#✟ 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 . 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿/𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘃.
@mayorspet 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 : " hey, Kiddo! What brings you.. here- "
A slight wave of concern, standing up from his desk at the Mayoral office.
" He's out, sorry if you needed something- otherwise, what's up? "
Leaning back against his desk, giving a friendly smile
✟ UNPOMPTED
The man at the desk is friendly , in good spirits , usually so would Orel be as he's here ; he's looking for his father so there is only a smile for the sake of courtesy . ❝ I came to see my Da- ❞ 𝐎𝐡 . 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲'𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭. 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.
❝ It's - uh - family stuff . I guess I shouldn't really bother him even if he was at work , ... or drinking . ❞ Despite the boy's chiper tone it drops off at the end in a slip of disappointment. Grandpa's condition is only deteriorating , Orel at least thought he should inform his father on it considering Clay had been avoiding both Orel and Arthur at home . It can wait until he gets back later tonight , or in the early hours in the morning . Hold on Grandpa .
For now he forces a smile and says a little . ❝ Thank you . ❞ Before turning to shuffle out of the door once more .
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❝ I didn't know what you'd like so I got you some ice cream ... I figured that vanilla was the most holy of all the flavors . They also had Devil Mint , it's deceptively good , darn that Devil ! ❞ He spares @heaven-said ( Gabriel ) the peccant folly of his youth . Orel was around four when he had fallen for the delectable Devil Mint . Choosing it without a second thought . It's been his favorite flavor since ... not that he'd ever confess to that .
❝ I went for vanilla too . It's sinfree . ❞
He rests his hunting leg out , cane at his side in a futile attempt to somehow share a seat on the wall with a literal angel of gargantuan size . / ˗ˏˋ 🐕 _ STARTER ! ✮
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Waiting patiently at the pulpit . Service is over and everyone is dispearsing . Orel knows that @rvrend is seeing everybody out of the door so he ceased the opportunity to stand here while he was distracted , tapping fingers nervously against the shelf , lined with sheets from today's sermon . In there place stacked upon sheets of a script the boy has been working on for too long . Hours spent pacing back and forth in his room , deciphering how he was going to deliver this intricately .
As soon as he sees Rod return he takes in a deep breath . Lets it go .
❝ Reverend Father - ❞ An alarm rings off in his head - no , no , no he hadn't meant to say that . They aren't Catholic This was already over before it started unless he could save it . ❝ I mean Dad Putty - I - ❞ Hands gripping either side of the pulpit he needed to anchor himself , he needed to get through everything he had planned or else he'd never -
The script is already out of the window . He crumples , making his way from behind the pulpit towards the grey reverend . Surrendering almost but there will always be a part of him that would never give up .
❝ Reverend , if family aren't just the people who you're related to , if family are the people who are there for you , and give you guidance when you need it the most , or buy you cards on special occasions or , gosh , try to be good for you even when it's not always easy then I'd like to be... ❞ a minute breath . ❝ part of yours . ❞ Maybe there was a fourth ' f ' word after all ; Father .
Fidgeting , he still manages to look up and look him in the eyes , praying he wouldn't be rejected .
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He's seen so little outside of this town . Dedicated to one God , though an encounter with Buddha helped enlighten some inner peace , for a while anyway . Peace never truly lasted long . Always so fleeting , always so short lived . Once it had been so easy to find it now he's just thankful to have it when he can .
❝ Sora , you - believe there's multiple Gods ? ❞ The mayor's son looked left from right . Such conversations weren't to be had where listening ears could pry . ❝ Gee , why'd you believe a thing like that for , Sora ? ❞ Maybe he sounds blunt and arrogant , he means no harm . @madeimpact seems more adjusted to the world ( worlds even ) beyond his own .
The commandments only specified that thou shalt not have any other Gods . It's only natural for Orel to give into curiosity , wanting to learn exactly what the latter could truly mean . / 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑
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Gaze shifts elsewhere in the office , Flint repeating the words that he has heard his father spout . He didn't know what to say , wanting to keep up the lie for his family's sake yet it seems that his father's devoted assistant already sees through that guise anyway.
❝ I - ❞ Taken off guard by the hug he freezes, neck awkwardly craned upwards . He wondered what was going through @mayorspet 's head , if the man was okay , why he was so upset ? Was it because he too can see that Clay Puppington was not an honorable man ? Sometimes he wonders how his father manages to fool anyone then he remembers he once thought so highly over him , in fact he only had stopped when Clay had pushed him far enough no less than a year ago .
Bisque generally seems like the caring type of guy , which is saying something considering most of the town are content with their falsities , merely pretending to care . Orel has no reason not to believe that he truly does care after he had helped him with Grandpa . So he wraps an arm around the other's back and pats him , a now undisguisable frown replaces his formerly dismissive smile . ❝ Are you okay ? ❞ / ✟ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐃 .
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He shows up outside the Posabule's , knowing well that he isn't welcome by the father of the household , or the mother either . It didn't matter . He had only one person in mind for this visit. He knew better than to wait at the door , rounding out to the back of the house . The window of the basement , like his home , now converted into a minibar , pool table and seats for reading , he waits there .
As usual he waited until he saw any sign of Christina (@itsposabule ) and tapped the window , smiling , smitten .
❝ Hi , I came to give you a Valentines present , and Stephanie is in the truck if ... you wanted we could go get icecream ? ❞ He offers her a little parcel through the window , cheeks dusted pink .
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𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 ,𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 . ❝ I can listen you talk forever ! ❞ And it's true . What the two of them have is special and it's not like how Orel feels about anyone else either .
They are both so young and just learning about life together , enjoying the smallest of comfort they find in each other's company and that's everything to Orel . He returns her smile , his more wide and starstruck !
He shuffles a little closer to hold her in one arm so she could rest her head on his shoulder , and he thinks it must be comforting , only @itsposabule can really be the verdict of that .
As Orel looks beyond their little perch on the wall he finds himself wondering if Christina's home life was anything like his , he only knew from the brief moments he has seen the Posabules , aside from Christina and Block , what it would be like .
❝ Gee , Christina , It's the least I can do . ❞ Anything to see her face again , anything for her .
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❝ None ? ❞ He asks . ❝ Golly ... ❞
'Maybe be more cautious when letting a demon in your house . '
A small gasp . Eyes catch onto it now . There was sight without seeing before , a sense that perhaps the unusual sighting of a species not native to America was some sort of apparition from God . No . The opposite even . It was the manifestation of the absence of God itself that stared from the pane of his window and made itself known .
He steels any nerves . Orel's good nature has always led him to be kind even in the face of those who he should be most sceptical .
❝ I didn't let you in , you're just at the window . ❞ He pointed out , still bunched up in the loose , beige blanket on his bed , he slips off of the mattress , taking the blanket along with him , draped over his shoulders and leaving his walking aid at the foot of the bed . He didn't need his cane to move a few steps towards the window . Even then , he lingers a couple of paces back . He's a foolish boy to have empathy for the mephistophelian . ( @ontimez2 ' ) reality sounds lonesome . Worse than lonesome . He is barren of all hope .
Fumbling hands still holding bundles of the warmth wrapped around his frame . ❝ Maybe not . - But I can't think why they stopped . ❞ He systematically looked to the Jesus bobble head on his shelf , Bible figurines strewn about on his toy box beside an old flicker camera . ❝ I-I'm not afraid of you . ❞ He added . There's truth to his words . Mistrustful . Maybe . Not afraid necessarily .
❝ I pity you because you say you've got no one , and gee , even the bad and the greedy have somebody they just take it for granted . But you ? You say you have no one . You sure as anything don't have God . That must be awful and I don't need protection from you . You're clearly not trying to tempt me into becoming like you . ❞ ˗ˏˋ 🐕 _ CONTINUED ! ✮
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There's a commotion going on further down the line , Ms. Censordoll thwarting possible talent show participants left and right . From what very little he could see , so many head back down the row , the current rejected act was a dancer . That's interesting . Not only a dancer but he had a strange creature mask .
Orel adjusts the box of clay and bible figures in his arms , the contents also containing his own camera . He couldn't leave the line or else he would lose his place and might not make the audition . Then again he was just thinking of himself in that . He digresses , leaving the line . He approaches @licndcnced .
❝ Hi , I really liked your act , um , what's going on exactly ? ❞ / 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑
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Eyes narrow . It wasn't just what @videonsty said , he's heard similar words before , barren and unfaithful they were . Daring to hope was all e had left someday even if it made him delusional as well as a child .
❝ At least children and delusional people want to try make things better . ❞ @videonsty / ✟ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐃
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𝐎𝐫𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 , 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 . He brought a book with him , when he heard the sound of someone singing . Most in Moralton didn't sing aloud too often , aside from his mother , especially not out in the open .
Letting his walking cane fall to the floor , he carefully lowers himself down next to @workingsong , resting his leg out while the other folds in . ❝ Sure did and sure am ! ❞ A warm smile , he greeted most strangers , kindly . ❝ That's Moralton ! God's favorite place on Earth ! ❞ Or so they say . THEY being anyone from Moralton . / ✟
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@fabulousflynn dialed: ❛ it's okay to feel this way, we've all been there. ❜
˗ˏˋ 🐕 ― 𝑪𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
Not that Orel liked to show it , he enjoyed being happy around his friends especially . Somehow even finding the bright side of his permanent leg fracture when he decided to allow Doughy to write his name up and and down the cast as much as he pleased !
Feelings couldn't be helped especially when he weighs his self-worth on being considered ' good and loyal ' it was hard to meet a criteria like that in a town like as this .
❝ Thanks , pal , I needed that ! ❞ And he did , just a little reassurance , a small pick-me-up !
Not knowing how to exactly thank his friend further he pats him awkwardly on the back and sticks a ' thumbs- up ' .
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Pim was always the nicest guy , there's a safety in his company that Orel enjoyed . It was hard to find that in Moralton these days . It was nice to find the company of few he could still trust .
He moves through the town , inviting @oppimism along , there's a general sale in the streets with stalls of baked goods and things from people's garages .
❝ Pim , pretty great , huh ? Seems like everyone in Moralton is in the spirit of reselling old goods , and selling baked ones too ! ❞ / 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑
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@sacri1egious 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 : i knew your kind to be fragile. ( from kayden !! )
✟ BALDUR'S GATE 3
Soft , sensitive , 'sissy' . He's heard it before. ' 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞 ' was new , though . Orel knows he's a very openly emotional kid . He's tried to stop listening to his feelings . He just couldn't turn them off . Even if he hid them more these days , it all had to go somewhere . Face fell for a moment .
❝ Ur-okay . Hey , it's not so bad ! ❞ It wasn't a retaliation he musters a smile while saying this , a thumbs up . If Kayden wanted to see him that way it didn't matter to him . Orel would forgive him . ❝ Whatever you meant by that anyway ! ❞
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It's one thing for his father to pull up ' Lost Commandments ' it's another for him to actually quote The Bible . Orel knows what it means . Merely a year ago he would have launched himself into his father in embrace , apologize for being so ungrateful and thank his father for the food on the table and the shirt on his back . The latter of which he still tries to show through at the very least showing his respect .
Even when Orel gave @moraltonsfinest the cold shoulder , even when Orel refused his father there was still the smallest of bows in his head , he still watched his words , he still showed his honor for his father who had made him . Even if THAT was the only honorable deed his father had ever done . He won't comment on Clay's ' 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 ' remark . It's true he wasn't . Far from it . Even his own son sees that for what it is now . Something he couldn't unsee .
Folding his arms , head turned away . The young Puppington feels those feeble eyes of his well up with tears . He wouldn't dare let the wolf see him cry . Not after calling him a 'sissy' or a 'girl' every time he was 'too sensitive' .
Why even bother making excuses ? Any amount of trying surely shouldn't have ended the way their hunting trip did . Well he got his answer and honestly he couldn't even find it in his heart to throw a half-hearted dismissive remark back at Clay's pathetic excuse for an answer . So he doesn't .
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@obedientmade 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 : "Only a fool fights in a burning house."
✟ PRETENTIOUS & POETIC
Fight within or for , did it matter ? Orel didn't know how much the puppet truly knew so he kept it unassuming . Orel didn't really know how much stayed inside the family home or how much seeped through the cracks so it was better left unsaid . 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 , 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧 . For that he understands why it was so important that their family played it's part . They each had a role to play .
❝ That's interesting ! What you just said ? What do you think it means ? Because sometimes burning things aren't as bad as they seem like being spoken to by a burning bush ! ❞
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