Fei Mulan, on the Silk Road of the Capitol [WIP]

Chinese purity has been kept intact for Fei (or Feng) Mulan; not a single spot anywhere on her person could be mistaken for anything else - with exception of a different Asian culture to the untrained eye. She is slender, almost petite, and hardly takes up much space in a room. Being a 5'2" individual makes Fei on the shorter side for girls - and the even smaller end for boys, to her awkward chagrin. In order to fit into the school's crowd, the 18-year old girl has cut her usually past-shoulder length, glossy black hair to where the strands hug the facial curvature, with bangs the swoop to her right side; Fei tries to mess around with her hair to bring out any sign of boyish quality, and she can achieve doing so somewhat though not to replicating a 'real' man's style. To her displeasure, Fei wishes she had more of a broad chin and stronger face to blend in better in her surroundings, but the best she can do with regards to her facial features is add tape-on hair near her eyebrows. Her body's curves are hidden from layers of wrapping bandages; she attempts to mimic the male frame to the point before she suffocates from her own wrappings. About the only parts on Fei's body that she cannot hide are her small, thin hands, which she has adopted a habit of shoving into her pants pockets for a good measure.

Hiding in the open is much more difficult than can be comprehended. Fei throws on an attire of long-sleeved collared shirts, slacks, and a pair of Oxford shoes, in the colors of gray, white, blue, and black. She dares not to touch anything shorter than long, in the case her legs or arms could expose her true nature. Self-conscious about how to present herself in the male-thriving environment, Fei nitpicks which colors to wear for the day even if she is not the greatest fashion person. Underneath the clothes are devices to give her a masculine look: a chest-tightening body vest, wrappings around her abdomen for fake broadness, and 'buff' shoulder pads. Fei has to force swallowing down embarrassing emotions in case her already naturally glowing cheeks deepen into a crimson, which she fears could also give her away. Before the 'transformation', the Chinese woman merely disliked her weak constitution and not 'enhanced' beauty compared to her female peers having gone through operations for exotic colors, added emphasis on desired parts, and showing off the glamorous lifestyle of the Capitol; but, now, she hates her fragile body type giving her trouble for school, yet Fei is somewhat thankful that she has not gone through surgeries. Any extra money to reverse what prettiness she might have applied would only have stacked on top of her worries.

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