Not Cosplay I Swear

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The music attached to a MP3 player scavanged from W&P was blasting in Rein's house, some kind of silly J-Pop that she had immediately liked. Having hooked it up to her stereo she had also discovered in said location, she was zipping around the store, looking for her tape measure.

She hadn't done any tailor work in a while, so it was definitely something to look forward to. And snapping her fingers, a slender girl of four-eleven stood there, zipping to the back and soon coming out in a tribal-like top and skirt, something she liked to lounge around in when she could afford to wear her big-person clothing. That, and the extra arms reach was more than encouraged when doing work like this.

"Hope this is alright," said Rein to herself, fingering the soft cloth that she had hanging around. There was a huge bundle of various fabric all rolled together in the corner, and a large roll of black cloth stood there, awaiting use.

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"Yeah I would imagine that's a rough problem for your people," said Rein sympathetically as she came over with the roll and rolled it out, measuring out lengths and cutting them. "Though I've never met an actual vampire before. Is it interesting where you come from?"

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Nanashi leaned back. Interesting? "Well, there are a lot of assassination attempts, between the nobles who do not like me and the people of the kingdom we are at war with. There were angels and werewolves and humans, and once upon a time there were dragons, but the last one died when I was still young. I do not think that there is anything particularly interesting about us, but my world in general is nothing uncommon to me. "

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"Aaaah I see," said Rein, feeding a length of cloth into the sewing machine as she stepped back and chanted a spell, the gylph of Belkan magic flaring to life in order to animate the machines.

"Back home, we don't have Vampires in our sector of space. The idea of them is mostly in the realm of stories and movies. But to meet one, and a Queen no less, I'm very honored to meet you."

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Nanashi smiled. She was already starting to miss being respected as a person of power and hearing keigo being used. Still, a little bit of a nod towards her importance did wonders to boost her mood.
"Why, thank you. In my country, magic like that," she pointed to the machines, "was lost with the dragons. Few still practice those arts, even if I have always wanted to learn some of it."
Well, it didn't help that when the vampires that kept the magic alive in her country refused to teach her, she had them killed. She smiled, thinking how rash she had been back then. It was a lucky thing that the humans had lost magic generations before.

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"I would imagine that someone like you has a very strong Linker Core," remarked Rein as she worked on trimming excess off the cloth that she was stitching together. The dye would take some time to reach the proper consistency and the magic cloth was looking good.

Holding out her hands, she chanted in Ancient Belkan, weaving fire-proofing into the cloth which soaked up her magic greedily.

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Waiting for the chant to end, Nanashi asked, "Linker Core?" One eyebrow raised above the other inquisitively. She had never before heard of such a thing.

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"Ah, a Linker Core is the source of one's magic, sort of like, um, I guess a soul or seal of power. It's where all the magic in your body originates from, and most if not all living humanoid peoples have one. Magical strength can be measured by measuring the power from such a core." explained Rein as she became satisfied with the consistency of the liquid and dunked the cloth into it.

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Nanashi considered it for a minute, sitting as silent and as still as a statue. Indeed, with her marblesque skin, she might be mistaken for one.

"So, the more powerful this core is, the more powerful you magic is." Perhaps if this girl thought Nanashi's Linker Core was powerful, she should try and learn some magic from the girl. It could not hurt to try learning, but, "The magic from my world, according to records, was done without any incantations for the most part. It was done by will." And by records, she meant what she had seen being used by the group she killed and had written down.

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"Willpower, yeah that's about what it's about for us." said Rein as she pulled the dyed material out of the sink and hung it up to drip dry.

"You see, in our world, magic is a series of formula run through Devices which focus and conduct the mages natural magic and then is formed into spells of varying output. We call the incantations at it's most primal form Chaos Words, and are designed to rhythmically channel the energies into a superstring of energy."

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Nanashi tilted her head, "Fascinating." It honestly was fascinating.

"Magic was always raw power in my world, and the most recent version we had was a corrupted version of what we had been taught by dragons. It was probably best that it died out." Better that it died out then be a power that could threaten her position.

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"Sounds messy," said Rein in all honesty as she set the cobbler together to fasten the boots together. "Must have been one long haul without magic helping."

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Nanashi was impressed with how quickly the girl was working.

"It was." Nanashi stood and walked over to the cloak she had taken off earlier. "A few basic magics were left over, like a flame that lasted forever without burning our skin. There is a brazier in the centre of my castle that holds this, we call it Dragon Flame."

Picking up the cloak she let it flow out. "And this. Supposedly, this was made by a dragon. Watch." She ripped the hood right off and threw it on the table. "Now don't watch." She turned her back to it and faced Rein with a smile.

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Rein turned around so that she wasn't facing the cloak as she faced Nanashi. Her fingers kept busy though, sliding the stockings through the sewing machine and stitching laces into the garter-type of bottom.

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Nanashi pulled the cloak from behind her, and displayed that the cloak had mysteriously repaired itself when no one was looking.
"Even it it is torn into pieces, as soon as none of the pieces are being watched, it reforms around the crest. This has been in my family since...well, I do not believe the years can be counted. It is my country's equivalent to most nation's crowns."

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"That's really something!" gushed Rein. "I wish I could take a look at the magic binding it."

she finished with the shoes and polished the top. "Try these on."

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Nanashi looked Rein up and down, as if she could size up her magic abilities just by examining her. "Do you think you could look without causing any harm?"
Putting the cape back on the desk she sat down and pulled the shoes on with a smile. They looked absolutely fantastic, "They are prefect."

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"Oh absolutely! I'd just bring up a technological scanner based for magic. Like so!" And Rein swept her hand and a keyboard appeared, her own personal board.

"Hmm.. how interesting! I'll have to see if I can't copy this magic into my own databanks to replicate it for clothing!"

She grinned. "Nice! I'm glad your shoes fit!"

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Nanashi picked up the cape, "While I don't mind you looking at it, I would rather you not copy it. This magic is borderline sacred to us, and not something to be copied into a databank."
Even though she interrupted the process, Nanashi's voice was soft and understanding, and not in the least bit insulted, even if in reality she was rather irritated. She could not afford to snap at the girl until she had gotten her clothes as well.
"And thank you for the shoes."

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"Oh! Oh forgive me, I didn't mean to without your permission of course," said Rein, dismissing the energy screen. She bowed politely. "My apologies! I get carried away when I learn something new. It was part of the Book's function to discover and jot down new magic."

She pulled the finished material and gave it an experimental tug. "Looks about right. Try the stockings please."

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She nodded and waved her hand in dismissal. "I understand. I get the same way with new technology. Besides, Dragon magic is not something that can be done by anyone besides a dragon, even the simplest spells."

She dutifully pulled the stockings on, to find that they, like the shoes, fit perfectly. "These are perfect too."

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"I'll make a note of that," said Rein as she grinned.

"Good good! I'm glad I got all of the measurements correctly. Your dress is nearly complete... although um..." She blushed. "Do you require panties and a bra? I have a lot of silk left over."

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Nanashi laughed, "Yes, I could use both of those. I love silk underwear."
Nanashi was anything but bashful about the topic.

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Rein grinned. It would at least be nice.

She started work on the panties and bra, checking the straps and making sure the cup size was perfect. "You've got such a nice figure," said Rein a little enviously. "I can only access that kind of figure in Sexy Mode."

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Nanashi looked inquisitively at Rein, "Thank you, but what is sexy mode?"

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"A taller, more curvy form. Hayate-chan uses it so that she can make outfits for Signum and Shamal, being that they're much taller and bigger than Vita is." replied Rein.