[ NaΓ―ve as she is, Aerith buys the story Aventurine tells. After all, there's nothing particularly suspicious about it, and she's not sure why anyone would lie about something like their reason for taking a job. Still, the idea seems to excite her a little, an audible hum on her breath as she leans back and sips once more at her drink. ]
I guess it would be nicer if we could be exempt from the games that way, but it's nice to know that working is an option. I'd rather be working than just sitting here waiting for something to happen, you know?
[ She doesn't elaborate further, but all she can think is that just sitting around makes the place feel far too much like a prison. ]
Maybe I'll speak to someone about the gardens. It might be fun to do some work there!
( how can one girl be so precious. and also make him feel so bad for his white-lies. unfortunately, once you start lying, it's just... hard to stop. trust issues, and when you do it for a living, it just becomes an automated thing, you know.
but good, if they stop focusing so much on him. instead - )
That's a sentiment many people here share, you'll find. We might not need the money we make from working, but keeping busy distracts an empty mind. And that might just be our biggest enemy here, wouldn't you say?
( easier to overthink that way, he thinks. even aventurine isn't exempt from it. )
Oh, but I'm curious. You enjoy outdoor work? We might not be so able to go outdoors, but if it's gardening you're looking for, you might just be lucky.
I may not have been here long, but I think that's a fair statement to make. It seems that there's not a lot to fill our days here unless we're exploring, or taking part in the game, so...
[ She smiles to herself when he mentions gardens, and the apparent lack of an outdoors. Somehow, it makes her feel comforted that the outside is artificial, even though that only makes the resort even more of a cage. She hums in thought, and after a moment nodsβeven though he can't see it. ]
I do. Gardening specifically! I like tending to flowers, and they usually respond to me pretty well. It's okay if it's not really outside, tooβat home, I lived under a steel sky. It's a little hard to explain, but... I guess I got used to it, you know? I don't really like the blue sky.
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I guess it would be nicer if we could be exempt from the games that way, but it's nice to know that working is an option. I'd rather be working than just sitting here waiting for something to happen, you know?
[ She doesn't elaborate further, but all she can think is that just sitting around makes the place feel far too much like a prison. ]
Maybe I'll speak to someone about the gardens. It might be fun to do some work there!
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but good, if they stop focusing so much on him. instead - )
That's a sentiment many people here share, you'll find. We might not need the money we make from working, but keeping busy distracts an empty mind. And that might just be our biggest enemy here, wouldn't you say?
( easier to overthink that way, he thinks. even aventurine isn't exempt from it. )
Oh, but I'm curious. You enjoy outdoor work? We might not be so able to go outdoors, but if it's gardening you're looking for, you might just be lucky.
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[ She smiles to herself when he mentions gardens, and the apparent lack of an outdoors. Somehow, it makes her feel comforted that the outside is artificial, even though that only makes the resort even more of a cage. She hums in thought, and after a moment nodsβeven though he can't see it. ]
I do. Gardening specifically! I like tending to flowers, and they usually respond to me pretty well. It's okay if it's not really outside, tooβat home, I lived under a steel sky. It's a little hard to explain, but... I guess I got used to it, you know? I don't really like the blue sky.