2019-09-21 - Textually Speaking

(TXT to Zoiya Dylan) Love : hey sweetpeas. are you having a good day?

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : I'm having a fantastic day, I just woke up. You?

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : It's going good. Errands of grocery shopping done for the day, now just getting a few thoughts out of my head and onto paper. You?

(TXT to Zoiya Dylan) Love : p much the same. haven't poked my nose out into the day yet — no cop activity overnight that i noticed. just the ice machine grinding out little baby ices.

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : Glad nobody is dead.

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : .. the mental image that gave me. Grinding out little baby ices. Least it was a quiet night for you. That's good.

(TXT to Zoiya Dylan) Love : i try, i try. <3 so this rich dude rolled into the Platinum asking after some commissions, and Mae and I are talking to Tony about — ever seen the Labyrinth. the one with Bowie's hotness & all the goblins.

(TXT to Zoiya Love) Dylan : The Labyrinth? Uhhmmm. Uhhh. Am I getting kicked out of the cool club if I say no?

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : I'm still trying to figure out how to make a sexy costume from that. Love, gonna need your help babe.

(TXT to Dylan Zoiya) Love : what. good god. we have to watch it immediately. really all you need is the ballroom scene, though.

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : Immediately she says.

(TXT to Dylan Zoiya) Love : Mae, i got you. we just need a bse dress, something right, then maybe some crowns.

(TXT to Zoiya Love) Dylan : I'll rent it off of amazon or something. No prob. Ballroom scene. Anyway, whats this all about?

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : Pardon me while I start shoe shopping online.

(TXT to Dylan Zoiya) Love : what we're looking at here is a shitload of papier-mâché masks. ever made any, D? we need to do some for the entire staff at Platinum, and some commissions for a carnival themed Halloween bash coming up. i said yes to way more than i can do alone, so i hope your answer is yes or i'm willing.

(TXT to Dylan Zoiya) Love : maximum sparkles, Mae. maximum sparkles.

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : I offer myself up to help with whatever you might need Dylan. Hands, support.. sharp tongue.

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : You want my help? I mean, yes, of course. Your stuff is amazing. I've made a few paper mache things before, yeah. Arts classes at school. Uhm... I might sorta have a basement full of a variety of eclectic shit I've collected randomly? Probably some interesting things in there for costumes and masks.

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : And I'll take you up on that Mae. Def will be good to have someone to try things on where I can see how it shapes to the face. And to help layer the base mache on after it is started.

(TXT to Zoiya Dylan) Love : of course we want your help, and yes, it's a paying gig too. i figured you might be able to squeeze it into your schedule for cash. not a lot of lead time, but if we make a couple master forms, we should be able to crank them. Mae, have you ever sat for a plaster bust?

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : No, but I probably can handle it.

(TXT to Dylan Zoiya) Love : it's not too long a process. technically we could just freeform them off a balloon, but they'll fit better done off a cast. i don't think the entire staff is going to want us doing the vaseline & base sculpt on them tho.

(TXT to Dylan Zoiya) Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nSzSfmC4MI is the scene in question. obvs we don't have time for gowns. special attn: masks & hair.

(TXT to Dylan Zoiya) Love : D your basement sounds like a treasure.

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : Right? I'm low key excited to nose around in there.

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : Yeah. It's... I just sorta keep an eye out around town, you know? I might have a small problem. And... well. You'll see, if you want to see it.

(TXT to Zoiya Dylan) Love : oh, we're going to see it.

(TXT to Zoiya Love) Dylan : And... yes. This scene is tots doable. And I'm gunna find the movie to watch the whole thing.

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : I never got to be a hoarder, moved around too much, so.. yeah. What she said.

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : So, if we can get a couple molds from Mae's face, then we can use them to do multiple paper maches. Some of these things, like that dragon one, is more complex. But ... how many do we need? And... yeah. Just. I sorta keep my life down in the basement, you know? It might be a bit weird. But, whenever you want to see.

(TXT to Zoiya Dylan) Love : one mold from Mae, then pour a couple plasters from it makes a form for each of us (and whomever else we rope in) to hold the base shape. we can also make a few of the demis based on simple store bought eye masks. not everyone needs a plague doctor special or full goblin.

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : Just tell me where you want me and when. I'm down.

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : I might ramble a lot during messaging. 😕 Anyway. How many masks and by when?

(TXT to Zoiya Dylan) Love : we need to find a hairdresser & a manicurist who does glitter tips & if anybody knows a costumer, my strength is sculpting & painting, not fashion design.

(TXT to Zoiya Love) Dylan : Nicole for the hairdressing. Think we could get the mask of Mae done today before you all invade the fire pits?

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : I'm just in my bedroom listening to Lizzo as I plan out a new routine. So.. tell me where. I'm there.

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : :image of one of those comic book poster characters, though this one is of a stylish - in the next door girl sort of way - woman. The only splash of color on her is the blonde of her hair and a faint transculent blue on fairy wings that sprout from her back. She's holding an overly large brush like a paddle and a barber's razor in the other hand. Beneath is, 'STYLE', and in lower letters beneath that, 'Hair Fairy'. "Totally Nicole for the hair. I'm not sure if she does more than hair at the beauty parlor place thing she owns."

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : Not sure about the costuming piece. 😕

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : This works out, I need my highlights redone.

(TXT to Dylan Zoiya) Love : yeah we can start the bust. it takes a little bit of time to dry enough to pop off. oh sweet. Nicole's hired.

(TXT to Zoiya Love) Dylan : More than welcome to come by my place if you want to do it. Dunno where there are public spots for this sort of work, unless you want to go to the cabaret to do it.

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : Let me stop being naked and I'll head wherever.

(TXT to Dylan Zoiya) Love : vaseline, swimming cap. lots of vaseline.

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : I have the vaseline, I can probably pop off and buy a swim cap for like a buck at the store.

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : Sounds good.

(TXT to Zoiya Dylan) Love : i'll go hit the supply store. hit me with the addy, i'll go now & swoop up all the shit we need. this is gonna be fun.

(TXT to Dylan Love) Zoiya : I'm as dressed as I'm gonna get until later tonight, I'll be down in about ten minutes Dylan.

(TXT to Love Zoiya) Dylan : It's 8 Elm. I'll get a space cleared and a chair she can sit while the mask is being made. And all right Mae... door will be open, come on in.

(TXT to Zoiya Dylan) Love : snacks & hydrate. see you soon!