[ JACKSON HEART ]

[socialcapital]

[ THIS HEART WILL HAVE CWS FOR:

- CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE
- SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE FOR CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE
- CHILD ABUSE
- SLAVERY
- DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE ]

Comments

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Oh! If I wanted ta prove ta somebody far away that I visited the famous glass house in Mahalen, what should I show them?

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

"Ummm... there's a flower!"

"You can eat the flower."

"But it's only good to cook right after you pick it, so you can only eat it here..."

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

It's just for me ta show off a little so it doesn't have ta be somethin' ya eat.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

"Well, you can have it just as a flower."

"It only grows here!"

"It's super special."

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Great, let's see the flower!

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

They both hold a hand out again. Hands that are now STICKY with FRUIT JUICE. Children are the worst.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Sticky! We're washin' your hands first!

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

"We're not sticky!"

"I'm sticky..."

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[...Can this mysterious artifact be a sink? To the table] Could we get some water ta wash our hands?

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

It thinks for a second, then starts bubbling over with fresh water from no clear source. There's no basin, but it drips over the edges and that could probably be used to rinse sticky child hands.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Making children wash their sticky hands]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

They begrudgingly wash their sticky child hands.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Ok, that's enough water.

[Drying their hands with his sleeves before he offers his hands to take] Now we can see the flower.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

The water stops flowing. Each twin takes one hand and once again they lead you off into the garden, to a... large bush/small tree covered in big silver flowers.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Eeh, these really taste good?

[sniffs...]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

It has a lovely floral scent.

"Yeah!"

"If you make it into a pudding it's really good..."

"We got that for our birthdays!"

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Heeh, fancy birthday pudding... [Will see if he can pop a flower off easily]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

It pops right off like a fresh fruit. Both twins give you a little patpat like good job, good job.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[It's his own fault they think he knows shit about picking fruit]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

This is the hell of hanging out with impressionable young children.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Terrible]

Well, I got a mango for my friend and a super unique souvenir from Mahalen. I gotta head ta my next stop but thanks for helpin' me out.

Firuz [point] Azir [point]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

"Okay, bye!"

They both point at you and go "Loren!" because this is clearly the ritual we are enacting.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[cute.. Tucks the flower away and ruffles their hair before he heads out]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

On the way out he has to dodge the bloodstain again unless he decides not to.

The market is as it was before, if slightly louder because now everyone has properly set up.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[There's nosy and then there's reckless, and he thinks it's probably fine to leave that alone just based on what he knows so far. Scooting carefully around the blood stain and heading through the market for a look around.]