Raise a glass and toast the Flame

[floreatnoctem]

Who: Chidori and OPEN
Where: Floor 15
When: Throughout the week
What: It's getting colder- Chidori figures that everyone can use a bit of help keeping warm.
Warnings: None as of yet, subject to change if anything comes up.



[The offer she'd made was more to give her something to do other than think about the cold than any real show of good will. Granted, it was that, in her own way- after all, it would do her no good if people were too sick to fight. While she wasn't sure it would be called for, it was Jason's month to be in charge of the tower. She was already anticipating the worst, no matter how quiet things had been for the first week or so of his turn. She'd be stupid to let her guard down so quickly, or so easily. Still, she wasn't sure anyone would see her announcement- or if anyone would even bother to look at such a brief post- but better to try than not at all. In the meantime, she had Strega's measurements more or less memorized, she could get started on them first.

So moving to find some fabric, she decided to start on a coat for Ken before anything else, trying hard to keep her hands from shaking and grateful, somewhat, for the fact that Medea's fire affinity was seeing fit to keep her warmer than she should be. Hopefully, the cold wouldn't affect her sewing too badly.]

Comments

[egotrigger]

[Allelujah was going to ignore the offer for a coat - he kept warm enough by staying active - but the thought of not knowing how cold it was going to get drove him towards the workshop. Even though Hallelujah was grumbling about them not needing it, Allelujah peered into the workshop carefully, spotting the young woman sewing.]

Ah... are you Chidori?

[floreatnoctem]

[Chidori looks up from her sewing to her visitor, fingers flexing to keep her circulation going. She sets the fabric she's working on aside, fingers smoothing over her skirts idly.]

Yes. And you are...?

[egotrigger]

Allelujah Haptism. I saw your offer to make coats on the network... I'd like to ask for one, though I'm not sure what I can offer in return.

[He'd offer to help sew, but he'd probably just get in the way... he didn't really know how to sew anyway.]

[floreatnoctem]

I don't really want anything in return, Allelujah-san.

[She stands, pulling her sketchbook toward her and opening to a blank page. She hates using the paper for such mundane reasons as measurements, but she has to keep track somehow.]

Though if you come across anything that you could share, I suppose that might help.

[egotrigger]

[... It's still very, very strange to see people using paper. He's so used to data pads and taking notes digitally that it takes him a moment to realize what she's doing.]

If I find any edible animals, I can share. I can give you the furs if you want, too.

[tohko_amano]

[While Tohko felt a little sniffly, she had managed to find some tissues, and she was trying to get past how out of it she felt. She had promised to make Lancer's friend a cloak, and she was going to do it. So she wandered in and picked up the necessary materials before sitting down and starting to sow. As she worked, she noticed a girl sitting nearby that was sowing and shivering.]

Hey, are you alright? If you're cold, I could make you a cloak too.

[floreatnoctem]

Beg your pardon...?

[As if it's not cold enough, Chidori's tone is frosty, raising her eyebrows at the girl who's appeared in something like disbelief. Bro, do you even sew? Her fingers tighten briefly on the fabric she's holding, lips pressing together thinly, and then her head inclines toward the cloak draped over the back of her chair.]

I am quite certain I do not need help in that regard.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko noticed the cloak and nodded.]

Ah, alright then. I wasn't sure if you had a cloak or not. If you're shivering, why don't you put it on? I'm sure you'll feel warmer..

[Tohko then sneezed over her shoulder, but didn't stop working.]

[floreatnoctem]

It gets in the way.

[That much should have been obvious- after all, she could hardly move freely with a heavy cloak draped over her shoulders and arms. She couldn't much say she appreciated being talked to like she was a child though- or worse, an idiot.]

Besides, I'm not that cold.

[Not just yet, at least.]

[tohko_amano]

[Sadly, that wasn't how Tohko was trying to sound, and nor did she realize that that's how she might have sounded either.]

Ah, alright then. However, if you do need help with something in the future, let me know, alright? I'm a simple book girl..but I may be able to help.

[And she keeps on sowing.]

[concept_killer]

[Shiki, for one, was going to take any advantage he could get to stay alive. AKA: Keep warm. Offer to make a cloak? Yes, please. He couldn't pay for anything with money but he had other methods.

He cautiously walked into the room, which was a little quiet. So he knocked on the nearest surface to get some attention or at least let whoever was in the room know he was here.]

Hello?

[floreatnoctem]

[The knock doesn't startle her- nor was it really necessary. Medea had felt him coming once he was in close enough range. Still, she's not expecting what she sees when she turns, and it takes her a moment to come up with a response she feels is good enough.

She doesn't want to assume, of course- but the bandages are worrisome.]

Yes...? Are you lost?

[concept_killer]

I'm pretty sure I'm in the right place. I heard someone here was making things to keep out the cold.

[He heard because he had it read to him but, hey.]

[floreatnoctem]

Yes, I am- apologies, I presumed you could not have seen the announcement...

[She turns to face him, not that he can see, and sets her hands primly on her lap.]

Did you have something specific in mind?

[concept_killer]

There are ways to handle those kind of things.

But if I'm not imposing, all I wanted was a cloak. One that was a dark blue...almost black.

[culbutiri]

[Nesir disliked this floor considering she had been killed here. But the offer of warmth was enough to draw her, she was still shaken from what had happened in the cells but she was back now. They would pay. She just had to work out how first.

She saw the girl sewing and frowned.] What would you be wanting in return for you to be sewing a cloak?

[floreatnoctem]

I don't want anything.

[Much less from a little girl- though she doesn't want her to feel as if she's being treated too much like a child. She knows Ken hates that.]

Unless there is something you think you can offer?

[culbutiri]

I do no be liking being in peoples debts. I can maybe be hunting for you if you do be needing food?

[floreatnoctem]

If you have no trouble with it, then that will be fine enough, miss. Do you have a preference with what I make?

[culbutiri]

I will be doing that then. [She shrugged.] As long as it do be warm... I do no be minding. [Her training clothes are ridiculously thin]

[redwhiteandhero]

[He hasn't managed to get the hang of the network yet, so he just happened to be passing through when he spots Chidori. He stops, raising an eyebrow slightly, and walks over to where she's sewing.]

Chidori?

[floreatnoctem]

[She doesn't know he hasn't read the terminals, she just assumes he's seen her announcement and assumed her name from that.]

...yes?

[redwhiteandhero]

What are you doing here?

[floreatnoctem]

[She blinks once, slowly, and then cants her head at him a little, fingers pausing on the fabric she's holding.]

Working on coats... didn't you see the announcement?

[redwhiteandhero]

What announcement? I mean, what are you doing here, in the tower? How long have you been here?