an aid to laundry troubles

[unsheathedfromreality]

[At some handwave-y time shortly after the closing of the Story, a note in an workmanlike cursive hand goes up on the bulletin board:]

If you need a change of clothing, I can make simple tunics and trousers that won't disappear.

Find me:

[A simple doodle of Illarion's face follows: Pointy ears, long hair, blindfold (or veil), malar stripes. Enough to go on when most of the Library is human.

It is signed below the doodle with an eye-and-feather symbol. No name.]

IC UPDATE:

[A few hours after the initial post goes up, an additional sheet of paper is appended to it:]

Payment is not necessary but if you're one of those who can make or find permanent items, you can bring one of the following:

- Fabric
- Thread or gut
- Head/round knife
- Awl
- Leathering needle
- Raising hammer
- Pliers
- Portable anvil
- Hides or leather

NO glitter. We have plenty.

Comments

[keytarheroine]

Oh thank God. Transforming to Riot Purple can only delay the inevitable for so long.

I’m the girl with purple hair and a keytar, you can’t miss me. Where should we meet?

- Claire Ryland, Riot Purple

[unsheathedfromreality]

Circulation desk. I'm the one sewing.

[not_scrap]

[Uh huh. A LIKELY story.]

u some kind of pervert?

[unsheathedfromreality]

Not the kind you're thinking of.

[not_scrap]

Do I want to know what kind of pervert you are???

[aetherweaver]

I can also help with clothing - the things I make won’t disappear either. If you need a break, let me know.

- Nara’a

[unsheathedfromreality]

Nice thing about being dead is I don't need breaks.

But thank you.

Expect some people here might like more than recut sheets. If you can do fancier I'll point them to you.

[aetherweaver]

I can. I’m a fair hand at weaving/clothcraft, metalworking, and leatherworking - though I’ve only tools for the first of those here.

The supplies here are limited, but I can definitely adjust things for different sizes if needed - and given the variety of heights here, I think that probably will be.

[aetherialshackles]

[He is naive enough not to see any issue in that... and considering his robe is starting to stink...]

I would greatly appreciate some help. I can pull fabric and other things from books if needed, I just don't know the first thing about clothes mainteinance.

-Erich

[Is he looking for the man? Yes, the giant is looking for Illarion's face around.]

[unsheathedfromreality]

Fabric from the books? That would be good for variety. All I have right now is bed sheets.

[He's not hard to find, since he's making a point of doing his sewing either in the laundry room or out near the circulation desk, where the Library's fixed.

Today, it's by the circulation desk, where he is busy stitching together a pair of simple pants with complete concentration. ...Though he does stop every so often to look over at his journal.

He is a third Erich's size, which is fun.]

[angel_of_baal]

Do you need help?

I can learn. [He can't sew, yet, but he is fairly crafty. Just...don't suggest art therapy to him any time soon.]

[unsheathedfromreality]

Yes.

I can teach.

I'm by the circulation desk.

[Dangerous offer, Sanguinius: He needs help with more than just his sewing.]

[angel_of_baal]

I will be there momentarily.

Many of the mortals here are...awkward about nudity.

[The people of the Pure Blood weren't really, and his Legion wasn't, but...well, they weren't everyone.]

[birdchasingecho]

UN: lockedheart
Technically, I may swap between my casual clothing and my judo uniform at leisure. Practically, I shall appreciate the help to not look quite so care-worn.

[And it's not like UNIKOKORO's best isn't still cheap, near-disposable clothing. Oh, and having a spare set of underwear isn't amiss, either.]

I'll also seek recommendations.

[unsheathedfromreality]

You're rich here, having two sets.

Near the circulation desk if you want a third.

Recommendations for what?

[birdchasingecho]

clothing. From what little I know, we're to go into stories, yes? Having a wide variety of periods and styles will be essential to blend in correctly, but balancing that against work needed is essential.

In addition, what's distinctive in one place may be a giveaway in another. Ways to disguise our features may be needed.

as for myself-- 148cm. Black hair. Brown eyes. Today it's the blue gi.

[It's signed with 鳥追梅.

[obeir]

[ As an android, K has far fewer needs to attend to than most in the Library, but it seems limited clothing is a more or less universal concern. Having a change of clothing would be nice, if only to make laundering his current ones a bit easier. He's also thinking of Viktor, a human who would receive even greater benefit than him from having an extra set of clothes... ]

What do you want in return?

[unsheathedfromreality]

Nothing. It's meant as a service to keep us from falling into savagery over the inadequate facilities.

But if you can get materials or tools I'll take them.

[He appends the list -- without the glitter rider -- he'll later put up on the bulletin board.]

If you can't obtain them but you're better at finding books than the rest of us, then I'll take information.

[obeir]

[ He commits the list to memory. ]

Is that why there's no loincloth option? [ An attempt at a joke. ]

And what kind of information are you wanting?

[juniorarchivist]

[That picture looks awfully like an elf! Upright ears suggests High Elven or Blood Elven variety..

This is probably the fanciest - and most exactingly precise - handwriting ever.]

I have no need for such things, but I'd be happy to help if you need an extra set of hands! But if I may ask, is it normal for trousers and tunics to be disappearing around here?

sorry Rio shrikes default to female for unknown individuals

[unsheathedfromreality]

[definitely the blood variety; don't tell Blizzard]

Hands are useful. Materials even more useful if you can get them.

[Though from the question, Extremely Fancy Handwriting -- call her the Scribe -- is very new here, so materials might be a hard ask.]

Not if they came in with you. If you try making any without practice at it, they'll vanish when you finish them. Like anything else finished in here.

it's a reasonable assumption. You never know with dragons.

[juniorarchivist]

I can certainly give it a try! Usually my conjurations are more of the biscuit kind but how much more difficult could materials be, really?

Oh dear. I see. That does explain a few things. I'll check my packs, I might have something that isn't just for enchanting. Do you require help presently or are you occupied?

[steelfeathered]

[Painted, with ink and a brush:]

O oppressed by the tyranny of shame
The unspeakable terror of how you were made
Of what you have suffered
As though none have suffered like before
Freedom is within sight
Unlearn horrors that cause no harm
Cast down your chain!

[She unwittingly makes something that won't be counted as complete and vanish because she thinks it'd need a title and she doesn't have one.

...Hisako that's rich, by Stormwing standards you're a huge prude. The necklaces situation is... yes technically nip slips are common but there's so much stuff on those cords that you'd have to be looking for them to notice. also as a bird monster anything more risque is embedded deep in steel plumage.]

[unsheathedfromreality]

[It's a real pity that Illarion can't experience this as hilarious the way he would have while he was alive.

But he would have found it very funny, and that's enough.

A small note is appended below the poem:]

This also works.

Spare the bedsheets for the neediest.

[steelfeathered]

[why did I make her a poet who's had centuries to practice and can extemporize.]

Just as well. Bedsheets' bane, I shred sheets, they rend at my name.

[well, she'd put holes in them anyway. Hisako's probably finding perches to sleep on.]