[Avoiding the weird yours-but-not-yours home was a theme for Althea as well. She was lucky in that it didn't seem she had anyone else who lived there, or any super close relations, but it was... creepy, seeing pictures of her being chummy with people she didn't know.
Part of her was terrified of running into said people while she was out and about, but she'd so far been lucky. And there were only so many places to go in an unfamiliar town when avoiding home.
Which is how she came to be in the cozy tea shop, overhearing an interaction that immediately piqued her curiousity. Wasn't from here, but the shopkeeper seemed to know him? That meant he was like her, right? Maybe?
Before she had time to talk herself out of it, she was quickly pushing her way forward, setting down enough money for his drink, one for herself, and some sort of bread snack thank goodness the money system here was familiar, and her job seemed to pay well enough, forcing a smile and a laugh.]
Ah, sorry ma'am! We heard a story from another town but the jokes don't seem to really translate, huh?
[She gently elbowed the tall man in the side, hoping her look said 'play along' well enough.]
(un)familiar faces ((also OMG YOU DID PUT IN GINKO YESSSSS, I hope this is okay!))
Part of her was terrified of running into said people while she was out and about, but she'd so far been lucky. And there were only so many places to go in an unfamiliar town when avoiding home.
Which is how she came to be in the cozy tea shop, overhearing an interaction that immediately piqued her curiousity. Wasn't from here, but the shopkeeper seemed to know him? That meant he was like her, right? Maybe?
Before she had time to talk herself out of it, she was quickly pushing her way forward, setting down enough money for his drink, one for herself, and some sort of bread snack
thank goodness the money system here was familiar, and her job seemed to pay well enough, forcing a smile and a laugh.]Ah, sorry ma'am! We heard a story from another town but the jokes don't seem to really translate, huh?
[She gently elbowed the tall man in the side, hoping her look said 'play along' well enough.]