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After years of therapy and self care, Hollow was living a happy life, free from the prison that was being the vessel containing the infection.
Over the years, they've developed certain hobbies, such as gardening, knitting and animal sitting, all of which they enjoy very much. Their house is a small bungalow not too far from Ghost's palace they and Quirrel reside in. The house has a front garden and fencing for safety measures.
One morning, Hollow was looking through their closet of clothing after having a relaxing bath. They noticed that most of their clothing consisted of different cloaks and capes, including the one they were when their father forced them to be the vessel to the infection.
They thought to themselves about expanding their fashion sense and what not and thus decided to go to the mall in the capital since they didn't really have much on their agenda.
After putting on a new cloak, Hollow exited their house and started making their way to a nearby stag way towards the former city of tears. After riding the stag, they made their way over to the capital and looked for the mall that almost every bug goes to.
After they entered the building, Hollow started looking for some clothing stores, walking around before finding a map of where some of those stores were located. They walked over to one near a food court on the bottom floor and walked into it, eyeing the amount of bugs inside it who were also doing some clothes shopping.
After some time of walking around, trying to find a style that would interest them, they came across the women's section and stopped to look at what it offered.
They noticed dresses, blouses, tank tops, pants, the list goes on. The vessel's eyes sparkled at all the different options in front of them. Ever since they were young, they've wanted to try out something different. Something more feminine.
They noticed a navy blue blouse with a lighter blue gradient decorated with butterflies and sparkles alongside a black vest and leggings. And they were in their size too! They picked those out and looked for a changing booth so they could try on the clothes.
Once they located one, they headed inside after making sure no one else was in it. They carefully removed their cloak and tried on the clothes one by one. They made sure that they fit them and looked good by checking themselves out in the mirror that was provided in the booth as well.
"Woah..", they mumbled to themselves. They thought they looked good in the clothes but small doubts in their mind told them that others would look at them weird and make fun of them. Hollow quickly brushed those thoughts away and decided to buy these clothes. After getting out of them and heading out the booth to the front to pay for them.
When they returned home, they immediately headed to their room to try the clothes on again and this time keeping them on. They liked how the clothes looked on them when trying them in the changing booth, so the vessel was comfortable enough with wearing them for the rest of the day.
Hollow let out a sigh of relief, feeling free to express themselves however they wanted, but at the same time, they weren't sure on how else to expand since their hobbies were small and in one place, so they would need help with finding more things they liked.