Day 106: Not So Lucky (?)

[manycharms]

Who: Marinette and YOU
What: Being miserable and meeting people.
Where: The Carnival
When: Day 106

1. She's not a happy camper, at first. As she roams around the carnival taking in the sights and sounds without a bunch of other guests around. She was employed now, no, indebted, and all because of her own ridiculous clumsiness. She's clearly feeling down as she finds away around. The only thing really distracting her from her gloomy thoughts the other workers who she at least tries to introduce herself too. Strangely though, they all seem a little weird or at least, not entirely human.

"Are most of the people who work here fae, like the Ringmaster?"


2. Later after a bit of a pep talk she's found her way to the food hall. Her stomach is grumbling. She's clearly hungry, but she just doesn't feel up to eating right now. Still, she knows she should eat something. She walks around grabbing this or that thing to eat, and being sure to snatch a lot of cookies. Cookies were part of her, uh, special diet. Or something. Anyway, she has to try and make the best of it here! Otherwise it was surely going to be a very long year. But, well, how exactly was she going to do that? Maybe just this first day it would be fine to sit by herself and just quietly eat something. Though instead of eating she just ends up moving her fork around on her plate a lot.


3. [CLOSED]

"Trailer 30..." she said softly to herself as she walked down row after row of trailer in search of her new home. They seemed to go in order, so if she just kept walking towards the bigger numbers then... Yes, she found it. She walks up to the door, nerves growing as she came closer and closer until she was standing right in front of it. Her hand gripped the doorknob, she closed her eyes and prayed that there wouldn't be anything horrendous inside, and then she opened the door.

"He-hello?"

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[insidescoop]

"Aaah...Yes~ Recently promoted!" she cheers, before coughing. "Th-though, if you could keep it really quiet, that would be nice actually...I wanted to surprise the others..." Good Job keeping it quiet.

At the least, it being recent gives a good excuse for Marinette's alarm. "Ehh...it's more the costumes, than the clothes...designing everyone's clothing on top of that would be horrible..!! That only happens if we can't acquire clothing from the location we're in!"

[manycharms]

She wanted to keep it a surprise? It's kind of a cute sentiment, and so it has her smiling, and she laughs a bit though she stifles it. This woman, Carly, seemed pretty interesting.

"Oh right. Costumes. But there must be a lot you already have on hand, right?"

[insidescoop]

"Costumes, accessories...we have most of them for as long as they last, but..." Well, she coughs. "The problem is that since everyone tends to experience some sort of change after a while, we have to remake some of the old ones at times too..."

"Not to mention," she adds, beaming, "We see a lot of different types of people! You have to know what kind of thing they'll want to come see, or what'll be acceptable before you can decide if a costume can be re-used for it..."

[manycharms]

"Oh. I never thought of that." It made sense though, people from different places would have different expectations for what performance costumes should look like. Thinking of it that way, this might actually be a good opportunity. She would be able to see so many different styles and new things. She might even be able to come up with her own unique fashion line based on her experiences.

"I guess you must end up doing quite a few alterations after a while."

[insidescoop]

"Hnnn, more than 'a few', that's for sure... I've been teaching a lot of assistants how to sew whenever we have them, since it's where we need the most help..." It's definitely a good opportunity for Mari though-the fashions and costumes really vary.

"It would be a little nice to have someone with more experience than that though..."

[manycharms]

"Well. I'm not sure how I'd compare to the rest of the group, but I'll do my best." She has made more than a few outfits before, among some other things. Still, just because Carly has had to teach people doesn't mean they won't have any skills of their own. There might even be one or two experts if they've been making costumes long enough.

"Just tell me what you need. I'm your girl!"

[insidescoop]

"Well! We'll find out~ I've had a few people who had never used a sewing machine before, so we can only go up from there!"

She pauses, suddenly looking to Mari rather worriedly.

"....Right?"

[manycharms]

She looks to Carly confused, not really sure what she's being asked.

"Uh... Yes? I know how to use a sewing machine. Is that what you mean?"

[insidescoop]

"More or less!" It's fine.

"That already puts you ahead!"