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[Maldevious]

A, A

[Cheesecake]

B, E

[Shook]

A because PLUMMMMMMMMMS

C because dragons are like spiky dinosaurs with wings

so there

[SomeStupidGuy]

B Shook convinced me that A's better through that clear and concise reasoning. Annnnnd C.

[Haspen]

* Haspen mandates more votes :v

[Parsely]

A, E

[scapheap]

A, E

[evilcherry]

A, E, and Veto C of the latter part of the vote (as it is an act of treason)

[Harry Baldman]

A and E, because being known only because you have some figurine is pretty sad, all in all.

[Haspen]

As you open the door leading outside your apartment, fresh morning air makes you remember everything clearly.

You are Li Wu, one of the craftsman caste, and the trade you learned since you were a child was clothesmaking. You cannot afford your own shop; instead, you have rented a stand at nearby market, which is one li south from your house.

You are well known in the neighbourhood as accomplished and rather wealthy clothier, dealing in linen and silk alike. You live in a two-story house; the top floor, with its three rooms, is all yours. The ground floor is occupied by the elderly couple of  pharmacists.

You look around from the staircase on the city around you, the tall wooden houses were built in neat, orderly rows along the streets. Chraftsmean and peasnts roam the streets, going about their business, as you see various peddlers advertising their merchandise.

And then you see them - the pair of bald monks in orange and brown clothes, walking down the streets. It's funny; you remember visiting the newly constructed 'White Horse Temple' at the city's outskirts to sate your curiosity about this new religion, 'Buddhism'. It's not more than five years since that temple was finished and the buddhist monks are almost everywhere by now. If not for the glorious Emperor Ming, they wouldn't be here.

You aren't particularily keen on those fancy religions, but you aren't very devout worshipper of ancestors either. After all, there so much work to do each day that you barely have time to visit the shrines.

You are sure you have something to do today; Lady Ping still needs her silken dress to be finished, and selling some linen clothes at the market wouldn't hurt; you managed to make quite a handful of them last week. Still, you have moved to the city just few months ago; there's still lots to see...

So what do you do now?

[Cheesecake]

Finish Lady Ping's silken dress.

[Maldevious]

Work on the dress, but take time to stroll about and take in the sights of the city around lunch.

[Harry Baldman]

Finish Lady Ping's silken dress.

This, certainly. The faster and better we get it done, the better our reputation as a reliable provider of services.

[evilcherry]

((So this is AD 73.))

Finish thee dress.

[Haspen]

You retreat into your apartment and prepare to finish the dress. It is basically done, but it lacks decorations with white and golden thread, a pattern of flowers sprouting and climbing across the dress from the bottom to the top. The same was for the sleeves - Lady Ping really likes the decorations, even more than the actual clothes themselves.

Your tools are there and so is the dress, and you quickly find few bolts of rolled thread in one of the baskets under the table.

Minutes turn into hours as you work diligently on the red cloth, your fingers directing the needle that imprints the flowery design. If you could finish the dress today, you might even get a bonus reward for your speed - but then again, Lady Ping is the second wife of the district's tax collector, and she is known to be rather frugal with her savings...

You finished the bottom half and the left sleeve, and were ready to start on the remaining sleeve, when suddenly you heard some footsteps on the staircase outside and then, a knock on the door.

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