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Covet: Tae was working on the arm peices of Noah's Halo suit. She had an underarmor shirt and was in the process of marking out the armor pieces in L200 foam so that she could layer them up. Plugged in she had a heat knife in order to cut it more smoothly and melt the edge to keep it from crumbling while she worked with it.
Alexithymiaa: -Noah had been hovering over her watching her work, but mostly staying out of the way because he knew where his skills were applicable and this was just not one of those instances. Leaning over the top of her head to watch, he raised his brows. "Why are you doing so many?"-
Covet: "Because I'm layering them up to give them bulk so when I take them over to my friend's place the plastic form going over top will vacuum seal to make it look like it's heavier and more effective than what it is." She explained to him. The smell of the melting foam wasn't exactly appealing but she was used to i.
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Alexithymiaa: "Oh. Right." He said like he really understood which he definitely did not. He watched further what she was doing, wrinkling his nose because he was in fact not used to the smell. "So how long is this part going to take?"-
Covet: "Well I have to cut the pieces, then I need to glue them together, then carve them back down with an exacto knife and the heat knife, with all of the thinner detailing so I can probably get the two arms done in a few hours or so." She told him.
Alexithymiaa: "That's a long time for one part." He said in a smaller voice, feeling a little bad she was spending so much time on this costume. "Is there anything you want me to like... do?"-
Covet: "Two full arm pieces? Shoulder to bracer? Not really... That might be quick actually. You wanted a detailed suit, so I'm putting my best in it." She said. "I've got the pieces for the other arm done if you want to start putting the cement glue on them and stacking them up. I've got them chalked out so you just need to match the piece with the marking beneath it."
Alexithymiaa: "I can do that." He dropped down to sit next to her, reaching for the jar of cement glue and unscrewing it. He immediately leaned his head back, wrinkling his nose. "Jeez, this stuff is strong."-
Covet: "Yeah, we should probably crack open the door between the foam and the glue, it can get pretty overwhelming in here." She said to him as she got up to open the door. "The only downside to all of this is that you have to use some pretty strong stuff to make sure it all lasts."
Alexithymiaa: "I get it, but this shit is awful." He held it away from his face, pulling the brush out of the jar and beginning to brush the cement over the foam, coating it evenly across the entire piece before pressing them together.-
Covet: "Use your shirt to cover your mouth and nose." She said to him. "Once I get all the pieces detailed, I'll need you to get the underarmor shirt on so that I can make sure they're put in the right places before I tack stich them in place for the right curve of your arm."
Alexithymiaa: "You're not going to stab me are you?" He asked quickly, moving his hand to pull up the collar of his shirt to cover his nose and mouth, giving the pieces a little toss over to her as he reached for the next ones to get those glued together also.-
Covet: "Oh stop it. No I'm not going to stab you. I use a surgical needle that's curved. I just need to stich it in place so that I can put a silicone backing behind the cloth before I glue it to the fabric to stay permanently. I can't do it while you're wearing it because then it will stick to you."
Alexithymiaa: "Alright alright, fine. Calm down." He said with a roll of his eyes, finishing up the pieces and recapping the cement jar. Give me the thing." He reached out to grab the shirt, pulling his own off over his head and tossing it onto the back of the chair before tugging the under armor down. "Now what do youw ant me to do?"-
Covet: "I am calm." She told him throwing one of the scrap pieces of foam at him. "Just hang out there. I'm still working on the detailing on this thing. "Actually. Thread that curved needle with the black waxed thread." She told him pointing to it on the coffee table.
Alexithymiaa: -He reached over to pick up the needle and thread, twisting the end of it and then attempting to thread it through like four times. Letting out a huff, he leaned over to rest his elbows on the table to keep his hands a bit more steady, finally getting it through. "Here, I don't know how to like... tie it or whatever."-
Covet: "It's fine, you don't need to tie it, just give me a decent amount of slack before you cut it. I'll tie it when I'm stiching it." She said to him grabbing the next armor piece so that she could have one full arm looking mostly complete before she attached it to him.
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Alexithymiaa: "Uhhh...." He pulled on the thread to unroll it a bit, holding it up for her to see. "Like this? I have no idea what I'm doing. If that wasn't apparent to you..."-
Covet: "You act like it's rocket surgery. It's just unraveling thread. Yes... that looks good. Just cut it." She told him shaking her head. She set the heat gun down and trimmed up a few edges with the exacto knife before moving over to him to get it stiched in place.
AlexithymiaaAlexithymiaa : -He snipped the thread and then set it down on the table, taking the time to flex a bit in the under armor shirt because that's what he does whenever he puts on one of his own.-
Covet: "Thanks for the flex." She said to him with a laugh as she went about sticking the needle through the shirt after pulling it up then pushed it through the foam. She did this part pretty quickly, but she was was particularly good at the sewing parts. "Okay Shoulder done.. next is the bicep piece..." She said more to herself than anything.
AlexithymiaaAlexithymiaa : "Should I like..." He paused, lifting his arm and flexing for her a bit. "Pose?"-
Covet: "No. Just... no..." She told him with a laugh, grabbing the next piece to attach it to the shirt.
Alexithymiaa: -He dropped his arm down to his side, rolling his eyes. "Are you not going to let me have any fun with this?"-
Covet: "You can have fun with it, when I get it finished." She told him rolling her eyes back at him. "I need you to pick up a motorcycle helmet at some point that we can destroy."
AlexithymiaaAlexithymiaa : "Anything inparticular you had in mind?" He asked as he tried to stay still so she could finish what she was doing and then he could mess around some more.-
Covet: "Something more, BMX or Motocross based. It has the right shape we're looking for. I'm going to need your help wiring the lighting for the helmet visor." She told him finishing that part. "Okay relax for a bit I need to finish the other arm pieces.
Alexithymiaa: -He dropped his arms and then sort of wiggled them around, flexing some more. "Okay. Are the light strips I got going to work, or do we need different ones for that?"-
Covet: "We might want some single diodes because the strip lighting is going to be super bright that close to your face and it will light up the plexi glass too much. You want one for each corner. I'm going to dry and work in some grooves to line with some fiber optics from the diodes so that it will have a digital screen look."
Alexithymiaa: "Okay, I can do that. I need to look up a couple things because I think the way I was doing the other strip lights won't work for this, but I've got some good ideas of how to make this work. Is there a place for a power supply like... sewn into the suit or something?"-
Covet: "Yeah, I was thinking about a battery pack we can build into the helmet. We can run it off of some tripple a's or some button batteries. Tripple a's will have a longer power supply time." Tae said as she worked on the detailling some more.
AlexithymiaaAlexithymiaa : "Yeah I realistically want to go an entire party with the lights on without having to change batteries. Is that unrealistic?" He asked unsurely.-
Covet: "No not at all, I try to make my stuff last for an all day convention. So it should be easy enough to do. Plus I always bring spares just in case." She told him.
Alexithymiaa: "They're small lights so they shouldnt eat too much power, it sort of just depends how many we use. Where else are the lights going?" He asked her, starting to circle around as he flexed.-
Covet: "Probably just in the occasional parts of the suit, that blink or flicker here and there." She said to him as she finished what she was doing." Okay sit back down so that I can get these ones sewn on."
Alexithymiaa: "I dont think we'll have an issue then." He said as he dropped into a chair, holding still so she could go about sewing the other pieces onto him.-
Covet: "I'll have two different battery packs. One for the suit and one for the helmet. That way you're not attached and can take the helmet off with no issues for drinking and eating purposes." She said as she got about stiching the foam pieces to the suit.
Alexithymiaa: "Is there anyway to make the visor shield retractable? That way I wouldn't really have to take it off my head entirely to eat or drink, but it's still cool looking? Or is that insane?" He asked unsurely, not really having any idea what she could or couldn't do.-
Covet: "Not Mechanicaly retractable, but If you get the right helmet, you should be able to find one that the face plate of the helmet pulls back." She said to him working on the next piece.
Alexithymiaa: "Well then I'm going to work on trying to find that type... because that would be cool as fuck." He sat grinning to himself, watching her work. "This whole costume is taking forever though. I cant just wear it on Halloween. When else can I wear it?"-
Covet: "If I can keep up on it we can have it done in time for ECCC in Seattle." She told him.
Alexithymiaa: "And what the fuck is that?" He asked very matter of factly with his arms out to the side in question.-
Covet: "Emerald City Comic Con....." She said staring at him blankly because she thought he knew about some of these things.
Alexithymiaa: "Wow, that was probably the most judgemental tone I've ever heard you use. Cool." He spoke in monotone, glancing at her and then feeling like she was boring holes into his head. "Wow, I'm sorry, okay? I don't do this."-
Covet: She laughed at him as he panicked. "It's fine. Take that off so that I can get the glue on it for tonight and I can get to bed. I have to be at an early morning rehersal thing for my dance class." She said to him as she yawned.
Alexithymiaa: -He pulled the shirt off over his head, careful not to ruin anything she'd done with it thus far as he set it down on the table for her. "I'm going to jump in the shower. I'll try not to say anything else dumb tomorrow." He leaned in to give her a kiss, grabbing the other shirt he'd been wearing to take back into his room so he could shower.-