Kings Row
Up and away burgers.
Nat looked over her burger. "Seriously?"
Jane nodded, chewing some fries. "I was brand new, paragon made clock work, so I used my normal name as my hero name, for a few weeks I was the hero Jane Doe."
Nat couldn't help but chuckle, she knew what it was like standing out, there where not many cow women in Paragon, even less resembling Texan Long horns, so her secret identity was paper thin. "So what is you hero name now?"
Jane leant across the table, Nat getting a good look down her top, some male habits died hard, as Jane whispered in her ear. "Static Skull, cuz I'm electric and have a skull print on my mask." As she sat back, she gave a sky grin. "And I don't mind you taking a peak, I'm not packing, but it's nice to know I can draw a gaze."
Nat blushed as took a long sip of her soda. "Sorry, I just.... Yeah, I used to be a leach...."
Jane gently rubbed her foot along Nat's leg. "You can talk about it, before your accident I mean... I over heard you and Sam talk, sorry."
Nat took a deep breath, looking at her hands, her therapist had suggested opening up about this, that it be good. "Well, eight years ago, I was Nathan, up and coming collage football star and man whore, I go to parties, get drunk and have one night stands. Usual collage shit."
She chews her lip, it felt both good and painful talking about this. "Then I got into a car accident, I wasn't drunk at the wheel, the big rigger was sleep deprived, car got side swiped, toxic goo flooded in and I spun off the road into some farmers prize breeder cow... I was out of it for a month, during that time I mutated from human to cow hybrid and from man to woman." She sighs. "The hardest part was not the transition... I kinda think I was in the closet about that with how quickly I adjusted.... The hard part was how quickly all my dude bro friends alienated me.... Or tried to get in my pants." She buries her head in her hands.
Jane got up, coming around to sit next to her and gave her a hug. "As a clockwork, I can sort of understand, gender issues are a big thing amoung the Awakened clockwork, as we do not always identify with the gender we are built as..... How did your family react?"
Nat shudders slightly. "Dad... Oh god my dad, he went to bat for me, butting heads with anyone that tries to shame me for being trans or a mutant, my mom? She sometimes calls me Nathan or son, but I think her mind is starting to go and my sister? She okay, if fucking jealous of my body.... Thanks, the hug means a lot."
Jane smiled, then gave her cheek a kiss. "S'kay, you needed it and you are cute."
"Oh you are just pulling my tail."
"Nu hu, why do you think I asked you on a date?"
Nat blinked. "Wait, this is a date?"
Jane rolled her eyes. "Do I need a neon billboard? I'm interested in you Nat."
Nat suddenly felt thick tongued, her face flushing. "I er... Um... Thanks?"
Jane returned to her seat and winks. "I'll let you think it over, not many want to date my kind after all."
Nat suddenly became very interested in her meal as she tried to figure out the confusion raging in her head.
Up and away burgers.
Nat looked over her burger. "Seriously?"
Jane nodded, chewing some fries. "I was brand new, paragon made clock work, so I used my normal name as my hero name, for a few weeks I was the hero Jane Doe."
Nat couldn't help but chuckle, she knew what it was like standing out, there where not many cow women in Paragon, even less resembling Texan Long horns, so her secret identity was paper thin. "So what is you hero name now?"
Jane leant across the table, Nat getting a good look down her top, some male habits died hard, as Jane whispered in her ear. "Static Skull, cuz I'm electric and have a skull print on my mask." As she sat back, she gave a sky grin. "And I don't mind you taking a peak, I'm not packing, but it's nice to know I can draw a gaze."
Nat blushed as took a long sip of her soda. "Sorry, I just.... Yeah, I used to be a leach...."
Jane gently rubbed her foot along Nat's leg. "You can talk about it, before your accident I mean... I over heard you and Sam talk, sorry."
Nat took a deep breath, looking at her hands, her therapist had suggested opening up about this, that it be good. "Well, eight years ago, I was Nathan, up and coming collage football star and man whore, I go to parties, get drunk and have one night stands. Usual collage shit."
She chews her lip, it felt both good and painful talking about this. "Then I got into a car accident, I wasn't drunk at the wheel, the big rigger was sleep deprived, car got side swiped, toxic goo flooded in and I spun off the road into some farmers prize breeder cow... I was out of it for a month, during that time I mutated from human to cow hybrid and from man to woman." She sighs. "The hardest part was not the transition... I kinda think I was in the closet about that with how quickly I adjusted.... The hard part was how quickly all my dude bro friends alienated me.... Or tried to get in my pants." She buries her head in her hands.
Jane got up, coming around to sit next to her and gave her a hug. "As a clockwork, I can sort of understand, gender issues are a big thing amoung the Awakened clockwork, as we do not always identify with the gender we are built as..... How did your family react?"
Nat shudders slightly. "Dad... Oh god my dad, he went to bat for me, butting heads with anyone that tries to shame me for being trans or a mutant, my mom? She sometimes calls me Nathan or son, but I think her mind is starting to go and my sister? She okay, if fucking jealous of my body.... Thanks, the hug means a lot."
Jane smiled, then gave her cheek a kiss. "S'kay, you needed it and you are cute."
"Oh you are just pulling my tail."
"Nu hu, why do you think I asked you on a date?"
Nat blinked. "Wait, this is a date?"
Jane rolled her eyes. "Do I need a neon billboard? I'm interested in you Nat."
Nat suddenly felt thick tongued, her face flushing. "I er... Um... Thanks?"
Jane returned to her seat and winks. "I'll let you think it over, not many want to date my kind after all."
Nat suddenly became very interested in her meal as she tried to figure out the confusion raging in her head.
Neph: I wanna fight!