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[wereperrito]

Hello? Hello! This is Jack.

Um, I am in one of the back trailers in the second convoy. And I have found sewing supplies and more fabric, and I thought, well, some of us have been going through, erm, changes. These can be hard on our clothing or make wearing certain clothing difficult.

I am not the best tailor in the world, I cannot make a patch or mended tear invisible or create clothing from scratch, but I know how to mend very well if you do not need it to be invisible. Also I can probably take your old clothes and alter them to fit you better.

I will be down here all evening if you would like to stop by. I will try to be here most evenings after dinner but before bed in case anyone needs help fixing your clothes. Okay? Okay.

[And with that slightly distracted-sounding final note, as the sound of fabric rustling around marks him getting back to work, he signs off.

He will indeed be down in the shops section of the convoy all evening, working diligently to patch, mend, repair, and alter clothing for anyone who comes by. If no one comes by, he's working on his own clothes or trying to work out how to make a pattern so he can learn how to make clothes from scratch, preferably with as little wasted material on mistakes as possible. He has no idea if he will ever find more, after all.]

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[wereperrito]

"It's very easy to lose heat through your hands and feet," Jack says sternly. "Also the top of your head. I will come up with something. Sandals with socks perhaps." Yes it's fashion taboo in some places, but frostbite is worse! By a lot! "But I am sure we can come up with trousers and maybe a poncho? That should not be too hard. And I already had to take apart my own trousers to deal with the tails, a little bit, so I sort of know how those work."

[faceguy]

"Socks with sandals!?" Leo looks scandalized. "What do I look like, a single dad going through a midlife crisis?"

No thank you! He doesn't sound very excited about the poncho idea, either...

"Why am getting the feeling this won't be fashionable..."

[wereperrito]

"If you want fashionable, get me quality fabrics and give me six months to learn how to build clothing properly," Jack sniffs at him. "I am what you have right now, and you said you do not want to be cold. So I will try to keep you from being cold."

[faceguy]

“Uuuuugh…”

Man, this sucks. But Jack is right that this is currently his only option.

“Fine, whatever. Let’s do it.”

[wereperrito]

"I can let you pick a color," Jack offers by way of potential mollification. He does have to add, apologetically, "From a somewhat limited range. But still."

He turns back to the cabinets behind his work table, opening them to show the rolls, folded stacks, and less-folded scavenged fabrics. The colors are indeed limited, but there's still some to choose from. Should he want his trademark color, there is full roll of some blue jersey.

[faceguy]

"Well, blue is always my signature color," he says, giving his mask tails a flip like they're the ends of his hair.

He comes over to take a look, pulling at the blue fabric. Interesting...

"Blue's gotta be an easy color to find, right?"

He knows nothing about fabrics or dyeing.

[wereperrito]

"I'm trying not to hope I will find intact fabric big enough to actually make full clothes from," Jack warns. "Most of what I have scavenged so far is only a yard or two at most. If you like blue, this might be the best to work with for now. There is enough here for me to make a few things with, probably." It's one of the more complete rolls of fabric. Maybe the leaders of this convoy thought blue would be popular.

[faceguy]

As it should be, because it's the best color!

Leo nods along. He knows it's too much to hope for a whole color-coordinated wardrobe, but he's happy to get a few things.

"A few things is all I really need," he says, waving it off. "Like I said, I just want to get too cold. ...And I don't know, maybe I need to protect against sunburn...?"

He actually doesn't know if turtles can get sunburn. Huh.

[wereperrito]

"Something with a hood maybe. Or a scarf?" Jack humms, and picks up a fabric tape measure. "All right, I will need to measure you. I have to be sure I use enough fabric, you know? I will try to be quick." He doesn't get the feel from Leo that he's like SecUnit and wants to be touched as little as possible, but he also isn't going to be excessive about it.

[faceguy]

Leo is pretty touchy feely with his family… but then, Jack is not his family. Still, he won’t tense up or anything while Jack takes measurements.

“Oooh, fancy. I’ve only been measured once before.”

And it was years ago now.