Alaia Skyhawk: Bring on the parodies!

Same disclaimer as was used on the original version of this scene.

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Outake 28: Chapter 7: Hope of Restoration.

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(The Renegades' Sylvarant Base)

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Remind me again why I agreed to this?

Kratos stared at Yuan over the bustle of the seamstresses that fluttered around him where he stood on a stool. He was wearing his Cruxis garb, minus it's insignias, and the seamstresses were having a field day filling in the gaps that the missing insignias left. Thankfully they'd limited their creativity to simply adding more belts... as if the garment didn't have enough already.

Yuan's expression was sympathetic as he backed out of the way of a woman rushing past with her arms overflowing with cloth and spools of thread.

/When making a formal uniform for you to wear in front of the men it's far easier to convert your Cruxis outfit than design a whole new one.. or do you want to spend the next week in fittings with women chattering over what looks best on you?/

They both shuddered, remembering the day before Yuan's wedding to Martel. The ribbons, the trimmings, the chatter about fabrics. They shuddered again, one of the seamstresses telling Kratos off for moving while she was trying to pin a new belt in place. This was by far preferable than that fate.

Kratos held back his mutterings and endured, glancing once more at Yuan before fixing his gaze on the far wall.

If I don't arrive on time at your apartment for that stew you promised me... send a search party... and I don't mean for me...

Yuan blanched a little and snagged the leader of this little group of happily sewing women.

"Lord Kratos and I have an important meeting to attend at eighteen hundred hours. You are not to delay him leaving here for that meeting, understood?"

With that Yuan left the room, the lady he'd just collared looking at him strangely, and headed off to his apartments and the incongruous little cooking stove that stood in the corner of his living room.

It was thus that at eighteen hundred-fifteen hours that Kratos strolled into Yuan's apartment and sat down before saying casually.

"Don't bother with the search party, Yuan..."

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Alaia Skyhawk: lol XD