Draft Log #1: Before

[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone!
What: Everything!
When: Whenever!
Where: Everywhere!
Summary: The draft has been announced, and the players have their parts. Time to get ready.
Rating: It'll probably vary

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[action / written ]

[justaddmarbles]

[ once upon a forgotten time, Glitch had advised a queen through a war. he'd been no military expert, but he had provided her with logic, counsel, and occasionally weaponish gadgetry. those days are long gone now, and all he has left to show for them is a frayed and dilapidated uniform coat.

he knew enough military etiquette to realize that wouldn't do, so he collected a sewing kit from the shops and set about the rather hopeless task of repairing the mess of torn seams, shredded braiding, and missing clasps.

after an hour with no progress beyond some very uneven stitching on the tails, he gives up and turns to his journal. ]

Anyone good with sewing? I've got a thing that I need help with.

[ the handwriting is sloppy, in the way that it looks like it belongs to someone with excellent penmanship who...happens to be a bit drunk. or more accurately that of a nobleman with half-a-brain. ]

[written ]

[manmade_angel]

I'm not very good, but I know most of the basics... what do you need help with?

[written ]

[justaddmarbles]

My coat. It's seen better days, and I wanted to spiff it up a bit before this whole draft thing.

[written ]

[manmade_angel]

Oh! I could probably do that. I sew up holes in clothes all the time!

[written ]

[justaddmarbles]

Oh, thank you! That would help a lot I'm by the bridge by the clinic thank you.

[ excitement = punctuation fail + repeating himself. ]

[written/action ]

[manmade_angel]

[Aw, so much excitement!]

Alright, I'll be right there!

[And so Nill packs up her little sewing kit and brings her sewing book (which is obviously written for children), and heads off to the clinic. She gets there fairly quickly, considering the distance, and starts looking around for this person with a damaged coat.]

[action]

[justaddmarbles]

[ a damaged coat and a zipper on his head. Glitch is perched on a bench, most of the coat - really a coatee with impractical ankle-length tails - piled beside him while he works on a hem. the tip of his tongue sticks out from the corner of his mouth as he concentrates. ]

[action]

[manmade_angel]

[Nill looks around briefly before deciding that the man with the zipper on his head and the pile of coat next to him must be who she's looking for. She trots over and stands in front of him, waiting for him to notice she's there.]

[action]

[justaddmarbles]

[ it doesn't take too long, as he realizes he's sewn the two tails together for several stitches. Glitch sighs in frustration and glances up to...blink. a person! ]

Oh! Hello, can I he-- [ oh, she's got a sewing kit too and a book and he nods in understanding. ] N-no, you're the one who offered to help me, right? Name's Glitch. [ handshake? ]

[action]

[manmade_angel]

[Nill smiles happily when she's noticed (she thought for a moment she would have to tap his shoulder), and nods when he asks if she's the one who offered her help.]

[She looks curiously at his hand, then remembers the Bishop does this sometimes. Nill's smile returns and she takes his hand to shake. Then she goes into her skirt pocket and retrieves a small stack of notecards (which apparently Haine has gotten into again) and hands him one: 'Nice to meet you, my name is Nill. I can't speak, but I can communicate in other ways. If you even think about hurting me, you won't live to regret it.']

[At least she tried very hard to scratch that out.]