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[levelshift]

[Accelerator normally doesn't like using the network very much, but right now he needs some very important information and it seems like his best option.]

How do you get blood stains out of clothing?

[It turns out when you reflect everything, you never have to worry about things like this.]

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[ascarylady]

Dilute white vinegar with water, let it soak, wash it out.

Plenty of ways to get blood out. Any of that will work. Depends more on what you're getting blood out of. If it's dry, fresh, what color the fabric is.

[levelshift]

Okay.

It's a jean jacket. Sort of medium-coloured. I don't want whatever I use fucking up the dye or the material.

[ascarylady]

[ Jean...? ]

You mean denim? Do NOT use peroxide if you care about the dye.

Salt paste or soap and a cold water soak are the best bet in that case.

[levelshift]

Yeah, denim. Okay, no peroxide.

That's it? That seems depressingly simple.

[ascarylady]

Laundry isn't meant to be complicated, and blood isn't that much different from any other stain.

Oil is way more annoying than blood to get out. Even chocolate is. But blood? It's just another liquid.

[levelshift]

[Oh, she just raised something he didn't consider.]

How do you get chocolate stains out of clothing?

[That seems like something he should be prepared for, given Laura is eleven and all eleven year olds are gremlins who love sugar.]

[ascarylady]

Are you getting blood AND chocolate on your clothes???

[ Huh? Ugh. Okay. ]

You have to scrape any chocolate that got on it off first, then treat it with baking soda. Let it sit for a good while before washing it. Cold water only.

White vinegar works for stuff that's been in longer.

[levelshift]

You're making a lot of fucking assumptions.

[He's taking notes, anyways. This is very important parental information.]

Baking soda and white vinegar. Okay, got it.

[ascarylady]

Wouldn't be the strangest combo I've seen people get on their clothes but I would still have to wonder.

[levelshift]

Well, I never said anything about this being for me.

[ascarylady]

[ Then who— wait. Denim jacket. She knows who has a denim jacket. ]

She doing alright?

[levelshift]

[He's glad he doesn't have to type it out. Just posting this was hard, admitting he's trying to fix a small child's beloved jacket would be incredibly embarrassing.]

Yeah, fine. Just really attached to some stupid clothing.

[ascarylady]

What? Never had anything you wanted to keep in one piece before?

[levelshift]

More like stains and tears are never things I've never had to deal with before.

[ascarylady]

You've never had to deal with basic life skills before. Noted.

[levelshift]

I didn't say that.

[ascarylady]

No, you did. Just not in those exact words.

[levelshift]

I have basic life skills, just not in this one specific fucking sub-area of laundry.

[ascarylady]

I'd think fixing your clothes is bigger than a sub-area of that, but fine. At least you asked. Better than ruining everything.

[levelshift]

I'm not stupid. When I need to know something, I don't mind asking.

[ascarylady]

Rare mindset. Don't forget it.

If you and the kid end up needing anything else, message me. I don't mind running a few errands for her.

[levelshift]

How do you know her?

[Just, y'know, checking.]

[ascarylady]

[ That's fair. ]

Pulled her out of the riot on the train. Made me try pancakes later on....

Maybe convince her to mix up what she's eating. Pancakes seemed to be her big thing at the time.

[levelshift]

Oh. Thanks for that.

[He was stuck in the middle of the riot, he knows how bad it got.]

I make her eat her vegetables. There's a lot of prepackaged shit at the convenience store.

[ascarylady]

[ ha ha well it was the least she could do when she helped her boss cause the whole thing soooo ]

That crap? I don't know. I don't usually trust anything with that much green in it.

[ What the hell is broccoli, anyway? Like, really? ]