Re:War (Discontinued)

Chapter 28: Getup

"Wait, come again?" I asked.

"I need you to wear this during this task," Faye answered.

"This?"

"Yes, this."

"This is a dress!"

"So?"

"I'm a guy!"

"I don't see the problem," she played with my hair, "Doubt you'll need a wig either, your hair is quite soft..."

"Listen to what I have to say...."

"It's hard to convince her once she settles on something, kid. Drop your dignity for the time being and try the dress. Look at this this way, you're spying, not fighting. It's a lot safer than being on the assault front."

"Listen to Duke. He almost lost an eye last week just trying to fight a single guard."

"He had a gun!"

"Yeah yeah suck it up," she nudged Duke. "You came back in one piece, that's the important part. Anyways, I think the dress will fit. Your body is quite slender for your age..."

"Right... Wait. Even if it does fit, I still sound like a guy. That's a dead giveaway."

"Not if you use these," Faye tossed me a small packet. "These things change your voice for about a day."

"Do they taste weird?"

"Almost like candy!" Archer laughed.

"You tried them...?"

"Someone's gotta. A guy called Tinker in the tech section made these, makes a bunch of crazy trinkets."

"Hm. Why do I even need to wear a dress?! Can't I just go as myself?!"

"Which do you think is better? Getting spotted once as your normal self and listed as wanted so you have to wear a disguise all the time, or getting spotted in a dress and you can just go back to being yourself?" Faye smiled. "Your choice."

"That does make sense.... Fine, I'll wear the dress. But only for this task! Don't think I'll do it often!!"
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To make things easier to understand, I was walking about in the streets of Machina with a dress suited for the upper class and a voice hauntingly alien yet coming from my mouth.

While the dress was actually decently comfy, I had never worn anything where my legs felt this free in. It was also quite drafty in there.

"Master?" Alice called out.

"Yeah?"

"Nothing. Alice just wanted to hear Master's voice. Master sounds very cute. Alice likes the way Master is dressed," she giggled.

"Yeah yeah shut up," I turned away. My hair was smoothed down and tied, a small hairclip held some in place. I sighed.

"You're gonna be wearing this for long are you?" Fiore asked.

"Until the end of this task I guess. Or at least until I get busted. Whichever comes first. Hopefully the former."

"I can't take you seriously.."

"I can't take myself seriously. I was forced into wearing this-"

"You there!" a voice called out.

I turned around to a blonde girl in red clothes, sword equipped.

"Y-Yes?"

"You should know better than to be standing here. It's dangerous for women to be near the alley at this hour."