CustardSlice

Redwood Reform Academy

Kieren

As if by thinking of her, he had summoned her up, the girl that Kieren had assumed an escapee sat down next to him. He shuffled a little in his seat to make room for her and frowned; he hadn't really wanted to give up the free space next to him. He pulled his bag across to the other side of him, knowing full well that there were thieves and not willing to risk that the girl sitting next to him was one of them. Not that he had anything that looked interesting or important in there.

He looked up at (@ineffable) the girl and glanced over her. She was very pretty and had an innocent-looking face. He imagined she could have run rings around the police with a face and lips like that. She raised an eyebrow at him and instantly his fondness was gone. He'd had that same look from his mother for years. He replied to her bluntly, "attempted murder. My old man claimed I'm unstable so they sent me to this shit-hole instead. Suppose you're here like most of them - face like that you'd make a good con-artist."

Trip

Ethan's eyes lit up at the bright new buttons he could press that errupted onto the screen. He pushed the green one and shrieked as the grey sillhouette of a person popped up on the screen, "'adoooh!" he greeted it, kicking his legs with excitement and pushing more buttons, including the loudspeaker button.
In the kitchen, Silkie the dog's ears pricked up and she padded back over to the boy curiously. She sniffed at him, then loudly over the phone, before she grumbled lightly.

The Thieves Guild

@Hazy If my character is okay then she's been using the guild just a few maybe 2/3 months.

Little shop of curiosities

Just to let you know, I'm out all day and evening today so I won't be able to reply! V is free to interact with the current customers if she wants to @OliviaV, it's totally up to you! :)
- Falki x

Little shop of curiosities

Kale leant back against the desk in the shop and watched V carefully. He smiled softly, watching her working with each bottle, sniffing each in turn and working like an expert with the herbs and pastes already available in the shop. He sent impressed looks across to True and studied her actions, taking notes for the future. When she finished, he'd already made up his mind. That was when True squawked suddenly and bristled on his perch.

A giant of a man (@bloonewb) squeezed himself in through the door and his booming voice filled the room. Kale greeted the man with a warm smile and stepped up before him. He reached out a hand and hovered it over the new customer's huge hand, worried for the bottles and glassware on the shelves. "Might I help you find what you are looking for, good sir? Do I hear you correctly? Are you looking for medicine?"

Still bristling from the sight of the huge man, True lowered his head and gripped his branch. He had never seen such a huge creature before and certainly never in the shop. He took up so much space, it was almost hard to see Kale and V. Movement caught his eye and True whipped his head across to see a new customer sneak in through the doorway (@MiraChan). He caught her eye with his own black ones and blinked slowly, watching her. Sensing a slightly different reason behind this girl's visit, he allowed his bristles to fall flat against his back and addressed her. "Can I help you?"

Redwood Reform Academy

@ineffable No problem, I saw you were trying to get involved, thought I'd try to help :) and no, he didn't die but was very badly injured. Guess that's my awful wording in his CS there :S

Little shop of curiosities

Kale took the girl's hand and shook it firmly. "A pleasure to meet you, V. I will read through your application here." He watched her wander curiously, then unfolded the parchment and read through the application. True wandered along the desk, before leaping into the air and gliding across to Kale's shoulder, where he perched on a strong arm that Kale lifted for him. He sniffed at the page and attempted to make sense of the words, before jumping back across to his perch, where he resumed his occupation of keeping an eye on V.

Kale folded the letter back up and looked across at V, about to speak, when he raised an eyebrow instead. "I hadn't considered it," he stepped across to her side and looked from the balm to her, "why don't you show me these skills passed from your parents and create your own version for me here? It will be a test... almost an extended interview."

True snorted from his perch, "Her real test will be finding the ingredients in this mess."

Little shop of curiosities

@bloonewb Yep, your character can walk into the shop at any time. If there are other people, you might need to wait to be talked to unless you join into the conversation going on of course :) There are 2 employees at the minute; Kale and True, so one of them will hopefully be free to talk to :)

Trip

Ethan squirmed and squealed, grabbing for the phone in Zain's hand. Reluctantly, Zain put the boy down and quickly found a child-friendly game for him to play, then handed the phone to him. Ethan happily took it and squealed as he pressed buttons and watched the colours flash. Zain smiled, then headed to the kitchen for a drink, petting his dog on the way past. "You'll be wanting a walk, huh girl?"

Ethan's pudgy fingers mashed the phone and all of a sudden the bright colours left and a screen of letters and words popped up. He frowned and pushed his bottom lip out as he pressed some of these letters, trying to get back to the game. He found a new game instead; this one had pictures! He pressed several of them, unknowingly sending a stream of letters and emojis to Liz's phone; "sup go hfckksf" monkeys, various fruits, a football and all of the different coloured hearts available.

Little shop of curiosities

The creature looked up from his meal, hearing footsteps on the path outside. The spines on his head bristled curiously and he raised his head to watch through the window. "Master Kale.. we may need a potion or two..." he mumbled, his black eyes following the young lady walking towards them. His nose twitched as he caught her scent and his eyes narrowed in interest.

The man, Kale, lifted his head and stood. He glanced across at the creature with a casual smile, "True, my dear friend, you must learn not to judge so quickly.." He sent a knowing look to the creature when the young girl stepped through the door and asked them for a job.

Kale stepped out from behind the counter and strode calmly out towards the girl. He offered her a smile and stretched out his hand towards her. "What a pleasure to meet you. I am Kale, the owner of this small shop and my associate by the door scowling quite impressively at you is True," he glanced over accordingly before his dark eyes settled back onto the girl, "do you have an application form?"