3.0 - week three

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WEEK THREE

Last night might have been exhausting for any number of reasons - maybe it was the emotional

toll of dealing with those ghosts, or maybe you stayed up too late after watching Jim Shrok. Who knows, but Saturday is over, even if some of you haven’t quite left it behind and half spirits that are still hanging on, tethered to you and weighing you down…

But that’s not going to stop a new week from starting. There’s no breaks in an eight week course.

There’s very little fanfare to the start of your third week of the course, though it does seem like the fog has lifted even more. It’s a bit more of a trek down the abandoned streets of Estelline, but surely a mile is walkable? Or you could grab a bike or try to hotwire one of those cars in the mall parking lot… Whatever you plan to do this week is up to you. All you know is you've got some new locations to explore.

As always, Florence and Lorelei are available.

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( OOC Note: Luci, Mutsu, and Mae will each receive a small roomba! Congrats on the successful egg drop. It's a tiny little friend that cleans extra well, though this also means its trash compartment is a little smaller so it'll need to be cleaned more often. )

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[partymagician]

[ Fai will be so happy... ]

Oh. These shirts?

[ He knows they're a little shorter than most shirts, but he doesn't know the right term for them. ]

They're fun, though. Do you think you couldn't pull it off?

[vivens]

[ sabo brought into the modern world just in time for dreamscape... but uh. um. hmm.

would...sabo look good in the crop top? ]

I'm not even entirely sure how I'm supposed to look in them.

[partymagician]

[ He tilts his head a little, looking at Sabo. ]

If you have abs, I imagine a shirt like this would show them off.

[ Just saying. ]

Other than that, they're cute. They feel nice in warm weather too, since they give you more airflow.

[vivens]

[ ... ]

I have abs...

[ he'll sound so confused about this. this is a lot of information that he's suddenly having to deal with right now. he's not going down the rabbit hole of "who would i even show these off to" in fear of what that answer would be.

well. maybe not fear but...also maybe fear. ]

Is "cute" the kind of word you want to wear as a guy?

[partymagician]

[ fai would absolutely encourage him to think of the answer.....

Anyway. ]

Why not? I like cute things, so wearing things I deem cute is no problem. After all, I think I'm pretty cute, so it works out~

[vivens]

[ SWEATS PROFUSELY. maybe one day someone can corner sabo and make him think about that, but until then he will not. ]

If you put things that way, then I can't argue with the logic.

[ is this him calling fai cute? no idea. he just can't argue with fai about what he's saying here. ]

[partymagician]

[ Fai will absolutely take it as being called cute.

He smiles a little at Sabo. ]

Would you like to try one on, just to see what it would look like on you?

[vivens]

[ this thread has taken a turn, but (un)fortunately sabo doesn't fully see what fai is doing here. ]

I really don't know if something like that would suit someone like me.

[ he's going from being covered up in layers to a button up to something that will show off his midriff... ]

But it's not like it will hurt anyone.

[partymagician]

You never know until you try! Cropped shirts can suit anyone.

[ He would have loved to see Kurogane in one. Or Hien.

...

Anyway.

Fai pulls a bright blue one from his pile and shoves it at Sabo. ]

Try it.

[vivens]

[ can it though?? sabo has reservations.

there's still time to get hien into a crop top, just sayin', but since fai is just going to pull it out from the pile like that and shove it his way this might as well mean that sabo will go to try it on.

he'll just take off the shirt he was wearing right here front of god and everyone for the crop top because why not? there's nothing that he needs to worry about here. he probably did the same when changed out from his normal clothes to the button up.

needless to say, once he's done changing he'll make a face and tug on the front then the side. ]

It feels weird.

[partymagician]

[ Fai nods as Sabo looks at himself with the crop top. This is good, he's a fan. ]

I like it. Is it a good sort of weird?

[ He has a feeling that it is not, but hey! Might as well ask. ]

[vivens]

Do you? I guess if you picked it out for yourself, then that shouldn't be a surprise.

[ though what fai mentioned about showing off his abs being a thing because it is definitely being a thing here. which isn't something that bothers him except... ]

I just feel more exposed like this than I would if I weren't wearing anything at all.

[partymagician]

[ Fai nods vigorously, like he’s discussing some sort of important scientific theory. ]

It’s the idea of only exposing a little that probably makes you feel more exposed. It draws attention to that part of your body.

[vivens]

[ sabo should be concerned with how excited fai is about all of this but his mind is more on the matter of what fai just told him. it's not a strange concept to him; he's aware of it but. ]

I see.

[ looking down at himself. ]

I don't have any reason to draw attention to this part of me.

[partymagician]

Then this kind of style might not be for you.

[ Sure, he shoved the top at Sabo, but Fai won't make him keep wearing it either. ]

Experimenting with different clothing options is nice, but if you don't like the way it looks or feels, then you can always go back to what makes you comfortable. That's one of the best things about clothes, if you ask me.

[vivens]

[ thank you fai. ]

You have a point there.

[ which is cue for him to take off the crop top and hesitate for a moment as he passes up on his shirt for the new one that he picked out with fai. ]

Clothes also do a good job changing how people perceive you—outside of the more obvious things.

[ thus the confusion of the whole crop top scenario. ]

[partymagician]

They do. You can blend in or stand out... come across as serious or over the top.

[ He nods approvingly at the new shirt. ]

What sort of image do you want to give off with your clothes?

[vivens]

[ huh.


hmm. now that's something he hasn't thought about. ]

I've never thought of it. I've always focused on function and familiarity.

[partymagician]

Then I'm sure people view you as functional in your clothing choices.

[ Which is a good thing, honestly. People who are functional in their wardrobe can be functional at other things. ]

[vivens]

And that doesn't sound like it's a bad thing. If I have to wear something really out of character for me, it's typically for a disguise.

[ because you know. sometimes you can't quite fall back into that blending into the background with the natives too easily. ]

[partymagician]

Oh, a disguise? I didn’t know you dabbled in espionage!

[ He grins. Sabo’s an interesting guy… ]