I highly recommend learning to sew, and maybe visiting your local quilt shop or even a thrift store for cute fabric. I was feeling lonely so I just sat down and made a friend.
ETA: It's really a cheap hobby to start hand sewing too. You can start with a just a cheap mending kit, or some needles and thread from a craft store. And even though I bought this fabric from my local quilting store, it cost less than $4 and I could make at least 3 more of these lil dolls with what I have left.
I decided I really wanted to fill out @echoes-bookshelf 's selfship template instead of sleeping, so here's one with Al! Thank you for makin the template!!
I modified a few of the categories, so I thought I'd go over things. More stuff under the cut!
We have the same color scheme and taste in colors, which I find cute and funny. I wasn't entirely sure what to put Maratus's sexuality as, because in the winsome weapons universe it's basically only Albert. I like our lil tiny representative... creatures? I dunno, viruses are confusing. And despite me working so much on the soulmark au these days, royalty au is still my favorite. Soulmark is a close second though.
As for the nine boxes in the bottom half, they are (in order from left to right and top to bottom): favorite biome, an accessory they hate to be without, favorite item, relatable song, favorite color, favorite food, favorite plant, favorite outfit, and favorite weather.
And to go into more detail on all of those...
1, biome: they're both city boys in the end I think. Easy to blend in. Maybe not like, super big city, and they'd stick to the outer edges, but neither of them care for the country life.
2, accessory: Mara's is his spider legs. He's uncomfortable without his favorite weapons. And Al, of course, prefers to have his sunglasses on at all times. Maratus teases him for this.
3, item: Mara, again, wants a weapon. The first knife that Al gave him for a stealth mission holds a special place in his heart. Al's sunglasses are a close second though. Albert, on the other hand, likes his research. He'd probably need a fancier microscope than that, but it gets the point across.
4, song: tbh I haven't listened to much by The Pretty Reckless, but I heard For I Am Death on the radio and decided it was a perfect Mara song. And I though Bad Company fit Al pretty well. He might even listen to the song lol.
5, color: Al doesn't strike me as the type to have a favorite color, but if he had to pick one, undodgeable gun to his head, he'd probably pick red. And Mara has just always liked it.
6, food: Mara likes pizza. He finds all the flavors fascinating. And Albert likes a fancy steak. He likes it best served blue, but finding a chef that can source the ingredients and do it well is not common. So rare it is, in most cases.
7, plant: Maratus likes roses. It doesn't come up, but "rose" was part of his name as a child, so he's always had a fondness for them. The romantic connotations are fun too. Al likes deadly nightshade. 3 guesses why.
8, outfit: Mara likes his typical battle clothes the best. Comfy pants, sleeveless turtleneck, tall boots, and fingerless gloves. Sometimes he wears a blazer (or a cloak/cape, when Al lets him) to hide his extra legs folded at his back. Albert just prefers a dark suit. Understated but elegant. Sometimes a long coat for the drama of it all.
9, weather: Maratus prefers a lightly cloudy day, with minimal wind. No bright sun in his eyes though, he's kind of sensitive to that after living in a lab for 18 years. Albert likes a cloudless night. If you read my canon fics, you'll see that he likes the stars.
If you've read all of this, thank you!! I had a lot of fun with it.
