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middaeg2019-06-04 08:31 pm
showsnopiety) wrote in middaeg2019-06-04 08:31 pm
She works hard for the money [Open]
Who: Caren and you!
When: Throughout the month
Where: Knit's Wit, Daisy Chain, throughout the city streets, various brothels
What: Quest time good time
Warnings:
I: Knit Wit
[Thanks to Justine, she's been able to find work, and a new set of clothing, at the Knit Wit. Which means that Caren can be found in the shop fairly often, quick and nimble with her fingers as she works on whatever project it may be-whether it is doing up a hem or adding embroideries to sleeves or other bits of clothing. It could be easy to hover and watch her for awhile.
Or she could take notice of someone crossing the doorway, and have to stop her work, and ensure her needle was stuck in the fabric so it wouldn't unravel.]
May I help you?
[Let's hope her customer service isn't terrible.]
II: Gardening with Class
A: Flowers and the City
So if this also has a magical property...
[She's excited, and leaning forward as she types down notes. For those who have seen her before, in any location...Caren is far more animated. She's absorbing everything, or as much as she can, even as she writes it all down in her Watch.
But she also has to wonder...]
Does this mean we could make a profit off of our plants? Sell the surplus to witches?
[If that means she can sell excess basil when she's sick of it...that's not a terrible idea.]
B: Arrangements and you
[She'd rather that the plants stayed in the dirt, but well-that was the price of doing flower arrangements that were pleasing to the eye. But...there were a few things that caught her eye. While some had given certain flowers, there were her favorites in anothers hands. So she had to go around, with other flowers in her hands.]
Excuse me. Do you mind if I exchanged my flowers for your hydrangeas?
[She looks actually girlish and hopeful for once.]
III: Festival Preparations
A: Harbor Cleaning
[It was good to do some cleaning. True, she was doing that in her new home quite a bit-there was who knew how much dust there-but she enjoyed making the Harbor presentable as well. Cleaning was something she knew how to do, and do well.
Though she never helped with a city wide clean up before. But the latest project-that she had to get to one of the windows and clean it off-was somewhat difficult.
It was a little out of reach.
She went up onto her toes. No dice. She tried to hop up and get it in bits, but it didn't help either. Seeing someone come by, she called out:]
A little help?
B: Blooming Pastries
[She wasn't always assigned to the harbor. Most of the time, she showed up on a day she wasn't working at the Knit Wit, since she needed to save up. After hearing what had happened to Connor-and how he just suddenly had a tail-she wanted to be certain that she had ever had that happen, or that Somnus had it happen to him-that there would be a nest egg ready.
Having 2000 cunes a day weren't anything to sneeze at. So she was working whenever possible.
Maybe it wasn't surprising that in the midst of making Apple Rose tarts, that her knees buckle. She might knock against you against as she starts falling to her knees.]
Sorry...
IV: Gardens with Class
A: Language of Flowers
[So they're supposed to...learn how to flirt and ply other people with drink was it? Well, this should go well. She could do this. And it was time for an exercise! They were paired off randomly, just so they could see if they could do it without the tips that were offered, more or less.
Shouldn't take more then a minute or two they said. She could do this. Easily!
Caren took in a deep breath, and leaned over, so she was pressed arm against arm with her companion. This might look intense, or it might just look slightly ridiculous, depending on the height difference.]
Good evening. Have you been enjoying your time here? I have, no that you're here.
[And she smiles. She's doing great, right?]
B: Flowering in the City
[All right. She doesn't understand this class at all. She huffs a little, and folds her arms under her chest, before murmuring to one of her class mates.]
Isn't it just a matter of flashing a little skin and making some false promises to charm someone into giving you money? That's how I thought it worked.
[Caren why are you saying such horrible things so casually.]
C: A perfect Arrangement
[Caren sighed. She didn't have anyone to bring with her, not really. She didn't know who she would ask to come with to this class. So it was a random pair up for the dancing, and she was standing there, shy and uncertain.]
I've never...danced before. So I don't mind if you take the lead.
[She paused, and continued:]
I'll try not to step on your feet.
Wildcard:
This can be for exploring the city, settling in Haven, all sorts of shenanigans! Or for making something completely different. If you have questions, you can contact me on plurk at![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
nammah
When: Throughout the month
Where: Knit's Wit, Daisy Chain, throughout the city streets, various brothels
What: Quest time good time
Warnings:
I: Knit Wit
[Thanks to Justine, she's been able to find work, and a new set of clothing, at the Knit Wit. Which means that Caren can be found in the shop fairly often, quick and nimble with her fingers as she works on whatever project it may be-whether it is doing up a hem or adding embroideries to sleeves or other bits of clothing. It could be easy to hover and watch her for awhile.
Or she could take notice of someone crossing the doorway, and have to stop her work, and ensure her needle was stuck in the fabric so it wouldn't unravel.]
May I help you?
[Let's hope her customer service isn't terrible.]
II: Gardening with Class
A: Flowers and the City
So if this also has a magical property...
[She's excited, and leaning forward as she types down notes. For those who have seen her before, in any location...Caren is far more animated. She's absorbing everything, or as much as she can, even as she writes it all down in her Watch.
But she also has to wonder...]
Does this mean we could make a profit off of our plants? Sell the surplus to witches?
[If that means she can sell excess basil when she's sick of it...that's not a terrible idea.]
B: Arrangements and you
[She'd rather that the plants stayed in the dirt, but well-that was the price of doing flower arrangements that were pleasing to the eye. But...there were a few things that caught her eye. While some had given certain flowers, there were her favorites in anothers hands. So she had to go around, with other flowers in her hands.]
Excuse me. Do you mind if I exchanged my flowers for your hydrangeas?
[She looks actually girlish and hopeful for once.]
III: Festival Preparations
A: Harbor Cleaning
[It was good to do some cleaning. True, she was doing that in her new home quite a bit-there was who knew how much dust there-but she enjoyed making the Harbor presentable as well. Cleaning was something she knew how to do, and do well.
Though she never helped with a city wide clean up before. But the latest project-that she had to get to one of the windows and clean it off-was somewhat difficult.
It was a little out of reach.
She went up onto her toes. No dice. She tried to hop up and get it in bits, but it didn't help either. Seeing someone come by, she called out:]
A little help?
B: Blooming Pastries
[She wasn't always assigned to the harbor. Most of the time, she showed up on a day she wasn't working at the Knit Wit, since she needed to save up. After hearing what had happened to Connor-and how he just suddenly had a tail-she wanted to be certain that she had ever had that happen, or that Somnus had it happen to him-that there would be a nest egg ready.
Having 2000 cunes a day weren't anything to sneeze at. So she was working whenever possible.
Maybe it wasn't surprising that in the midst of making Apple Rose tarts, that her knees buckle. She might knock against you against as she starts falling to her knees.]
Sorry...
IV: Gardens with Class
A: Language of Flowers
[So they're supposed to...learn how to flirt and ply other people with drink was it? Well, this should go well. She could do this. And it was time for an exercise! They were paired off randomly, just so they could see if they could do it without the tips that were offered, more or less.
Shouldn't take more then a minute or two they said. She could do this. Easily!
Caren took in a deep breath, and leaned over, so she was pressed arm against arm with her companion. This might look intense, or it might just look slightly ridiculous, depending on the height difference.]
Good evening. Have you been enjoying your time here? I have, no that you're here.
[And she smiles. She's doing great, right?]
B: Flowering in the City
[All right. She doesn't understand this class at all. She huffs a little, and folds her arms under her chest, before murmuring to one of her class mates.]
Isn't it just a matter of flashing a little skin and making some false promises to charm someone into giving you money? That's how I thought it worked.
[Caren why are you saying such horrible things so casually.]
C: A perfect Arrangement
[Caren sighed. She didn't have anyone to bring with her, not really. She didn't know who she would ask to come with to this class. So it was a random pair up for the dancing, and she was standing there, shy and uncertain.]
I've never...danced before. So I don't mind if you take the lead.
[She paused, and continued:]
I'll try not to step on your feet.
Wildcard:
This can be for exploring the city, settling in Haven, all sorts of shenanigans! Or for making something completely different. If you have questions, you can contact me on plurk at
no subject
You may be right.
[She smiles, small and tentative.]
But I still need to finish my work. I don't want to leave this unfinished.
[This being...well, so much festival prep.]
no subject
no subject
I...there's some shelving of the fresh product, and some pulling some of the product out of the oven.
Are you sure...?
no subject
Okay! You just let me know if I'm doing anything wrong, and we'll get all this knocked out. [He did think about being a bread-making viking once! That totally makes him qualified. Hiccup takes a few steps to where she was working, and surveys the station with a hand on his hip.] Is anything ready to come out of the ovens now?
no subject
[That's a good way to make good money on a daily basis. But she nods, moving to lean against a spare bit of counter space, still grasping her glass of water.]
Over on the far left but-don't forget the gloves. And-
[She touched the side of her nose]
You can give the air in front of the oven a sniff. If you smell it, it's likely ready.
no subject
Like she instructs, he leans in for a good whiff before he goes to take out the pans.] It smells ready. Smells really good, actually. What are these?
no subject
[Berk sounded close to Beserker, but-no. She was assuming. Beserker didn't have friends, per se.
As for the oven...]
Those are cupcakes. Once they've cooled down, someone else is going to cover them with frosting so they'll look like flowers.
no subject
[He sets things in the cooling racks as he pulls them out, curious what each new pastry and bread is.] What's frosting? And why flowers? We uh, we don't have anything like this where I'm from.
no subject
Though I suppose a scaly island is expected if that's where dragons live.
[It's a joke! Not a good one but still. She glanced up at him, vaguely surprised, when he admitted not knowing what frosting was.]
It might be because you don't have sugar where you're from. But you use sugar with a liquid usually milk, to make it into a creamy substance for attachment or decoration for sweets.
It can vary. And the reason they're invoking flowers is because of the festival. You can do different things with frosting though, depending on a few things.
no subject
I don't think we do. We just have honey- that's... not the same thing, I don't think. You couldn't make it creamy. [He's learning so much here. It's a bunch of random tidbits he might never need again but hey! He's having a good time.] Oh- right, right, the- festival. That's funny, making flowers out of food instead of just putting some flowers right on there. Some of them are edible, right?
no subject
[She smiled a little, but she made a small sound.]
Funny that you mention that; there is such a thing as creamed honey. But it's not usually used as a type of frosting.
And there are edible flowers but unless they're candied, they're usually more savory. Also, they'd fall off easily.