IT'S -FASHION-, BABY!

[fortuneglass]

Who: Carly, and YOU
When: The day of the Ringmaster's Request/the next two days after (Note your preference!)
Where: Carly's Trailer, & the Tailor's workroom
What: FITTING TIME! And Costume Practice! Oh boy. (maybe some dreamcatcher work here and there too)

[For the SHOW! | Carly's Trailer]

[Something that Medli might have caught sight of on her first evening in the Carnival, before it eventually became covered in various piles of clothes, Carly's sewing dummy shows just a little bit of wear once it's cleared from the stash. It's pulled out relatively often now that she's a tailor, but the times she gets to really make use of it are slim even now.

Mostly because people are So. So much better.]

Alright! [It could be anyone that she's talking to. Her roommate. Her roommate's friends. Her own friends. Some combination of the three. Anyone!

But now that she's invited you in, it's time for just one thing.] So what kind of thing did you have in mind to try!

[It's on the Clock | Tailor's Work Room]

[As comfortable as she is with working in her trailer, Carly's workplace at the end of the day...is not her trailer. Instead it's back in the work room for the carnival's wardrobe crew, with rows and rows of costumes and fabrics and various supplies necessary to get from point A to point EYY. For the moment, she's working in silence; she's relatively alone when she works at things in this little corner, and it means things get done. Maybe she's working on your costume?

Or maybe you have a request...]

[...Sometimes | WILDCARD]

[...Or maybe, just maybe, she's not working at all. Whether in her trailer, in the work room, or even the dining hall, Carly seems to frantically be trying to weave string around a hoop while adding a few of her down feathers (shiny and glowing) to the mix.] Mmmnh...hmnnnn, that doesn't look right at all....

[The announcement to make dreamcatchers wasn't long ago at all though, was it?

What could possibly have her working at these so frantically?!]

Comments

[fortuneglass]

Yes, yes! Exactly like that! If we work with those colours properly, we can have you a fancy showman's suit complete with tails in no time~!

[She's already pulling out a sketchbook and marker, pulling the cap off with her teeth before getting to work.]

Hmmm, we should be able to avoid making you look short if we keep them the right length...they might even make you look taller!

[otokogi]

Ahh, I love it! It sounds great so far. And not making me look short is important! Anything that can make me look taller is worth doing, other than wearing lifts. That just makes me feel awkward.

[ Mitsuki has enough trouble dancing as it is; wearing lifts is an unnecessary complication and in the end it doesn't actually solve anything. ]

[insidescoop]

Ahh, definitely no lifts then! No hats either, [She decides, nodding and adding notes to the design.] Hats will squish you down, and create a 'closed space' above your head! That makes you shorter looking, you know.

[otokogi]

[ Mitsuki looks instantly delighted. No hats. ]

I always had to wear a hat with my costumes at home but I never realized they had that effect. ... I'm never wearing a hat again!

[insidescoop]

There's a lot of fashion tricks no one tells you! [She notes quite seriously, continuing her sketch.] Like stripes running up and down versus left to right!

One makes you look wider you know!!

[otokogi]

I think I knew that one! Even if it's just a single stripe down the outside of your pants [ he gestures down his leg as if she somehow could misunderstand ] it can make your legs look longer. I could probably get away with looking a little wider, too, though...

[insidescoop]

Oh! That works for tall, but stripes going the other way won't do that on pants!! It's only on shirts that it really makes things look wide!

[She spreads her hands apart in a similar awkward gesture.] Because your legs are already separated!

Hmm, but a line down your legs could look really sharp...

[otokogi]

Well, plus I'd look like some kind of old time prisoner if they were all the way down, huh? [ If it was a skit then sure but as an actual host, no thanks. ]

I'd like that! It breaks up the colors a little bit too, right?

[insidescoop]

Hmm! Or something like that, if the colours were right..!

And that would be just scary... [she laments, shaking her head.] Ah, and you're right~ It'll break the colours up, accent them, and make everything come together...

[otokogi]

Scary? [ He laughs, all amusement and good nature. She's huge and birdlike, he's small and utterly human, but he's the scary one? ] I wouldn't want that. I want to look professional and polished!

I'm sure you make stuff like that all the time, though.

[fortuneglass]

Of course!! No one wants to watch a show about a convict!! [Oh that kind of scary.]

I'm the only tailor here right now, so definitely~! It was hard to get used to, but now I'm getting really good I think.

[She...thinks? It's a worrisome statement, but as the only tailor, there also isn't much choice.]

[otokogi]

[ The only... ]

You're the only one working on all this for the entire carnival? That's so much to sew! But... I guess practice makes perfect, right?

[ He's trying to find a bright side to what sounds like a very dramatic case of overwork. Mitsuki almost feels bad for even asking for a costume now. ]

[insidescoop]

Something like that~

I'm sure I'll get someone to work with again one day... [After a while...]