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[kumoko]

[ OOC: Use this post for threads that're too small for the comms, for little incidents or for handwaves and discussions on how interactions would go without actually RPing through them! Also for when I time out on backtags I'm so sorry. ]

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[radishlobbyist]

Dear Kumoko,

could I bother you for an outfit? You have been on the train far longer than I, I trust you to know what is well-suited to life here.

I have bought a bag of snacks for your payment, and once I have the means, I will pay you more for your troubles. AA bag of snacks seems a far too low price for the trouble you are going to.

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[kumoko]

[ hmm, hmm. A very well-reasoned letter!

Luckily, out of boredom she's been doing several things. First! She's been stockpiling clothing and cloth and decorations that she's made when she's bored. Second! She's been stalking the shit out of basically everyone, but Wen Qing has featured a lot entirely due to the fact that she's easier to locate. So she's heard some discussions, is the thing. She's seen the wistful looks towards red uniforms.

She gets it, orange really doesn't bring out her own charms!

So she spends a little time assembling some things, and then draws up a short-range teleport to the medical car.

A large white-and-pink furry spider appears in the largest open space, legs draped in silks and half-finished designs. ]

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[radishlobbyist]

[ Let it be said that Wen Qing doesn't shriek.

...okay, that is a lie, Wen Qing does shriek and drop the pile of notes she had been riffling through when the huge white-and-pink spider shows up out of nowhere... and is that...? ]

Are you tangled up in fabrics?

So yes, she had gone and ordered new clothes from a sentient giant spider but... Seeing it is still very different.

[ She stands up, forcing her expression back into something placid. ]

I assume you got my message.

[kumoko]

[ One leg wriggles until it's free of clothing, and reaches around to her neck to hit play on her device. ]

Thank you for choosing Dread Spider fashions.

[ That also gives her time to properly scan the cute lady with level two spatial magics, adding her measurements to her ever-expanding mental library. Also, making her kinda jealous? Or at least, what kind of immortal goddess level beauty was this, anyway. OP!

Anyway, she makes some quick adjustments to the clothing she's holding, and begins laying them out. Some are simpler than others, clothing she's made as an experiment or for someone no longer around. Some was made with Wen Qing in mind. The pure white doctor's labcoat? Absolutely hers. Very warm, resistant to dirt and blood. Several useful pockets and loops for equipment. Her name on the breast pocket. She pushes that one forward as she finishes setting out the other clothing. Carefully, she pushes a few closer. The ones she likes, or thinks Wen Qing would look cool wearing. The loose blouse with smoke and flames in soft embroidery around the hems. The trousers and skirts in her favourite shades of red yet. One wide belt, stiff with stitching and little chips of bone beadwork (don't ask) in black and charcoal. She's Wei Wuxian's friend, right? So she'll like these colours. That's what the spider has decided. ]

[radishlobbyist]

[ She hadn't even known what to expect when she requested an outfit from their resident spider, it had just seemed like a good opportunity to ask for another outfit which isn't the dreadful Voidtrecker uniform, and maybe even in a color more suited to her than the ever-present blue the train has inflicted on her.

It sure is a sight to see, watching the giant spider lay out clothes for her and make adjustments as she goes. When Kumoko seems to be done picking clothes, she steps forward, her eyes on Kumoko, making sure it is okay to step closer before she approaches.

She runs her fingers over them, taking note of the durability of the materials, the colors chosen. There are even flames on the blouse. She smiles a little as she runs her fingers over the flame hem. This is definitely a keeper, much like the lab coat and the belt, though she debates a little between trousers and skirts before settling on a pair of lovely red trousers. ]

Thank you. [ Her voice is quiet. ] Thank you. These clothes are perfect. I hadn't expected anything like this.

action, dressing car ; grasshopper (idk day)

[blitzcheer]

Heyyy, so Spider! You can do magic. What kind of magic can you do?

[ Hello, here is one Tidus. He's come into the dressing car, on the side covered in web silks and all those aesthetics relevant to the Voidtrecker's resident Spider (actual spider, and not the neighbourhood spider-boy. Plopped down on one of the cushioned stools from a vanity table, and getting himself comfortable in her vicinity.

He has questions, and this seems like a good place to start. Dressed even in the clothes she and Dread designed for him, just 'cause he's got to wear them sometimes (and he likes to dress up for Yuna...!) ]

[kumoko]

[ Remember when there were two spider creatures and three spider-people on the train? Spider remembers.

She's comfy in her work hammock, a roll of patterned silk slowly weaving itself between two of her outstretched legs, and just blinks at him slowly.

Oh, right. Typing. ]

Spatial. Dimensional. Wind. Earth. Terrain. Fire. Abyss. Heretic. Dark. Shadow. Poison. Healing.

[blitzcheer]

[ Just let him leeeaannn over and read that.

...

Looking up. ] What's the difference between dark and shadow?

[ He wants to ask about a few of those things but he's going to go for that one first. ...or just that, he's not sure if he wants to make her type more than necessary. ]

[kumoko]

One's stronger. Different spells.

[ bro just wait for the voice to read it out for you, stop leaning.

She scoots back. ]

[blitzcheer]

[ He forgot for a second it was going to voice speak ok!! Leaning back out!! ]

Oh. Okay. [ A pause, and he has an idea, but- ] And you can use any of that magic with your fabric?

[kumoko]

Yup.

[ SHE'S HELPING.

Ugh, no, she promised she'd talk more, and Dread's not here to... okay! okay, she can do this. She braces and types. ]

Technically those magic categories are inaccurate because I can construct whatever spell I want. And a lot of the spells from those sets are pretty pointless here, you know?

[blitzcheer]

Sure. I mean, I'll take your word for it. I think I know what half of those do?

[ He's not ashamed to admit it! Not right now, anyway. She's the magical spider here, not him. ]

But healing sounds like it'd be useful. Could you make a band that'd help people recover if they wore it? Or what about sticking the magic with somethin' else to make it work?

[ Similar to what Light was talking about with her flasks...? Wonder if they could do anything like that? ]

[kumoko]

[ Funnily enough she's been experimenting with things a lot like he's describing. She pulls out two necklaces of spidersilk, both gleaming white. ]

Heresy resistance. [ she points to one. And then the other, ] Poison resistance.

[ It's been a tough project, trying to tie the magic there permanently. It's not there yet, she's pretty sure the magic will only last a few months at most. ]

Heresy is magic that attacks the soul. [ And she's not thought about regen bands. Huh. Guess that'd work if you couldn't just regenerate yourself..? She can think of a few Oranges she'd like to stick in regeneration effects. Hm. ]

[blitzcheer]

[ Huh! That gets him leaning in, but not much. He's surprised by how...pretty they are? ]

Way too pretty to look good on me. [ He grins, joking, sitting back. He rests a foot on a knee, leans his weight forward like that instead. ] Those'd be good though, when you need them. I wonder what'd be useful for us on most missions...?

[ He's thinking out loud. Hmmm. Lulu would be better at this... he should've asked Yuna... ]

Meant to do this back in Sept. >.<

[light_of_willpower]

[Trunks had heard that the spider-seamstress could be found in the luggage car, and was the other person to talk to about black squad. So time to meet a spider-person.

Poking his head in, then more fully coming into the luggage car, he tried to be careful of the webs everywhere.]

Hello?

<3 <3

[kumoko]

[ She pauses in the middle of hanging up a pair of...

Well, they were meant to be jeans. They're kind of...

Hm. She'll see what they look like when they dry! ]

Hey.

Re: <3 <3

[light_of_willpower]

Um...hi?

[He wasn't honestly sure what he'd been expecting, but it never hurt to be polite.]

Are you Kumoko? I was told to talk to you about Black squad, I've already talked to Roland.

[kumoko]

[Roland, you traitor, you're meant to be the frontman! Talk to people so she doesn't have to-- who is she kidding, she's a regular social butterfly nowadays.

Social... spiderfly...

Well fine, it's good to meet the team, right? Yeah!

Thus revved up, she even manages a little energy in her voice as she pulls a black armband from storage.]

You want to join? What're your skills?

[light_of_willpower]

I mean, I gave Roland a run-down earlier. Mostly combat, hand-to-hand and sword, or ranged via Ki-blasts. I'm also skilled in basic urban survival, and mechanical engineering and computers.

[Certainly from his looks and build, pretty-boy face and long hair aside, he carried himself like a fighter.]

I'm used to putting myself between others and danger, too.

[kumoko]

[She takes it all back, she loves Roland.

And he really does scream 'I'm a young shounen hero', right? Or anti-hero, given the hairstyle he's rocking. Maybe a misguided latecomer to heroism? So many possibilities.]

You're hired. Wear this.

[light_of_willpower]

[Not sure if he 'screams' young shounen hero, but shounen hero is definitely in his wheelhouse.

Trunks chuckles as he takes the armband.]

That simple huh? Anything I should know about it, besides that you somehow use it to teleport us around?

[kumoko]

[It's in the eyes, of course! And the ranged ki blasts.]

If you don't go with Purple, tell me. Use the comm if you need to move. And it's flammable..?

[ ........ ] Really flammable.

( OOC ) im so sorry i didn't know where this could go re: commissioning an outfit!

[adregem]

Hi hi!

Would it be all right to handwave Roland's request from Spider to have this particular outfit created sometime during the latest platform? He sketched and designed it himself, with a couple of requests to have the coat itself be durable enough to withstand gunfire and basic melee. And would have paid her three bottles of Purple soda that he's kept around for her all this time!

But if you would like a very short thread for it too, I wouldn't mind either and can easily make a starter for it on the other log you have for Spider's business :) Hope this is okay, please let me know what you prefer!

[kumoko]

Hihi!! This is the place for it dw dw

Yep, we can handwave that! She's gotten good enough at thread enhancement to manage that level of durability. She's v thankful for the Purple, she'd tragically managed to run out after Zagreus's party last month and probably hugs the bottles to her chest a little.

[adregem]

Oh, thank you so much spider wife! Roland will also grant her his winning 🧁 this month from the train as thanks for helping him during the big boss fight last mission too. It's not an extravagant gift, but it is from the heart.

Enjoy these delicious treats, hoard them in your snack pouch! While Roland lives his fantasy RP within an RP life thanks to this brand new outfit!!