Raiment Configuration

[Mhairi Ankaa]

The galaxies in the Ashen Queen's hair twinkled as the Wisp arranged it atop of her head. Smiling as two skeletal hands secured her mane. Make up dark, a sharp contrast to her moonlit complexion, but so was the rest of her ensemble. With a high wasted skirt, that looked like she'd torn apart many little pirate flags only to stitch them together. With one a long, pinstriped corset, something new - though the Springs will be happy to note that the pinstripes where green.

Carrying a new stetch book and a few pencils, some of them colored, the Wisp makes her way to the living room where she was going to be meeting the Freehold's only Springs and get down to brass tacks.

They had fashion to talk about.

[Seraphina]

When getting together with someone who did fashion, you didn’t show up in jeans and a tank top. Though that would have been more comfortable, but comfort was never a concern with fashion.

So she put on a white fitted dress with a pair of suede knee high boots. And yeah, she threw on some nylons, they did still make them you know! But it made a better contrast with the color of the suede and her dress.

Stopping the in kitchen first, the Nix grabs a water before heading into the living room.

Grinning to the Elemental, “Why Mhairi, is that a hint of color I see in your corset?” she asks playfully, “I like it, looks great on you.” She then takes a sip before sitting down, eager to hear what Mhairi had in mind.

[Mhairi Ankaa]

"Thank you, thank you." Mhairi beams, giving the Springs a twirl.

"Why yes, I thought a touch of verdant would be appropriate." a happy teasing grin, as Sera points out the pinstripes.

"And of course, Sera, a vision." Mhairi gives the female Fairest a once over. Her mind picking apart fabrics and colors and how the ensemble played with her gilded scales.

Then to Lucian she beamed, a quicksilver coated and dripping fingers reaching towards her hair clips. "I found them online, they're hand made. I think I want to get into it, maybe do some adorably creepy jewelry." once she'd admitted her dream of fashion stardom, she'd embraced the fact that she wanted. She wanted to have a line of shoes, jewelry, and of course actual fashions.

But today wasn't about her mortal aspirations, but the wonderful and fantastical nature of hedgecrafting.

"So!" she chirps finding a set, crossing her legs and propping her sketch pad atop them. "I did promise both of you that I'd design a hedgespun wonder...so...what exactly do you want? Jewelry? Clothing? A weapon?" Mhairi's fell-flames flicker intently. "Are there specific materials that you'd want it crafted from? Would you want me to move beyond designing to crafting? Or would you like to try your hand at it?"

[Seraphina]

Smiling when the other Spring came in, “Hey Lucian!” she greeted before watching Mhairi actually do a twirl. Which made her smile wider, seems she was enjoying the praise. And who wouldn’t?

“Thanks.” She beams as she gets compliments on her attire. Which wasn’t anything too spectacular, but it was still nice to hear.

“Oh! Creepy jewelry sounds like it could be fun!” the hair clips were cute, and not overly gothic.

“Well I defiantly want a necklace or a ring. Something that is easy to always wear. As far as materials, I was thinking things that tied into Spring. Perhaps even the dew that is always on the grass in the mornings, or even the rainbows that the suns warm beams are able to make shining through that dew. But, I’ve also never done this, so I’m not sure what really goes into it.” Which was true. She knew the power hedgespun items could hold, but how they were made was a little foggy to the Treasured.

[Mhairi Ankaa]

Mhairi's grin is infectious as the Springs enthuse about her creepy jewelry set idea. She'd known it would go over well with Lucian, but to see Sera taking a shine to it too, well it made the Wisp think that her evolving ideas and dreams weren't so terrible after all.

Mhairi nods, before she'd tried her hand at hedgespinning it was all Greek to her. "I understand, but it's really not that hard. We know how to do it, even without having it explained. Like Dreaming. It's a part of us now, that we're like how we are. It's all instinct." Mhairi stops, checking to see if the Springs followed or if she'd need to actually explain...which might be an issue, she'd just listened to her instincts about it, and spun whatever wanted to be created.

With a pencil she makes a line bisecting the page, on top she writes out:

jewelry
- necklace or ring.
// Spring //
dew - rainbows

then on the underside of the line:

whip
heft.
Thorn - contract of? - catch.
Eerie sparkle
when it rains and the sun's still out
a bloom in the shadow

Looking up at Lucian's question her pencil still, "Oh yeah for sure!" she chirps, nodding her head, then she gives them each a smile. "Hedgepinning's about instinct and will. What you want, and what is wants to be made of." she set the sketch pad beside her, as she reaches for her throat - her red ribbon choker with silver flames on it. "This, is hedgespun." with nary a thought she feeds glamour into it. It ignites, cycling through traditional colors of flame, and her own signature color. "This is actually my second piece I 'spun myself. I wove it together with mote of my fell-flame tears, and flickering never dying embers. It protects me, while also acting at a catch."

Then with fingers quick, she grasp a hand held folding fan. She flicks it open. The backdrop is black, and in the foreground are a scattering of Autumn leaves. Tough puzzlingly as the edge of the fan catches the light, it looks weirdly...sharp. "This is my baby. The first thing I ever 'spun. More out of necessity then anything." Once more the Autumn Queen feeds Glamour into the fan, the war fan keep it's mundane shape only the material is exchanged with the fantastical. "I created this, and it's twin from leaves who's death came with Autumn's first frost. I wove them together by the light of the Sickle Moon's Cheshire grin." she looks upon her fan, and then to the Springs. Knowing that when one first glimpses her delicate looking frosted leaves and moonbeam boning, they might miss the wickedly sharp ice hardened edge.

"So yes. Anything. Everything. It's easiest if you use something that means something to you." She flicks the fan closed, and sets it near her, it's chill has the Wisp shiver, even as the circlet of fire still blazes.

She pulls her sketch pad close once more. "A piece of Spring to carry around with you Sera. And Lucian, a touch of the dark, paired with the light. Something balanced. When you haven't fed glamour into them to you just want this to function like a mundane item? And once glamour's been fed, what do you want it to do? My choker protects me as I said, and my fans, well I made sure they'd do a wonderful bite of damage."

[Seraphina]

Leaning back in her seat, she listens as Lucian talks about what he wanted in a hedgespun item.

A whip? Now she’d be lying if she didn’t admit that her mind went in many different directions.

She was no prude, and while there were things she had yet to try, whips weren’t on that list. But then of course, he could totally be referring to a whip as simply a whip, something to be used in self-defense. Though oh how she wanted to ask, her curiosity chewing away at the barrier that stopped her from saying whatever came to mind.

Instead, she brings her water glass to her lips, taking a sip. See, she was getting better at this.
Lowing the glass, “Sounds cool.” And it did, not something she’d imagine as a hedgespun item.

She then looks thoughtfully at Mhairi, “Really?” a little surprised at how easy the Elemental made it sound. “Wow, kinda make me want to try my hand at it. Though I trust your abilities more than my own right now.” She wasn’t opposed to trying it, she would just feel better leaving it in the hands of someone who has done it before. Instinct and will?

Sapphires widen as her choker comes to life on her neck. The flames and their cycle of color almost mesmerizing to the Nix.

“It’s beautiful.” She says in a soft, awe struck voice.

Then came the fan, beautiful in it’s own way. Not as eye catching as the choker, but still stunning.

There was then a nod, “Yeah, something that can be passed off as an everyday mundane piece of jewelry. As to what it should do? As much as I’d like something to boost my ability to fight, I think right now something that can help protect me is more important. Seeing that you have two makes me realize that somewhere down the road I can add a second item.” Probably not as flashy as the fans, but she was sure she could come up with something.

[Mhairi Ankaa]

Her interest into hedgespun items was one of need. Ramona promised her war fans, but then never delivered. Mhairi had to venture out into the hedge to craft them herself. Her choker...because she was lonely. Sad and lonely. Wanting to busy herself and perhaps find comfort in something. To see the Springs delight in this small bit of magic brought a smile to the Ashen Queen's lips. "Thank you."

She nods, "I understand that. I wouldn't have tried to 'spin anything myself if everyone more experienced them me hadn't..uh." the Iron Queen lost in the Thorns once more, and the Blackbird Bishop, former Ashen Queen, in worse shape. A slave once more - to the Lady Salome. "Well, there wasn't anyone left with experience and since I wanted hedgespun things I didn't want to bother the others with it. So I tried to craft something, and it worked. Quite well actually. And I had a really good time doing it."

"You can have more then just two too!" Mhairi chirps, "You just need to go out and craft them - or have someone else to do it." She offers the Treasured a smile, "If you capture a song bird's song - you could make your own voice sweeter. It doesn't have to be about offence or defense. I could make you shoes that help you run faster, or a jacket, a dress - anything. Everything. Sky's the limit."

Nodding, with a quick "That could work," while she adds to Lucian's list:

Reflections
Catch / aid:
pin - A dark pool that, with a little touch of glamour, turns into still and clear water lit by moonlight

"Also, Lucian I want to make you something else, you're a King. I want to give you something to give you a little oumph." Her hands rise, before the drop once more to the page. Quickly the outline of a jacket takes shape. Structured, and perhaps a little more militant then one would think of for the King of Spring, but Mhairi thought that Lucian would love it. "Maybe out of shadow and wishes, or breathless sighs. Or maybe that dark edge of want." hey, she was trying to pitch this to the King of Desire.