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[middlebruh]

~Hey, yo this is Jiro. This means I'm not answerin' my phone.

I'll get back to you whenever-unless it's about my bros.

Later.~

[ooc: just specify text/voice/etc in the subject.]

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[sewist]

Nope, I think that's it! I should have your jacket done tomorrow!

[He giggles.]

There's so much beautiful fabric here!

[middlebruh]

Wait, are you in a store right now? Why you callin' me from there? You need help carrying something?

[Or was this guy still buying things.]

Weren't you trying to save money?

[sewist]

Um... [Caught.] I might've gotten a little carried away buying fabric, but I'm still doing okay! It's not bad, a-and I'm getting paid for something I made soon! I think!

[middlebruh]

Hah? You think?? Chloe, what the hell? Did you not take payment up front?

[Now he's contemplating whether he's going to have to pull an Ichiro and go beat someone up if they don't pay.]

[sewist]

N-no, I just took some for the materials up front. I didn't want them to pay for it if they hated what I made!

[At least Jiro can't see him cringe.]

People might try to rip me off if I keep doing that, huh...

[middlebruh]

Obviously. Look, I'm not the best with money but you can't expect everyone to be nice like that. We've had clients try to cut and run without paying us before but we had Saburo to track them down. I'd help you out but I can only do so much.

Besides, I got other stuff t' do other than hold your hand because you bought too much fabric.

[sewist]

S-sorry...

[Oh, now he feels like a big inconvenience. He'll try to do better next time he has a commission.]

You don't have to help me! I'll be okay!

[middlebruh]

[Oh, Jiro said something wrong, didn't he? Briefly he thought back to Ichiro scolding him for being like that-watch your words and all that jazz-but wasn't he supposed to not listen to everything his brother said? Or was this one of the things that he was right about.

Whatever, he didn't have enough brain cells for this. He needed to make Chloe feel better.]

What? You can't force me to do anything. If I wanna help you, it's because I want to. We're friends and I'm not that kind of guy. I'm just tellin' you to take care of yourself better.

[sewist]

Y-yeah! I'll try!

[Chloe sighs. This means figuring out how much to charge for things, which is scary...]

I am thinking about getting a job, too...

[middlebruh]

Huh? Isn't the whole clothing thing your job?

[Listen, he KNOWS how hard working multiple jobs can be.]

[sewist]

Not really... I'm not good enough to make money from it, not yet.

[A little sigh.]

Plus, I've only made... maybe ten or fifteen outfits in the past three weeks? That's not enough!