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

[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?

[unsheathedfromreality]

A loincloth is perfectly civilized but I've already been accused of perversion once just for offering tunics and trousers.

Imagine the havoc if I were making smallclothes. [He accepts the joke in the spirit it's meant.]

Generally: Anything about the nature of the Library itself. What it means to finish stories. How that can be done most effectively.

Specific to keeping Editors clothed: How descriptive books must be for someone to pull usable items from them. Books with that level of description for what we need.