I really appreciate it.

[A little cold, yes, but it's offset by his fuzz and while it's a little different than usual, it's not a bad different. After all, they've never hugged!]

Ahh, it's nothing. A date at Luceti Land and we're even.

[No, they haven't! Either way, Kurt will probably be getting a lot more hugs in the future. For now, however, she'll pull away and offer him another smile.]

I think I can handle a date.

[Helping people? It's kind of great and it makes him happy just to think that he's managed to turn this night around for her, even after something horrible has happened to her.]

If you want some time to yourself, I can meet you at the barracks in an hour, yeah?

[After all, he figures she might want to.. freshen up. Or something. Who knows.]

[Yeah, this has definitely turned the night around for Melanie. She comes back spliced, but then she gets her appearance back and now she has a date. All in all, it's a lot better than she thought it would be.

As for freshening up... she's not sure how she can freshen up when she's essentially a snake person covered by a hologram, but she could probably use a shower or something.]

Sure, I'll see you then. [And then Melanie goes off back to her place to do and do whatever it is she needs to do.

She'll be at the barracks an hour later, holo-watch on and much less tense than she was when Kurt first saw her tonight.]

[Kurt wasn't sure how HE should freshen up, but he did work on his hair a little bit, put on some cologne, and rustled together some nice looking clothes. Not fancy, because it was a theme park after all, but just enough to make him look cool. Despite being blue.

When she's finally at the barracks, he'll step out to meet her. He had been hanging there for about five minutes before she showed.]

Hey Melanie. Feeling better?

Hey. [She offers Kurt a smile once she catches sight of him.]

I think I'm feeling about as good as I can, all things considered.

You ready to go?

[He offers his hand, then. Not to teleport, because the machine they'll be using inside, but as a friendly gesture instead.]

As ever. I hoped you packed something to swim in.

I did. [She takes his hand.] I'm guessing the watch is waterproof, too, right?

This should be fun, though. I can't remember the last time I went to an amusement park. [After all, places like that were never very high priorities for the Royal Flush Gang.

... Which is something she should probably mention to Kurt at some point. It was public when she told Flynn, but it would be silly to automatically assume that Kurt listened in on that. Of course, it wouldn't be very good to bring that up during a date, either. So... Melanie's past and her family can wait until some other time.]

Not just waterproof, but it works in any altitude too!

[Her scaly hands are immediately noticeable, but he tries to put that in the back of his mind and remember this is only temporary. He starts to lead her into the barracks.]

I went to one last summer, back in my world. It was cool, but not as cool as this one.

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