for Jyn

[andhiswife]

It's meant to be a relatively quick trip to Bardolf's. Greta's looking at cufflinks -- for herself, this time, though no one needs to know that -- and trying to resist the easy temptation of just buying a second pair of the ones she most recently got for Thomas. They'd be sure to match that way. But she doesn't want to diminish what had been a gift by simply copying it; nor is she certain she even wants to match perfectly as much as she wants to compliment.

She's beginning to wonder if they have a women's cufflinks selection, and if she has the nerve to ask a salesperson about it, when she spots a familiar face a little ways off. She hasn't seen Jyn since New Year's, when they were both a mess and coming off the tail end of a party that had ended in crumb-covered ruins. It would be nice, she thinks, to say hello now that she's feeling refreshingly presentable. And now that the nearest party is on the horizon and not likely to end in any sort of disaster. The city can't be trusted, but Magnus at least likes to make sure his guests enjoy themselves.

Abandoning her hunt for accessories, she makes her way over until she's close enough for a polite speaking voice to carry. "Hello, Jyn. You're looking well." 'Clean' might be the more operative term -- she'd looked well at New Year's, too -- but she can hardly greet someone like that.

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[nextchance]

"It's a good way of doing it," Jyn says with an approving sort of nod, though she knows it's not as if her input is strictly necessary here. She knows so little about fashion anyway, and perhaps less still specifically about deciding what to wear to get dressed up for a party. But it seems like a fun, safe way of doing something a little different, of surprising people. If there's one thing she does know, it's the enjoyment that can come with a change like that. Though hers were always out of necessity, she still got satisfaction from shedding one identity and taking on another, altering her appearance just slightly each time.

"I think I might defy some expectations just by going to those parties at all. Or maybe just mine."