2 º losing your head [backdated just a bit]

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[ Shortly after arriving on the plane, a girl ties a ribbon around her neck.

It's large, and covers it almost completely, to the point of looking nearly ridiculous if she just wasn't one of those girls, with curls bouncy enough and a face innocent enough to pull it off. What looks so strange, so bizarre, is how tightly she pulls it, almost as if she were choking herself, but she gives no coughing noises or any indication she's in discomfort.

She wants to make sure it stays on. It's residual. Her head won't fall off in the Plane. Part of her knows that.

But the delirious sensation of death upon trying to return to her world has put fear into her. Now, she is alone.

So tighter and tighter she pulls the ribbon. ]

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[clinical]

[Ignoring his magnificent get-up, Jade still manages to have the red-eyed bespectacled interest of a mad scientist who occasionally forgets that he's not supposed to be a mad scientist any longer.] If you aren't careful, you'll choke yourself.

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[ A slight stare.

And she lets go. ]

I'm simply making sure it's tight.

[clinical]

Of course. But be careful. It's important to choose a costume that's both practical and elegant.

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It is practical and elegant, don't you think?

[ It's her Puella Magi's outfit, only because her other changes of clothes didn't have a place for the ribbon. ]

[clinical]

That depends on what you're using for. Though I agree that the tighter the binding is, the less likely somebody can grab it in battle to set you off-balance.