[ 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]

[never doing that again, what a huge hassle]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

In the meantime teen Firuz is anxiously hovering near where they initially disappeared, trying to figure out if he should just take this opportunity to grab all the money and run.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Loren is gonna wander by again, looking a little sweaty and dusty. Just gonna use whatever coin he found on the man to pay back the pho place and find something cool to drink]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

He can definitely afford to pay for a meal and a drink with what that guy had on him. That guy was living it up honestly.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[oh, Firuz]

You’re still here?

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

Y-yes? Should I not be? What did you do to him?

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Um, well he might still be alive, but it won’t be long enough ta really matter…

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

He says the Riverspeak version of 'holy shit'.

"So he's - gone?"

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Gonna stick around ta see who else gets gone?

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

"Uh- no? No, I can, um, I didn't see anything!! I'm not a witness!"

He is going to empty out whatever bronze age cash register they've got back here.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Reaching to add whatever he has left to Firuz’s stash]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

He looks VERY EMOTIONAL.

"T-thank you! I don't know why you did it but... but I promise I'll pay you back someday!"

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[oh no that’s baby logic]

I’ll just take a shiny souvenir now if ya have one.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

"O-oh. Um. Is that really enough? I mean-- no, okay, hold on."

He's just going to rummage through his dead owner's shit until he finds a fancy necklace.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

I can keep it as proof of a favor!

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

"I think it's also pretty valuable, so you can have this."

Hands over the necklace!

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[worldlyafflictions]

[Looking it over with mild curiosity]

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[socialcapital]

It's made of a metal you can't recognize, with a large emerald set into it. It SEEMS like it SHOULD be magical, but if it is you can't figure out exactly what the use of it would be.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Huh! Seems fine! I’ll return this later if it turns out I can’t do anything with it.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

"Okay. Um... I'm probably going to run away so I might not be here, but you'll probably be able to find me?"

He says it like, he's not sure, but he assumes if you can appear and disappear at random you can PROBABLY do that no matter where he is. Logically.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

I can do it. [Logically]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

Nod nod nod. This makes sense.

"All right! Goodbye!"

He is going to take all the money he can carry with one arm and take the FUCK off from here.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[savors his own ignorance about what horrors await baby Firuz]

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[socialcapital]

Honestly, a lot of the trauma was front-loaded, he gets a lot more agency from 16+.

You got the necklace!

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

[back to the party!! Checking to make sure the flower and mango aren’t too squashed from hauling a man around]