With a determined nod, Eric turned back towards the caravans, ready to have to trot them down to catch up, only to find them, uh. Stopped. Which was damn strange, considering he knew for a fact that the caravan master typically wouldn’t stop until two hours past dusk at the earliest. He sped up to try and get up front to see what all the fuss was about. What he saw only made him even more confused.
Everyone was gathered around a… person. Fawning over him would probably be a more accurate turn. Dora was standing over him, fretting, as if he were a long-lost son who’d come back to her covered in rags and starving. She had Carl running between the carts, back and forth, fetching stuff from the best bags and boxes, ones they weren’t allowed to pull from during the journey.
Utterly confused, Eric tapped one of the nearby women (Sofia? Maybe Sophie?) on the shoulder to ask, “Um, what’s the hold up? Are you guys trading with that guy?”
She turned to him, a dazed look in her eyes as they slid over him and back to the pink guy in the middle of the road, which was also weird because out of all of them, she was the one who’d most reliably talk to him in any given opportunity. She’d even complimented his eyes! “Oh, no, he wants that stuff. He needs to have it. I’m going to see what else he wants, do you think he’d like this?”
He glanced down at the knitting she’d been working on, mittens for the winter. They’d been meant for her father. “They’re very nice, Sophie, I’m glad to see you’ve finished them.” He settled on, patting her on the shoulder when she didn’t seem to hear him. “I’m going to go see what he wants, too.”
“Hey!” Eric shouted, shouldering his way through the crowd. It wasn’t very hard, but he was being careful not to hurt anyone, so it was slow-going. He frowned as he watched Carl struggling to carry an entire box of leathers by himself, everyone else too preoccupied in staring to be much help. He grabbed the box from him entirely and said, “Hey, Carl, go check in the back wagons to see if you missed something useful,” disturbed when that actually worked. Carl hated him and didn’t take orders from anyone.
Frown deepening, Eric carried the box of leathers over and set it down on the ground with a thunk, finally getting a chance to size up this guy that Dora was still henning over. He didn’t see what all the fuss was about. Sure, he was cute enough, Dora would probably want to mother him even without whatever magic he was weaving on her, but that didn’t explain the glaze in everyone’s eyes and the feeling in the air. Eric took in a deep breath, feeling as if he could probably smell the magic if he tried hard enough, only to sneeze. Gods, that was weird.
“So,” He said with a grin, tapping the top of the crate with one too-sharp fingernail. “What was it you were trading for these?”
Everyone was gathered around a… person. Fawning over him would probably be a more accurate turn. Dora was standing over him, fretting, as if he were a long-lost son who’d come back to her covered in rags and starving. She had Carl running between the carts, back and forth, fetching stuff from the best bags and boxes, ones they weren’t allowed to pull from during the journey.
Utterly confused, Eric tapped one of the nearby women (Sofia? Maybe Sophie?) on the shoulder to ask, “Um, what’s the hold up? Are you guys trading with that guy?”
She turned to him, a dazed look in her eyes as they slid over him and back to the pink guy in the middle of the road, which was also weird because out of all of them, she was the one who’d most reliably talk to him in any given opportunity. She’d even complimented his eyes! “Oh, no, he wants that stuff. He needs to have it. I’m going to see what else he wants, do you think he’d like this?”
He glanced down at the knitting she’d been working on, mittens for the winter. They’d been meant for her father. “They’re very nice, Sophie, I’m glad to see you’ve finished them.” He settled on, patting her on the shoulder when she didn’t seem to hear him. “I’m going to go see what he wants, too.”
“Hey!” Eric shouted, shouldering his way through the crowd. It wasn’t very hard, but he was being careful not to hurt anyone, so it was slow-going. He frowned as he watched Carl struggling to carry an entire box of leathers by himself, everyone else too preoccupied in staring to be much help. He grabbed the box from him entirely and said, “Hey, Carl, go check in the back wagons to see if you missed something useful,” disturbed when that actually worked. Carl hated him and didn’t take orders from anyone.
Frown deepening, Eric carried the box of leathers over and set it down on the ground with a thunk, finally getting a chance to size up this guy that Dora was still henning over. He didn’t see what all the fuss was about. Sure, he was cute enough, Dora would probably want to mother him even without whatever magic he was weaving on her, but that didn’t explain the glaze in everyone’s eyes and the feeling in the air. Eric took in a deep breath, feeling as if he could probably smell the magic if he tried hard enough, only to sneeze. Gods, that was weird.
“So,” He said with a grin, tapping the top of the crate with one too-sharp fingernail. “What was it you were trading for these?”
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