And I do Cherish You

[cetrary]

Who;Aerith+ OTA!
What; Setting up her shop for Cherishment and getting some chocolate! Feel free to also use this for any interactions you might want to have for the event or just for the month in general! She'll be working at her shop a TON trying to make the most things, so you can almost always find her there from morning to night.
Where; Her shop in the market and the chocolatier
When;Anytime at all
Warnings; None for now!


I. Aerith's Flower Shop.

Once a flower peddler, always a flower peddler. Surely that was a motto someone out there had, right? Well, if it wasn't, it was someone's now. Specifically, it was Aerith's current moment, at least for the time of Cherishment. She'd set up some samples in the window of her shop that showed off a variety of different flowers including: camellias, asters, roses, red and white chrysanthemums, ivy, and plenty of others. The common thread that tied them together was that they all represented affection in some way. In the center of all the flowers was a sample bouquet that was wrapped up with two different ribbons, one pink and one black. Next to it there was a small display showing off a sample of ribbons, each one in a different color. A sign finished the entire thing reading:

Let the flowers speak for you! Each bouquet comes with your choice of flowers and two ribbons, one for your loved one and one for you, creating something that will always tie your memories together!

It'd taken her a while to set it all up and even now she was working on small things, shifting things around so that everything looked as perfect as it could. Ironically that meant she wasn't completely aware of people that were coming by the shop. Or into the shop.

Maybe she should think of installing a bell.

II. Noble District Chocolatier

This hadn't always been here, had it? No, it was new. It was definitely new. She'd have definitely remembered a chocolatier. That alone should probably have made people suspicious of it, but it didn't. At least not the native people here. That was a kind of unsettling sometimes, how things would just appear and the people here acted like it'd always been there. The more sensible side to her thought that maybe she should just ignore it herself. Pretend like the chocolates didn't look particularly tasty and that the sweet smell wasn't appealing at all.

Nobody ever had any fun by listening to their sensible side though. The first box Aerith bought for herself. It wasn't the only box she bought though. She bought a few for other people, it seemed like the thing to do. They were wrapped so nicely and the idea of making someone happy with a small gift like this made her forget about the weirdness of it all. That was the point of the entire Cherishment thing wasn't it? Making friends and loved ones happy with a little gift that let them know how much they mattered. It was nice. Nicer than a lot of things this place had given to them. Nicer than most things back in her own world. Nice was a...well, it was a nice change of pace.

The chocolates that she'd bought for herself didn't make it too far before she'd opened the box up and tasted one. You see, she had to taste one. It was only right that she try them before she give them out to anyone else, right? What if they actually tasted terrible? It was the sensible thing to do.

That was what she was thinking when she bumped into someone else, clearly on their way to check out the new shops.

"Oh! Sorry," she mumbled with a mouth still half full of chocolate. This was just embarrassing.

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[cetrary]

"I dunno about that, but thank you," she said with an airy giggle. She waved a hand dismissively at the entire idea. Personally she wouldn't say she was a very thoughtful anything, but there wasn't too much of a reason to argue here. Sometimes you just needed to accept the compliment and go with it.

"Sounds like we've got a plan of protection for our flowers!"

[gadaboutdetective]

Probably for the best to avoid arguing about it anyway, Llewellyn could be quite persistent when he decided on something. That aside, he grinned, somewhat amused by their flower protection plan. “I do believe you’re right, no one will get something past us when it comes to our colourful friends, hm?” He responded with a nod to the garden shop.

[cetrary]

"Not while we're on the case," she let out a laugh and grinned. "Well, I think we should get back to work, don't you? It'll be time to start closing up soon!"

[gadaboutdetective]

“Oh? Is it that time of the day already?” Llewellyn startled a moment, pulling his pocket watch out to check… Smiling a little, he tucked it away. “You’re right, of course. I hardly noticed how late it had gotten… But! I’ll follow your lead and we’ll have this place tidied up and ready for close before long.” He finally moved from where he was leaning against the counter, moving with purpose to get back to helping out with the end of day tidying.

(ooc: Good place to wrap?)