[i]The[/i] plan? [i]The [/i]plan is what it always has been - catch Adriana's attention and hold it. 

Okay, [i]fine[/i]. I know, I'm just being difficult. You're really asking about her plans with the fashion lines, aren't you? Yes, it's plan[i]s[/i]. With an S. A girl can have more than one on the boil at once can't she?

At the surface level, purchasing two fashion lines will definitely grab Adriana's attention - of course, that attention is useless if all it does is get her judged as lacking [i]performance[/i]. Adriana needs to be impressed after all, and one of the prerequisites for her heir will no doubt be the ability to innovate. Not just in their own field of specialty, but across multiple fields. Using their own knowledge as well as that of other specialists.

Isabelle would be the first to admit (privately only, of course) that she will be out of her depth when it comes to specific trends in fashion - her degrees are in engineering and physics and she has other people to make sure her wardrobe is up to date after all. That said, she knows what she likes, and she has [i]ideas[/i]. It will then fall to others to execute them. All she needs to do is galvanise them to action and give them the goal.

Prime Couture's work with neural mesh and integrated imagery fabrics will be part of this. The ability to translate visuals to fabric with fidelity, to let the wearer's sights and inspirations shine through. The ultimate translation of artistic vision to reality. The other piece will be the drone technology provided by the other up-coming designer (she never did get that woman's name). Combine the two, miniaturise it if possible. Scale up the number of drones ...

You could have dresses that trail mist, walk as if through a nebulae, conjure a flame around one's shoulders. In smaller applications, you could make an accessory that would at least give the visual impression of anything you want. And that's before you get to the potential wider applications.

We all know that body modifications are possible with current technology, but sometimes you want to see what it will look like before you commit to the change. And virtual renderings always lack that real-life dimension. Taken far enough, one could make previews of any body part and change that they could imagine. Want to see yourself with a tail? A blue one? Or a purple? Have a try of this first.

So, what do you say Madame Toldeo? Does this sound ... enticing? Would you like to be a part of making this idea manifest?

[Roll to entice Toldeo's physical sensibilities - 4+6+0 = [b]10[/b]]

With all that said though ... if Isabelle were to be truly honest ... there is a second plan here. Hidden within the first, kept close.

She [i]very [/i]much wants that technology to experiment with Emberlight. Becoming a patron of both lines will afford her certain rights to use their innovations. To combine them. To see what they can do to make her mech even more formidable and difficult for opponents to track. It is this, maybe more even than her confidence in her fashion sense, that tips her to making such a bold play.