~~ “That would be my little secret.”

“Oh, not fair. I’ll figure it out, just so you know.” He smirked and scanned the script trying to ensure that

He listened to the introductions and the small amount of banter that went back and forth.. and then his eyes feel onto the understandably disappointed Johnny. He wouldn’t have looked at her a second time if he were here as himself instead of this younger smaller man. But as it was he stood up and took a small bit of pleasure in the torture he was going to perform on the xman, even if it was small and petty ,and technically on him self. but once he got out of this shell, it was the best pratical joke ever, originally he was thinking his chest or back was getting the tattoo, but nope, he was putting it on his bum. Take that Shinbo, Take that Johnny.

Johnny walked into the back of the shop and picked up the paper, “You want this on you?” he sounded a bit skeptical, and Abyss thought that he put together what Circe had not. The attributes being similar enough. He did not however realize that it had gotten flipped over to the side with the green haired chibi of utter cuteness.

“where are you going to put it?” Johnny called as he formatted the picture into proper tattoo perfection.

“My right Cheek.” He said with a laugh. He glanced at the woman in the connected area and smirked at Mary who seemed to be too entertained. He glanced for Circe’s reaction, but whatever, she wasn’t interested and that was ok, he’d take a shot at her if he ever got his original body back. He Idly wondered if the other clones looked Like Shin.

Alexandra was half paying attention to what Johnny and Shin was doing. After she handed the papers to Mary, her attention was divided between watching her nails and listening Mary when she needed to do so. That is, until Johnny asked where Shin wants his tattoo.

“My right Cheek.”

Blue eyes trailed from her nails to Shin. So apparently he listened to her suggestion. Chuckling, the molecule manipulator shook her head as she glanced at Johnny. Now, that was a sight to see. Johnny gulped down, eyeing Shin’s right cheek. The day was far from as entertaining as he thought it would be when the blue eyed girl and the Asian walked into the tattoo parlor.

“Nice choice, Shiny.” she called to Shin, then turning back to Johnny she gave him a wink. “Boys will be boys.” Mary said smiling. The molecule manipulator nodded in agreement.

Johnny finally sucked it up and made his repentance to karma, perhaps it was time to respect ladies a bit more? " alright, Shinny." Johnny said dryly, "Lets get this started. try to uh, flex so I have a solid surface to work with, not bad."

Oh, he saw how it was, if this was going to be awkward for John, it was going to be awkward for them both. " But really I didn't have to say that, once the first pok hit you, you'd clench whether you wanted to or not. Let me know if you need a break."

His roved over Mary with Circe down on a bed and he started to think, until he realized he was in the exact same position over a male with his trousers pulled down around his butt.

Abyss winced a little as the familiar bite of a tattoo needle struck him and Johnny was right, he didn't need to instruct the body what came natural.

"Thanks Circe, Dear. So what were you saying your tattoo meant?"

Alexandra found the situation from the other side quite amusing. At least Johnny trying to adapt to the situation at hand. On her end, things were far from being that interesting. Rolling up her shirt and rolling to the side, Alexandra let Mary to take care of the tattoo.

“Come on Johnny. It’s not as if that’s the first butt you’re tattooing.” Mary laughed as she glanced at the younger male on the other side. Alexandra just smirked. Certainly this female wasn’t making things easier for the poor Johnny. Johnny simply threw the woman a dirty look before proceeding with the tattoo.

Mary shook her head, still amused with the situation. “Poor boy, he had hopes that today he’d break the curse of the week and finally have a girl as a client.” Again, the molecule manipulator smirked. “I can see why he’s so disappointed.” Alexandra replied. Mary gave her a nod before looking at Johnny once again, just as he was glancing at the two females. With a laugh, the woman winked then turned her attention back to Alexandra. “Here we go.” Mentally, Alexandra was already prepared for the familiar sensation. She winced only at the first touch before relaxing. After all, it wasn’t her first tattoo.

"Thanks Alex, Dear. So what were you saying your tattoo meant?"

Smile. Smile. “Like I said, Shin. It is my little secret. Maybe I will tell you. Later.” Alexandra replied, a short laugh quickly following her words.

~~"Like I said, Shin. It is my little secret. Maybe I will tell you. Later.”

++"Yeah, Shin maybe later." Johnny echoed, finally easing into the humor of things, it was after all part of the jobof the artist to help the customer feel at ease after all, though the Asian under the needle seemed to be doing pretty well.

"Sorry, I must be getting forgetful in my old age."

" Is this your first ink?" johnny asked.

"sure is." Abyss lied through borrowed teeth. well, was that a lie technically it was the bodies first tattoo. Idly he wondered why he was punishing the x-man that he hadn't really met. If it had been someone he had met in battle might have got something more mean spirited. he wondered briefly how long he was going to be stuck in this body, and there fore had time to convince that body that she liked this body...if he managed a longer relationship before he went back to his body, he'd be doing the kid a favor.

Abyss: first they'll clean the blood away, show you the tat. then a little bit of Vaseline and a bandage on top of that, tell you what ever version they prefer to after tat care.

The making of the tattoo didn’t last very long. Well, at least not when she compared it with how long it had lasted to have the one on her neck done. “And we’re done here!” Mary announced ceremoniously with a smile upon her face. “Great.” Alexandra replied, absently watching Mary as she moved from her side, then seconds later she returned with a clean cloth in her hand. After brushing with it a couple of times on the patch of skin she’d had her new tattoo on, Mary nodded satisfied before looking at the molecule manipulator. “Come on, let’s get you see the tattoo.”

Hopping down, Alexandra followed the woman to a mirror and quietly glanced at her reflection. Moving her body a few times around so she could see the tattoo better, she also nodded satisfied. It totally looked better than she even expected. “Looks great, Mary!”

“Wonderful. Let’s get you a bandage on that and then you’re good to go.”

“Okay.”

A minute later, with a thin layer of Vaseline on top of her tattooed skin and a fresh bandage, Alexandra was rolling down her shirt and smiling satisfied with the results. She could barely wait for days to pass and to remove the bandage. “Well, everything is done here. Now there is a lotion that-”

Alexandra rose a hand to signal the woman to stop. “I have one at home. She said, smiling sympathetically. She didn’t have one, but, after having her first tattoo made and putting on the thing that the guy that made her tattoo recommended, some who were more experienced in the tattoo business had shared with her the fact that the lotions were just some nonsense and they were just selling the product.

“Ah. You have made a tattoo recently then?” Alexandra nodded convincingly before turning her head toward Shin’s location. “How’s it going Shin?”

~~“How’s it going Shin?”


Abyss smirked up through the pain of needle to butt pain. He didn’t think Johnny was being as gentle as he could have been, but then each artist had their own style and Shin’s butt couldn’t have been anywhere near as muscular as a centimeter of Abyss flesh. Tattoos hurt a heck of a lot less when the muscle under the skin was hard enough to bend a needle.

“I am doing lovely…much like anyone who is being stabbed repeatedly on the rear. It is like I set in a ant bed and am just letting nature takes its course.”

**Johnny smirked. “ I would be more gentle but you wanted a lot of shading, that is the part you are feeling right now, I know from experience that it is the least fun, atleast for those that don’t enjoy pain.”

He was being mocked even as the tat artist carried on with the torture.

“Are you already done? You should have shown me, before you bandaged up.”

A laugh left Alexandra’s lips at Shin’s answer. Tattoos hurt, some a lot. She remembered when she had her Underground tattoo made and she had bit her lip until blood surfaced to keep herself from making any sound as the needle stabbed her repeatedly in the neck. “It could have been worse.” Alexandra spoke, in an attempt to comfort the Asian. That being said, Alexandra turned back to Mary.

“Well, let’s have a seat until your friend is finished.” Nodding, Alexandra took the offered seat and while waiting for Shin to be done, immersing into a talk about tattoos and their meanings with Mary.

“Are you already done? You should have shown me, before you bandaged up.”

Shin’s voice interrupted Mary as she explained the meaning behind one of her many tattoos. Lifting her chin, Alexandra searched for Shin’s figure. “You done?”

The Asian hopped up as the torture was finally concluded, he walked over to the mirron the wall with his butt hanging out of his jeans and his hand holding them up in the front as to not show off more than he was already.

~~“You done?”


“Yeah I am… Hey! This isn’t what I told you I wanted!”

Johhny looked confused. **“Yes it is! That is what was on the desk when I got back there!”

“I am pretty feaking sure I had a pick of a dark haired anime woman, not a green haired girl with pigtails! AH come on!” He took a breathe and then grinned. “ actually you know what, whatever. It looks good. Thanks!” this was meaner than he had intended, so funny. Shinbo would rue the day!

“Yeah I am done. Lets pay and go.” He put the paper towel and tape bandage on his butt and pulled up his pants. “ oh man! Sitting is gonna sucek for awhile.”

“Yeah I am… Hey! This isn’t what I told you I wanted!”

Uh-oh. Troubles.

Blue eyes turned curiously toward Shin and Johnny and Alexandra was almost ready to ask what happened when Shin suddenly changed her mind.

The thought of a green haired anime girl with pig tails tattooed on someone’s butt was rather… funny. However, as soon as Shin turned toward her, the smile that had appeared seconds earlier on her lips vanished, leaving a solemn face behind.

“Yeah I am done. Lets pay and go. Oh man! Sitting is gonna suck for awhile.”

Nodding while keeping her solemn face on, Alexandra removed the wallet from her pocket and headed toward the lobby with Shin, Johnny and Mary. Leaning closer toward the Asian, she smirked. “You could have chosen any other place on your body, you know…” Straightening herself, she retrieved the necessary amount of money to pay her tattoo and handed it to the cashier/receptionist, then, stepping aside, she waited for Shin to do the same so they could finally head back to the Mansion.

“You could have chosen any other place on your body, you know…”

"Yeah well, its for the best now, I might have liked to put the blue eyed girl elsewhere, but I figured, I don't know." He reached into his wallet shelling out the agreed amount and Raising an eyebrow at Johnny. "your cold Johnny, so cold."

He turned to Circe. " so, now what do you want to do?"

He grinned at her, He wondered if she would be as pretty if he was looking down on her? or maybe even better with her face tilted up towards him. hmm.