2016/08/22 [DMFA #1689] Jyrras-brand shopping laser

[Lying Foo]

Headwings suggest this store caters to Cubi... given what we've seen of Incubus fashion, you might want to at least unfold it there, Dan...

[Tapewolf]

Headwings suggest this store caters to Cubi... given what we've seen of Incubus fashion, you might want to at least unfold it there, Dan...

The first panel looks like SAIA.  Given 'cubi and their love of flash clothes, I'd be amazed if it didn't have some kind of clothing shop or similar amenities.  The more skilled students may be able to create their own clothes via a combination of magic and craft, but the younger ones won't, and there are Beings and likely other races at SAIA that can't easily create the base materials at all.
I'm not entirely sure how the economics of it would work for Mink, Destania, Abel etc. who are/were remaining in the academy for an extended period of time, but I'm sure that could be worked out.

EDIT: That said, yes.  Better look make sure the pants aren't chaps or something else that would look good on Daryil and bad on Dan.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Technically, I don't -know- someone who shops like this, I -am- someone who shops like this. Why not? I mean, it's not like I'm trying to be fashionable...

[Wanderer]

What do you mean "know" one of these shoppers? Isn't this how everyone shops? What's a changing room?

[Puyon]

A clothes shop in SAIA... I mean, I have known colleges that make a business out of their students' work but it's usually the culinary kids.

Good thing Dan's not a lady. No such thing as consistent clothing tags for them, so they gotta always try things on ...unless it's a dress, I hear dress sizes tend to be more consistent than say... pants. But since this is a fantasy world, maybe everyone has a clothes sizing system that actually makes sense.

[Tapewolf]

A clothes shop in SAIA... I mean, I have known colleges that make a business out of their students' work but it's usually the culinary kids.

It makes sense, though - a lot of students (and staff) are staying for an extended period and will need supplies.  We don't really know how SAIA is funded - basic clothing could be free, for all we know.

[James StarRunner]

Yup. That's basically me shopping right there.

[Eboreg]

SAIA might have a larger connection to the outside world than we think.

[Prroul]

That right there? That's exactly how I shop. And proud of it.

If recall from Abel's lecture on shapeshifting clothing, it can be quite hazardous to have bits of yourself flapping around in the breeze, so to speak, so a clothing store is absolutely believable at SAIA.

[Dishonored]

If recall from Abel's lecture on shapeshifting clothing, it can be quite hazardous to have bits of yourself flapping around in the breeze, so to speak, so a clothing store is absolutely believable at SAIA.

Which makes you wonder why warriors favor loincloths, but that's a different thread... 

[Aisha deCabre]

This is me when shopping, too, at least clothes-shopping.  I'm not fashion-oriented either, just give me something comfortable and let me out of the store again. x3

Also, I'm gonna have to use "scruffle-haired dipplederp" somewhere in real life now. XD

[Tapewolf]

If recall from Abel's lecture on shapeshifting clothing, it can be quite hazardous to have bits of yourself flapping around in the breeze, so to speak, so a clothing store is absolutely believable at SAIA.

Yes, and shapeshifting clothes seems to be relatively advanced too.  IIRC Abel told Dan that it takes years to master complex shapshifting, and by the looks, Abel had been in the academy 40 years before he was in a class which showed how it could be done.  I imagine you'd use more normal clothing for the first 39.

Now that I think about it, clothes are going to get a rougher ride anyway, since if you don't sleep they'll get an extra 8 hours of use per day.  (If you're awake for years on end, presumably you'd still want to wash/shower every day and would change clothes then...?)

[Prroul]

If recall from Abel's lecture on shapeshifting clothing, it can be quite hazardous to have bits of yourself flapping around in the breeze, so to speak, so a clothing store is absolutely believable at SAIA.

Which makes you wonder why warriors favor loincloths, but that's a different thread... 

Distract-Fu. Make your opponent think about something other than killing you, distract him from that goal, and you have disrupted his flow, giving you an opening to exploit.

Or mutually exploit, depending on your preferences