Laundry

Katagiri often did laundry at the Ishida house. Laundry isn't a particularly physical task, and the complexity of the matter varies. Katagiri often reflected on all the problems with Quincy laundry, so much so that she had formed a mental list of all the things that she hated about Quincy laundry. On some level, she realized that having this list was not entirely healthy, but she was proud of it anyway. Besides Katagiri knew that thinking about all the reasons that she hates laundry was in some ways better than thinking about things like: why her crush is going to marry a woman that doesn't love him, why she is working for such a messed up family in the first place, or if the Ishida's are even crazier than her family (maybe all Quincy families are crazy- they do see dead people)...No, laundry list... laundry list... Number 1...

Quincy place high value on their uniforms being pure white.

- Keeping clothes white is not an impossible task, but made much more difficult by numbers 2-4

The Quincy uniform is made up of both white and blue.

- Now usually Katagiri could making sure the blue doesn't stain the white by remembering to wash cold when uniforms are new and trying to get the uniforms made of fabrics that won't bleed. But the fact that the uniforms are not pure white, meant that Katagiri couldn't just douse everything in bleach, rather she had to go figuring out appropriate stain removers because…

Killing Hollows is not a sweat free activity

- Katagiri knew some Quincy that if you watched them, you might think that killing hollows is easier than making breakfast. Appearances lie. Katagiri had seen the uniforms, and BO stains don't lie.

Sometimes blood is involved.

- Believe it or not, sometimes during fights with giant undead monsters trying to devour your soul, blood gets on the uniform. Blood is notoriously hard to get out too, especially when you can't use bleach.

Quincy often love having most of their clothing either be white or blue.

- White clothes stain easy. Katagiri really doesn't want to be on laundry duty when Ryuken gets a kid, because she will not be responsible for keeping that kid's clothes white.

You had to wash the uniforms separate from the normal whites because the metal bits aren't all detachable and will sometimes tear the fabric of more delicate whites.

- Yeah you try telling the lady of the house that her favor bra is ruined because it got mixed in with her husband's Quincy uniform.

Sometimes Katagiri thought the Quincy uniform was designed simply to vex her. During those times, she likes to imagine making changes to the Quincy uniform so that the areas with the most blue or the areas most likely to get blood and sweat on them, could be separate pieces for easy maintenance, but then you have to worry about reaction time with a uniform with too many pieces. It was something to think about during the folding part. Katagiri often thinks about many things during the time, but then Katagiri has done a lot of laundry.

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Author's Note:

I don't own anything. This was meant to be somewhat humorous (Katagiri does seems to spend a great deal of time being sad)- if it wasn't at least alittle humorous, tell me and I won't try to be humorous again. I think people were wanting more Katagiri- so now she has two fics :), but still no character category for fanfic :(. The thing I love most about the Quincy's is besides the fact that they have super powers and fight monsters, they are perfectly normal. They have to go to school, do their homework, and find jobs. Quincy have to pay taxes and bills. Quincy have to do laundry.