The next afternoon, the performance committee room smells of pressed fabric and classroom dust. Sana and her friend have laid the damaged lead costume carefully across a worktable.
The side seam has split farther than described, exposing loose lining and several broken stitches. Matching thread, pins, and rehearsal notes sit arranged beside the costume.
Two committee members, young women in loosened school uniforms, watch from the opposite side of the room. One twists a pencil between her fingers while the other studies Sakura.
Sana Matsumura
It’s worse than the tear they told us about. Yamamoto, can you tell where the seam started giving way?
Sana remains close to the table without crowding Sakura. Her hands stay at her sides, and she glances toward the pins before deliberately leaving them untouched.
Sana Matsumura
I’m not touching anything. Just say if you want me to move the notes or hold the fabric.
Sana's friend
The rehearsal notes mark a quick-change scene. They need the costume back before Friday, but we can explain the timing if the repair needs care.
“"This is my chance" Sakura thinks to herself. She locks in, seeing everything that needs to be repaired and gets to work, forgetting the world around her for a moment.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Crafts, rolled +3)
Sakura Yamamoto
This is my chance.
Sakura studies the split seam, the strain marks, and the broken stitches. The room falls away as her fingers sort the lining, matching thread, and safest repair order.
She reinforces the weakened section from inside, aligns the fabric, and replaces each broken stitch with small, even passes. The seam closes cleanly beneath her focused hands.
Sana Matsumura
Whoa. She’s not even looking up. That’s kind of amazing.
Sakura finishes the final fastening, checks the seam under gentle tension, and trims the thread. The lead costume is repaired, stronger at the stress point than it was before.
Sana's friend
It holds. And you found the actual problem, not just the visible tear. The quick-change should be safer now.
Sana Matsumura
Yamamoto, the committee is going to want you on every costume after this. I mean that as a compliment, and I’m asking first.
Secure the committee's agreement to respect Sakura's creative boundaries
Quest Complete
Repair the performance committee's lead costume
Attribute Upgrade: Willpower Good→Great