Masks 2

"Aw, thanks. I made it up myself. You're always so sweet, kiddo," she smiled. Lux didn't appear to move, but Candy received an invisible hug! "Got something I've wanted to talk to you about, if I can steal you for a bit," and so saying, she led Candy off to a private room--the one she was sharing with Devana.

"So, this may seem strange of me, after all the fuss that's been kicked up over sensible security measures...but it's something that I've been wanting to do for a while." Plus, she'd already told Nocturne she was going to do it, and wasn't about to chicken out now! So saying, Lux reached up, dimmed the light from her halo, and removed the hard-light mask. The face that was revealed looked... very familiar! Black hair (very close cropped), tan skin, and eyes that were dark but flecked with spots of gold, like a night sky replicated in miniature. Her features were a blend, but she descended from Thai and Puerto Rican parents...It was a very familiar face, and not just because she'd grown up with Lux coming around. No, it was a face like a certain movie star's, though with features that were ever so slightly different... "We've known each other for a long time now, but we've never been introduced properly, for all that. Candy, my given name is Alexandria Escher--you can call me Aunt Lex, if you so choose," as opposed to Aunt Lux, as it had been. God, what an obvious cover name!

Lux looked...tense, but she had a smile on her face. It looked like this wasn't something that was easy for her to do, letting her guard down like this. But Candy was old enough to know, and she had already been beaten to the reveal by her sister, of all people! That wouldn't stand.