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Jack Russel ([personal profile] wereperrito) wrote in [community profile] route666radio2025-04-23 06:28 pm

[Video+Action, post moon-warp]

Hello all!

This is Jack, from my little nook in the convoy where I make and repair clothes.

[He smiles at the camera, showing off the fluffy little fox ears he is now sporting instead of regular ears, and the white streaks in his blue-gray hair, then turns his radio device around to show the little shop. It is, frankly, less like a shop and more like a workspace, with fabric in cabinets on the walls and a pair of tables and some chairs, with more fabric strewn across them, some in good condition and some in less-good condition.]

I just wanted all of our new people to know that if the moon warp ruined your clothes, I can probably help. I have mostly figured out trousers, I think, and I am still working on proper shirts, though I can make, um, cloaks and drapes and things.

[He sets the camera down on one of the tables, and sits down to face it.]

I did want to, er, also tell everyone something else. I know we are all... changing. Into something we might call monsters, some of us. I just wanted to say I was a monster before I came here. Not a-- not a bad person, no, not a cruel person, but a werewolf. I turn into a beast once a month on the full moon, like moon warps here.

So. So I just wanted everyone to know, I have done this before. This changing, this becoming something else for a time. I don't know if it will help anyone, but if it can-- I wanted everyone to know.

[He has "come out" piecemeal to various people, here and there, and it's gone well. But now he's doing it to everyone, to people he's never talked to. It's a little scary, but he's doing it.

And now that he's done it, he hesitates, then fumbles for the radio to turn it off without further comment.

He will be available in his shop most evenings, for people to come by to get clothing repaired or measured for, or for people to ask questions, and of course he's around the convoy or in his van during the day when they're on the move.]
purplexing: (literally the greatest question I've eve)

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[personal profile] purplexing 2025-04-28 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
We are not doing sandals.

[His typically sarcastic tone is even more blunt at that.]

I can draw out something simple for footwear, I've got some tire treads to cut out soles, I just don't have material for the rest of it.
bufudine: (don't say that... :|)

[personal profile] bufudine 2025-04-28 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Serph nods. Good.

Now that his primary concern has been addressed, he lapses into awkward silence, practically hovering by the entrance. Things have been awkward since the Moon Warp and he doesn't like it. But he's also not able to see a clear path forward to fix things. The uncomfortable feeling of uncertainty dogs him during every waking moment, haunting him when his time is idle.

It feels almost as bad as wanting an answer to the question of what his dead human self had done. Except... the big difference here is that he can actually talk to someone about it, even if the prospect of it makes him feel entirely more vulnerable than he ever has been. But he doesn't want to repeat the cycle and it's that determination that has him pull back his wings as he straightens.

"...Can we talk?" It isn't usual for him to seek this sort of permission, typically asking his questions directly without any preamble.
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[personal profile] definitionofcrazy 2025-04-28 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Good deal.

[She's gonna drop that into the basket- she actually manages a little bit of a smile at that.]

Look at you, thinkin' ahead.

[She gives a nod toward the basket.]

I didn't even consider where I was puttin' this crap, I just tossed it in my backseat and hoped for the best, yo. Seemed clean. Mostly.
discolouredwings: (1)

[personal profile] discolouredwings 2025-04-28 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never made anything from scratch, though I could make alterations. Though I was mostly taught embroidery.
faceguy: (a motherfucker)

[personal profile] faceguy 2025-04-29 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
"No, it doesn't hurt." He comes the rest of the way, giving everything a cursory glance. "Just... feels kinda weird if I... touch the gap."

Not that he's tried much. He has some sense of self preservation!

"Anyway, what'cha got for me?"
serialmurderbot: (ugh)

bug features inbound

[personal profile] serialmurderbot 2025-04-29 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay.

[Oh, the buzzing is the least of it.

It doesn't say so, because it - Jack will see. It takes longer than usual for SecUnit to show up, and that's entirely because of these new changes, as it picks a time when most of the humans will be away from this part of the Convoy, and scans for them on its way through.

It doesn't want to be stared at, and these changes are exactly the kind of thing humans will stare-at-without-staring, which is the worst kind. So it even takes a few moments to steel itself before walking into the piecemeal stalls. Jack's not bad as far as humans(?) go, so that kind of makes anticipating his reaction worse.

The moment SecUnit steps into view, it's obvious the Moon Warp has gotten to it - usually its face is the most human-looking part of it, but now its mouth and jaw are - changed. The skin has gone gray and chitinous, inflexible and platelike, and framed by four small segmented mandibles, currently folded flat against its cheeks and jaw.]
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[personal profile] constantvrunning 2025-04-29 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there... any part of how it was like, that you want to talk about?

[Jack helped them, not so long ago. V could at least return the favor, be a shoulder to lean on.

That, and they don't exactly have any clothing requests at the moment.]
purplexing: (mmhmm)

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[personal profile] purplexing 2025-04-30 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you never heard of tabi? They are basically that. Putting soles on them is an upgrade. I think anything actually separating our feet from the ground is an upgrade, and after all those thorns, I don't want my brother walking around near barefoot.
purplexing: (yet the barbs continue)

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[personal profile] purplexing 2025-04-30 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you seen our feet?

I'll cut the soles out so you know what the base shape is. And if you need measurements, I can give those too.
purplexing: (dubious leo plans)

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[personal profile] purplexing 2025-04-30 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
True. Where do I find you? My feet and Leo's are pretty close, size-wise, so you can measure my feet.
constantvrunning: (Neutral)

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[personal profile] constantvrunning 2025-05-01 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[V manages a small smile, which does come through in their voice:]

You're right. And it's worth saying, time and again. So we don't forget.

We are given challenge enough from being here; why make things more difficult for ourselves?

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