Finding Michelle & The Hashimoto Twins.

You take pictures of other cosplayers, as you head into the convention floor, and towards an open spot near the main stage, where people can take photos of themselves, or of cosplayers. It is there, that you find the hobby cosplayers/exotic dancers Michelle, Alita, & Sakura. Although Alita & Sakura are identical twins, they've gone with two different "Street Fighter" cosplays. Alita has gone with an Ibuki cosplay--a two-piece ninja-like outfit, with tan being the primary color, & black being the secondary color. Although Alita chose a pair of white ankle braces for her shins & feet, she's tucked the pants of the outfit into the braces. A pair of dagger props can be seen inside of her black karate belt, and she's used athletic tape to wrap her hands, wrists, and forearms. A couple of plain, tan bandanas--one for her hair, and the other for her face, complete the outfit.

Sakura has gone with the outfit of the fighting game character...of the same name. The outfit is almost like that of a schoolgirl--a white schoolgirl blouse, with blue trim at the sleeves. The long collars are also blue, with white stripes. A yellow scarf is tied to the front of the blouse, while a red scarf is tied around her neck. A blue, plaid, knee-length skirt forms the bottom part of the costume, a pair of red Chuck Taylor's are on her feet, and she has a pair of red MMA fight gloves on. Completing her costume, is a white headband.

Michelle has gone the other way, opting for a "Mortal Kombat" Kitanna costume. The costume seems pretty standard for a convention-friendly variant, but she made a few modifications, to help make her version stand out more, while maintaining the convention friendliness. The bottom piece of the costume would've had a pair of tight shorts, with the loincloth, but she altered it make it more of a pair of panties, that covers most of her butt. The upper piece of the outfit has been customized to best fit her big breasts, and she's added in a pair of cups, both for comfort, and to help ensure that her nipples would not peek through. Otherwise, the rest of the pieces look standard, save for the fingerless gloves variation, and boot-tops that goes up to her thighs, with some knee pads added in. The given boot tops happen to be a necessity, because she's gone with a pair of thigh-high black boots, with high heels. Completing her costume, are a pair of Oriental fans, that are made of worbla, and designed to look like the fan blades in the game. For safety purposes, the tips are blunted.

"Hello, Alex!" Michelle waves to you, as she walks over to give you a hug.

"Hello, ladies." You tell them, after the Hashimoto twins hug you.

"Long day, isn't it, Alex?" Alita asks you.

"Yes, long and busy." You tell them.

"We've been waiting for you, before we shed these costumes, and do some shopping, before we go home." Sakura tells you.

"Been waiting long, ladies?" You ask them.

"Not too long, Alex," Michelle tells you, smiling, "but you're good."

You start with Alita & Sakura, going with Alita first, then Sakura. Other photographers & cosplay fans join in, taking their own photos of--or with--whoever isn't busy posing for you. While some of them take photos of Michelle, you move into some mash-ups with the twins, as they do some various fight poses, including a pose of Alita "throwing a dagger", to cancel out Sakura "doing a Hadouken". Each twin sister takes turns "landing a blow", with Alita "smashing her knee" into Sakura's chin, who later "does a running uppercut" on Alita.

They switch with Michelle after it was done, allowing those who were waiting for them, to have their share of photo-taking, while you go through the various poses with her. Michelle shows her Chinese pride, in the way she opens her fans, and does her best Kitanna poses. As you take those photos, you can see how Michelle does the poses, accentuating as much of her body as she can. Once the others have walked away, the twins playfully "ambush" Michelle. It gives you a few more photo opportunities, before Michelle "does stunning uppercuts" on the twins, then "finishes them" by opening her fans, and pressing the tips gently against their necks. The twins "sell the slitted throats", as they then lay on their bellies, playing dead, while Michelle does a victory pose.

"All good, ladies!" You tell them, as you help Michelle get the twins back on their feet.

You stoop down, so that the 5'2" twins can have a good look at the photos, and Michelle stoops down herself, to have a look. As you go through the photos, the twins exchange some good laughter, as they speak in Japanese. Then Michelle looks at the photos you took of her, all the way to where she "does the double-fatality".

"That is so gonna look good on my fan page!" Michelle tells you.

You straighten up, as the other ladies do, and let all three of them hug you, before they grab their stuff, and head to a nearby ladies' room, to change. Sighing gently, you check the time--2:30pm--knowing that there's 90 mins. left before the convention ends. With that, it looks like it's a good time to see how some of the other cosplayers are doing at their booths, then hope you can find Mia & her crew at day's end.