IC CONTACT

[fortuneglass]

✆CHANNEL

FREQUENCY: 108.75327
DESCRIPTION: While Carly tends to try and answer her radio the minute it's buzzed, it can occasionally be ignored by way of an unfortunate burial within the fabric she's working on. Oops.

✉MAIL BOX

LOCATION: Mail Pouch hanging under the trailer awning
DESCRIPTION: Carly made a cute little pouch just for her letters! If you don't use it, she'll never forgive you! ...Or she will, but she'll give you a stern warning, even after the 12th time or so.

Comments

[insidescoop]

[That....is certainly a good reason to take some time. She has to bite her tongue not to comment- as it is, the wide eyes say plenty about her thoughts. It's delayed....but-] AH! Hey! [She greets, looking a bit frantically to each side of the tent before spotting the dummy she'd 'dressed up'. RIGHT, YES, THERE THEY ARE-] Ah-m!

Right, here! After you said what you needed, I thought this might be perfect..~ It's actually traditional where I came from, so it was pretty easy to pull together on the spot... [That is not why, nor was it easy-]

Mailbox - day 8

[spaghettimonster]

[Left in Carly's mailbox is a painted card, along with a small, thoroughly taped bunch of wrapping and tissue paper. The card smells of pine needles, snow and a fireplace, and features Papyrus, waving enthusiastically ahead. Somehow there's boneprint snowflakes faintly falling against the pale background. Along the header and footer, the card reads:]

HAPPY GYFTMAS
(ON THE MOON)
FROM PAPYRUS!!!

[Inside, a personal message continues:]

I SAW THIS, AND THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE IT!
I WASN'T SURE IF YOU'D WANT ANY COOL MAGICAL FABRIC, SINCE YOU PROBABLY SEE A LOT IN YOUR JOB...
BUT IF YOU DO! LET ME KNOW!
I HAVE A LITTLE MONEY I'M KEEPING ASIDE FOR LAST MINUTE, EMERGENCY GIFTING.
AND SLIGHTLY LESS EMERGENCY GIFTS.
BUT FASHION EMERGENCIES PROBABLY QUALIFY.

[The gift itself is a hummingbird broach made of relatively cheap materials, not much good for trading away.]

[whattaprick]

[ It would take a denser man than Lambert to miss the look on Carly's face, but he's relieved she doesn't press it. But then that leaves the matter of the outfit she's laid out for him, which he scrutinizes with a quizzical eye. ]

Sorcerer robes are traditional where you come from? [ Lambert is a regular bastion of cultural sensitivity or refinement, to no one's surprise. Still, it looks a lot less frumpy than the robes he's seen before. ]

Sometime after making Gon's gift

[hippocarnival]

[Left at Carly's cabin is an origami hummingbird with a note next to it:]

Carly,

Thank you for helping me with the sewing! I know you're all on vacation too but it was really important to me to get it right.

You can still ask me whenever you need help with something too.

Happy Solstice (I think that's what the Ringmaster called it)

Yuya

[ present time, sometime after day 11 ]

[whattaprick]

[ A package is dropped off at the wardrobe tent, addressed to Carly. Inside is 10 yards of the fabric described here and with a note in Lambert's clear, blocky script: ]

Since you're always making clothes for everyone else, you can use this to make yourself something for a change. I know shit all about what colors look good on someone who's always on fire, so I got you something you can change to whatever you want, whenever you want. Touch it and name a pattern or color, and you'll see for yourself. Just don't confuse it, or the results won't be pretty.

Happy solstice, or something.

Lambert

day 11, moon time, private channel

[kingsroads]

I've a few questions for you! [ And then, without waiting for anything, Strange just continues talking. ]

One, can you teach me basic sewing stitches? Nothing too fancy, I simply want to sew someone's name on something and sew two pieces of fabric together for another. And another question: there is leftover fabric and ribbons when wardrobe makes outfits, correct? Can I use a piece or two of that for a present? Nothing too large, of course, it's for someone tiny.

[fortuneglass]

Mhhn?

Well, I was teaching Lauren already, so I could probably do that... ....Embroidering something might be a bit tricky for you to learn anything in time, but we could do 'shoe-lace letters'...

...How 'tiny' is tiny? We might have some scraps....

[fortuneglass]

Hehh?

[Wat] Sorcerors? These are traditional Japanese clothes! It used to be what everyone wore, but these days they're used more for relaxing at inns, or at festivals~

They're nice and light and airy, so perfect for now right?

[kingsroads]

It's for a dog, so I doubt the dog will care about the embroidery. I just need some way to tell other people that the gift is the dog's in the first place. [ there's a paaaause before. ] And the tiny gift is for a polecat.

[ Why yes, it seems Strange is just making presents for animals. just roll with it Carly, this is apparently a thing. ]

[insidescoop]

Oh!

....I see! [Honestly that's adorable and she's grinning ear to ear.] In that case, I'd be happy to help~! If it turns out to be necessary, I can even handle the lettering for you if you want~! But we'll definitely try and get you as good as you can get first, [She adds, coughing.]

[kingsroads]

You've your hands full already! I'm going to handle the lettering entirely on my own, I simply need to learn how to make the stitches.

[insidescoop]

WHAT!? What do you think my hands are full with!?

[CARLY YOU'VE LITERALLY VANISHED EVERY NIGHT TO THE CARNIVAL TO MAKE PRESENTS]

[kingsroads]

We currently live in the same cabin and I'm not an idiot. I don't know what you're specifically doing but you've certainly spent your time doing something.

[ HE KNOWS, CARLY. ]

[insidescoop]

..................................

....................well it'd be Easier to give presents to my workers if they weren't in my cabin, you know.... [Thank you for existing Junko, CLEARLY STRANGE NEVER HAS TO KNOW HE'S GETTING STUFF NOW]

And it'd be ready by now if I could spend more than 20 minutes down there!!!

[Don't you dare peek you Horrible Magician-]

[kingsroads]

In that case, use me as an excuse. We'll go down to the carnival together, you teach me how to sew for part of it, and I'll work on my project while you work on yours for the other part.

1/2 (THE INSIDE CARLY...)

[insidescoop]

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2/2........

[insidescoop]

[RIGHT WELL -AHEM-] Great~!

Just let me set up the machine properly first; it'll give me time to make sure there's fabric there already too!

So you'd be able to grab some from the market worst case! [Yes good excellent SHE NEEDS TO H IDE THIN GS]

[whattaprick]

Oh. [ From Lambert's blank stare, it's clear the name doesn't ring any sort of a bell. Portland Lambert would have known, of course, but sadly he didn't retain any of that potentially useful knowledge. ]

Relaxing sounds about what I could use right now. [ He looks it over, squinting. It's certainly festive... with a shrug, he's just going to grab for the hem of his shirt. ]

Not that hard to put on, is it?

[insidescoop]

It's pretty easy~! Men's kimono are easiest, honestly....women have a pretty complicated knot to deal with at the back, so it's tricky for us to do that alone, but for men's wear, even the formal stuff can go on without trouble...

It's sort of like putting a bathrobe on, really!

[kingsroads]

I'll need to grab some fabric anyway for one of the presents. Simply give me a call once you've gotten things set up!

NOW I -REALLY- GOTTA MAKE THAT TOP, MMM

[fortuneglass]

R-Right~!

I'll let you know~

[Cue Carly frantically hiding all the things, really.]

[whattaprick]

Women's clothes are always more complicated.

[ One of the many reasons Lambert's glad he isn't a woman. Anyway, he sure is taking his clothes off, loosening it enough to slip the tunic over his head and free of his horns. Underneath, his skin is as scarred as ever, but the new addition is the stone that begins around midbelly, starting as patches of rock that form seamlessly into his legs. The effect's still a bit like Lambert might have dipped himself into molten rock and come out with a fresh new stone coating, though it moves with an unsettlingly lifelike animation.

No eerily photorealistic stone dick, though. Carly's spared at least that. ]

All right, let's try it.

[fortuneglass]

Yeah....yeah that's true a lot of the time... [Not all. You don't go through this many dimensions and still say 'all'. As it is, by the time she's done muttering, Lambert is pulling his tunic off-the woman hurriedly breaks into stammering and stuttering, turning around with a slight yelp as she covers her eyes. No stone dicks either, NOT TODAY, LAMBERT-] H-HEEIIHHHHH!!

S-Some warning!! I get that you're covered in rocks, but it's still stripping!!

[whattaprick]

It's nothing you haven't seen before! [ Well -- sort of. He did run around in little enough in Alola to let an overactive imagination fill some of the gaps in. He's snickering, though, which means he's almost certainly partly doing this to rile Carly up, but all right, now ... time for the moment of truth, here.

... uh. ] So, where do I start?

[insidescoop]

Th-That isn't any way to put things, you know!! Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you want to see it again! [wait, that came out wrong- uh-]

First, put the kimono robe on, and fold it over with the right side on the top.