when someone needs a makeover, I simply have to take over...

[livingdeadgirl]

Ami Aihara 7/6 near Viea Village

hi guys! quick question one of my bingo squares is to dress in the opposite of my aesthetic for a week which I think means dressing like a preppy girl, probably (bluh!) but the trouble is I don't own any clothes like that! so, does anybody have any preppy looking clothes I can borrow for a little while? like khakis, brand name stuff, anything on this list basically (it would all be in a girls size small btw) on a related note @James can you cover for me at the mall while this is going on for obvious reasons I don't want the gang to know it's me

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[frostythehitman]

You can ask my sister, she's around your age. She likes lots of floral dresses and pastels and whatnot.

Are you really that worried about what the kids at the mall will say?

[livingdeadgirl]

oh cool I didn't know you had a sister :o

and yeah I kind of am?
they won't understand why I'm doing it
I don't want to get shunned for a dumb reason like that

[frostythehitman]

Yeah, I don't usually talk about her much on here since she's not involved with this dumb app (thank GOD). You've probably seen her around at school at some point, though.

If they'd shun you for something as dumb as wearing something not black, then they're not worth your time. That's the whole reason we dress up in all the dark clothes and chains to begin with--to give conformity the middle finger. If they'd toss you out for not conforming, then they're just as much The Man as The Man is.

[livingdeadgirl]

oh ok! I will keep an eye out for her in the future :D
and I may be covered via the girls who have replied so far, but if it turns out otherwise I may come back to her

well it's not so much about wearing non-black things
it's because you don't get much more conformist than preppy fashion!
so it's like... wearing the flag of the "enemy," sort of
obviously I don't really think of it that way but I know Nancy does for instance
you'd think cheerleaders killed her parents, except she also hates her parents

[Nancy is an NPC I just made up, incidentally]

[frostythehitman]

If you want more info I can tell you, but only off Retrospec. I'm not saying anything else about my family where they can see it.

[ Granted, they already have his address. And if they have his address, they probably know all about his family too. But he isn't just going to roll over and accept that and smear his entire family's life on here. ]

Nancy's full of BS. If she can't take you wearing conformist clothes for a week, then that's her problem. The only enemy here is "playing by the rules," Nancy's or anyone else's.

[ Which, technically speaking, would mean they're the enemy too for playing by Retrospec's bingo rules, but James makes an exception for the rules of a literally omnipotent company who are untouchable unless you do play by the rules. Not that he's happy about it, but he's never happy there's nothing about this that could make him happy anyway. ]

[livingdeadgirl]

ok that makes sense
anyway I wouldn't mind hanging out more :)

although now you have me wondering what would count as "dressing by no one's rules"
since all fashion styles have certain rules and expectations to follow
the only exceptions I can think of are streaking and people-of-walmart couture
which is also sometimes streaking

[frostythehitman]

Well if you're not going to be able to hang with anyone at the mall, then fine, I guess you can join a Barnes sibling outing or two.

Ami, you do realize I've been wearing a blue spandex leotard uniform for the entire past month, right? I've basically transcended people of Walmart.

[livingdeadgirl]

WHAT

[frostythehitman]

Have you not seen me at all in the past month? It's like, all I wear any more.

I'm wearing it until Retrospec gives us the rest of all the blue back.

[livingdeadgirl]

apparently i havent!!!!
holy crap James
talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face

[frostythehitman]

It's only cutting off your nose if you care that much about what everyone else thinks of your nose.

The only people whose opinion matters on my terrible fashion sense is Retrospec's. And if I can manage to be a pain in the ass eyesore for them, at least, then mission accomplished.

[livingdeadgirl]

James this is Retrospec we're talking about
I really doubt they care how you dress
if anything they are probably yukking it up!

[frostythehitman]

They care enough to send me the dumb thing in the first place. If they wanted to embarrass me with it, then I'm not giving them the satisfaction--I'm gonna wear the stupid shorts proudly every damn day until they bring back the colors. And maybe even then some, just to keep rubbing it in their faces.

[livingdeadgirl]

omg pleeeeease dont rub your shorts in peoples faces

[frostythehitman]

Don't worry, I'd only ever do it in Jim's face.

And anyone else who works at Retrospec.

[livingdeadgirl]

yeah still not a mental image I needed, haha

[frostythehitman]

Well good. If it's that repulsive, then all the better to gross Retrospec out with.