Apr 14th: Backstage at XZOTIC

[Colette Rosenhof]

Colette crossed her arms, trying to look angry, and failing.

[Ayami Morita]

"Oh, don't be like that," she smiled. "I could MAKE you happy."

[Colette Rosenhof]

"Avec chocolat?" Colette asked in perfect, excited French.

[Ayami Morita]

"いいえ、不思議な念頭の力で。”

[Colette Rosenhof]

Colette just blinked.

[Ayami Morita]

"You bust out foreign languages, and I'll counter."

[Colette Rosenhof]

"I did not do so on purpose." Colette admitted. "Sometimes when I become excited I forget myself."

[Ayami Morita]

"Sounds like a serious case of Amnesia to me," she smirked.

[Colette Rosenhof]

"Non non non." She shook her head, her pigtails bouncing. "Sometimes when I am excited I forget zat I am not at home and zat ze people I am speaking to do not understand my language."

[Ayami Morita]

"Join the club," she smiled.

[Colette Rosenhof]

"It is good to know zat I am not ze only one."

[Ayami Morita]

"Language is tricky!"

[Colette Rosenhof]

"Yes, and English is so difficult! Zere are so many rules and most of zem do not make any sense."

[Ayami Morita]

"Yeah, it's a load of bullshit, mostly."

[Colette Rosenhof]

Colette nodded softly.

"Oh, forgive me. I have been prattling on like ze school girl and preventing you from returning home."

[Ayami Morita]

"Yeah, I'd better get going. Guess I'll see you next shift."

[Colette Rosenhof]

"Oui, oui." Colette said as she started to get dressed, basically pouring herself into her clothes. For someone who bore it all on stage she wore a lot of layers.

"Do you live on ze campus? I never asked before, sorry."

[Ayami Morita]

"I do, yes..."

[Colette Rosenhof]

"May I walk home wiz you? It is late and I do not always feel safe walking alone in zis part of ze city." Colette asked with big puppy dog eyes.

[Ayami Morita]

"Sure thing. You can tag along."

[Colette Rosenhof]

"Zank you." Colette smiled as she buttoned up her peacoat, her skirt very fluffy & frilly above her boots, topping the ensemble with her neopolitan cream puff hat.

[Ayami Morita]

"You look ridiculous."

[Colette Rosenhof]

"What?" Colette asked, her eyes wide. "N-no, I look cute!"

[Ayami Morita]

"You look like a dessert."

[Colette Rosenhof]

Colette sighed and rolled her eyes. "Oui, I know. I look like ze Jell-o gelatin. I get it. I 'ave gotten it every day since I was born. Zis is not news to me." She pulled her hat down more snugly onto her head. "But why get upset about it when I can just enjoy it? Why fight what I cannot change? Dressing in ze serious business attire would not be nearly as comfortable and would do little to dissuade people from zinking I look ze way I do."

[Ayami Morita]

"Yeah, but then you go and put essentially ice and whipped creams on your head.

[Colette Rosenhof]

"If I cannot look like somezing else, why not look more ze part?" She asked, tilting her head a bit.

"Also you are just jealous zat I have such an adorable hat and you do not."

[Ayami Morita]

"I don't need a hat, honey. I've got rainbow hair."

[Colette Rosenhof]

"Oui, somezing I cannot mimic myself. If I try ze colours zey just mix togezer and make a brown mess."

[Ayami Morita]

"And THAT'S not attractive at all."

[Colette Rosenhof]

"So, since I cannot do zat, I will have to settle for ze hat so zat we both have colourful heads."