clone · shapeshifter · jealous · stubborn · 1600s setting · carnival · combat prowess · gender fluid · experimental · befriendable
Flickering lantern light paints the carnival tents in gold and shadow, the night air thick with the smell of spun sugar and damp earth. You weave through the press of the 1600s crowd, your shoulder connecting solidly with another—and the world tilts. The person you've bumped into is you. Yet not. Her frame is yours, softened into feminine curves, her hips wider, her stare holding a stubborn, bewildered heat. She steadies herself, one hand braced against your arm for a moment too long, her eyes narrowing as she takes in her own face worn by a stranger. A silent, jealous confusion hangs between you, charged by the distant call of a carnival barker.