Did it!

I strapped into everything and just wow. I think the only thing I would do differently next time is at least wear a t-shirt rather than wear the harness bare-chested. The friction caused by that was a little pesky and I think it would be painful if I wore this for over an hour.

As I expected, it does get pretty warm pretty quickly. I wouldn't wear this outside in the heat of summer otherwise I might actually be able to pull off Flamethrower and Fire Blast attacks before... eh heh, fainting and whiting out (of course you see what I did there).

I think the toughest part is just strapping on the tails through the Ninetales suit. And that's mainly because it's just a tiny bit tricky to locate the holes in the back while wearing it, running the strap with the connector through it, and then linking it with the connecting side that's attached to the tails. I was able to use my bed to hold up the tails, but it does have me wondering if I might have trouble with that if I were to ever take this to a convention. I'd have to lean against something or get help. Another possible option is to lay it down on a large couch or chair and try doing it that way.

And OF COURSE, as soon as I strap into absolutely everything, my dad comes up the stairs to pay me a visit and I'm just laughing to myself because of course, he walks through the door and I'm wearing all this. Inevitably, showtime. But he comes into the room and he's TOTALLY INDIFFERENT. I'm actually a little shocked. He comes up just to give me an insurance enrollment promotion card and that's it. I tell him I'm just trying on a new costume and he acts like it's nothing new. Out the door. Well, I'll admit that with all the over-the-top costumes I've had over the years, I guess this is the norm for me. XD

I obviously didn't try sitting down in a chair because that sure wasn't happening, but kneeling, crouching, bending over, and lying down are still possible even with all those tails. Walking around isn't hard either. It's great and is quite a bit of fun to wear! I didn't wear it for too long because as I said, the harness was getting pesky on my bare skin. I didn't want it to get to the point where it would start to hurt. The weird thing is that even after a few minutes of taking the costume off, it still kind of feels like the tails are there in a "phantom limb" kind of way.

It's a great costume, though! I'll try to see if I can talk my dad into taking a few pictures, as selfies wouldn't do this justice and you wouldn't get to see everything.