November chatlog with Fen

fenrirs_child:	please ask your friends to refrain from commenting on my commission journals. I posted because I'm trying to preemptively fill your slot when I finish next week, and I really don't need people who are not a part of our transaction posting on our business
Cani Lupine:	I'll pass the message, but honestly, they've been saying I should have made a post on AB by now :/
fenrirs_child:	can I be frank with you? I've wanted to say this for a while, but i've refrained
Cani Lupine:	Feel free.
fenrirs_child:	I think it was a very bad idea to mix business and friendship. The drama that got attached with this project because of the situation with NightAbsol has made it extremely unpleasant and difficult to get motivated to work on your suit. I'm not blaming you, because I know you couldn't have anticipated the outcome that came from that, but it's the primary reason I've taken this long
I've done everything I could to try to get this done, but I don't want to force it and put out a subpar project
there's also the fact that I severely undercharged, but that's my own mistake and I can't blame that on you in any way
so where do we go from here? I can finish your suit this week and next as planned, or I can finish it and auction it off and refund you, but I cannot do much more that that
Cani Lupine:	With it being so close to being done, I'd rather take the fursuit than a refund.
fenrirs_child:	Also, I had been considering giving you a $200 refund for making you wait so much longer than necessary, would that help the issue any?
Cani Lupine:	Besides, you've already been using it and my name in advertising
^^;
That's up to you.
fenrirs_child:	be honest, I'm not trying to fuck you over or string you along, I think you know that's true
Cani Lupine:	From what I understood, the extra set of handpaws was compensation for the wait
fenrirs_child:	things just didn't go as planned on any front
this is in addition to those
I do not want an unhappy customer, no matter what the reason
Cani Lupine:	As long as it's finished soon, I'll be happy.
It's just the dissapointment from the multiple missed completion dates that are adding up and starting to wear away at my patience.
fenrirs_child:	This coyote is finishing up tonight, along with some airbrushing on an ear/tail set, and yours is on the slate from then on out until it's finished
Cani Lupine:	Sounds like a plan. :)
fenrirs_child:	I understand, and I'd like to find a way to make up for the inconvenience.
Cani Lupine:	If you want to do the $200 partial refund for the wait, that's totally fine with me, it'll help pay for gas for the trip there and back. But, you don't have to if it's going to be a strain on your finances.
fenrirs_child:	lol, my finances are a mess either way, my father looks like he's going to bail and short us rent
we're entirely screwed, which is why I'm trying to fill your slot asap and get these things out the door
Cani Lupine:	Makes sense.
So yeah, go ahead and hold onto the $200
You need it more than I do
As long as you get my fursuit finished soon, I'll be happy. :)
fenrirs_child:	I've been doing 10hr days all week, I'm literally going as quickly as humanly possible to get caught up
also, you need to add me on YIM as mordrude
Cani Lupine:	Ah, that explains why you've been offline lol
fenrirs_child:	yeah, I'm not avoiding you lol
I don't mean to cut you short, but I do need to get back to work, alright?
Cani Lupine:	Alrighty.
I've got some work to do on my car as well
fenrirs_child:	again, I'm sorry shit happened the way it did, it was just a lot of things from all angles that shouldn't have happened
Cani Lupine:	So, the next When Furballs Strike meet is on the 15th. Do you think you could have Cani done in time, or would that be too much of a push?
fenrirs_child:	I think that's a possibility, but it's too early to bank on that yet
Cani Lupine:	Alrighty. I won't make any plans yet, and we'll play it by ear and see how it goes.
fenrirs_child:	I'm not sleeping until this coyote is done, though, and after that is your feet
actually, I should finish up your V1 style hands first, that'll be a quick process
Cani Lupine:	Are the V2 hands done at all?
fenrirs_child:	they're mostly done, one still needs some pads and they both need claws
I have one totally sewn, just lacking claws
Cani Lupine:	My thought was if one thing isn't done yet by the 15th, it could be one of the sets of paws, and they could simply be mailed later.
fenrirs_child:	yeah, that's definitely my plan
Cani Lupine:	That way I can still debut the fursuit :)