Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
31.
Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anlan Wang on Mar 25, 2019 23:03:35 GMT -8
Anlan had been looking forward to the formal drag show night at Driftwood since she'd heard it was coming up three months ago. She'd also known that if she wanted to convince Anbai to come with her, and actually be around people celebrating gender non conforming stuff, she'd have to basically spring it on her twin. She'd managed to get the next day off, and she'd gotten home around noon and disappeared into her room.
She got dressed carefully, in skin tight iridescent slacks that had sequins in the patterns of peacock feathers and a suit jacket that matched over a slinky dark purple silk button down that she buttoned up just enough in the front to be considered decent, letting the ends at the bottom flow loose around her hips. She put on sharp makeup in similar colors to the suit. She was glad that her hair was short just then because it meant that she didn't have to make much in the way of hair decisions, just taking a little bit of gel to it so that it would all fall to the side away from the side shave that she'd gotten the last time she'd gotten a hair cut. She grinned at the thought of something their mother had said despairingly once and she'd happily agreed with, it was good that her hair grew fast, it let her do all sorts of different things and not have to worry about changing her mind three months later.
She'd heard her twin come home, and she knew that they didn't have any set plans that evening, and it was Friday, so they didn't have to go into work early in the morning the next day. Right about the time she predicted that they would have everything put away, but not have settled into some activity, she swept out into the living room of their shared apartment and pointed to her twin, "Anbai, go find something fancy to wear, we're going to a thing."
Anbai Wang
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World History Teacher.
Demisexual.
Single.
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Mar 26, 2019 16:02:24 GMT -8
Anbai had just returned home from school, happy for the weekend. The kids were fine, almost even more tolerable than most of their colleagues. At least Yunjin was there to keep them sane. They put their stuff away and got into comfy clothes, curling up onto the couch with the intention of watching tv or playing on their phone (or, more likely, both) to unwind from the week and try not to think about how much grading was due. It was right as Anbai grabbed the remote that Anlan showed up and told them to get dressed up fancy. They looked their sister up and down before raising an eyebrow, "Should I put on a ball gown or something?" Anbai asked, only half-sarcastically.
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Mar 27, 2019 1:40:27 GMT -8
Anlan raised an eyebrow at her twin and said, "Do you have a ball gown you can get on in the next 30 minutes because that would work."
She looked them up and down and said, "Doesn't have to be quite that fancy though, anything nice would do, definitely fancier than lounging around the house clothes would be good though. And something that you can eat in since I'm feeding you there."
She thought about it for a second and added, "I can help you do your makeup if you want."
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World History Teacher.
Demisexual.
Single.
03/21/1991.
32.
Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anbai Wang on Mar 30, 2019 10:33:10 GMT -8
"Um... No I don't." Anbai blinked. But they did have a skirt they had bought recently but hadn't been able to wear yet. They needed to stop buying things in the middle of the week when they know they would get home and not want to go out again. Though Anbai wasn't sure if they wanted to wear a skirt. "Should I go formal-fancy or like... club-fancy?" Anbai asked Anlan. If it was club fancy, there were some pleather pants that were very comfortable the last time they were worn, and Anbai had been looking for an excuse to wear them again. Pair it with a button down and a vest and it could be very stylish. "I can't decide what to wear. Help me with that too?" They asked their twin.
"And yes, please." They chuckled, "Just help me with everything."
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
31.
Sheep (WA)
Authored by Etienne.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Apr 2, 2019 1:27:49 GMT -8
Anlan grinned at her twin, glad that they had been successfully dragged into the plan. She said, "A crossbreed of club fancy and formal fancy. Slinky or sparkly would be good. And very mess with perceptions of gender. It's a very you friendly kind of thing."
With permission, she started heading for her twin's bedroom and more specifically closet and said, "I'll start pulling out options for you, but you should come help me so that I don't go towards things that you don't want to wear tonight. Oh and get out your own makeup because I'm not sharing anything that goes too near eyes."
She had some unopened things that she could pass off to her twin if it came to that, but she'd rather just use their own makeup as long as there were colors that worked with whatever outfit ended up being chosen. She asked, "Have you got any colors or styles in mind? Do you want to see how matchy matchy twins we can be?"
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World History Teacher.
Demisexual.
Single.
03/21/1991.
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Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anbai Wang on Apr 6, 2019 21:52:04 GMT -8
"Now I'm intrigued." Anbai said, following their sister back into their room. "Go with sparkly, then you probably won't go wrong with what kind of clothes to choose from." Anbai went to get makeup and brought it back to the bed, sitting down on it and watching their sister. Anbai smiled, "It's been a long time since we've been matchy-matchy. Let's do it."
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
31.
Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anlan Wang on Apr 9, 2019 3:54:32 GMT -8
Anlan dug through her twin's closet, and eventually came up with a few options. There was a knee length dress that she didn't think she'd ever seen them wear in similar colors to her suit, and there was a suit jacket that nearly matched her shirt, though slightly less iridescent. There was a pair of leather pants that matched one of the colors in her suit as well that she was sure she'd never seen Anbai wear. There was a ruffly dark purple shirt, and a a scarf that was covered in sparkles that were a little bit more familiar. She spread her finds out over the bed and said, "I didn't even know you had most of these, but mix and match time. Once you decide on the clothes, I'll do the makeup to match them. I can dive in again and find something else if none of these work for you."
She figured that Anbai would probably be fine with something that she'd brought out, though she was hoping that her twin would go for the dress and jacket as a combo with the scarf to bring more sparkle because she thought that they'd look like more of a set. She said, "This is going to be a thing that will pretty much be happy with you no matter what your presentation. Just to be clear."
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World History Teacher.
Demisexual.
Single.
03/21/1991.
32.
Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anbai Wang on Apr 16, 2019 21:05:23 GMT -8
Anbai smiled cheekily at Anlan's comment, "Sometimes when I know you're working late, I keep myself entertained by going shopping." They looked over the clothing options that had been picked out, grabbing the jacket, "well this matches with you, so I'll wear this." They continued looking, seeming to debate between the leather pants and the dress. After a very obvious game of eeny-meeny, as to which Anbai's landed on the dress for not picking it, they picked it up anyway. "I don't know it's just calling to me." Anbai narrowed their eyes, looking playfully suspicious at Anlan, "Unless you wanted me to pick it and was using some sort of twin telepathy." They teased.
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
31.
Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anlan Wang on Apr 16, 2019 23:38:41 GMT -8
Anlan grinned at her twin and snorted before she said, "Twin magic, clearly. That's how this works."
She dropped the clothes onto their bed so that they could get changed and started digging through their makeup to find stuff that would work well to do Anbai's face to match the outfit. She asked them, "How dramatic of makeup do you want to go for?"
She caught up with one of her twin's earlier comments and said, "Hopefully with all the late nights with Paine Field finally actually opening, your wallet hasn't been suffering too much then. At least once all this starter stuff settles down, and they're actually fully staffed and everyone's trained, I'll get to have pretty much the best schedules since I'm senior to most of my coworkers."
Once she had the makeup that she wanted picked out, she glanced over and asked them, "Ready for makeup and hair?"
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World History Teacher.
Demisexual.
Single.
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Apr 22, 2019 19:21:33 GMT -8
"Slightly more dramatic than natural. Very colorful eyeliner though." Anbai said matter-of-factly. They laughed lightly at Anlan's comment about work. "No, it's fine. I already set aside money for bills and stuff, but I will need to lay off the shopping after another trip or two." They admitted. "Yes, I'm ready."
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
31.
Sheep (WA)
Authored by Etienne.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Apr 22, 2019 22:51:31 GMT -8
Anlan quickly did up Anbai's hair with some iridescent sparkly things that twisted around a few strands and matched both of their outfits. She followed her twin's instructions with the makeup, working blues and purples into the eye makeup to stick with the theme and choosing a lot of shimmering effects to enhance the drama without pushing it too far. As soon as she was done, she guided Anbai towards the bathroom and said, "Check that you like how fabulous you look and then let's go."
She waited for their approval and added, "We don't want to miss the show, though the rest of the evening will be fun too. We've got a little bit of time left to spare, but I think that the people we know are mostly going to be up towards the front of the line up."
She knew that she hadn't told her twin what they were going to, but she was wondering if Anbai would be able to guess with the hints that she'd been dropping. Hopefully, if they did, they wouldn't get worried about it.
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World History Teacher.
Demisexual.
Single.
03/21/1991.
32.
Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anbai Wang on May 23, 2019 18:30:10 GMT -8
Anbai looked in the mirror, a smile crossing their face at the look. "Wow, I really like it! I'll have to remember this look." Anbai said, pulling out their phone to take a selfie. They observed themself a little longer and then went back out to the room. "Show?" They said, tilting their head to one side. Anbai was starting to think they figured out what Anlan had planned for the night, but they weren't 100% sure yet. "That people we know will be in? Is this at Driftwood?" Anbai guessed. That was really the only place they could think of with people they knew, mess with perceptions of gender theme nights, and the mix of club formal and formal-formal all seem to scream Driftwood.
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anlan Wang on May 31, 2019 23:24:55 GMT -8
Anlan grinned encouragingly at her twin and said, "Yep, Driftwood."
She grabbed their hand and said, "Come on, let's go."
She gently hauled her twin as far as the door, pausing so that they could both grab shoes. She grabbed her dark teal stompy boots, and waited to see what Anbai would pick before checking that they both had keys and other necessities and propelling them both out the door and locking it behind them.
She added, "We've got just enough time for the walk there, and hopefully to find a seat at the bar, where we can actually hear ourselves think and have a good view of the stage."
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World History Teacher.
Demisexual.
Single.
03/21/1991.
32.
Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anbai Wang on Jun 7, 2019 19:23:46 GMT -8
Anbai watched Anlan put on shoes, trying to decide which shoes they wanted to wear before settling on some (also new) glittery, dark blue high top sneakers with a few highlight colors on the soles and around the edges conveniently the same as the genderfluid pride flag. Anbai was pretty sure the company had no clue they had done so, but when they saw the shoes in the store, they had to get them, price be damned.
Anbai nodded as Anlan explained the plan and liked the idea of a place to sit that also gave them a good view of the stage and stil be able to hear themselves think. "Sounds good to me." The last thing they wanted was to be forced to stand because of no empty tables that weren't right by a speaker. They stood all day, and dealt with teenagers (they really weren't bad, but they were still teenagers) and other teachers who were... well, other teachers. Getting to sit, enjoy a drink (or maybe two), watch something exciting (drag show? They had a feeling it was a drag show), and spend time with their twin sounded like a good way to unwind from the week.
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
31.
Sheep (WA)
Authored by Etienne.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Jun 17, 2019 21:41:35 GMT -8
Anlan led their twin, arm hooked through theirs, the short walk over to Driftwood, where the sign out front was advertising the weekly drag show. She grinned at Anbai and asked, "Ready?"
She didn't wait for them to actually answer before hauling the both of them over to the doors. The bouncer and card check person that day were people they'd both known since high school, and they waved the two of them in, saying, "Hi Anlan, long time no see Anbai, you look good!"
Anlan smirked just a bit, and led them over to the end of the bar where there were two seats next to each other. She recognized a lot of faces around the room, but a lot of her friend group were in the back either getting ready to go on stage or helping people get ready to go on stage.
She turned to Anbai and asked, "Know what you want to drink? Tonight's on me since I did drag you out."
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