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[forcechanic]

This is probably a word question. Then again, we're used to overlays making us think about weird things, right? Even if the reasons are big and complicated. So... can anyone teach me how to braid hair? It's something I probably should have actually bothered learning a long time...

Princess Leia hair. If it means something to you, I'm trying to figure out a simpler version of Princess Leia hair.

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[canbebrave]

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with 'Princess Leia' hair, but I can do braids befitting of a Princess. All hairstyles are variations of the same few tricks, just done about in different ways. I'd be more than happy to teach you, should you like.

[tookashirototheknee]

I can braid.

I was Leia for halloween one year, and braided a wig, so I can do something like that.

[There's more than a hint of sheepishness in his tone as he admits this.]

[forcechanic]

It's only about half the Earth people who have seen the movies about my
parents, but I figured that was a better explanation of what I wanted than"traditional Alderaani styles". Braids were... are [sometimes verb tenses are hard with Alderaan] really important in Mom's culture, so I'd love lessons.

[forcechanic]

For... I shouldn't be surprised, should I?

[tookashirototheknee]

Probably not.

But... yeah, if you want some help, I can totally do that.

[levelthreehooligan]

Oh! Felih and I are good at braiding, if you wanted help! Eorzean braiding is mostly about Caste and Functionality, and I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the style you're asking for, but I can certainly try!

[forcechanic]

Only the Earth people might be. Unless someone is secretly from my galaxy. But I can show you what I mean from my memories.

[forcechanic]

Which one did you do?

[tookashirototheknee]

The white dress from the beginning of, well, uh. From when she first met your uncle and your father.

[Because it's unlikely she'd know 'the beginning of the first slash fourth movie']

Oh, and the, er, braided buns? We always called them the cinnamon bun hair at home.

[forcechanic]

I know the one.

My hair's not long enough for that, I was thinking of some of the styles in the later movies.

[Which she's seen]

I think if I do fewer loops, I can do those.

[levelthreehooligan]

Oh, those Earth people and their pop culture! I would be happy to help regardless. If you like, I've a room we can use?

Look for the Wooden one with Crystals growing from it, and I'll be there.

[She feels like she has a significant amount to research. A couple weeks worth of binging in Artwarts really wasn't all that extensive for her.]

[forcechanic]

Apparently my world is a really enduring part of it.

[She's okay with it, she wishes everyone else would be already]

I shouldn't be long.

[Especially since she can cheat with psychic detection. SO it doesn't take long at all for her to be at the door.]

Hi.

Network >> Action

[levelthreehooligan]

When Jaina walks in through the door, she's met with a small clearing of what seems to be a verdant forest lake. A little ways in, there's the hut lit with warm lights from the inside.

Pinara is waiting for her in the doorway, waving to her as she
approaches.

"Hail, Jaina!" Sha calls from her house, "Please, come in!"

Action

[forcechanic]

It's quite lovely. For all that she loves machine and grew up on a city planet, she does appreciate more natural settings too.

"Hi." She pokes her head into the door, hair simply tied back in a ponytail and the longest it's ever been.

Re: Action

[levelthreehooligan]

Pinara gestures her into the cozy space, gesturing to one of the piles of cushions underneath the windows.

"Welcome, Jaina. Make yourself comfy and show me the kinds of braids you wanted!" She pulls over a short stool that she can stand on so that she's able to get to her whole head while she's sitting.

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[forcechanic]

It's not often that Jaina actually feels tall. But apparently Pinara is roughly the size of a member of Yoda's species, so here she is, sitting down to make her hair accessible.

"I'm mostly thinking of something like this." The memories she shares are largely domestic ones, not the sort of thing that's associated with the public persona of Chief of State Leia Organa. "It's not long enough for that many loops, but something simpler."

Though she does share one memory of a more formal occasion, featuring a mirror after her mother had already braided her hair. "Usually when she'd insist on braiding my hair it wound up like this, but that's too fussy for a normal day."

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[levelthreehooligan]

Pinya watches the memories with a clear interest.

"Alright! I think I might be able to do something simillar with the length of hair that you have," she climbs onto the stool and with a theatric 'pop!' a fine-toothed comb and a small divider stick appears. Pinya gets to work on brushing and sectioning the bits of hair she's going to need first.

"This was your mother's style of hair?" she asks, because the woman had been old enough and she has seen some resemblance.

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[forcechanic]

"Yeah, it's traditional in her culture." Where Jaina stands with that culture is complicated. Not because she doesn't value Alderaan, just because... it never existed in her lifetime. "I've been thinking about it lately."

She's making considerable effort to stay still. There's a reason she never did pick up a lot of this. "Do you mind if I... eavesdrop on your eyes so I can see what you're doing?"

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[levelthreehooligan]

"Hmmmn," Pinya smiles, "Connecting to your roots is good, especially if they feel far away."

"Oh, of course!" Pinya prepares for the weird feeling that Filter Intrusion gives her whenever this happens, and makes sure she's concentrating on what she's actually doing.

The hair is divided straight down the middle and once more across. She's starting to gather the top two halves, back combing them and pinning them into two large buns. The bottom sections she brings forward, ready to be braided.

[forcechanic]

"Things about Alderaan have always been... complicated, now that it isn't a place." Half the people Travelling know, even if they don't... know. "Just people, and I think I want to be a bigger part of that."

Jaina's psychic touch is actually quite light, probably because she's so used to this sort of thing.

[levelthreehooligan]

Ahh. Pinya knows the weight of loss that Jaina seems to bear.

"We of Eorzea have born witness to far too many places that have been wiped from the face of Hydaelyn. We have had cultures near wiped out and peoples long forgotten. We appreciate the worth of having things from them, even if it's only a hairstyle," She wraps the two braids she has formed around the buns, securing them with long pins, forming a half-Leia style with them.

"How is that?"