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- Ami James works on the first tattoo of the morning.
- Wooster Street Social Club promised tattoos to the first 50 people, but it looked like over 50 were waiting for the doors to open at noon.
- The guy in the center told us he was getting the Greyjoy kraken because he's a water sign, among other reasons. He hasn't yet finished Book Five.
- Here's the Stark direwolf, with the house mottos below
- The Baratheon stag
- The Lannister lion. One woman told us she was getting this because she loves fan favorite Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage on the show)
- The Greyjoy kraken. James says this one is his favorite, aesthetically speaking.
- The Targaryan three-headed dragon
- James prepares for his first tattoo of the day.
- Another member of the 2am crowd gets prepped.
- The Wooster Street Social Club was also hanging out temporary tattoos.
- The first guy in line shows off his stag.
- Here's a close-up.