PM to join Something More Suited [Taylani]

[Naiya]

"Taylani try on?" The girl was tiny, so there was little doubt the items would fit, it was a question of how much extra fabric the girl would have and whether or not Rue would need to take in the clothing.

Rue urged the woman back into a dressing room, "Get dressed." Rue told her, miming putting on clothing before sliding the curtain hanging closed between them. She would not wander, staying close by the woman in case she needed help with the unusual clothing.

This was good, Rue decided. Maybe learning to ride would open Taylani to the rest of the Drykas culture. Regardless, the clothing was a good start to making her feel more like she belonged.

[Taylani]

Taylani nods, following the other woman easily enough without hesitation, her body moving through the displays carefully so as not to bump anything onto the ground. When she slipped behind the curtain she turned and undid the buttons that line the front of her very simply made dress, she marveled at how used she had gotten to the tents. She just realized that she no longer was uncomfortably undressing inside one of these thin fabrics, embarrassed that if the light managed to hit inside the tent just right someone might be able to see her outline. Instead now she just accepted it as normal, and that realization hurt a little but not much.

Instead she carefully pulls the pants on, thinking they felt a lot like the tights that she wore under her short skirts when she danced, maybe even better. Though the waist was a good two sizes too big, she was able to bunch the material in her hand, but the length seemed to be decent enough. Next the blouse, pulling it on over her head and shift, Taylani let it settle around her shoulders and torso. The sleeves a little long but perhaps that is because her breasts were fall smaller then the blouse allowed for, and this caused the shoulders to sag down. The neckline plunged far deeper then it should thanks to the lack of volume in the breast area, revealing the top of her white shift beneath. However Taylani was expecting that. Since she was about fourteen she never could find clothing that was already created that didn't need some taking in or adjustment for her height and thinness.

Stepping out of the curtain, one hand at her waist, though the pants were not too much too big, they were big enough for Taylani not to trust them to stay up on their own, and one hand holding the blouse up just a little so that her shift was not too exposed. "A little too big." Was all she said, though she figured if Rue was a seamstress she was probably more then aware of htis fact.

[Naiya]

Rue could not hold back her laughter at the understatement of the other girl's comment. It was more than a little big on the other girl, but not so much that it couldn't be fixed easily enough. Grabbing a small pin cushion she moved to the other.

"Is more big than you say. Worry no, I fix." She would need to fix the pants first, so the other girl could stand without worry that they would fall, otherwise the top would not sit right when she stood normally. "I will pin." She held up the objects, and motioned to the girls clothing before she began, hoping not to startle the other.

Careful not to prick her skin she pinned first one side of the pant, then the other, moving around the girl with a sort of awkwardness that spoke of not having worked with people in this way often. She checked that the sides were even, but still slightly loose on the girls hips. It would be tighter when she sewed behind the pin, but for now it would hold her pants up comfortably enough.

"Stand up please. Move hand." She waited until Taylani did as she asked, standing behind her at the shoulder. Rue took in the sides slightly first, removing some of the extra fabric at the bust, then moved to adjust where the top fell, lifting it up and back towards a more appropriate height. Four more pins then, two to show where the shoulders fit and two more to show where the extra fabric would be removed in the back.

She stepped back, looking first with a critical eye, then expectantly at the other woman to see what she thought of the new fittings. "What say Taylani?"

[Taylani]

Taylani holds as still as she is able, the young woman with the pins not making her nervous at all. As the pants are pinned, the material pulled tighter around her hips, her thighs and her knees. She was unused to trying on shades of bright color, and seeing the greens standing out against the purples was a strange sight. She couldn't tell if she liked how the colors played against each other or not. She did, however like the feel of the material. It had some give to it, so if the odd chance to dance or practice came up, it would not hinder her movements.

They still made her feel remarkably uncovered, particularly when the blouse was pinned up and she lowered her arms. The neckline scooped down but not enough to show more then a hint of cleavage, but far shorter then her normal attire she dressed in Syliras. However, of all the options given to her, this seemed the best choice. So when asked, she simply nodded. "How much more work would this give you? To take it in I mean."

[Naiya]

Rue frowned, not entirely sure of the question she was being asked, but rather than puzzling about it for too long, she ignored it.

She examined the clothing some, checking the amounts of fabric she would have to remove or hem. It would probably require some creative seams to keep the look of the top and reduce the size so much, but it would work. Might take some time though.

"Taylani come tomorrow, Rue make fix by then. Is okay?" she questioned, sometimes such a long fix was not appreciated by customers, but considering the tiny frame of the woman not many would have things small enough without creating it just for her, and that would be even more expensive.

If Taylani didn't like the time frame, she could shop elsewhere, but Rue doubted the woman would have much better luck elsewhere.

[Taylani]

Taylani began the process of undressing, being very careful not to dislodge the pins Rue had put in the clothing. It would work for the times when he made her ride, to keep her modesty intact. Being out here, having little to no choices available to her caused her to be a bit more surly and grumpy then she ever used to be. She decided she didn't really like what that was doing to her, she didn't like to be grouchy or rude.

So she took a deep breath, slide her plain dress back over her form before turning back to Rue Nightsong, moving near the seamstress. "More then okay, if it is not too much trouble. I don't want you to have to put yourself out or anything." She tried to smile to the Drykas woman, but it comes off as a wobbly grimace, before she relaxes her muscles and gives up on the appearance of niceties.

With a sigh she asked, "How much do I owe you for the extra work?" Her arms crossed, and her facial expression back to being blanked out.

[Naiya]

'How much' was a question she was more than familiar with, and she eyed the girl for a moment before responding.

"Ten and two copper." It was far less than she should have said, the work it would take her was almost a day's time, but the poor girl just looked so defeated, she couldn't stand to make that worse by taking all her money too.

She took the pinned clothing, folding it carefully before placing it on her work table. Then turned back to look at the other once more, she appeared so sad, hopeless. Much less like the proud woman she had taken to meet Wildfire.

Had it changed her so greatly to spend time here?

[Taylani]

Taylani raised a brow at the sum, "Is that Ten Silver, or Ten Gold?" She inquired, almost certain that Rue hadn't meant simply ten coppers plus two, that would be far too low. However with the language barrier Taylani could not be certain. She was not the fashion connoisseur that a privileged lady might be, having only bought clothing when it became necessary and then they were functional pieces and not much more. However she knew that it took work to fit her thin but lanky frame and she did not want to cheat the other.

Regardless that Rue was Drykas, Taylani knew the other was genuinely kind, if not misguided on what was morally correct. She counted out 10 Gold miza's and 2 coppers regardless of Rue's answer. "I know that I am a difficult fit, but I am good on my clothing, so they should last." She didn't mention that with Fallan trying nightly to force a child upon her she would more then likely be back for future needs in any event. She holds out the coin to the other, rather then the blank expression that she has developed as a defense mechanism a look of determination, and perhaps just a little of the pride that she had used to use as a shield was back in her blue eyes.

OOC info10 GM 2 Copper given to Rue Nightsong in payment for services.

[Naiya]

Rue started to protest the amount, but with the clothing and he work, it was a fair price, and the look in the other woman's eyes told Rue that she knew that was the case.

"Thank you." She accompanied the words with the gesture meaning the same and then repeated her thanks in Common. "Ready tomorrow, Taylani pick up when want."

She moved to her station, dropping the coins in the small well where they would stay until the day's wares were collected and she was given her part.

She turned back to Taylani, a smile on her face as she asked, "Taylani need help more?"

[Taylani]

Taylani smiles a small smile at the other woman in return, some days the effort was taxing, other days she could smile and pretend that she wasn't dying a little more each day inside. Today was one of the former but she just shores up her mental attitude with the thought that she was just in a trying period of her life. Two children and she can go back home, and take up what tatters her life was left to her.

"No, I think that is all I need." Was her spoken response to Rue's words on if she could help her with anything else. She doubted Rue could help her with the problem of being utterly useless and her distress that she was slowly breaking. But these were problems that did not matter in the here and now, for there was little to be done about them. "My thanks, I will be by in the morning?" Once either corrected or affirmed that the clothing would be finished, Taylani speaks her goodbyes and slips out the tent once more.