03-15-2023, 08:47 PM
You extend your own wing to meet his, the stork giving you a nice firm shake.
Nice to meet another bird…
Nice to meet another bird…
POLKA DOT: Hope you’ve only heard the good stuff.
FEATHERWEIGHT: Good is in the eye of the beholder, but if you mean hearing gushing from Willow-!
That gets painted blush to spread all across your face, torn between being shy about it or feeling proud of the bond you’ve built with Cross.
POLKA DOT: Well, I mean-
POLKA DOT: W-watch out, I can talk a mean game back when it comes to her.
FEATHERWEIGHT: As long as it doesn’t detract from the work, talking’s more than welcome in my shop.
POLKA DOT: Yeah, thanks for letting Willow use this place-
FEATHERWEIGHT: Use? Please, she helps keep me in business.
FEATHERWEIGHT: Her modeling has sold us a lot of stock.
FEATHERWEIGHT: It’s all I can do to let her use my shop when she needs it.
FEATHERWEIGHT: …granted, when she’s back from your little adventure, I’m planning on offering her a seamstress position.
He winks.
FEATHERWEIGHT: But you didn’t hear that from me.
When we come back…
…what is it going to be like, when we come back?
You hadn’t really thought about it before now- Cross would be a monster, then.
Would she still be able to get the job?
Featherweight seems to pause as he looks at your expression, only to be distracted by Laurie wandering off to poke at various fabric reams.
…what is it going to be like, when we come back?
You hadn’t really thought about it before now- Cross would be a monster, then.
Would she still be able to get the job?
Featherweight seems to pause as he looks at your expression, only to be distracted by Laurie wandering off to poke at various fabric reams.
FEATHERWEIGHT: Ah ah ah! Be careful!
LAURIE: Oh, it’s fine.
LAURIE: Stop worrying about an old man perusing your goods.
FEATHERWEIGHT: You, sir, cannot get away with the elderly card.
FEATHERWEIGHT: The last time I left you unattended, you caused a massive collapse of the fabric stacks-
LAURIE: I saw a button I wanted to put on my coat!
FEATHERWEIGHT: And I would have given it to you, if you let me grab it-
You step away from the two men bickering, wandering through the shop yourself.
There’s so many colors, and with just how valuable fabric is…you can’t help but wonder how such a store stays stocked. Just being around this many sewing supplies makes your wings itching to make things…
You take a turn and stop dead in your tracks, hiding behind a stack of materials.
Cross is there, working at a little sewing machine miniature and looking very intent on her work. Her chain tail thumps the ground at even intervals, a tell you’ve come to recognize as her deep, deep in thought.
She hasn’t even seemed to notice your arrival to the shop, completely immersed in it.
There’s so many colors, and with just how valuable fabric is…you can’t help but wonder how such a store stays stocked. Just being around this many sewing supplies makes your wings itching to make things…
You take a turn and stop dead in your tracks, hiding behind a stack of materials.
Cross is there, working at a little sewing machine miniature and looking very intent on her work. Her chain tail thumps the ground at even intervals, a tell you’ve come to recognize as her deep, deep in thought.
She hasn’t even seemed to notice your arrival to the shop, completely immersed in it.