Allison has been preparing for the past several days for this afternoon, and she's excited that it's finally going to pan out. Anchor, sadly, is lacking in terms of traditional clothing-supply options -- Allison isn't going to let Ben's first makeover be a used radiation suit that flatters no one! So, she's had to get creative. Luckily, when Allison puts her mind to something, there's very little she can't achieve, whether it's getting rich and famous, or tracking down her sister's awful, murderous boyfriend, or now, apparently, makeovers. She's looted through the unoccupied living quarters, trying to see if any of the old residents of Anchor left behind anything useful, and more importantly, anything in Ben's size.
Luckily, between the dorms and sadly sparse supply station, she's been able to come up with a couple candidates -- one pair of fitted gray trousers, a looser-fit but heavy-duty off-white slub tee, a soft blue button down, a white button down with thin blue stripes and rolled sleeves, and a dark blue denim jacket with fleece lining. She figures Ben will show up in a black shirt and black jeans, and these pieces are meant to be mixed and matched with those. Each of these pieces she's washed like, four times at least. It's like thrifting!
She hasn't brought any makeup, assuming that Ben probably won't want to dive into that right away, but she has brought some hair products: texturizing spray, pomade, a blow dryer, and a bottle of water with a misting nozzle that she stole borrowed from the spa. All of this is neatly folded and arranged into two plastic bags, both of them labeled "BLOCKBUSTER." None of this is ideal, of course, but it's better than nothing, and hopefully Ben has fun.
She's excited to see Cho, too. One of Ben's new friends! Allison has been introduced to people before, and she's pretty good at small talk, so she's not particulalry worried about that part, but it is a new feeling to be introduced to one of her brother's friends. The stakes are higher, or at least different. This meeting isn't about furthering her career, but about being friends with someone Ben cares about, and in that way, it's so much more personal than any introduction Allison has done before. Still, Allison thinks they'll have fun. From what Ben has told her about Cho (and about Cho's style), she sounds easy enough to get along with, and capable too, which Allison respects. Allison is a little worried that Ben has picked someone who apparently only wears scrubs and workout clothes to be his second opinion, though. Hopefully that doesn't cause any disagreements.
Allison waves at Ben and gives what she hopes Ben reads as an encouraging smile! It's certainly a big one. She then gets down to business, setting the bags on the table in the center of the space, and removing the pieces one by one.
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Luckily, between the dorms and sadly sparse supply station, she's been able to come up with a couple candidates -- one pair of fitted gray trousers, a looser-fit but heavy-duty off-white slub tee, a soft blue button down, a white button down with thin blue stripes and rolled sleeves, and a dark blue denim jacket with fleece lining. She figures Ben will show up in a black shirt and black jeans, and these pieces are meant to be mixed and matched with those. Each of these pieces she's washed like, four times at least. It's like thrifting!
She hasn't brought any makeup, assuming that Ben probably won't want to dive into that right away, but she has brought some hair products: texturizing spray, pomade, a blow dryer, and a bottle of water with a misting nozzle that she
stoleborrowed from the spa. All of this is neatly folded and arranged into two plastic bags, both of them labeled "BLOCKBUSTER." None of this is ideal, of course, but it's better than nothing, and hopefully Ben has fun.She's excited to see Cho, too. One of Ben's new friends! Allison has been introduced to people before, and she's pretty good at small talk, so she's not particulalry worried about that part, but it is a new feeling to be introduced to one of her brother's friends. The stakes are higher, or at least different. This meeting isn't about furthering her career, but about being friends with someone Ben cares about, and in that way, it's so much more personal than any introduction Allison has done before. Still, Allison thinks they'll have fun. From what Ben has told her about Cho (and about Cho's style), she sounds easy enough to get along with, and capable too, which Allison respects. Allison is a little worried that Ben has picked someone who apparently only wears scrubs and workout clothes to be his second opinion, though. Hopefully that doesn't cause any disagreements.
Allison waves at Ben and gives what she hopes Ben reads as an encouraging smile! It's certainly a big one. She then gets down to business, setting the bags on the table in the center of the space, and removing the pieces one by one.