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OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Crowley's Custom Tailoring

Great deals and great craftmanship for men and women.

Just because there's no real economy and we all smell like patchouli doesn't mean that you have to look like you smell like patchouli.

Come find me in the marketplace or send me a message here with custom orders and inquiries.

[ Attached is a flattering picture of him and an address. ]

Comments

[hacker]

Maybe you should have considered a perfume business if you're gonna focus on the patchouli.

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If I thought I could get my hands on anything that didn't smell like hippies, I would gladly share it with the world at large.

[hacker]

You're really not used to passing up on the finer things are you?

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There have been times when I've had very little, but I don't tend to voluntarily give up my creature comforts, no.

[chuvihani]

What have you got for materials?

[goesdown]

I'm working on expanding my selection. Currently, it's mostly woven natural fabrics and a few synthetics. Not much in the way of stretch, but I'm always bartering for more.

[echopraxia]

Do you need any assistance in this?

( anya is interested in his craftsmanship, yes, but she's also at a loose end and relearning a skill she had in her matrix is probably slightly less difficult than learning entirely new ones with things she'd never encountered. it's worth an inquiry. )

[chuvihani]

All right. If I bring you a sketch of something I'd like to try to make, will that work?

[ She'd planned on trying to sew it herself but frankly, someone else's expertise wouldn't go amiss here. ]

[goesdown]

I would be happy to. If I don't have what you need on hand, I may be able to get it. Come by and show me what you have and I'll see what I can do.

[goesdown]

I'm hoping I can expand the operation enough to, but at present I would have to wait and see how much business I can pull in before I can promise anyone else work.

[echopraxia]

If you are successful, I would be interested.

[goesdown]

I will certainly keep you in mind. Does this offer come with a name?

[echopraxia]

Anna Matveyevna.

→ action?

[chuvihani]

Oh, good! All right, I'll be by.

[ With a promptness, sketch in hand. ]

[goesdown]

Nice to meet you. Do you have experience?

action!

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[ Crowley's got a few signs up and there are a few mock-ups he's put together to display. When she comes by, he's sewing a button onto a vest. ]

[echopraxia]

It would be a matter of teaching my hands again what my mind recalls. I know the fixing and making and also the sewing designs.

( it hasn't exactly been a priority to find out the proper english terminology for clothing alteration, hand-stitching and needlepoint or embroidery. )

[chuvihani]

[ She knocks lightly on the doorframe to signal her arrival, taking in the display. ]

Finally, something that's not a tank top.

[ Clothes aren't that important, in the scheme of things, but they are a measure of outward personality. Wanda thinks a bit of individual style can't be a bad thing. ]

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I've been doing just that. Getting the dexterity back has certainly been a challenge. I can share some of the exercises I've picked up if you like.

[echopraxia]

That would be very good, thank you.

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[ Crowley grins up at her from his seat. ]

I understand that there are limited resources here, but that doesn't meany we can't do our best to look nice, does it?

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What's your background?

[echopraxia]

In sewing ?

[chuvihani]

It does do a certain something for morale.

[ Something seldom in abundance around these parts, although they're never short on grim determination. Wanda makes her way over to glance at the vest Crowley is working on. ]

How long does something like that take you to make?

[ She's in no rush for her own self, but she is curious about the process. ]

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Well I don't care about your personal background...