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Edarial is nine, and he's avoiding his mother again.
Exploring the palace gets old after a while, but the library's even worse, and he suspects that if he spent any more time in his room, he'd scream. So, exploring the palace it is. Berathyme's with him, anyway, so the palace won't be so boring. She tends to make observations he didn't notice himself, and that's always interesting, if not always useful. Corridor, corridor, guest rooms, oh yes that is the closet with all of the uncomfortably looking coats, he'd forgotten about that one. Berathyme observes that they've been used relatively recently, some poor souls must have suffered - and then he opens a door and there's something he doesn't recognize.
He stares at the bar in confusion, consults briefly with Berathyme, and then wanders in.
What exactly is going on here?
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royal_obligation
she_sells_seashells
"Okay. Let's look."
Bar supplies books. They look.
They don't find anything better that he can do with one spell.
Bar supplies books. They look.
They don't find anything better that he can do with one spell.
royal_obligation
And so, Edarial makes Shell Bell a meal.
"Do you know if there's anything I can do to - help my chances to get another door?" he asks, while he's reading another book to shove as many spells into his head as possible.
"Do you know if there's anything I can do to - help my chances to get another door?" he asks, while he's reading another book to shove as many spells into his head as possible.
she_sells_seashells
"There's - superstitions. I don't run up a tab, even when I'm really tempted - but I don't know if it actually helps."
royal_obligation
"... I'm tempted to say, 'use my tab' and possibly not be able to come back, but that potentially loses you the hex entirely."
she_sells_seashells
"I don't know if it helps. Bar doesn't know either, she doesn't do the door."
royal_obligation
"I'm willing to," offers Edarial. "Either way it would be helping you. Potentially, in one case."
she_sells_seashells
"How about - tell Bar that I can use your tab? And I'll try not to, but if I'm ever - if there's a bad month at home and I can't get food there, either, I'll use it instead of opening mine?"
royal_obligation
He nods. "That works."
He goes up to Bar and informs her that Shell Bell can use his tab.
He goes up to Bar and informs her that Shell Bell can use his tab.
she_sells_seashells
Of course. Do you wish to limit how much expense she can accrue on it?
she_sells_seashells
"I don't know how much money you have. I don't even know what kind of money they use in your world," Shell Bell points out.
royal_obligation
"I'm nine," points out Edarial. "I don't have money. But I can put a limit to it if it helps?"
she_sells_seashells
"Yeah - like, some people have little tiny currency and some people have big currency. Six of somebody's something might be worth a billion of somebody else's something and I don't know for yours."
royal_obligation
"Okay, that makes sense."
He thinks for a bit, does a bit of math in his head, and names a sum that's actually quite reasonable for a nine year old.
He thinks for a bit, does a bit of math in his head, and names a sum that's actually quite reasonable for a nine year old.
royal_obligation
Edarial nods, then goes and hugs her.
"I'm going to stick around for a little and try and get more spells. But then I'll need to go grab food."
"I'm going to stick around for a little and try and get more spells. But then I'll need to go grab food."
royal_obligation
He nods.
Studying ensues, and then his stomach grumbles, and it's time for him to go.
"Good luck," he tells Shell Bell. "I wish I could have helped more."
Studying ensues, and then his stomach grumbles, and it's time for him to go.
"Good luck," he tells Shell Bell. "I wish I could have helped more."
she_sells_seashells
"It's okay. You fed me and now I have a safety net and I know you wanted to help."
royal_obligation
Another nod! "And hopefully I get another door and can get you the hex."