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How did you do that?
Who: Jubilee and Yuna
What: Jubilee stalks her face twin
When: August 3rd
Where: Outside Yuna's work
Status: complete
Rating: PG for adorables



Upsidedown, that’s what Jubilee was. Upsidedown and swinging to and fro while waiting for this Yuna person to show her face. She thought they might be related. Or it was a freaky coincidence. Maybe there was cloning involved.

“Man, there’s always cloning involved!”

"Uhm... Excuse me..." Yuna had just exited the clinic for the night. She was sad, and more tired than usual. The dreams had been a problem for a while, as far as sleep was concerned, and she wondered - as she stared up at the woman dangling in front of her - if she might be hallucinating.

"... Are you a hallucination? I won't mind if you are, only I think if that's the case I might need to go back inside and ask someone for help."

“HI! I’m Jubilee and I saw you on the network and I was like WHOA SHE HAS MY FACE and you were like WHOA YOU HAVE MY FACE and I decided we should totes meet and shit!” She swung off whatever she was hanging from and landed gracefully in front of Yuna. “So hi are you a clone ‘cause I have some experience with clones. My wife is a clone but she’s not a clone of me that would be kind of .. hot actually.”

"... are you... alright?" Yuna blinked at the woman again, trying to process the dialogue that had just happened. It actually reminded her of an encounter she'd had on the internet before. Come to think of it, that woman had kind of resembled her, "Oh wait, you're the person who likes to overdose on sugar?"

“TOTES! I just love it ‘cause I wasn’t allowed to have any for a long time ‘cause of stuff that happened that might freak you out.” Jubilee held out her hand, then pointed it skyward, finger all pointy and junk! Light erupted around the girl, little pops and paffs and flashes. “Uh. Oops. So hi. I’m Jubilee.”

"Things that--" Yuna was about to ask her what kind of things they were that Jubilee might think would freak her out, to assure the woman that there were few enough things that would actually do that. But then the fireworks happened, and she rose her face up to watch them for a second. Part of her wanted to duck for cover, but she was mostly just fascinated.

"... Very nice. You have some kind of ability to create light?"

After a quick pause, she blushed and bowed a bit, "And I'm Yuna. It's very nice to meet you! How did you do that?"

“I make fireworks!” Jubilee couldn’t help it, she hugged Yuna like she’d been wanting to since she’d met her, all of three minutes ago.

“I was born that way.” She grinned, striking a Lady Gaga style pose.

Yuna giggled. She couldn't help but hug Jubilee in return. She had such energy to her! It almost made Yuna want to jump up and down a bit. She restrained herself, however, and clapped her hands together a bit instead.

"I see, well, you were obviously born to be a fabulously unique individual!"

“Oh the Hotness is fabulous, yo!” They might be face twins but they were complete opposites in most other ways. Jubilee practically vibrated in the air from barely contained energy.

It reminded Yuna a lot of Rikku. Her younger cousin had the same level of energy, and it always meant trouble. But usually the adventurous kind of trouble, at least.

"The Hotness? Is that your nickname for yourself?"

“The Hotness abides.” She nodded sagely. “I was the official Hotness of the US Olympics team!” She did a back flip and hand stand, and a mid air split for the hell of it.

"Oh very nice!" Yuna clapped her hands together, applauding Jubilee for her performance. Now that the other woman mentioned the Olympics she realised why Jubilee had looked so familiar to her. It might also have explained some of the stares she'd gotten at the store last summer, too.

“Thank you, thaaaaaaaaaank you!” She gave Yuna a sweeping bow. “So what do you do? what’s your thing, yo? Everyone has a thing!”

"Well... I'm a nurse?" Yuna tilted her head to the side, feeling like that wasn't really enough of an explanation. She wasn't a nurse in her other life, her dream-life. Jubilee had shown off her fireworks, but Yuna wasn't sure what she could show off. Unless someone was dead, she couldn't summon the glowing whisps. Pyreflies. She knew they were called Pyreflies now.

Fitting name.

"In my other life, I'm... a summoner. I'm not entirely sure what that means, yet, but I can do... this."

She set her purse down on the ground next to her and twirled her hand like she had a staff in it. The second her body took up the movements, she was back in Kilika at sunset, dancing the sending.

"...oh wow..." she looked at Yuna as she moved, eyes wide and appreciative. "That's... so freaking beautiful. Summoner? Like do you... maybe summon things? Like pokemon?"

Yuna came to a stop and blinked her eyes open, forcing herself not to search around for any pyreflies. If someone was dead nearby... she couldn't' handle that. Not tonight. Even though taking care of that was partly her job.

"I think... Well I know, I've dreamed of learning to summon something. A gigantic flying creature with the soul of this gentle woman. But the role of a summoner seems more ceremonial than that. I have a purpose, and I seem to ... have other responsibilities than just summoning the creature."

She'd cupped her hand up to her chest and looked down at the ground as she spoke, like she was lost in the dreams she was describing. Then she shook her head and looked over at Jubilee, "It isn't as impressive as making fireworks!"

"That's still pretty cool. I mean...the dancing and shiz, and it's awesome that you can like...summon things! LIke in a video game or something! That's super impressive!" Jubilee shook her head. "I just make pretty lights and shiz."

"You make pretty lights and you're the olympic gymnastics champion... I think that's the most impressive." Yuna replied, firmly. She put her hands in her pockets and nodded her head in the direction of a nearby coffee shop, "Do you want to get something to eat? That shop has good sandwiches... they press them in this grill plate to warm them up. And they have good coffee."

Not that Jubilee really needed any caffeine in her system. But Yuna wanted to extend the offer, anyway.

“My mouth is waterin’, yo.” She shoved her own hands in her pockets and bounced on her feet. “I think that sounds really good!”

"I'm glad you agree! I'll even buy. It's the least I can do for Miss Hotness, the Olympic Gymnastics Champion," Yuna said, with a bit of a giggle. She bounced on her own heels and started walking towards the restaurant. Maybe she'd even get Jubilee's autograph on a napkin or something!