COBA CLASSIFIEDS

[cobanpcs]

Who: Everyone
Where: Wherever you read the news.
When: Day 10. Must be Tuesday, Tuesdays are always kinda weird.

What:

So, you're browsing through the newspaper, either online or a physical copy. And you reach the Personal Ads section.

There are regular ads "lost dog", "free couch", "human male seeks alien lifeforms for science and friendship."

And then there is a blank space with the instructions "WRITE YOUR OWN."

SO. COBA CITIZENS. Write a classified ad, or reply to other people's classified ads.

Comments

CLOTHES AND STUPID CUTE SHIT

[very_elaborate]

Custom orders always accepted. Better with Japanese styles than Western, but give me an idea of what you want and I can probably do it.

Cute shit is mostly knitted or crocheted. I'll also do custom orders for that.

Reply or drop by Tatsumi Textiles, Inaba Shopping District.

[gorilladog]

[ Seeing the add, Noah makes it a point to head out to its location. Hopefully if the man is offering services, maybe he's looking for help too? He walks in a little tentatively, looking around. ]

Uh, hello? I saw your ad, this is Tatsumi Textiles right?

[very_elaborate]

[Was he expecting a punk-looking guy who barely looks over 18 to be running the place? Probably not, but that's what he gets. Kanji's in the middle of a knitting project when the other guy comes in.]

Sure is. What d'you need?

[gorilladog]

[ A beat and a blink, Noah however recovers quickly as he smiled to introduce himself. The guy looks around the same age as him. Well. ]

Yeah, hi. I'm Noah. Do you have any job openings here?

I don't know how to knit or anything, but...I could be put to work if you needed an extra hand around here. Like maintaining the place, helping out with customers, and odd jobs that need to be done here and there. And I...I could even learn the basics of sewing if that's preferred.

[ It's been awhile since he had anything close to a "normal" job. He keeps his nerves under control, maintains eye contact, but from a slight rub of his neck to his eyes glimmering a desperate, tentative hope, it betrays his composure to the attentive eye. ]

[very_elaborate]

...Maybe. I'm not used to doin' this by myself, so I'm still trying t'figure out where I need help and where I don't. [And... sorry, dude, but there are some things in this place where his friends are going to get dibs, partly because they're more likely to know the background of what needs doing.]

I can keep you in mind and let you know once I've worked some shit out, though.

[gorilladog]

[ Oh. Shoulders droop a little. At least Kanji didn't say a complete no. Worth a shot anyway right? ]

Hey, that's understandable. Can't be easy starting from scratch like that. I'm best reached through my inbox, but considering how this place seems to work, you can contact me however you like, whenever you need a hand with the place.

[ Looking over the shop now, taking in the ambiance. ]

So textiles...you did this back where you're from huh?

[very_elaborate]

I'll let you know if something comes up.

Yeah, family shop followed me from home. [Honestly, after six months on Atia it's good to see the place again - if weird that his ma's nowhere to be found, here.] Figured I might as well try to make it work.

[gorilladog]

[ A nod ]

Must be weird having something like this come up out of nowhere. You'd think the city was being too accommodating in making everybody stay here by bringing in all these reminders from home.

[ Not that he minded Coba bringing in a B-Ball court and Cabo Luna from his 'verse, he'd rather have them any day over Providence HQ ]

[very_elaborate]

[Kanji shrugs.] After six months not home, it's good to see - weirdest thing's not havin' Ma here.

[He's just... glad there's a house to stay in. With people. He's not ready to spend time in the shop with no company. It's quiet enough at home with just two people.]

And apparently we can go home whenever, so there's that. Ain't tried it yet, though.

[gorilladog]

Six months? She must have taught you everything about sewing and stuff huh?

[ Smile lessens slightly and something unreadable enters the blue-green gaze ]

You can. Time stops when you’re in the city, so you can always go back to where you left off.

[ Which was a small comfort for Noah really. It means Caesar wouldn’t have the opportunity to miss him like he would miss Rex. Besides, even if Noah didn’t have any other reason to go back, didn’t mean others didn’t. ]

[very_elaborate]

My dad taught me more of it, actually. I mean, Ma's no slouch, but Dad got me started young.

Good to know, I just - I got yanked to the last place I was a few weeks ahead of one'a my friends. Ain't been real keen on resetting the difference there yet. [But at least he could come back and get some Naoto time in between?]

[teethteethteeth]

[That ad intrigues her. She always did like cute stuff, even if "cute shit" does sound a little vulgar. But her child is a growing child! So she goes to check it out.]

Pardon me?

[She's standing just inside, looking around.]

[very_elaborate]

[Yeah, well, it's his damn shop here and he can advertise however the hell he wants. At least he probably won't have to resort to 'visit your local shopping district, you lazy dicks.']

Yeah? Hi, what d'you need?

[teethteethteeth]

Do you do children's clothes? Ah, and could you make something that goes well with pitch black skin? I'm afraid I don't have the best fashion sense so I'll have to trust in your judgment.

[very_elaborate]

I... could, yeah. WHat kinda kid we talking about here?

[teethteethteeth]

Ah, I got some measurements after I saw your ad. [She hands over a piece of paper with some scrawled writing.] And here's a picture of her. It's an old one and she's grown since then, but... [She digs out a photo from her purse. In it is a four year old in a cutesy dress rather like an old-fashioned doll. She's jet black and... there's a lack of facial feature, a smoothness broken only by a mouth full of rows of sharp teeth much like a lamprey.]

[very_elaborate]

[...what. No seriously, what, is her kid a Shadow or something? But it ain't Kanji's place to judge.]

Well, the good news is black goes with pretty much anything. I can work something out for ya.

[teethteethteeth]

Oh, that's good. I'll be looking forward to it.