SCAWWY 😱 ash

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wk 1; monday

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[ it's been a while since he's been on the beach. alfyn has an affinity for water, considering he grew up in the riverlands, in clearbrook, and was one of the few members of his traveling party that knew how to swim long before adulthood. this is just a little saltier than his norm.

he looks a little wistful for a moment as he takes his boots off. ] Tressa'd have a thing or two to say about all this...

[ talking to himself, but he shakes it off when he notices ashlyn and shoots a friendly smile over before leveraging himself up once he's shoved his socks into the boots. ]

You know how to swim? Not a lot of people inland, where I'm from, tend to learn how - don't really go far enough to need to. But this kinda view... s'quiet and peaceful, think we could do with it.

[killies]

[ she's also taken off her boots so she can walk around without getting a fuckton of sand in them. and wanders closer to alfyn when she sees him. ]

A little. I've been swimming at the pool and stuff. Did you not have... pools?

[ ye oldes... ]

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[ he gives a small bump up against her - not enough to knock her over, but enough for companionable affection - once she's close enough, before shoving his hands into hish pockets. ]

Probably not in the same sense of what you're used to. Clearbrook had every kinda body of water, though, except the beach. Brooks, streams, rivers, ponds, pools.

[killies]

[ she is nudged, but just kind of nods at him back instead of nudging back. ]

That sounds nice. We're pretty landlocked where I live. But Aiden has a pool at his house.

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Pretty quiet out there, so a swim's a good way to entertain yourself. Even if Clearbrook's about as landlocked in the Riverlands as you can be, I've still been to places that're on the coast before.

[ his head tilts a little at the mention of another person, though. ]

Friend of yours? Usually only the rich folk get to have manmade water at their homes. Awfully lucky.

[killies]

Yeah, he's super rich. It's annoying.

[ the 'yeah' also covers friend. she guesses. whatever. anyway. ]

So you must be happy we can come out here, then.

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Really can be. [ agrees instantly ] Especially when they rub it in your face, huh.

[ but whatever, anyway. ]

Well. [ ... ] No leeches. So I think we can all agree the water here is superior.

[killies]

Well... He doesn't really do that.

[ BUT WHATEVER, ANYWAY, ]

It's nicer to look at, too. [ rolling waves in the golden hour are a lot nicer than a spooky stream in a haunted village. ]

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There's that, at least.

[ MYEH. ]

None of that awful fog, either. [ he toes into some of the sand, looking down into it before he looks at the waves. ] Food everywhere you look is a nice perk while we've got it.

[killies]

We should stock up and bring as much back as we can. But if it doesn't get used it'll still go bad, eventually...

[ fresh vegetables like to play this trick on me in real life. ]

[concoctive]

[ homie same. we have some asparagus and a head of cauliflower sisi's mom instacarted us that i have to use still before they grow legs. ]

Mmm, yeah. Gotta eat 'em before they get too brown. Could always sun-dry some of 'em. I'd say picklin' is an option, just, y'know, that kinda needs a brine and jars.

[killies]

[ onions and potatoes, my nemesis ]

Smart. Maybe someone could ask an overseer for those...?

[concoctive]

[ i'm tempted to plant onions and potatoes when they start Growing. ]

I'm used to dryin' herbs, so I can probably dry veggies. Just need somethin' smaller than my axe to cut 'em up, but maybe these houses have knives..? [ if we can cook in them ] Overseers should be able to get simple things like that.

[killies]

[ ohhhhh ]

... I wonder if it's a good idea to be putting more knives around the village, though.