The Clothes Make the (Wo)Man

[windwitch]

Maxine, being a pretty energetic girl, over all, wasn't exactly hard to find on the ship-- she had a tendency to be everywhere at once (well not literally, but that was obvious, wasn't it?) and to be moving excitedly from one thing to the other. She wasn't letting any of this situation get her down, and she was doing her best to adapt to the situation and to find a good place for herself! She still needed to figure out the departments and stuff, but for now? She had something she could work on that she felt pretty confident she was good at, and that she enjoyed. And that was a good start, right?

In the Sensoriums-- because she didn't want to waste anything with real supplies, that would be awful and unfair-- Maxine glided happily in her imaginary workshop. The entire room was spread haphazardly with cloth, sewing machines, mannequins and more-- basically everything she could want to make costumes and clothing. Even if this wasn't actually real. At the very least, she could use the Sensoriums to design some stuff that she could make for real, later! That way nothing would go to waste.

Cheerfully, Maxine settled in front of a mirror, humming loudly to herself while she held up fabrics in front of her, admiring the colours and materials.

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[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

Oh what's this? There was clothing being made. This Rein had to see, and she floated in, the tiny woman looking around at the designs. "Oh how pretty!" she exclaimed, picking up one of them.

[windwitch]

Maxine spun around with a surprised little 'oh!' when someone spoke up, and she smiled ever so brightly at the comment. "Thank you!" she said cheerfully. "I wanted to get some practise in, and maybe see if I could get some ideas for things to make, and I really didn't want to waste any material or anything, so I thought the Sensoriums would be the best place!"

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"Best idea for it! I'm Rein, the tailor on board," said Rein, looking over the designs. "Your designs are marvelous! I love it!"

[windwitch]

"Oh Rein, hello!" Maxine said cheerfully. "Thank you very much, I'm glad you like them. I studied theatre at home, so I did a lot of costume work. I'm Maxine, by the way-- it's nice to meet you properly. I'm sorry I didn't find you before!"

Have a talking fashionista pony!

[whining-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Rarity strolled into the Sensorium, hoping it was empty and all she saw was cloth strewn everywhere. It felt like a nightmare for the neat pony and all she could do was gasp dramatically. "Oh my! This is messy, who would let such beautiful fabric be laid on the floor?"

Her horn glowed and immediately, all the pieces flew up and arranged itself neatly into piles according to colour.

aw yeah

[windwitch]

Maxine started when she heard a voice proclaiming the issues with the room. She spun around-- just to be startled all over again when she saw that it was a unicorn talking. A small one, but still! Maxine gaped for a moment, actually silent, before she began to speak again, quite quickly.

"I'm really sorry! It's really rude of me to stare but also I guess I did kind of make a huge mess and that's not really respectful either, even if the fabric isn't actually real, so I want to apologise for that, too! I was just kind of working and not really thinking that much about that, I guess, and I'm not really a very neat person when it comes to stuff like this anyway. And do you mind if I ask if you're magic?"

[whining-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Rarity could only blink when the girl spoke rapidly before looking back at the cloth pile. "Wait, those aren't real?" She poked it cautiously and could not tell the difference.

The unicorn turned back to introduce herself. "I'm Rarity, a unicorn pony and yes, I do use magic. You were working? Are you a fashion designer too?"

[windwitch]

"Oh no, they're not! I don't think it matters that much, though, because the illusion is pretty solid, and it's just like it's real, so I should try to use the same amount of respect, right? I'm sorry."

"It's nice to meet you Rarity! My name's Maxine-- or Cyclone. I've never actually met a talking pony before, let alone a unicorn. The magic thing makes sense, though! I mean, on my world, at least, you couldn't float things unless you were magic or had other abilities, and most of the time talking animals and things like that were magic too. Only maybe that's rude to say. I don't mean to imply anything." She paused, realising that Rarity had asked her a question, and she said, "I was a theatre major at home, so I did a lot of costume design! You're a fashion designer, then?"

[splendid_roman]

There was a sight that made him feel homesick, although not for Earth. He watched the girl work for a minute before mentally giving himself a stern talking to and stepping into the room properly. "What are you making?"

[windwitch]

Maxine spun around when she heard a man's voice in the room, and she smiled brightly to him at his question. "Hello!" she greeted quite cheerfully, and she didn't set the clothes down. "I was trying to design some stuff, since a lot of people still don't have clothes and it'd be nice to have some, but I wanted some ideas first, so that I could make the best of it."

[splendid_roman]

"That sounds nice." Ian at least had some, which was enough. "Is that what you did at home?"

[windwitch]

"It was! Well, sort of," Maxine said, and she set the clothes aside, before floating herself up over the things so she could land closer to him. "I was a theatre major so I did lot of costume design and things like that, but sometimes other stuff, too. I'm Maxine, by the way! It's nice to meet you."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi knocked on the doorframe of the room, since the door wasn't shut. "Hi. Looks like you've found something to do, after all."

Which was a bit of an understatement. All these materials, the machinery... was Maxine an amateur seamstress?

[windwitch]

Maxine brightened at the sight of Zouichi, and she nodded enthusiastically to him, turning and setting the clothes down for a moment. "Sort of, yes! I talked to Rein and I was going to see about maybe helping make clothes for people, since we're kind of short. I just hope it's enough! Not that I won't look for other things, too."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

He gave her a little wave back, smiling slightly. "That's generous of you. Is sewing a hobby of yours?"

Zouichi had never really tried, but he had visited Rein's shop once.

[windwitch]

Maxine blushed faintly, and smiled back. "Well, I don't know. I said I'd help a few people out, and I have to keep my word. And I don't want to be useless or anything, either. We all have to do something to help, right?"

With a nod, she said, "I really like to sew. I did a lot of theatre stuff back home, and doing the costumes was always a fun part. I liked doing it more than acting or anything, anyway."

[cooldemonkid.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity, Ted peeked one of the chambers of the Sensoriums that seemed to be opened. There, he noticed a girl, she seemed rather familiar to him for some reason... just then, a metaphorical light-bulb lit up, oh yeah! It was that girl who woke up in this ship just around the same time as him some time ago.

Without much thought, he entered the room and inspect the surrounding more closely. She was... designing clothes in the Sensoriums? "That's kinda weird..."

Whoops, did he just said his thoughts out loud?

[windwitch]

Turning, surprised at the sudden voice, Maxine's expression changed to something considerably more embarrassed at that. Was it really that weird?

"Oh, um, I guess it might be. I just thought I'd design some stuff in here so that I wouldn't waste anything, you know? I was hoping it could be useful."

[thursdaywings.livejournal.com]

The Sensoriums were one place Castiel rarely stepped in, but this was one of the times he did. And, seeing the woman flitting about in brightly colored things made him stop and watch.

After all, observing humans were his hobby after all.

[windwitch]

Maxine glided across the room a few more times, digging through the fabric and matching different materials, before she realised she was being watched by someone. When she did notice, she let out a surprised noise, and said, "Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't see you there. I got a little distracted." She landed across from him, then said, "I'm Maxine!"

[thursdaywings.livejournal.com]

She could fly. She's a human being with powers, the angel mused. This makes it interesting.

"Hello. I am Castiel."

[windwitch]

"It's nice to meet you, Castiel!" She said brightly, reaching out a hand in greeting. "That's a really nice name, actually. That's an angel name, right? At least, I think I've heard it before, anyway."

[mylittlelolny.livejournal.com]

"Rarity! Rarity! Heeeeey Rarity, where are you?" Because clearly, clothes = Rarity, so Pinkie Pie knew she had to be in here somewhere. She didn't bother knocking, either, because when did she ever knock?

[windwitch]

Maxine was a little surprised when she heard a voice calling out in the Sensoriums, since she'd expected to be mostly alone in there, though she didn't mind much either! But it wasn't her own name, either, so when she spun around, and moved to go find whoever it was who was calling, she was ready to correct them and help them.

Instead, what came out was, "Oh! Another pony!"

[mylittlelolny.livejournal.com]

"Oh! Another human!" Pinkie gasped. "Have you seen my friend Rarity? I thought for sure she'd be in here because she loves to sew!"