Tuvmas Shopping [Forum RP]

[Urahra 5781]

 

A Forum Roleplay

 

 

 

Rules

 

1. The setting of this forum RP is Providence. All characters must be present in Providence to participate.

2. Tag the person you're replying to.

3. All replies should be at least two full sentences. 

4. Any character who is currently active on the server can join! Please just use one character.

5. All standard LOTC rules apply.

6. No purely OOC posts.

 

 

Start!

 

For the first time in her life, Sarah Napier had money. Money of her own, that she earned through hard work. Money that she could spend on anything that she wanted! This is what it feels like to be an adult, she thought as she carried her purse through the bustling market. A few people shot her dirty looks as she inspected the various stalls, but she ignored them. The glow of Tuvmas kept her warm, even with all the icy stares fixed on her. A six-foot-tall, muscular half-orc wearing human-style clothes would catch stares no matter where she went. Sarah just had to learn to live with it. She'd been trying to grow a thicker skin as of late. It was time to stop being a child and hiding away in her father's house. She was a grown-up now. With a job! And money! Money that she would be using to purchase the nicest Tuvmas present any daughter ever got for her father. That meant she had to keep a stiff upper lip and join society.

 

The only question was... what to get?

 

Sarah tried to keep her father's interests in mind as she browsed among the shops. Clothes? Edward Napier was known to be a very fashionable man. Perhaps a new beaver-felt tricorn trimmed with gold lace and a dashing feather. But, oh... looking at the hat, she frowned. Did she know her father's hat size? Not off hand. Did she feel confident enough to guess? No. Moving on, she meandered her way over to a jewelry stall. Cufflinks, maybe! She paused to admire a set of cufflinks enameled with the Oren flag. Bold red and white stripes glittering under the gas lamplights. One look at the pricetag killed her desire to buy them, though. Sarah had a little money, but not that much.

 

As she walked past a third stall, though, a rich fragrance caught her nose. She did a quarter pivot on her heel and turned to gaze upon the source of the scent. A shop girl stood near a glass case full of twinkling glass bottles. In her hand, she held a phial full of liquid which she sprayed into her surroundings using an air-filled bulb. Cologne! Sarah thought, her face breaking into a wide smile. Now there's an idea! She took a small step toward the shop girl before finding herself overcome with nerves, though. Her knees knocked as she shuffled closer.

 

"Um," Sarah began hesitatingly, lifting a hand to catch the girl's attention. "Excuse me."

 

The shop girl's eyes widened as she caught sight of the half-orc. "O-Oh!"

 

"What is that? That smell," Sarah asked, indicating the bottle in the girl's hand.

 

The shop girl blinked slowly, staring at Sarah with owlish eyes. Sarah waited politely, wearing a smile to show that she was friendly. This was the ordinary reaction she got from most people. They gawked at her, confused to see an orc wearing a bonnet, ribbons, and lace. Not to mention speaking in perfect, unaccented Common. Eventually, realization dawned on the girl. "Um," the girl hummed, glancing down at the cologne in hand. "Blackcurrant, juniper berries, musk, oak moss," she explained. "One of our more popular scents for men."

 

"I can see why!" Sarah replied with a bright smile. "It's really manly. I'm looking for a present for my dad and I think that'd be perfect. How much is it?"

 

"Erm..." The girl grimaced. "It wouldn't... smell good on an orc. The... body chemistry is different."

 

"My dad's a human," Sarah huffed. She popped open her purse and began searching around inside for her marks. "How much is it?" 

 

"Eugh!"  A horrible noise came out of the shop attendant. Sarah looked up to see the girl's face twisted into a hateful sneer. All at once, her heart dropped into her stomach. "We don't sell to your kind. This is a Canonist business!"

 

"I'm Canonist!" Sarah protested, but it was too late. The shop girl had already retreated away from her. Letting out a long sigh, Sarah slipped her marks back into her purse. It seemed Tuvmas shopping was going to be harder than she'd planned.

[Nectorist 12871]

A haggard Sigismund walks about the shops of Providence with his brother, Ratibor ( @JoanOfArc ). Although they were of the same age, the two boys could not look any further apart, with Sigismund bearing the appearance of a middle-aged man and Ratibor keeping his youthful exuberance. Sigismund watches the half-orc girl get shut out of the shop, a small frown on his face as he sees such. He turns to his brother, soon to topple over from the abundance of Tuvmas gift in his arms.

 

"Poor girl. There's another one to get a gift for," he tells his brother, carrying a great number of presents himself. "After that, we can get gifts for mother, father, Milena, Sigismunda, Sofya, Tuvya, Fyodor, Lorena, and Vladislav. I've an idea of what they'll all want, but we might have to stretch out our funds a bit," he explains as they enter the next store, having to squat to ensure their respective mountains of presents did not smack the doorframe.

[JoanOfArc 4604]

The youthful Ratibor entered the next store, listening to the names listed by his older brother ( @Nectorist ). We are missing someone, aren't we? he thought quietly to himself as he not so quietly rushed through the front door, Surely we are. Did he say Milena? A sense of anxiety filled up in his heart as he questioned that they somehow forgot their own sister, but Ratibor did not voice it externally, hoping in his heart Sigismund did say her name.

 

"I will be needing to find Anna and Franz gifts as well. Mm, what do you think I should get? I wish Uncle Dima was with us still; he always knew what to get for people." Ratibor browsed there the store's catalogue of knickknacks in the far back of the shop; his brother wandering at the front doing something or other. As the Carrion scanned the shelves, he found a nice book about the Gwynonese Knights battling the White Dragon of Yr Wyddfa. Melancholy soon overArtuaincame him. His brother and he dreamt of being knights ever since they were born, but neither ever found a path to knighthood. Sigismund was now to be a baron and Ratibor a priest. Those stories of yore always gave them both a sense of adventure and wonder that none could cease and none could take when they were younger. But now? Both lived lives unexciting and uneventful. Dull lives.

 

The Carrion peered across store towards Sigismund speaking to a poor common man by the counter of the shop. Sigismund had laid down a few marks on the counter of the shop and was thrown a thousand praises by the poor common man.  Ratibor made out a few words that the man was unable to buy the doll in his hands for his daughter and was forever in the debt of Sigismund, who, by then, seemed almost embarrassed by the praise in his ever humble fashion. Ratibor turned back towards the book and gave it a light smile.

 

"Perhaps my brother and I were never valiant knights like the fables from Aeldin," he conceded to book in a soft tone, "But we both learned from those stories what Man was created to be by the Lord-- pious and noble." He grabbed the book off the shelf and stuffed it into his satchel. In a few years time, Anna and him would have children of their own and he wished to read them these fables so that they might live on the dream held by Sigismund and himself in their youth. He continued to browse around the store after, hoping to find a raven black dress for his wife and an expensive ballpoint pen for his father-in-law.

[Urahra 5781]

 

Sarah looked around the market, searching the faces of the people swirling around her. Trying to find someone who might be willing to help. A lot of these shops wouldn’t serve a half-breed girl... but they would certainly serve a human being. Her eye caught two men walking past with an armload of presents.  ( @JoanOfArc @Nectorist) “Excuse me!” she shouted out to them, drawing a few more unkind stares to her person. Sarah bumbled into the shop after them. “S-Sorry. Excuse me. I was wondering maybe... could you help me with something? I’ll pay you.”

[tadabug2000 4924]

1 minute ago, Urara said:

 

Sarah looked around the market, searching the faces of the people swirling around her. Trying to find someone who might be willing to help. A lot of these shops wouldn’t serve a half-breed girl... but they would certainly serve a human being. Her eye caught two men walking past with an armload of presents.  ( @JoanOfArc @Nectorist) “Excuse me!” she shouted out to them, drawing a few more unkind stares to her person. Sarah bumbled into the shop after them. “S-Sorry. Excuse me. I was wondering maybe... could you help me with something? I’ll pay you.”

Maela Napier, heavily pregnant and walking akin to a slow waddle at this point, would don a bright smile as she spotted Sarah, calling warmly to the girl [ @Urara ]. "Sarah! What're you up to? How goes ist?" She questioned, slowly making her way over as she'd shuffle forward. "Ich was just about to see if any of da stalls are selling anything with tomatoes in ist. Care to join me?"

[Urahra 5781]

55 minutes ago, tadabug2000 said:

Maela Napier, heavily pregnant and walking akin to a slow waddle at this point, would don a bright smile as she spotted Sarah, calling warmly to the girl . "Sarah! What're you up to? How goes ist?" She questioned, slowly making her way over as she'd shuffle forward. "Ich was just about to see if any of da stalls are selling anything with tomatoes in ist. Care to join me?"

 

Sarah turned at the sound of her sister-in-law's (@tadabug2000) voice. "Maela!" she exclaimed, a look of relief coming over her yellow-green features. Immediately, she forgot the two men she'd been speaking to and hurried across to meet her sister. Clapping two hands upon Maela's shoulders, she looked at the shorter blonde woman with a deadly serious expression. "I need you to buy something for me. Please? I'll pay you back, I promise."

 

[tadabug2000 4924]

3 minutes ago, Urara said:

 

Sarah turned at the sound of her sister-in-law's (@tadabug2000) voice. "Maela!" she exclaimed, a look of relief coming over her yellow-green features. Immediately, she forgot the two men she'd been speaking to and hurried across to meet her sister. Clapping two hands upon Maela's shoulders, she looked at the shorter blonde woman with a deadly serious expression. "I need you to buy something for me. Please? I'll pay you back, I promise."

 

Maela smiled warmly in response, head tilting back just a bit so she could focus on Sarah. "Of course, ich could just give you da minas, if you're down some, though. Ich still owe you for da wedding dress." She murmured out, grin brightening as her new pup, Bird, came trotting up to her side. They'd be a orange-brown, tiny with droopy ears, sticking close by her legs, tail shifting back and forth rapidly. "My other sister-in-law, Ophelia gifted me Bird here. Isn't he precious?"

[Urahra 5781]

10 minutes ago, tadabug2000 said:

Maela smiled warmly in response, head tilting back just a bit so she could focus on Sarah. "Of course, ich could just give you da minas, if you're down some, though. Ich still owe you for da wedding dress." She murmured out, grin brightening as her new pup, Bird, came trotting up to her side. They'd be a orange-brown, tiny with droopy ears, sticking close by her legs, tail shifting back and forth rapidly. "My other sister-in-law, Ophelia gifted me Bird here. Isn't he precious?"

 

Sarah's face broke into a huge, toothy grin. "Maela, you're a lifesaver!" she cried out happily before pulling the blonde into a big hug. "Don't worry about paying me back for the dress, silly. It was a gift!" Her face glowed with joy as she stooped to give the pup a brief scratch behind the ears.

 

After paying the proper respects to the dog, she popped open the clasp on her purse. Turning to Maela, she presented her sister-in-law with a handful of bills. "You know that perfume shop outside? There's this really nice cologne they're selling... I think Dad would love it. Trouble is, they won't sell it to me. Since I'm... you know, green and all."

[rukio 8924]

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Quiet whirring . . .

 

Every day for a few hours, Anna Katerina would steal away to her room, quietly working away at an old spinning wheel. Knit, spin, knit, spin...on and on her days would go as she worked diligently at her crafts, presents being created for each family member. From behind the comforting safety of her bedroom window, she would watch the seasons come and go. Occasionally, if one were to pass by her bedroom they might hear the quiet hum of some old tune, soft and faint. Finally, she would run out of yarn. Retrieving a light cloak, she would depart from the house, going off to the stores of Providence, a nervous but cordial expression on the generally meek woman's face.

 

"I hope they like their gifts, I'm afraid I don't know what my dear husband would want yet..." She frets in a soft voice as she passes by the various glass displays, taking a few moments here and there to study the odd trinket and bobble. After some time, she would see her husband and his brother, waving with some gusto to the pair, happy to see familiar faces, a couple of presents tucked beneath her arm and wrapped within colorful fabric.

 

 

[tadabug2000 4924]

4 hours ago, Urara said:

 

Sarah's face broke into a huge, toothy grin. "Maela, you're a lifesaver!" she cried out happily before pulling the blonde into a big hug. "Don't worry about paying me back for the dress, silly. It was a gift!" Her face glowed with joy as she stooped to give the pup a brief scratch behind the ears.

 

After paying the proper respects to the dog, she popped open the clasp on her purse. Turning to Maela, she presented her sister-in-law with a handful of bills. "You know that perfume shop outside? There's this really nice cologne they're selling... I think Dad would love it. Trouble is, they won't sell it to me. Since I'm... you know, green and all."

Maela frowned at that particular tidbit of news, clearly troubled by what was said. "There ist nothing wrong with you being green, Sarah. Look at me, ich'm a whale!" She exclaimed good-naturedly, gesturing to her protruding belly, now eight months along in pregnancy. Nonetheless, she accepted the offered bills. Bird licked at Sarahs hand, slobbering over the woman as their tail wagged fiercely, hopping around with short barks, clearly very excited at the attention.

 

After a moment, Maela began her waddling once more, very slow-going as she'd find her way over to the perfume saleswoman. "Hello! Ich'd like to buy da cologne, please." Bird continued their rapid running around, filled to the brim with energy and back with Sarah, as they'd dart between her legs.

[Urahra 5781]

( @tadabug2000)

 

Sarah followed behind Maela at a distance, watching as the pregnant blonde approached the shop girl. She fidgeted with the ruffles on her sleeves as she waited. Surely, the shop girl wouldn't refuse to sell to Maela, would she? Of course not! Petite, pretty, blonde - Maela was the picture of an ideal human woman. The kind of girl Sarah really wished she could have been.

 

Maela had her difficulties too, of course. No one - not even the prettiest and kindest of women - led a totally charmed life. But Sarah often couldn't help but think of how much easier things would be if... well, if she wasn't green. Interacting with human society had traumatized Sarah's mother, Gragmar, so badly that Gragmar now refused to interact with any humans other than Edward. Sometimes it felt as though it were merely a matter of time until Sarah felt the same.

 

The shop girl initially smiled at Maela... but narrowed her eyes as she noticed Sarah lingering nearby. "Ma'am..." the shop girl explained, softening her voice and adopting a patient - if somewhat strained - smile. "My manager would kill me if I sold our perfume to a half-breed. It's just the way things are. I'm sorry. It's a bad look for the business. You understand, don't you?"

[tadabug2000 4924]

6 hours ago, Urara said:

( @tadabug2000)

 

Sarah followed behind Maela at a distance, watching as the pregnant blonde approached the shop girl. She fidgeted with the ruffles on her sleeves as she waited. Surely, the shop girl wouldn't refuse to sell to Maela, would she? Of course not! Petite, pretty, blonde - Maela was the picture of an ideal human woman. The kind of girl Sarah really wished she could have been.

 

Maela had her difficulties too, of course. No one - not even the prettiest and kindest of women - led a totally charmed life. But Sarah often couldn't help but think of how much easier things would be if... well, if she wasn't green. Interacting with human society had traumatized Sarah's mother, Gragmar, so badly that Gragmar now refused to interact with any humans other than Edward. Sometimes it felt as though it were merely a matter of time until Sarah felt the same.

 

The shop girl initially smiled at Maela... but narrowed her eyes as she noticed Sarah lingering nearby. "Ma'am..." the shop girl explained, softening her voice and adopting a patient - if somewhat strained - smile. "My manager would kill me if I sold our perfume to a half-breed. It's just the way things are. I'm sorry. It's a bad look for the business. You understand, don't you?"

Maelas head tilted slightly, hair falling over her shoulder, even as she continued with her gentle smile and calm tone. "Good thing ich'm nei a halfbreed, then." She'd gesture along herself, brows coming together in a furrow as she looked to the woman. "Nei only that, but what half do you think ich might be?" She questioned with a shake of her head, brushing blonde hair back behind her ear. Drawing mina out from her mina purse, she'd extend it patiently with a warm smile.

 

Maela had in fact had her own difficulties in life, though, not of the same type as Sarah did. One thing she knew for sure, though, she didn't stand for racism. If she judged like all others did, whether on standing, race or otherwise, she'd have never met her now husband when she was younger and that just wouldn't do.

 

[ @Urara ]