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Oh!

[her attention is immediately drawn to the tights with lace-like roses]

How cute...

[Holding them out!]

You really do have a good eye, huh? These ones were my favorite, too!

[she giggles]

Well, of course I do. [what "of course". there's no "of course" here. she just has an ego.] Is this kind of garment common where you're from, then?

[THERE'S DEFINITELY AN "OF COURSE" her ego is valid, says Kashuu, who also has an enormous bloated ego.]

Yep! I'm not really sure where they came from or how they got popular, but people use 'em to layer up in winter and stuff when they wanna stay warm but don't wanna start looking like walking sleeping bags.

[Allow him to pull a few more off the racks, too, while he's at it. There are so many different types of floral and lace print tights...]

Oh... Do they really keep people that warm?

[the fabric looks so thin...]

Not on their own, really... [He's calling out all the LIARS who says that leggings are warm enough PIXI!!!!!] But the trick is layering! You can wear a few of 'em and no one can really tell.

[GHJGKHJGSHJGH THIS CALLOUT IN A POST PIXI CAN'T EVEN SEE!!]

I see... that makes sense, I suppose. And they're not difficult to move around in, when you're wearing more than one?

[YEAH!! PERISH, PIXI, WITH YOUR FCKIN LEGGINGS.]

Nope! The fabric's really stretchy, see?

[Stretchin' out one of the pairs of leggings to show her! Wowee, the future.]

[gasp!!]

How do they make fabric like that?

[Now there's a good question that he sure as hell doesn't have the answer to!!]

Um... I dunno! Maybe it's part rubber?

[Actually not that far from the truth.]

I see...

[hmm. she's eyeing he leggings with interest. imagine if she figures out how to make them and goes back to her canon with that knowledge.

fashion revolution!]

[It's what she deserves, honestly.]

Wanna give it a try? I'll pick out some cute shoes while you're changing!

Sure!

[off she goes to try them on!!

im crying i can't believe we've got two dressup threads]

[OFF HE GOES TO FIND SHOES. This is hilarious help... it's your job to start the sads first beats you up

While he's rummaging, though, he'll call out her way:]

You want heels or flats?

Flats, please!

[i'M TRYING I JUST CAN'T FIND A GOOD WAY TO SEGUE INTO A SAD STORY]

[this is so funny, us nerfing ourselves with cute shoes HELP...

Kashuu will locate a pair of cute flats embroidered with lilies in a sparkling silver thread, though! i'm tired of looking through fashion pictures after 2 days of it set me free]

I found something real good!

Oh! This embroidery...

[she comes over to look at the flats]

It looks handmade...

You think so?

[He turns one over, looking at it and watching as the threads catch some light.]

Mm... I guess it does kinda have a hand-sewn quality, doesn't it?

It does...

[her voice trails off and her gaze lingers on the embroidery for a few moments

i am really grasping at straws for angst here]

[THIS IS SO FUNNYOWEOAKOFEKSO (britt voice) look at the shoe and suffer]

--D'you not like it? I can find something else for you if you want.

It just reminds me of something...

[her eyes are glued to this shoe that i am shamelessly using as angst fodder.]

When I was younger, when it got cold, my mother used to make boots for me by hand to help keep me warm. It was something she did to show that she was thinking of me... that she loved me.

My aunt and cousin came to live with us when I was fifteen. We thought that she'd just come to my mother to ask for help because her husband had died, but... that was a lie. My aunt had been having an affair with my father for years... my cousin was actually my half-sister. Aunt Qian tried so hard to replace my mother in every way that she could. She wanted her dead, and wanted to be my father's wife in her place instead of just his mistress or his concubine.

I'd almost forgotten about it... my aunt made a pair of boots for me, once. She worked her fingers raw like my mother did, but not because she actually loved me. She was trying to manipulate me into loving her, so I wouldn't see what she'd been doing.

[

when she realizes how much she's just said she brings a hand up to cover her mouth.]

[THAT'S. That sure is a lot of stuff that was just said!! PHEW!! Kashuu's wondering if maybe he should offer to start covering people's mouths when they start going off on these tangents, because every single time, he's heard something that the other party definitely didn't want to actually speak out loud...

He's quiet for a second, pulling back the shoe as if that itself would retract the uncomfortable memory she was just thrown back into.]

...It's - that's been happening today. Um. ...You okay? [He almost winces at the inadequacy of the question, but he's still only five years into the whole dealing with human emotions as a human would thing.] Being pushed back into those places without any warning is really hard.

...I'm alright.

[...]

My apologies, Sir Kashuu. That must have been unpleasant to hear. And seemingly unprompted, too...

[He's absolutely going to tell her to drop off the sir at some point but NOT NOW BECAUSE HE'S SO DISTRACTED BY THE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED.]

You don't have to apologize or anything. You're the one who ended up having to share something like that...

[He doesn't say "sorry for being here and listening in THAT WAS CLEARLY PRIVATE" in words, but the sentiment is there.]

--Um, you don't have to answer or anything, obviously, but... is it any better? That whole... thing.

[That whole MESSY FAMILY THING.]

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