Kanimir and Jaromira in Fabulous
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There are hundreds of squads to maintain round-the-clock readiness on both coasts, and more squads covering the Rockies (and adjacent flyover areas), Alaska, and island territories including Hawaii, though the Coast squads are the best known. There are twelve thousand magical girls actively enrolled as Paladins in the United States. Teams currently featuring in the photography on gopaladins.gov include Squad 302 (Alaska), Squad 118 (West Coast), and Squad 89 (East Coast).

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What can she find about the powers of those three squads?

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302 is five girls: ice powers, terrakinesis, energy bolts, sonic attacks, and a tactical teleporter who carries a grenade launcher.

118 has two girls with different energy bolts, their own healer, a temporary matter conjurer, somebody who works a little like Isabella, a hydrokinetic, and an aerokinetic.

89 has a girl whose power is summarized as "luck", a lightning girl, a plasma girl, somebody who supercharges ammunition, someone who screws with ambient pressure and gravity, a girl who does blasts of force, a telekinetic, a speedster, and one of those apparently commonplace energy bolt girls.

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Luck. Matter conjuration. Pressure and gravity. Teleportation, telekinesis. 

Well, it seems like the Coast Paladins would have an easier time tempting Katarzyna than she'd thought, if they put their minds to it. 

Alright, practicalities now. She looks up local stylists and their hours and pricing. 

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Amateurs who do it to pick up video game money can be had for cheap; pros start at a hundred dollars. The most expensive one based in the Phoenix area is three hundred bucks an hour.

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Is that the one Mercedes recommended against?

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It's a different name. Gerald Blake.

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Hm. Hmm. Can she justify this expense to her father so it doesn't have to come out of the saved-up allowance she has, in the long term?

Probably yes. 

What times does he have available?

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It doesn't say, she has to call for an appointment.

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Does he have hours listed so she knows if calling right now will be productive or not?

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Nope! It's a very minimalist website - photo gallery of admittedly exquisite girls, phone number office address.

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She'll call, then. 

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"Mr. Blake's office."

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"Hi, I'm a magical girl and I'd like to set up an appointment."

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"To whom am I speaking, please?"

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"My name is Katarzyna Kozlov."

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"Thank you, Miss Kozlov. How many hours do you wish to book?"

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"I have a two hour period available this Sunday afternoon at one. Will that suit your needs?"

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"Yes, that will do nicely. Thank you."

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"Is there any reference material you would like Mr. Blake to familiarize himself with beforehand, such as looks you wish yours to take as inspiration, unusual modifications to your form that affect what you can wear, or atypical situations you wish your costume to befit?"

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"My only major structural modification is wings, which I expect he is probably familiar with in general. I don't believe the other two apply to me at this time," she says, although she takes out her notepad and scribbles Blake--atypical situations--radiation???

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"Thank you, Miss Koslov. Is there anything you wish to know?"

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"You should be aware that a professional style consultation involves wearing very little at times so that Mr. Blake can see what lines he's building an outfit over, and that there may be times when he will be able to best serve your aesthetic by touching you, such as to investigate the range of motion of a wing, inspect your hair's texture, or augment a visual check of your muscle to fat ratio. He can still make improvements to your costume without this but it will not be his best work. Is this acceptable?"

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