He does feel farther away, but I don't care. He's never acted like this before- I like it.
I unzip my pants and slide them down to my hips, and pause- looking at him with a wicked grin.
I do ask he tells me to and kiss him passionately, pulling him in by his shirt.
I raise my eyebrows at his instruction, but do so after a second, intrigued.
"It's ok. I just... I don't ever want to force you, ok?" I look into his eyes.
"So what now? Anything you want." I ask him, smiling at the last sentence.
I did leave the trapdoor open- I was preoccupied on my way up...
My hands still. "I don't want to compel you. I want you to do what you want to do." This has come up before- I absolutely do not want to take away his free will and have learned to ch…
"I'm very concerned about all those clothes you're wearing." I tell him with a smirk of my own. I sit down on his lap, working a button on his shirt loose.
I lean in to kiss his neck. "It's very worrying." I whisper in his ear, nibbling it.
"I don't know. Probably. Maybe she can hire Svenja." I make a mental note to talk to Kim about it. I'd trust Svenja to have my back and she could use the jingle.
"But Kiddo is sort of leading the Candies? Would the Pilgrims start something with the…
"Yeah. One of the Libs came in, beat near to death." I reply, sitting down next to him. "Kim says it'll be rough times ahead. I wonder if it was Candies or Pilgrims."
It's nice to sit down and relax. I'd prefer the coffee hot but it's still good- t…
I nod to Kim. She would know- I don't even know how long she's been doctoring in Boomtown. I'm glad Kim lent me an apron to wear at work so I wouldn't keep ruining clothes.
I know I can't sneak up on him, but I don't call up ahead to Metro- I want …
I hug her tight, holding her to me.
When she asks what she can take, I go over to a cabinet and rummage around in it, pulling out a chunk of ginger. Kim does a lot of medicine with just plants, and we give it to women who have morning sickness. "It…
"I know. It'll be ok, you'll figure it out. Of course I won't tell anyone." I reply.
In truth I think she'd make a great mother. She's good folk and would protect the kid like nobody else. She's young, and her own parents are gone, but that child w…
She's so young, my heart melts a little for her. I wrap an arm around her shoulder and half-hug her. I sigh. "You have some options. If you want, you have the baby and become a mom. If not... I can help- though I don't have the equipment I'd like."
…
When you go into Tradertown looking for a person or thing, roll +Weird. On a Hit, you find it or them. On a 10+, you find out with no trouble and they don't know you're coming.
On a 7-9, choose 1 to be true:
* You either drop a jingle to find it or …
I get a pan in front of her in time and hand her a cloth to wipe her mouth off.
I sit next to her. "I..." I start hesitantly. "Believe it or not, I've been there." I put a hand on her back.
I look her right in the eyes. "I'm not joking." I say, my voice full of concern. "This is morning sickness." I hold up a small device that looks a bit like a walkman- "May I? It's a heart monitor."
If she'll let me, I'll place it on her skin, below…
"Kiddo." I say. I want to hold her hand or something. I can't even imagine what getting this news will do to her. Will she be happy? Terrified? I wouldn't want to raise a child in this place...
"Kiddo. It's not the food. You're pregnant." I tell he…
I was impressed by Alehouse's clinic because not only was he helping sick or hurt people, he was seeing healthy people, and keeping them healthy. That just doesn't happen here.
I mostly have moved out of the apartment to live in Metro's van, but if…
"Thanks." I reply, obviously relieved. I'd thought about asking Metro to hang around so I wouldn't be alone among strangers, but I'm sure he's got stuff he needs to do, too.
I look over to confirm with Metro. "Tonight? Can you find a room for us?"
I realize after the fact that I've just cost us some jingle- if he needed somewhere else to sleep, he'd just wander around Tradertown. He doesn't sleep. Crap. And I don't hav…
"That won't be necessary." I say to Alehouse. "I'll take the stock as my payment and we'll find our own lodging and food. I don't want to put you out."
Separating from Metro is a deal-breaker. I'm not going to sleep on some stranger's couch without …
"Is there any work I could do? I've got enough for one stock, but I could really use the instruments, too." I ask him.
OOC: How could I get Alehouse to trade me both the instruments and the 1-stock?
It's nice to talk to someone who's trained apart from Kim. His stuff looks good and I'm tempted to just buy one stock and call it a day, but Brillo said deals could be had for haggling.
OOC: Read a person incoming.