It had been a week since Veronica Jams and Stella Hunter were rescued by Double Helix from the Neo-Synthex facility they were kept at. The facility where they were transformed into the current form they now share. Two very different girls who were kidnapped at a "friend's" party, and brought to Neo-Synthex's labs and experimented on with a relatively new procedure. And to their misfortune (though compared to the previous experiments, they are quite fortunate), it was a success. They were merged together, sharing one body now, and both were deeply shocked by what had happened to their bodies.

They had plenty of time to get used to their new body. Learning how to walk was difficult at first, as they each controlled one half of the body. They had to learn to work together to just simply walk, nevermind handling other day to day activities without dropping something or falling over. All while being watched over by a large number of scientists with a twisted interest in them at all hours. Being conjoined to one another was bad enough, but being held captive by these scientists and studied like a guinea pig was almost worse.

Then the day came when the alarms were blaring, the scientists scrambling around, as various uniformed individuals of all sorts of shapes and forms came barging through the facility. In a few hours, the facility was secure of Neo-Sythex personnel, and under control of the Double Helix, who had freed them and offered to help them out in anyway they could. They both agreed getting a pair of clothes would be a good start.

The problem was deciding on what clothes to wear. With Veronica being a bit of a tomboy and Stella a shier girl, their interactions have always been quite strained and complicated. While working with one another to walk and do other tasks was one thing, AGREEING on what to do can be another matter.

"I don't understand what's up with you in these kind of tops," Veronica remarked. "That one T-Shirt would have been just fine!"

"It was too tight," Stella said. "And I wasn't too fond of the colour."

"Oh come on! It looked pretty sweet! At least I thought it did."

"You already picked out the jeans."

Veronica rolled her eyes. "Well, you weren't exactly against them. You kinda just stood there and let me buy them, despite there being a big hole in them."

Stella looked away. "I didn't see the hole."

"Well, just be happy your side doesn't have any. Come on, let's get some grub. I'm starving."

"Can't we go get a sweater or something first?" Stella protested, holding her arm close to her body.

"It's not minus forty out! We'll be fine."

The two girls got themselves organized and continued down into the alley.

"Do we really have to go down here?" Stella nervously asked.

"I know a shortcut. Trust me, okay?"

"Okay." Stella slowly nodded.

Veronica looked down at the blue sleeveless top Stella picked out, and then looked at her bare shoulder.

"Okay, I guess it's not THAT bad."

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A commission for  Inkblot123 of this OCs, Veronica Jams and Stella Hunter, conjoined of course, and getting used to life free from Neo-Synthex's EVIL ways!

This was a fun picture! Enjoyed drawing out their pose, working it into the environment, as well as creating the environment around them. I originally drew it in 600 DPI resolution, but I ultimately decided to go back to what I usually work with, 300 DPI, as I found 600 a bit too large for my tastes.