Battle Dress: Fantasy

The red dress with the white underskirt would be just perfect for making her grand arrival before the battle, Butterlyn decided absent-mindedly as she twirled into a dive that took her above the slashing swords of the ninja assassin. The skirt would swirl around her legs and make them look so long that ll the other warrior-princesses would be quite jealous when their bards and the paintings showed it. Though--she frowned as she ducked the desperate slash of the last ninja--there hadn't been quite so many warrior princesses at the last meeting. True, some might be busy with battles or love triangles, but well over half had been missing. There had been nothing on the gossipwire about--


Inspiration: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sachihira/7308912704/
Story Potential: Medium.
Notes: Oh, this could be something, sort of an anime parody mixed with serious, but I don't think it's my sort of thing to write (barring somebody offering me money to do so). And what is it with all the doll photos on Flickr, anyway? It's a bit weird.