RPG - Jas and Alejandro

[timbits_tootsie]

”Smoked eel sounds lovely,” he says, perhaps more out of courtesy to her than actually being hungry. They take a seat at a little table and wait.

Absinthia is served a bowl of maggot sprinkles that she eagerly digs into with a spoon. Some of them stick to the corners of her mouth, and when he points it out to her she turns bright red and rubs

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[antonnachzehrer]

When they have finished with their snack, Ingrid brings them tea, a nice robust poison sumac for the nice man that seems to be caring for Absinthia, and foxglove for the child in question.

[timbits_tootsie]

“Thank you, Ingrid.” Different, distinctive scents blend together in the sumac, calming when inhaled; they relax his muscles, set him at ease

[antonnachzehrer]

Alejandro opens his mouth to say something, not wanting the man to leave quite yet. But these really isn't any reason to stop him. "Sinthia and I will show you out," he says suddenly, a glance in the girl's direction telling him that she doesn't want Jaspre to leave either. "Won't we?"

{That's alright, I was kind of distracted by House, anyway. And no, I haven't. Oh, I think what should happen is that he leaves after the next night's performance and goes to the next town, only to find out that the circus is performing there too.}

[timbits_tootsie]

Nodding, she rises and goes to take Jaspre’s hand and reaches out for Alejandro’s with the her other. The small fingers squeeze him tightly, the smile fading from her young face the closer to the end of the circus grounds they come, and even if he is certain that his leaving saddens her because he saved her, the guilty conscience flares to life deep in his gut.

“You’ll come back tomorrow? To see the last show?”

He sighs, shakes his head, and smiles slightly at her. “I’m leaving for the next town tonight. I want to get a good headstart before dark falls, so I need to go straight away.”
“But…” She chews on her bottom lip, fidgeting, and looks up at him, then Alejandro.

“We’ll meet again, I’m sure. Travellers often do,” he assures her. He turns his gaze to the boy and sees sadness there as well, however strange that is. “If I’m ever in a town where you are, I’ll make sure to stop by.”

(House is a perfectly good excuse to be distracted. Which season? And yes, that sounds good :3)