[ Adrian turns to his fellow produce-themed peon and sighs. ] Until our humiliation is no longer entertaining, probably.
[ He takes the open volley of conversation as an invitation to look the man over. What little skin he can see (outside of the oddly phallic costume) is littered with scars, and his hair greying in uneven streaks. He certainly doesn't look like the type to be sorting produce in the ordinary course. Perhaps he's retired from a more dangerous life? ]
What terrible crime have you been cast out here for, Mr. Wriothesley? Leaning on the counter perhaps?
[ They'd met briefly enough to exchange names before being put to work together, but his own day has been such a disaster that he's uncertain of what Wriothesley has done, if anything at all. Adrian is certain that this is all completely unnecessary, just a sort of ritual humiliation. Like the hazing rituals soldiers sometimes enjoyed. He's just grateful that neither Fern nor the rest of his companions can see him now. Taulok would have been kind about it, maybe. Shump and Alden would never have let him live it down. ]
val i'm still crying about this tag
[ He takes the open volley of conversation as an invitation to look the man over. What little skin he can see (outside of the oddly phallic costume) is littered with scars, and his hair greying in uneven streaks. He certainly doesn't look like the type to be sorting produce in the ordinary course. Perhaps he's retired from a more dangerous life? ]
What terrible crime have you been cast out here for, Mr. Wriothesley? Leaning on the counter perhaps?
[ They'd met briefly enough to exchange names before being put to work together, but his own day has been such a disaster that he's uncertain of what Wriothesley has done, if anything at all. Adrian is certain that this is all completely unnecessary, just a sort of ritual humiliation. Like the hazing rituals soldiers sometimes enjoyed. He's just grateful that neither Fern nor the rest of his companions can see him now. Taulok would have been kind about it, maybe. Shump and Alden would never have let him live it down. ]