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Celty Sturluson | Durararararara!!

[ahead_of_herself]

[ A feisty cat had decided to make this tall woman's head a springboard for a tree branch. Unfortunately for her, that helmet tipped right off of her head and began to roll down the gentle incline. She chased after it, and it's there that her secret was revealed for all to see — she had nothing on her head save for that wisp of black smoke which trailed behind her as she ran after her headpiece.

Catching it on the bottom of the hill, she turned her body this way and that to look around before stopping to brush the dust and grass off of the yellow painted shell.

That was pretty embarrassing. She hopes no one saw her. ]

Celty~

[hipsterbane]

Unfortunately someone did, as Reki frequently liked to smoke near that spot. She blinked in surprise. However a year with the Morlocks had innoculated her against the more freakish looking mutations.

Well that explains why Sturluson never talks, thought the art teacher. Then she looked elsewhere, trying not to embarrass her too much. It was probably too late to pretend she hadn't noticed.

in the smoke!

[ahead_of_herself]

Done with cleaning, she replaced the helmet and sucked up the smoke into the collar. When she turned to head back uphill, she noticed that she was being watched, and that's when Celty froze.

Oh goodness.

She'll never quite get used to it being 'okay' to show herself like that. Not for a while at least. Celty raises her hand in a short wave.

student or teacher?

[hipsterbane]

It was clearer from her body language that she was embarrassed than if she'd had a face and it had turned bright red. Reki made a lip-sealing gesture. Her secret was safe with her. It was a good thing she was easy to text!

not enrolled -- just a visitor in these threads

[ahead_of_herself]

Hand to her chest, Celty bowed her head, obviously relieved. What might have normally been a sigh of relief ended up being just a small puff of black smoke that leaked out of the collar of the helmet. One wonders just it just doesn't filter out of the vents in the cat ears.

The secret is duct tape.

She approaches the winged woman, a practiced gesture of her arm causing a phone to drop into the palm of her own hand. A few quick taps of her fingers later, she turns the screen to face Reki at a conversational distance.

It reads: Hello.

I hope that did not startle you.

[hipsterbane]

She cocked her head an inch or two, wondering exactly that, or indeed what the point of a helmet with cat ears was, besides to be cute. Misdirection? She wouldn't wear it on her own scooter, that was sure.

Reki shook her head. "I lived with the Morlocks for a year. Not many mutations weird me out."

She looked at the cigarette she was holding, ash dropping to the ground. She ground it under her boot's toe to make sure it didn't ignite the leaf mould.

"This isn't, ah, dangerous to you, is it?" She said, holding it up.

[ahead_of_herself]

Misdirection is possible, but no, she just took a liking to it when she first saw it. It's cute in the daylight, but makes for an eerie visual distraction in the dead of night.

Celty, too, tilts her head. Morlocks? She seems to inquire silently, but the other question draws her attention. The woman shakes her head. No danger at all.

Tap tap tap. Who are they?

And, also importantly: How would you spell that?