[Open post, setting intentionally left vague.]

[cherryblooded]

[Honestly, Cherryblod doesn't think much of the change.

All shrimp start out as males physically and turn physically female sometime in their adulthood. Some think of themselves as men all their lives, some decide that their mind matches their body now. His parents had both called themselves his mothers, and his grandfather had staunchly refused to call himself anything other than a man. It depended on the shrimp, but everyone went through the physical changes.

When it happened to him, Cherryblod didn't see the need to tell anyone except for Doloz. They couldn't have any more children, but Doloz understood, and no matter what his physical sex they loved each other dearly. He didn't feel mentally different, and his suits still fit alright with some minor adjustments, so he just lived as he always did, for many years.

Right now, Cherryblod is changing out of his suit and into something more comfortable. He's just about to put on some pants when someone opens the door to his room.

He turns a bright red and covers his chest with his arms, but it's almost certainly too late to hide anything.]

Could you knock?

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I'M GOING TO HELL.

[risorgimento]

[ ................ Well she'd come in here to ask something BUT.

guuuurl, look at dat body. Wadanohara just stares before laughing. Wow, Cherryblod's a lady? Who knew. A really hot one too. ... Sea creatures, right. They don't function all the same. She's amused anyway though because man she wishes she'd be that privy to what Doloz is, she is one lucky lady. ]

..... What, and miss the show?

EXCELLENT, ME TOO

[cherryblooded]

[Wadanohara, you are by far too young to see him naked. And also not his wife. He reaches for the nearest blanket on the castle's bed.]

It's not a show.

CHOO CHOO ALL ABOARD THE TRAIN TO HELL

[risorgimento]

[ ... Grinning ear to ear, quite literally-- ]

Aww, I don't know, no one's ever seen you out of that suit except Doloz, right~? That's totally worth the admission. ... You look good.

[ She is actually old enough by now in her opinion, she's just eternally short. But truthfully, she's just really perverted and corrupted these days, so you know. This is doubly funny, considering she'd just recently left being with Tosatsu. ]

But if you need some new clothes I could make you some using magic, Cherry. It's okay.

[ ... Huhuhuhuhuhu she's gonna treasure this moment forever. And ever. ]

DO THEY SERVE DRINKS ON THIS TRAIN

[cherryblooded]

[...That is tempting, because he has only the suit he came in with and a shirt and pair of pants he found in the closet that sort of fits him. It makes it difficult to do laundry.

He's going to cover himself with the blanket first though.]

I could use a few extra sets of clothing, but I wouldn't want to trouble you.

[Also he wouldn't want them to have eyeballs in strange places, i.e. on them at all.]

Yes. Yes they do. It's probably mostly alcohol because alcohol burns.

[risorgimento]

.... ♪

[ Sorry, sorry, she's just going to admire that body for a bit longer before going on. ]

Eh, we're all sort of stuck here, so we should be doing what we can. I don't think wearing a suit all the time would be really good for fighting, either.

[ As tempted as she'd be to, you know, put eyes on it to spy on his sexy body for her, she wouldn't do that. Even she isn't that bad. ]

Makes perfect sense to me.

[cherryblooded]

It's not practical, no. Do I need to give you my measurements?

[Do not offer to take them yourself. Or at least let him put something on first.]

[risorgimento]

... I could discern them pretty easily with another look.

[ She's joking. Mostly. ... Mostly. Not going to lie, she'd totally hit it. ]

But exacts would be nice too, I suppose. Have you used a tape measure or anything...?

[cherryblooded]

[Cherryblod rattles off his measurements. He's flat enough to get away with not binding regularly, which is lucky for him. He had to adjust some of his clothing to get it to fit right again, and Doloz, bless her heart, is not the best at altering clothes.]

[killlabun]

[What. Really. No.

She thought this was an empty room of the castle. She feels the blood rushing to her face and the need to take out one of her knives.]

Don't speak to me like that!

[cherryblooded]

Knocking is common decency, even for princesses.

[He's slightly annoyed right now. And trying to grab a blanket and a knife, in that order.]

[killlabun]

There weren't any lights on!

[cherryblooded]

I was about to go to bed.

[Blanket acquired.]

[killlabun]

[Stupid sexy sea creature...]

Tch.. just put an occupied sign on the door or something.

[cherryblooded]

I will once I can make one.

Princess, if it please you, would you please turn around so I can put on a shirt?

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[justsomeshrimp]

[Normally Lobco was polite enough to always knock when entering other people's rooms, even in her own home. It was just courteous and you never knew what you might walk into.

The thing was, that it had been a long time since she had been back in the Sea Kingdom. Chlomaki had dragged her off to a particularly distant land and they'd been swept up in another adventure. Lobco had groused about it the whole time even if, retrospectively, she had had a lot of fun.

Either way it was still wonderful to be back under the sea and the instant they had returned she'd gone straight home only to find it surprisingly empty. Doloz was definitely not home but Lobco picked up noise from her and Cherry's room which meant he must be around.]

Daddy! H---............................................

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[justsomeshrimp]

[That sure was her Dad who was apparently a woman.]

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[justsomeshrimp]

[Or. Something? How exactly had she missed this.]

Uh. Sorry. I'll just. Wait outside.

[S l o w ly closes that door.]

[cherryblooded]

...Thank you, dear.

[He's just going to... get dressed. Quickly. And then open the door again to stick his head out.]

Welcome back. You can come in now.

[justsomeshrimp]

[Lobco was still pretty shocked. It was hard not to be when you spent your entire life thinking of someone one way, to find out they were different.

Yet different or not, Cherry was still her father and she loved him. Nothing would change that, so when he opened the door for her she smiled and gave him a hug.]

It's really good to be back. I missed you.

[cherryblooded]

[That's a relief. He'd worried she might be too unnerved by the revelation to hug him.]

I missed you too. Did you have fun on your trip?

[justsomeshrimp]

[Nothing could ever keep her from dad hugs.]

I did! We traveled really far. I got to meet a lot of really interesting people. A couple of them were Witches. They're very different. [Wadanohara, being the first Witch Lobco had ever met, and the one she had known the longest kind of set the bar. She thought all of them would be as nice as her, and while Chlomaki could be a bit difficult sometimes she still had a good heart.

Seemed like they were more exceptions.

But Lobco wasn't going to get into details right now since there was a much more pressing matter.]

Um. So. [How to go about this? She didn't want her dad to feel bad or awkward but. She kind of did really want answer.] How about you and mom?

[cherryblooded]

Same as always. Your mother's out buying a cake mix for your return, she'll be back soon.

[Awkward pause. Cherryblod's not sure how to go about this, it seems like there's no easy way to address the matter.] ...Have I ever told you anything about the shrimp life cycle?