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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