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Who: Marina and DoppelJasmine.
What: Evil girlfriend clone being that.
Where: Hotel lobby.
When: Almost immediately after DoppelLily's post.
Warnings: Nothing yet!

After Winter's injuries at Lapland, Marina wasn't going to waste any time following their little family unit around wherever getting her patched up took them. Her own stitches were uncomfortable, and bugging her, what with being on her lip, but she hadn't even noticed how bad Winter's injuries were until they'd gotten out of Lapland and left it to the human wrecking ball.

Now they were back in Vegas again, and safe, but either everyone was possessed or there were evil clones or both, or something else entirely... even if hot drinks were gonna burn with a mouth injury, she made her way down to the Starbucks in the hotel lobby and grabbed herself something big and sugary and creamy to just have something nice to focus on while she tried to think. It was a shame there wasn't a lobby bar, and that she had to be 21 here, but that was really, honestly, probably for the best, as she sat awkwardly in a chair, sipping at her drink.

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While the other Jasmine was otherwise occupied with sorting things out with Lily, Jasmine's doppelganger had hastened to Las Vegas with Lily's counterpart almost immediately. She grinned as she stepped into the hotel lobby, looking around. As luck would have it, she saw exactly the person she'd come looking for: Marina Santana.

Making sure Marina didn't see her, Jasmine moved to a approach her from a position that didn't look like she'd just walked in. That way, the only thing that would immediately look out of place was the fact that this Jasmine was dressed far better than her original was.

"Marina!" she exclaimed, a smile on her face. "There you are!"

Marina perked up at the sound of Jasmine's voice. It's not like she hadn't seen her plenty over the past few days or anything, but she hadn't exactly been that cheerful either - none of them had been, even if Winter wasn't in mortal peril any more - so that happy tone of voice made her wonder if there was some kind of really big good news for her.

She looked up with a smile at Jasmine, cocking her head a bit curiously at how well dressed Jasmine was, but brushing it off as well. She wasn't really dolled up for a date, but she could set a speed record for it if she had to. "Hey Jas, you seem pretty perky right now. Don't tell me you found someone calling himself 'Dr. Feelgood' out there."

Jasmine just giggled, a bit more high pitched than normal. In fact, Jasmine isn't exactly in the habit of giggling so much as laughing, is she?

"Oh, I'm just trying to remain positive," she said. "Tonight's been kind of crazy, you know?"

That sorta froze Marina on the spot for a moment, tilting her head to the side. No, Jasmine had never giggled that much no matter how happy she was - and she never dressed like that, and Marina was pretty sure she should be worrying about whatever was going on with all these weird not-really-them messages.

"It's been crazy since Lapland, seriously, you know. Good that you're cheerful though..."

"You know what they say," Jasmine said, sitting down in the chair right next to Marina and, horror of horrors, crossing her legs, as a lady rightly should. Oh so prim and proper.

"Accentuate the positive."

Jasmine doesn't sit like that, her girlfriend does not have that much of a sense of decorum. There's a quick glance to make sure her wing isn't like, on the wrong side or something - nope that's right - and there's no evil goatee, but this, right on the heels of that 'Lily' she spoke with, means that she might even be in danger right now.

"Where's the sarcasm that I know and love?"

Jasmine stares at Marina for a moment, before sighing and looking down.

"I guess you caught me," she said, coming closer to her usual tone. "Everything that's happened recently, with my getting hurt, and now Winter too... I guess I feel like I need to play at being more grown up."

She frowned and looked away. "I'm sorry, Marina. I guess I seem totally fake, huh?"

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There's a moment of her stomach turning, her heart sort of just not sitting right. It's... not really like Jas to do something like this, still, but on the other hand, they're all a bunch of teenagers runnig half-cocked around the world to try and fight monsters.

Life's confusing. This is confusing. "Less fake than who I was talking to, like, a few minutes ago, at least." Is she just paranoid?

Jasmine had to resist the urge to grin. This really was all too easy. So, instead, she continued to pour on the sad expression and leaned forward to pull Marina into a hug.

"Thank you," she said, sniffling a little.

It was hard to place, but this felt off and after talking to a violent thug version of Lily, while she does lean in to hug Jasmine, still second-guessing herself, part of her mind is focused on the gem storing her armor. Marina's had it on her at all times anyways, and now she's glad she can flick it on pretty easily.

"You oughta be careful, though, I think some more weird stuff's coming down."

"Yeah, definitely," she said, squeezing her arms around the other girl. And just, resting her chin on Marina's shoulder. An act of intimacy Jasmine often employed.

"It's obvious, but... I think the duplicates are back. You remember the one from way back when right?"

"I don't remember Lily's being quite... like this." Marina brought a hand up to Jasmine's head, but she was sure Jasmine would be able to hear her heart pounding this hard. Was she just being stupid? Heck, Jas did kinda look good like this...

"Or being confident that she could go on a rampage."

"Mmmn, yeah, they're pretty different," she said. "I... I hope whatever mine is like doesn't show up this time..."

She could hear Marina's heart like this, and it made her laugh a bit on the inside. This was really all too delicious.

"I don't know, I just feel... really scared, hun..."

"...hun huh?" Okay, she could, on the one hand actually see Jasmine trying that out. On the other hand, she almost had to choke down a laugh. "Hey, if she's anything like Lily's I think we're all in trouble huh?" She doesn't want to get punched into bits by TWO evil Precure.

Marina pulled back, looking Jasmine in the eyes. "Seriously though, we've got all this power of friendship stuff."

"... yeah. And you know, the whole fighting our friend thing..."

Power of friendship, huh? She'd see about that. "... I just hope... they don't try to trick us, you know? Get in close, try to convince people they're the real deal..."

That would be awful, wouldn't it?

"Yeah, that'd be pretty bad. I don't think either Lily could pull the other off very well, but I dunno about you or Winter." And she leaned back, cocking her head. "I wonder if that other me might be able to trick you too?"

Oh, irony of ironies. But that does trigger Jasmine's contempt for her original self.

"Oh, I doubt it," she said. "We know each other so well, I think she'd be able to pick it out."

The faintest twinge of a smirk danced at the edge of her lips. "I mean, it'd certainly say something awful about our relationship, if one of us couldn't tell..."

"I know, right? You'd think I'd notice a Jasmine doing all sorts of things different, like dressing different, talking differently..." Yeah, Jasmine would never put it like that.

Frowning, Marina tensed a bit, the whole mood about her shifting. "So what are you here for? Just to taunt me?"

... Well, that was certainly surprising. Jasmine stared for a moment... before sitting back and laughing quietly.

"You're smarter than I give you credit for," she said. "And here I was thinking that I was doing a relatively good job..."

"I was a little bit unsure for a moment, but nah, you weren't all that convincing." Marina was still tense, ready to go at a moment's notice. "You're kinda boring compared to my Jasmine, actually."

The doppelganger let out a laugh, as she stood up, crossing her arms.

"My my, I'm actually rather insulted," she said. "Perhaps I should show you how exciting I can be, hm? It's not very ladylike, but... I can make an exception."

Marina rose to her feet, trying - probably failing - look like she wasn't nervous about this at all. "...you do know you're probably like, upstairs right now? Don't do anything stupid." Ugh, insulting something that looks like Jasmine and meaning it, ugh.

"Unless you... you mean making funny faces or something." Witty.

"... That's a good point," she said. "And with you added, I'd be at a disadvantage."

She sighed and shook her head. "How unfortunate for you. I would think you'd enjoy watching two versions of us going at it."

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"I wanna say I'd enjoy seeing you get pounded, but that's still seeing a Jasmine's face smashed up." Marina was not a fan of violence-towards-Jasmine. "So, what, did you just come here to mess with me? For the lulz or whatever?"

"... Hm. It appears you are not as base as I thought, then."

She scoffed, and turned away. "Please. I was attempting to see what I could get away with."

"Oh yeah? Guess you need the other me if you want an audience." Only don't she still doesn't want that to happen.

"Didn't get away with much though, were you gonna try to make out with me or something?"

At that, Jasmine actually laughed. In away that was derisive and altogether rather unlike what Jasmine was usually capable of.

"Who knows where this could have gone?" she said. "But your mind surely is an interesting one. As for 'another you'... well now. We'll have to see what emerges on that front, hmmm?"

"I bet she's out there being a..." Marina was about to say 'being a bitch' but uh, she was already pretty good at that, honestly. "Pain in my ass. Definitely."

At least this Jasmine wasn't pretending any more. "So uh, shoo now. Go on. Get."

Jasmine laughed again.

"Aw, no kiss for the road? I'm disappointed," she said. "But perhaps I should stick around. I wonder what my other self would think, seeing the two of us talking like this. My my, I even believe she may have trouble understanding..."

"Well, she was fooled by psychoLily for longer than I was..." Marina grumbled, crossing her arms. "But you really don't have much faith in our relationship. I mean, she could walk in on you grabbing me and sucking my face and I could tell her 'duh your evil clone is trying to mess with us' and it'd be fine. Dumbass."

"There's that vivid and crude imagination then two of you share," Jasmine replied with a sigh. "No, I think it'd very much be against my interests to incite a fight with anyone now."

She looked straight at Marina... and then lunged forward, aiming a kiss at her cheek, before pulling back with a grin. "There you go, something to remember me by..."

And with that she's going to head for the exit.

"Smart gi-" Marina froze, then huffed, then back off quickly after she was kissed. "Great, thanks asshole." She rubbed her face with the back of her hand like she was cleaning it off or something, because really!

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