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Lingerie has a minion!

Wacoal the Bram




Lingerie
Legacy Name: Lingerie


The Angelic Malticorn
Owner: Scribe

Age: 54 years, 2 months, 4 weeks

Born: December 31st, 1969

Adopted: 11 years, 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Adopted: April 14th, 2012

Statistics


  • Level: 46
     
  • Strength: 58
     
  • Defense: 10
     
  • Speed: 10
     
  • Health: 10
     
  • HP: 10/10
     
  • Intelligence: 6
     
  • Books Read: 4
  • Food Eaten: 0
  • Job: Register Clerk


Paris, 1920

When Charles died, I admit I thought more of my own fate than his. Who can blame me, surrounded by death as we were in those days? I grieved for my husband as I grieved for the soldiers I’d nursed in the army hospitals, as I grieved for the names on the lists…all those brave boys I never knew. But I grieved for myself like my heart had broken; my girlhood long gone, I was doomed once again to that special hell on earth reserved for single women. It was a good long while before I could appreciate those few precious months of married life, those scant weeks of courtship; all I saw was the years of loneliness and questionable respectability stretching out before me. I wept. I gnashed my teeth. I presented the very picture of the grieving widow.

In the end, I left London, but it was in less dire spirits and straits than I’d dared to hope. The Avery family was kind to their son’s widow, and Charles himself had left me what I considered a fortune, though his solicitor seemed to think it only a very modest sum. Even so, I couldn’t bring myself to stay, and I left London in the spring of 1919.

I moved to Paris. I bought a cat. And then I bought a shop.

Madame Mousseau’s was a portrait of fading grandeur; peeling paint with gilt around the edges. Mme. Mousseau herself wanted to retire rather than pull her declining lingerie sales out of the red. Like me, she was a widow, though she’d lost her own husband to cholera years and years ago. The war had stolen her two grandsons, though, and her daughter and son-in-law wanted her to go live with them in the country.

Refurbishment took the bulk of the summer. I spent the time acquainting myself with the city and placating the loyal remnants of Mme. Mousseau’s clientele. I moved into my new flat above the shop in August and opened for business on the first of September, the cat supervising.

Even now, I’m uncertain whether it was the fresh paint or sheer chance that brought her into my shop, or maybe that I was American, but Juliet Valcourt was my lucky break no matter what lured her in. What kept her was more likely my skill with needle and thread than my charming self, but she must have liked me well enough since she bought three corsets and a dozen bloomers in the month following that first fateful camisole. More important than her continued patronage, though, was her tongue.

Mlle. Valcourt was a frightful gossip. She told all of her friends about my little shop, and I soon had to hire an assistant (the cat, you see, refused to help with any of the sewing). She told me a little something about most everyone in Paris, or so it seemed. I thought little of it until one of the more scandalous stories caught my ear, as the woman it concerned had been in the previous Tuesday to be fitted for a girdle. Which fit all too well with the story Mlle Valcourt was telling me. I blinked a few times, stuck a pin in my mouth to keep from gaping like a fish, and listened more carefully to the idle chatter.

Other customers gossiped, too, of course, and I myself grew to be more observant as time went on. As my clientele grew, so did the secrets. Hiring assistants became a trial, looking as much for discretion as for sewing skills. In time, I found that the only task I absolutely could not trust to another was my own secret; I kept my own books because I had begun selling the secrets of others.

Credits:

Layout and coding by Charles, who is fantastic. Huge thanks to User not found: ariadne for patience in listening to story ideas, and to Sheik and Tears for help with the treasure chest. ♥️

Pet Treasure


Bairin Old Thimble

Box of Old Sewing Patterns

Adjustable Dressmaker Form

Measuring Tape

Red Craft Scissors

Red Seam Ripper

Cinnabar Two-Tone Bottom

Cinnabar Two-Tone Top

Loveless Box of Lingerie

Sky Captain Brassiere

Pretentious Bloomers

Goodgirl Bloomers

Cream Colored Bloomers

Ragdoll Bloomers

Heroine Bra

Hero Tighty Whiteys

Maids Lacy Bra

Mimi Moe Lockwell Bloomers

Calico Ballet Bloomers

Leafeather Brassiere

Genoa Lacy Top

Genoa Lace Bottom

Bossanova Cinch

Lililace Georgiana Garter Tights

InClover Ribboned Stockings

Black Sparkle Bra Bag

Black Sparkle Undies Bag

Red Sparkle Bra Bag

Red Sparkle Undies Bag

Hottie Bra

Feisty Heroine Satin Chemise

Giselle Kinkylove Frilled Panties

MayQ Tweet Garter Panties

Pink Sparkle Bra Bag

Pink Sparkle Undies Bag

Stallion Novelty Pouch

Tiger Novelty Pouch

Monkey Novelty Pouch

Snake Novelty Pouch

Purple Sparkle Bra Bag

Purple Sparkle Undies Bag

Giselle Kinkylove Tassels

Coconut Brassiere

Rabbit Novelty Pouch

Third Leg Novelty Pouch

Green Sparkle Bra Bag

Green Sparkle Undies Bag

Mini Kilt Novelty Pouch

Gift Wrapped Novelty Pouch

Santa Baby Boxers

White Mid-Length Balloon Pants

Blue Sparkle Bra Bag

Blue Sparkle Undies Bag

Black Thong

Red Thong

Pink Thong

White Thong

Orange Sparkle Bra Bag

Orange Sparkle Undies Bag

White Costume Bra

Black Costume Bra

Red Costume Bra

Cherub Panties

Yellow Sparkle Bra Bag

Yellow Sparkle Undies Bag

Purple Tux Thong

Dark Pink Tux Thong

Black Tux Thong

Old Wizard Panties

Teal Striped Bra

Teal Striped Underwear

Dark Pink Tux Boxers

Black Tux Boxers

Purple Tux Boxers

Kumos Panties

Purple Striped Bra

Purple Striped Underwear

Heart Print Boxers

Muffin Man Lovely Boxers

Keiths Darkmatter Boxers

Candy Corn Puffed Bloomers

Red Striped Bra

Red Striped Underwear

Skelly Boy Boxers

Keiths Boxers

Blue Boxers

Red Boxers

Yellow Striped Bra

Yellow Striped Underwear

Black Boxers

White Boxer Briefs

Red Frilly Bloomers

Brown Frilly Bloomers

Lemon Lime Striped Bra

Lemon Lime Striped Underwear

Green Frilly Bloomers

Blue Frilly Bloomers

Black Frilly Bloomers

Yellow Frilly Bloomers

Green Striped Bra

Green Striped Underwear

White Lacy Camisole

White Corset

White Frilly Bloomers

White Bra

Navy Striped Bra

Baby Blue Striped Underwear

White Fur Trimmed Nightie

White Strapless Bra

Sheer White Chemise

White Heart and Diamond Lingerie

Brown and Blue Striped Bra

Navy Striped Underwear

Pirate Bra

Duckie Bra

Flowery Bra

Yellow Bra

Baby Blue Striped Bra

Gray Striped Underwear

Turquoise Heart and Diamond Lingerie

Green Heart and Diamond Lingerie

Orange Heart and Diamond Lingerie

Red Heart and Diamond Lingerie

Pink Striped Bra

Pink Striped Underwear

Sheer Pink Chemise

Pink Lace Teddy

Pink Heart and Diamond Lingerie

Lilac Heart and Diamond Lingerie

Black Striped Bra

Brown and Blue Striped Underwear

Black Bra

Black Heart and Diamond Lingerie

Frilly Black Lingerie Stockings

Black Lace Teddy

Gray Striped Bra

White Striped Underwear

Sheer Black Chemise

Glamorous Black Gloves

Frilly White Lingerie Stockings

Glamorous White Gloves

Frilly Black Lingerie Top

Frilly Black Lingerie Bottoms

Sheer Red Chemise

Frilly Red Lingerie Stockings

Frilly Pink Lingerie Stockings

Glamorous Pink Gloves

Frilly White Lingerie Top

Frilly White Lingerie Bottoms

Sheer Black Lace Stockings

Sheer Pink Lace Stockings

Sheer Red Lace Stockings

Black Lace Lingerie Top

Black Lace Bra

Black Lace Panties

Frilly Red Lingerie Top

Frilly Red Lingerie Bottoms

Frilly Pink Lingerie Top

Frilly Pink Lingerie Bottoms

White Lace Bra

White Lace Lingerie Top

White Lace Panties

Red Lace Lingerie Top

Red Lace Bra

Red Lace Panties

Lavender Lace Bra

Lavender Lace Lingerie Top

Lavender Lace Panties

Pink Lace Lingerie Top

Pink Lace Bra

Pink Lace Panties

Green Lace Bra

Green Lace Lingerie Top

Green Lace Panties

Teal Lace Lingerie Top

Teal Lace Bra

Teal Lace Panties

Orange Lace Bra

Orange Lace Lingerie Top

Orange Lace Panties

Brown Lace Lingerie Top

Brown Lace Bra

Brown Lace Panties

Pet Friends


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