“Well... if I can honestly take your word for all this” Carla started “I’m here for my son. Buy him a costume for a coming school costume party”. “I see” Crimson noted kindly “How old is he and by chance is there a best costume contest?”. “He’s 9 turning 10 and no. No contest” Carla answered “But he wants a Centaur costume”. “Then let’s get looking for one then” Crimson insisted as then went to the spot focusing on the centaur suits.
As it happened Crimson stopped himself and Carla just by this child-sized manikin wearing the centaur costumed themed on a dark-brown warmblood with a pitch-black tail and sized perfectly for boys aged between 8 and 11 by Carla guess. However by the setup had it set beside and adult manikin of the same breed of horse, coat and tail color included. Interestingly included to give extra height often associated with centaurs the manikins’ front legs were on stilts with the hooves on the bottom.
“Does this match your ideal?” Crimson asked. “Well I would say so... but it looks like it’s a pair job if you don’t mind me saying” Carla admitted. “Well I doubt you’d be letting your son go alone” Crimson stated. “Well true. But I was planning on using what I had to make myself look like Lady Godiva or maybe a WIB agent of you know what I mean” Carla continued explaining. “I do but I find it...rather sad your son doesn’t match one of his parents in choice-” Crimson started. “I’m a single mother” Carla firmly interrupted. “Oh then that mother and son don’t match” Crimson corrected.
“Anyhow I believe you’ll like the discount that’ll come with buying both” Crimson then stated. “Discount?” Carla questioned. “Well to start I don’t go below whole number cash if you know what I mean” Crimson started “Now the child costume here is 200 while the adult is 500. But if you buy them together for you and your son it will be 675”. “5/8 off the child... I’ll admit it’s tempting” Carla noted. “And I swear it’ll be better than cobbling something together while your son gets his ideal form” Crimson assured.
Sometime later back at home “So is my costume done yet mum?” Carla’s son Kazuki asked as he entered with Carla after being picked up from school. “Well as you brought it up I have a surprise” Carla assured “Head on to the sofa and see”. “Alright” Kazuki accepted happily as he ran over.
Seeing Kazuki smile was always a comfort for Carla, having lost the chance to be with his father and namesake merely a month before their planned wedding thanks to a rich idiot who assumed being born wealthy made one immune to alcohol intoxication and that red means ‘legal to go 200 mph’ after a long bar hopping session. Didn’t help matters Kazuki senior’s family back in Japan were opposed to him marrying a mostly Caucasian woman with some recent Caribbean heritage even if it didn’t obviously show.
“Umm... it’s way too big mum” Kazuki then stated as he held up the adult of the two costumes from Life Changing Costume Store after pulling it out of the bag as the exoskeletons frames were in parts in a separate bag. “That’s mine Kazuki. I managed to find a store selling a great selection of costumes and he offered a discount for a parent-child double purchases” Carla assured as she pulled Kazuki’s own out of the bag to show it. “COOL” Kazuki happily called out as he took it while placing Carla’s on the sofa “We get to be a double pack”. “That was Crimson Titan’s idea with insisting on it” Carla agreed.
That Saturday that was the day of the party “You sure you’re OK like that Kazuki?” Carla asked as she and Kazuki put the exoskeleton frames for the costumes back together ready to get them on. “Mum Male centaurs aren’t exactly known to wear clothes but armour for war” Kazuki insisted as he help in nothing but his boxers “Plus it’s warm out”. “Might not be tonight as we head home” Carla suggested. “Mum I’ll be fine” Kazuki continued right as his costume’s frame was finished and then Carla helped him get in.
“So what are you wearing mum?” Kazuki asked as his front was zipped up. “As it happens I had enough to make this” Carla answered while unbuttoning his blouse to reveal the light-brown cobbled together woolen cloth stitched together over a shoulderless bra with a makeshift shoulder strap going over her left shoulder that was quite covering in results. “Fitting” Kazuki remarked. At which point Carla completely stripped to her underwear before getting her stilts on before pulling her centaur costume on, finding it was actually somewhat snug around her waist but still allowed her to zip up “And we’re ready”. “Then let’s go” Kazuki called as he strolled towards the front door carefully: