Whistle While You Work [Open]

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

Rein had made the announcement. While she had plenty of fabric left, read: enormous piles, she was also excited at the prospect of making outfits for everyone for this event. And also, she had made an extra note that anyone who was participating in Miss Stacy could come get something made up as well.

She was flitting around, carrying stacks of cloth and hoping the first customer would walk in.

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[farfrom-tree.livejournal.com]

Devlin knew that besides the party, he could also use another set of clothes for nicer occasions, or at least for when he was hanging out with Hikari. But the party? Definitely something he was looking forward to.

"Hey, Rein," he said as he entered.

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"Devlin hi!" exclaimed Rein as she set down a stack of cloth. "Come to get something done up for normal or is this for something special?"

[farfrom-tree.livejournal.com]

"Normal for now," Devlin said, grinning. "See, I kind of want another outfit, something I could wear for nicer occasions."

He reached into the pocket of his hoodie and pulled out a rough sketch (http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/748546/final-fantasy-crystal-chronicles-wii/images/final-fantasy-crystal-chronicles-crystal-bearers-20090417102420885.html) he'd done, combining different design elements from home. "Something like this, maybe?"

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

Rein whistled. "That is beautiful! I'd be happy to make it up for you!"

She giggled at that. "Come on, what colors do you want it in?"

[farfrom-tree.livejournal.com]

"Not sure," Devlin admitted. "What do you think?"

Things he was quickly learning: When it came to trying to impress girls, it was easier just to ask other girls for advice. And try not to let on about too much if he could help it.

[diabolic-ace.livejournal.com]

Ohhh Reeeeeeiiiin~ Guess who it is? That's right, it's Mommy your Master. "Hello~"

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

Mommy!"Hayate-chan~!" Rein declares with both fists in the air as a sign of glee. "Come to get a dress made up or something cosplay-y?"

[diabolic-ace.livejournal.com]

"Hmm, well," She looks coyly thoughtful for a moment~ "I do hear that there's some sorta talent show comin' up, but right now I'm here about the ball. Well, and to see you o' course~"

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"Hehe," giggled Rein as she considered the gown. "Something long and elegant... with glass slippers perhaps?" she said with a little grin. "Or something sleek and revealing but tasteful?"

[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

Nura enters in her laundry day ensemble of shorts, tank-top, and flip-flops. She has her hands on her hips as she looks about the shop, appraising the merchandise with an arched brow and an appreciation for color and fashionable taste.

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"Nuraaaaa~!" exclaimed Rein, hugging the woman with all of her tiny might would allow. "You've come for the ball, or the talent show or both?"

[farfrom-tree.livejournal.com]

Devlin had been running back to pick up his clothes when he saw Nura already inside the shop.

"Hey," he said. "You weren't going to look for costumes without me, were you?"

[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

Nura turns her head around, Rein still tightly hugging her, and gives Devlin a sheepish smile. "Well I didn't know if you were napping or not. You honestly pull of a good 'sleep like a rock' impression to me."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara may have picked up a few dresses at that planet, but that didn't mean she picked one for every occasion. She hadn't been at a ball since Ba Sing Se, and then she had pretty much been crashing it. So she'd scampered over to Rein's ASAP to see what could be found.

"Rein?"

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"Katara hiiiiii~!" warbled Rein as she ran over and hugged the girl. It had been too long of course. "Come to get something pretty?"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"Hi Rein! Katara laughed, hugging the girl back. It really had been a long time. "Yes, definitely! There's this ball, and I don't think any dress I have will cut it. I was wondering if you had any suggestions?"

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"Oooh well I'm thinking something in light blue or maybe even silver," remarked Rein, pulling back and examining Katara's frame. "With your dark hair, a silvery-blue gown would be interesting to wear. Then there's something like say a tight top which flares to the calves, or maybe a party-style dress."

[maguspuparum.livejournal.com]

Evangeline was a confident manipulator of dreamlike spaces and certainly capable of creating clothing to her taste in the sensoria but there was, in her opinion, something to be said for owning things. Collecting, like so much else, got to be something of a hobby when you were old enough; she wasn't a packrat by any means but it was nice to have a few old favorites with stories attached to keep around.

But mostly she was here to get something for Alessa. The two of them were definitely cute enough to warrant having something besides the plantsuits to wear around the ship, and she enjoyed outfitting friends, casual acquaintances, and hapless passerby when sufficiently bored. And Alessa, who was apparently quite unused to these things, was a golden opportunity to indulge.

She arrived with the other demon by gate, stepping literally from the shadows in the back of the shop, the perfect entrance for a show-off like Evangeline. More significantly she was in her adult form, as yet unseen on the ship... she intended to use it for the masque, so she would need to be in it to have her dress designed and measured, wouldn't she?

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

Alessa had similarly decided to appear in her older girl form: according to others, it was more pleasing to eye and less creepy than her younger form. In a sense, she supposed being older opened her up to more possibilities and experimentation with her body. After a particularly heated session with Shadow, she was actually looking forward to what was to come with the combination of different types of clothing.

She approached this place, like Evangeline, with a bit of flourish, appearing from the floor. She looked around the place suspiciously, as if she were expecting an attack at any point in time, and she looked at Evangeline.

"What do we do now?"

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

Magic. It rolled off the back room as Rein turned around and nearly jumped in surprise. "Oh hello you two!" exclaimed Rein, gathering up the fallen items to the floor. "I wasn't expecting people from behind."

No one did. That's why rogues were so stealthy.

[maguspuparum.livejournal.com]

Well, aside from the convenience of such gating magic, Evangeline was always one to find a way to do things differently from other folk. She liked to set herself apart.

"A monster out of sight fills every shadow," Evangeline quipped in response to the greeting. Normally she was more direct, but... when she was in this form it made her feel like playing to her reputation. Even if she didn't actually have that reputation, here. "And only ever appear for the unwary."

She smirked and circled around Rein, placing herself between the device and the exit, in a rather predatory fashion. Yes, beside those brief interludes with Anya and the boy she hadn't had a chance to do this in years and she was playing the queen-of-the-night thing to the hilt.

But unfortunately they had come her for business and Alessa's question made it impossible to keep up the act at full force and see whether she could make the little shopkeep nervous even in such a diverse and magic-rich environment as the ship.

"She is a tailor, so you should discuss with her what kind of clothing you want and for what purpose yourself." Evangeline was more than ready to offer her own opinion on specifics, of course, but she'd see what they came up with first.

[herblessedwind.livejournal.com]

Reinforce had waited for a while before coming to see her sister; she wanted to make sure she visited after Hayate, to best ensure her selection remained a secret from the young woman. Her sister and meister seemed to share their interest in clothing, so she wouldn't be entirely surprised if the secret ended up being slipped while they discussed her own or other outfits.

But she was here now, and not without a little excitement over being able to pick an outfit out for Hayate. Knight's armor aside it was usually the other way around...

"Sister?"

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"Big sis hi! Come to get something for the ball?" chirped Rein as she subtly put away a design on the floating computer screen for Reinforce's outfit and swapped it with Evangeline's order.

No sense letting the outfit Hayate and her picked out for her come to light YET.

[herblessedwind.livejournal.com]

"For the meister," Reinforce explained. "She has been here, hasn't she? We agreed we would choose each other's outfits."

She said so quite plainly, even though it was a fairly intimate sort of game to play. She wasn't very conscious of it; she just enjoyed doing such things as she thought Hayate would enjoy.

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"Hehehe, well you know what I can do of course!" giggled Rein. "What color do you think our master will want?"

And she held out several rolls of cloth.