Pick Your Poison, Wednesday

[myownface]

Sparkle hummed a little in thought as he settled behind the counter today at PYP. There still didn't seem to be much cleaning to do, or stocking up. Heck, the shop was pretty much good to go as he walked in, which meant...

Hm.

Mostly it meant sitting behind the counter doing his nails, honestly. Though he could do with a nap. No particular reason, really. Today just seemed to be a good day for napping.

Maybe nobody would notice a short doze or two behind the counter between customers...

[OOC: This might very well be method RP today. Let's see if I fall asleep at my desk today.]

Comments

[mages_suck]

Fenris went to check out the shop he'd be working in come Saturday. He was wearing a long-sleeved blue t-shirt and belted jeans that he'd bought at Demon Marcus.

Walking in the door and seeing Sparkle had him frowning and walking right back out the door to stare up at the sign. He couldn't really read it but it definitely was not the same sign as the clothing store, so he went back in.

"Sparkle," he greeted, "You work here as well?"

[myownface]

Sparkle wasn't going to laugh, Sparkle wasn't going to laugh.

"Yeah, I'm kinda everywhere," he said, quirking a little grin up at Fenris. "One job wasn't enough to keep me out of trouble, so I asked Iris for this one, and lo. Here I am. Selling smelly candles and hand lotions to people."

[mages_suck]

"I did the same and start on Saturday," Fenris said, "Then the flower shop on Sunday. I'm not certain even two jobs are enough to keep me out of trouble, but they should help keep me from being bored every day."

He tossed his head at the stock on the shelves, "Would you have time to tell me about the items?"

[myownface]

"Sure," Sparkle replied, smiling crookedly. "I mean, Iris can explain a lot of it better, like, ingredients and whatever, but I'll do my best. Do you have experience with, like, hand lotions and lip balms, or are we starting from scratch here?"

[mages_suck]

"Lotions, unguents, balms, and lineaments," Fenris acknowledged, "For lips? Only if it was a counteragent to a toxin."

Shook his hair out of his eyes, "I'm unfamiliar with the plants here. I wouldn't know how to make that right now."

[myownface]

"And I don't know how to make any of it," Sparkle offered, "so you're already ahead of me there."

He ducked around the counter and went to a little display of lip balm. Hmm. There was that cinnamon vanilla one he'd dug out the other week, might as well keep going with a good thing. He plucked it up and offered it to Fenris.

"It's good for sun and wind protection," he noted. "Treats them when they're chapped. And... I mean, it tastes good, too."

Important stuff.

[mages_suck]

Fenris took the lip balm gingerly and gave it an experimental sniff. It didn't smell bad. That made sense, who'd want something that stank right under their nose. It was a bit pomander-ish.

He gave the balm itself a chary look and stated, "I'm not eating that."

[myownface]

"Well... No," Sparkle agreed. "It's a balm."

That wasn't what balm was for, Fenris.

"But if it's on your lips, you probably don't want it to taste bad, either."

[mages_suck]

"I'd think it should be bitter to keep people from licking it off," Fenris offered, frowning at it.

[myownface]

"Sure... but then who's gonna want it on their lips? Anyway, there's usually, like, some kind of wax in there, that makes it last a little longer, too. Give it a try? If you're going to be working with this stuff, you'll have to be able to vouch for it anyway."

Fenris, if Sparkle had any say in the matter, you were going to be so baby-smooth between the balms and lotions by the time you left here today.

[mages_suck]

Fenris gave the lip balm another dubious look but obligingly rubbed some on his hand. He was not putting that on his mouth. It felt strange but not bad. He poked the smear on his hand with a finger and then examined the fingertip. Rubbing it against another in a pinch and roll.

[myownface]

Sparkle watched all of this with a faint air of bemusement.

"You know it isn't actually poison, right?"

Just making sure.

[mages_suck]

Fenris nodded and said calmly, "Wax is a terrible carrier for poison. I'm making sure nothing in it would cause an allergy. I'm not from this place, the plants are entirely unfamiliar to my system. Prudence is necessary."

[myownface]

"Prudence is an old lady name," Sparkle countered. And then shrugged. "But sure, it makes sense."

... It was a miracle he hadn't died of all allergic reaction to just stuffing something into his mouth in Atton's galaxy yet.