Haunted House 43: Buying & Selling

[aldersprig]

First: A story featuring a male keeper and a female Kept.
Previous:  Thieves

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A job.  No matter the discussions, she knew what Jasper was offering Kearney.

Mélanie wanted to protest - this is a kid we’re talking about! -  but no matter how young Kearney looked, they were clearly already getting comfortable with being on their own. She smiled instead, like she thought this was a great idea.

Kearney looked between them, coughed a couple times, and seemed to decide.  “Sure. I can do that. But only because the lady here is nice.”

“She is nice,” Jasper agreed.  “She’s quite nice, and I would suggest you remember that as you deal with her.  Because I’m not the nice one.”

Kearney didn’t shudder, didn’t even look all that impressed, but there was a slight change in their manner as they looked at the booth Jasper had been setting up.  “So, where do I put this? What can I do?”

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Comments

[kelkyag]

<snerk> I wonder how differently Jasper's interaction with the unnamed woman would've gone if Mélanie and/or Kearney hadn't been there. And/or Jasper may have something to say about establishing future favors/credit, if he's prompted to explain how normal, or not, this interaction is for him in a booth on market day. (And I wonder whether Kearney's already met her and has his own opinion.)

YARN! Alpaca! <grabby hands>

[aldersprig]

*grins*

Well, he IS a charmer. In the short term, it's seemed.

[clare_dragonfly]

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