Forty-Fourth Spool of Thread - [Voice/Action]

Jul 05, 2011 01:12

Crap, how did I get so behind...? It's not like I have a lot but it keeps adding up. I just don't get it ( Read more... )

what is backordering, taking on a lot, joshua, making things, summer things, sewing things, stalker skills

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[Voice/Filter] xelhes July 5 2011, 19:13:47 UTC
How soon do you mean by soon?

[She's free for a while, but she figures she should ask before just showing up.]

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[Voice/Filter] so_shik July 6 2011, 05:17:46 UTC
Anytime later today. Probably before the sun sets...that should be plenty of time, right?

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[Voice/Filter] xelhes July 8 2011, 22:31:47 UTC
Yeah, that's more than enough time. I'll come by in an hour, if you're free then.

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[Voice/Filter] so_shik July 10 2011, 04:00:27 UTC
Completely free. I'll see you then. Door's open when you show up.

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[Voice/Filter] --> [Action] xelhes July 11 2011, 23:21:41 UTC
Right.

[And, in about an hour's time, she arrives! She's forgone the more complicated layers of her usual outfits -- July is hot even without a heat wave. Instead, she's settled on just a light blue skirt and white blouse, though the latter retains the pattern at the end of the overlong sleeves and, despite her sandals, the space under the former is covered by her stockings. And while I'm bothering to comment on her outfit, she's also wearing a silver engraved locket, which sometimes is covered by the top layers but is out in the open today. Moving on.

Even though she was told that the door would be open, she pauses, reconsiders busting in, and instead opens the door enough to poke her head in while she knocks.]

Hello?

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[Action] so_shik July 14 2011, 02:01:03 UTC
[Shiki's not too far from the front entrance when Fenimore turns up, and she waves. She pauses to blink at her choice of outfit, a bit impressed that she chose to forgo the layers but pleased at the same time. In her opinion it looks better that way.]

Hey, Fenimore. Come on in, it's a lot cooler inside.

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[Action] xelhes July 14 2011, 22:22:03 UTC
[With that as an invitation, she certainly doesn't need to be told twice!] Ahh. [Much cooler indeed. ...You win this time, electricity. She can accept air conditioning.]

I guess elec'ricity isn't all bad. [She still hasn't bothered to learn how to pronounce it quite right yet, though.]

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[Action] so_shik July 16 2011, 04:53:57 UTC
It's a pretty neat invention, I'll agree with that. [...wait.] You guys don't have electricity where you're from?

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[Action] xelhes July 19 2011, 06:18:39 UTC
...No? At least, we don't have anything like the things around here. [Well, that's not entirely true, but it's pretty much all lost technology and it runs on uncertain power. The most Fenimore's seen has been tiny robots run by magic, which she doesn't equate to modern technology.]

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[Action] so_shik July 19 2011, 16:32:31 UTC
Then...how do you get anything done or do anything? What about lights and water and stuff? [You know, Shiki, it might just be similar to how everyone lived in Luceti before electricity came.]

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[Action] xelhes July 20 2011, 02:40:04 UTC
We did it the normal way? [Her tone implies an "obviously."] It's not like we don't have any plumbing back home, and we've managed fine with candles.

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[Action] so_shik July 22 2011, 20:44:53 UTC
Okay, okay, don't get touchy. Candles just haven't really been a thing where I'm from for like, ever. You're getting used to the electricity here though, aren't you?

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[Action] xelhes July 23 2011, 02:46:24 UTC
[She didn't mean to sound touchy and nearly says so, but she stops herself when she realizes that the way she was planning to word it sounds pretty touchy itself.

And the second question distracts her, anyway.] Um. The lights are okay. [Which is to say: mostly no.]

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[Action] so_shik July 23 2011, 05:26:14 UTC
Don't worry about it, you'll get used to it. At least in the shop all you have to worry about is whether I can get all of your measurements accurately or not.

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1/2 xelhes July 25 2011, 02:30:24 UTC
And that won't take elec'ricity.

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[Action] xelhes July 25 2011, 02:31:15 UTC
[Pause. That's what she had thought about stoves, too.] ...It doesn't, does it?

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