Agent Liu, I appreciate your timely arrival to this meeting, but I have concerns about your uniform.

Liu Siyuan, who had been in the bow most appropriate for addressing his new superior (A sapient Flower. He's truly seen it all), raised his head and lowered his arms. "This agent requests clarification," he said, a little stiffly.

The Queen Anne's Lace's tendrils wavered a little, as if unsure whether or not to rub at her blossoms. The uniform is black, Agent Liu, she stated after a moment, before deciding to simply steeple her fronds on the desk in front of her.

"This agent is wearing that colour," replied Liu Siyuan.

You are wearing Bleen, insisted the Queen Anne's Lace. A Sue colour. And here I thought pink was going to be the most undignified colour an agent would wear to a meeting Upstairs...

Liu Siyuan blinked a little. "This agent does not understand."

Bleen is a Sue colour. Black is the PPC uniform. You are supposed to wear the uniform colour Upstairs, not some eye-searing Sue colour.

Liu Siyuan resisted the urge to fidget. "This agent fears there may be some miscommunication at hand," he said, after a moment of parsing the words. "This agent is hearing both colours' names as the same through his translator."

There should be no translator at play, Agent Liu. I am communicating directly with your mind.

"This agent is still perceiving both colours' names as the same," protested Liu Siyuan.

The Queen Anne's Lace made a noise approximating a sigh, and flicked a frond. Two pieces of of paper hovered into the air in front of Liu Siyuan. With another flick of the frond, the hanzi 青布 and 青 appeared on the papers.

This, said the Queen Anne's Lace, waving the paper with 青布 on it, is the colour of the PPC uniform. And this, she waved the paper with 青 on it, is the Sue colour you are currently wearing.

Liu Siyuan reached into his qiankun bag and pulled out a piece of paper and a red pen, and scribbled both 黑 and 青山綠水 on it. "This is the colour that E Shen-buzhang is requesting," he said, pointing to 黑. "And this," he pointed to 青山綠水, "is what is normally understood when one hears the colour that was not requested."

Then there does appear to have been a misunderstanding. My apologies. The Queen Anne's Lace set down the papers. Please remember to wear the appropriate colour to the next meeting.

"With all due respect, E Shen-buzhang, the classification of 青 as a Sue colour presupposes that Western concepts of colour are universal," pitched in Liu Siyuan.

Please don't test me, Agent Liu, grumbled the Queen Anne's Lace.

"This agent apologises." Liu Siyuan bowed again. "What does E Shen-buzhang wish to discuss?"

I discussed it with Nesh and Zing at one point but presumably Bleen would be 青, But Worse, like how Bled is Purple, But Worse. Bleen is probably the colour of Suvian jade, for one. LSY might have some resistance to Bleen's mind-bending appearance, but it'll give him a headache eventually.

E Shen-buzhang (峨参部长) literally translates to Department Leader Queen Anne's Lace.

Which is weird because I haven't had ideas for them since, well, forever (a year ago?).

My idea being that they don't want to appear as harsh as PPC, so they are like "any uniform except black" instead of requiring a certain color, due to the association of black suits with Men In Black and the CPP agency doesn't want that.

"So, you're wearing black?" O'Ryan Keys asked. "A black... trenchcoat?"

"It's a duster, sir," said James. "It was a gift. I figured you needed me to look professional since this is an official meeting."

"Er, no, we don't," O'Ryan replied. "I mean, I don't. We would rather you be comfortable. But you can't wear black."

"Why not?" James asked. "It's just a color, like blue or orange. What's wrong with black?"

"Well, it's against the official dress code," O'Ryan said, "along with Sue colors and glittery overcoats, for one. And it looks hostile. We don't want to disturb the canons we're-"

"What's so hostile about black that isn't show in suit, like the dumb one you're wearing?" James interrupted.

O'Ryan sat straighter in his chair. "Formal is not hostile. Black fabric is. It mirrors Men in Black, both the movies and the men in the UFOs. It makes several canons uneasy. It makes people in World One uneasy. Uryy, it makes Minecraft characters uneasy due to the similarities with Endermen." O'Ryan crossed his arms. "We can't have our agents wearing black."

"But why?" James asked.

"We're not the enemy," O'Ryan said. "We're not trying to cause panic. We're trying to fix the Sue problem and then leave. We cannot dress in black fabric because a lot of enemies in canons dress in black, or (at least) the more extreme canons characters wear it. We don't want to cause panic."

(I hope this isn't bad, and it's not funny (oops?) but it explains things, I guess?)

-kA, who doesn't know why they wrote a semi-serious segment, but they did

Poor Freckles...

(Completely random side note: We haven’t had a mission in the Unikitty continuum yet, have we? Because that show is one my fandoms.)

Hence "dress" being put into quotes. As for Daleks... black bunting? :'D