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[castitas]

Who: Kate Marsh + you!
What: Making rosehip tea/syrup shenanigans; nightmares; feast preparations + more!
When: The month of October.
Where: Various places around Milton.

Content Warnings: Warnings in the individual prompts. As a general rule, themes of depression and suicide, possibly mentions of suicide attempt from last month from It Speaks prompt.




contact: heolstor / _heolstor @ discord for plotting!

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[jackdawvision]

I did dig up buried treasure, now and again, but it weren't like I was stumbling over a map and a chest every day. More like... [Scratching at his chin.] Every few months, I think.

I've never heard someone say yo-ho in my life. [Sorry! But he does confirm:] But we drank a lot of rum, so aye, that's a thing that I don't recommend anymore.

[Spoken like someone who used to be an alcoholic himself. Still is, to some degree, although he's been dry for a while now. And as for that question...he goes quiet again, thinking over how to tell her without giving away what else pushed him to leave that life behind him.]

I found out about my daughter. [A breath.] My wife and I had gotten married before I left Bristol, but I hadn't known she'd had a child in her belly when I did. I didn't know about her for—for too long. [Nine years. Nine whole years.] If I had known—I like to think I might've come home earlier than I did. [Deep in his heart, though, he wonders if he really would've, or if he'd have used it as an excuse to fuel his ambitions.] When I did find out, though, I knew I couldn't leave her without a father. So I took the pardon, and sailed back home.

[castitas]

I think that might still count. [ Totally counts. It's still digging up buried treasure! Her nose wrinkles up a little, though: a lot of rum. She's seen plenty of her peers rolling up to class pretty trashed after some mid-week parties. She definitely knows that a lot of something was getting drunk. Still, there's a tiny smile. ]

Well, I guess there's no worry there. I don't drink, anyways. Except a sip of wine at church. [ Which is totally different. But yes, rest assured there's no need to warn her off of drinking rum, or anything for that matter. ] It sucks that pirates don't actually say 'yo-ho', though. Although it does make me wonder where that actually came from?

[ It makes her wonder where a lot of the pirate stuff actually comes from because it's so much more different than what she thought, apparently.

She's quiet for a little while as she listens, her expression thoughtful. ]

... I know you can't take it back. You didn't know. [ As he said, he hasn't know his wife was pregnant when he left. ] But... it counts that you came back and chose to change. It counts for a whole lot.