Day 30: Arts and Crafts Room (Third Shift)
[Bother away~]It was surprising how quickly the staff had lifted the lockdown, particularly for those who had a hand in this morning's "incident". Ken was certain they were going to be stuck in their rooms until nightfall and thus, felt wary of the intercom's announcement. Partly for possible ulterior motives, partly for the fact they were treating
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There had been a fight during breakfast and then lockdown. So today wasn't going as usual as she had first thought, though Mion wasn't entirely sure whether or not that was a good thing or a bad thing. And with kids and adults seperated today, Mion had a better chance of finding Rena; or maybe one of the other people she had met here, and not having to run into any adults. She liked Arlene, sure, but at the moment she didn't want to be touched again. Thinking about that made her absentmindedly grab at the back of her head as she walked.
Arts and Crafts seemed like the best thing to do, so Mion decided to head there. It didn't involve too much work, but it also didn't involve sitting around being useless on a couch. And it was something to do until her meeting with Rena later. With that in mind, Mion walked into the room; albeit somewhat slowly, and glanced around before walking over to the cabinets to get some supplies, when she noticed who else was there.
"Oh... Hey, Anise! Fancy meeting you here again, huh?" Mion said cheerfully. Well, half-cheerfully, anyway.
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It took a second to recall the girl's name. "Oh! Hi Mion," Anise said, returning the greeting with a little extra cheer to hopefully overshadow that moment of hesitation. Admittedly, she put a little more effort to remembering the names of men than those of other girls. "Did you come to see more of my cute creations?" she asked with a playful grin.
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"Heh, well I guess you caught me," Mion laughed, grinning back at Anise. "I haven't seen dolls made in person before, and yours are espescially nice."
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Mion was perhaps in the opposite situation, though. There were bandages around her head - maybe she'd hit it on something? It didn't seem tactful to ask.
Anise dug around in the cabinet a bit more, retrieving some white felt and sewing supplies. "What about you? Planning on making something today?"
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"Me?" Mion paused and, thanks to habit, raised one hand to scratch the back of her head. She flinched at first after hitting a certain area, but then continued on in less than a second, the hardly noticable flinch being just that - hardly noticable. "Weeell... I don't really have anything particular in mind, but this old man figured I could do something fun and maybe make something neat while I'm at it, you know? Better than reading some book or sitting in the sun room, at any rate."
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Oh well. She could make do with what she had in front of her.
"You're right!" Anise said to Mion's answer. "It's pretty boring to just sit around in a dump like this." She dumped her armful of materials on the table nearest the cabinets, but decided to wait before seating herself and starting her work, curious to see what materials Mion would go for.
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"Hmmm..." Mion looked over the different supplies. She didn't really feel like making anything in particular, but she didn't feel like drawing again either. But what could she do...
... and then an idea struck her. A weird, maybe even presumptuous idea, but it was something the leader in her, the one who wanted to protect and watch out for everyone in her; wanted to do. A grin coming to her face, Mion started grabbing fabrics, beads, thread, and scissors. She wasn't entirely sure what she was going to do with all of this, but it'd be good.
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Taking that as a green flag, she sat down before the table and immediately began cutting strips and shapes from the white felt. The material would do well for both the doll's facial features and for the little modifications she planned to make.
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Following Anise to the same table, she set down her supplies and began cutting thin strips of different colored fabric. "Hmmm, this'll work."
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But as long as there was something she could do to brighten the place a bit, she might as well do it! Anise wasted no time in adding the last few details to the doll; its paws, its ears, and most importantly, its wide, pointy-toothed grin. Finishing that, she then took the long felt strips, folding and stitching each to make them thinner and stronger. Maybe they wouldn't make the best straps, but with the materials available they would have to do.
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... was making friendship bracelets. Friendship bracelets which Mion wasn't even sure would be allowed to leave the room with her, let alone get to the people she intended them to go to. Plus she was meeting Rena after this shift anyway...
"Hm..." Mion selected a pink and red bracelet that was decorated with brown beads; and held it out for Anise. "Here, uh, this is for you."
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She sewed some more felt sheets together to make a sac, and stuffed it inside the doll to reinforce the inside. Anise then stitched all loose ends to make sure everything was in place. Now the torso was neatly hollowed! She added a flap over the top, and attached the head to said flap. Now she had just what she wanted: a Tokunaga bag that opened at the neck! All she needed now was to add the straps and buttons, and she'd have an adorable makeshift backpack. How resourceful and clever she was!
But Anise was interrupted from her internal gloating as she saw Mion offer her something. The concept of friendship bracelets was pretty foreign to an Auldrantian like her, but she took it anyway. Anise would never refuse a material gift, naturally! She turned it over in her hands with a curious look for a few moments before asking, "What is it?"
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"It's a friendship bracelet! It's a handmade gift from me to you to show we're friends! It's not anything huge, you don't have to keep it if you don't want it but... Well, that's what it is," Mion put her hands on her neck and laughed a little. "This old man is gonna make one for all of my friends, and the first one's for you."
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Anise slipped the bracelet around her wrist, tightened it, and shot Mion a smile. "Thanks, Mion. Maybe I'll return the favor sometime! After all, you even guessed my favorite color right." One would think it should be natural to associate Lovely Pink (as Anise called the particular shade she usually wore) with someone as cute and feminine as her, but it seemed the nurses were convinced her favorite color was yellow. It was a minor pet peeve, but it was really nice to see someone get it right.
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