video | un: Da Silva

[rosae]

( The feed opens to a woman sitting in a bright cottage kitchen, with a cup of something warm and a soft smile. )

Hello. Some of you may know me already, but to those who don't — I'm Rose Da Silva. Sharon's mom.

( Her smile warms, and she gently sets her mug down so she can turn her full focus on the video she's making. )

I've been here for... a while. Half a year now. I have to admit, this place isn't like where I come from at all, and I'm still... trying to adjust.

I know a lot of you are from worlds that may be similar to this one. You've probably been able to settle in a lot easier than me. But... I wanted to offer something. Because I know there are a lot of young people here, people... on their own.

( Her smile wavers, brow knitting slightly. A lot of people without parents, without help. And maybe they've been doing quite well on their own; Rose has certainly witnessed almost disconcerting levels of independence from the Sleeper youth. Often, it suggests that... many of them might not have had a strong parental presence back home, either. Several of them have directly told her as much, or she's seen... memories, shared by accident. )

I can't make things, but I can show you how to buy and use them, if you like. Like... well, if anyone might need some more clothes and could use a hand, I'd be very happy to show you the shops I've discovered around here.

( She's.... offering to help take you shopping, yes. This month, there's a growing compulsion to teach, and maybe Rose is....... filled with the need to do some Mom Teaching Things for others! )

There are some really nice shops in certain parts of the city. I'm sure we could find something to fit your personal style.

( Her smile brightens again; she seems excited. Back home, before she was venturing into the depths of Silent Hill to rescue her daughter, she was one fancy suburban mom. Shopping was her thing. And maybe it seems a little silly, considering so many young people around here are... warriors, fighters, have some sort of strong power.... do they really need something as simple as a shopping trip while she's Mom For A Day?

....The offer is there. She wants it to be there, just in case someone does need it. Because maybe she doesn't have a lot of Trench-appropriate skills to put out here, in comparison to others. But being a mother... that's what she wanted to be for her whole life. She's not explicitly framing it that way, but that's what she feels the most comfortable offering, guidance that might fall under the "maternal" or "guardian" category of teaching. )

I'd be happy to treat you to lunch or dinner too, or show you around other places in the city, if you like. The weather's so nice lately.

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Video | 1stStrike

[strikefirster]

Seriously? You're Sharon's mom?

Guess I can scratch you off the list of chicks I'd bang here.

video; un: taka

[retsuden]

[ This is a very sweet offer and probably would be comforting to many young people in need of some kind of parental love. Which is exactly why Sasuke thinks it's highly sus and also stupid. He's why we can't have nice things.

No one offers free food without a catch. He knows, he's tricked plenty of people with meals. ]

How would new clothes realistically help anyone?

[ Those Learn How To People lessons are not working at the moment. ]

video; xX_coolbonebabe_Xx

[lipochrome]

[ Gideon has never been shopping in her life, but even she can understand the merits of having a personal style. People in comic books have style, sometimes, and it tends to work out well for them.

Gideon leans in close to the camera, trying to come across as fun and cool. Unfortunately, people who try to come across as cool rarely are. ]

Hell yeah, I love treat meals. You think you can nail my style, though? I need something that shows off my muscles. You know, for the girls. The most important part about making outfits or whatever is looking good for women.

Video; UN: SweetDee

[agiantbird]

Okay. What's the catch here?

[Dee frowns, inclining her head forward slightly. In her experience, when someone offers to do nice things for others, it's never because they just want to do something nice. There's always a scheme involved.]

...Are you gonna steal someone's blood? You're gonna steal someone's blood, aren't you?

[She nods, grinning because she's so confident that she's gotten it all figured out. She leans back and points at the screen, waving her hand up and down a little.]

Yeah, I'm on to you.

Video; UN: BlackMoths

[blackmothwings]

How very kind of you. Thank you for looking out for those who find themselves alone and lost here. I hope someone takes you up on your offer.

video | un: ortus

[noniad]

[This man is not young, although his precise age is hard to be certain of underneath his melting face paint. He dabs at his brow with a black lace handkerchief, unhappily, and clears his throat.]

I would not impose on your generosity, but if, perhaps, you might recommend some...'tips' on fashion, or direction to a compendium of such? I would be in your debt. My apparel is not well-suited to the climate.

[For one thing: there is a climate.]

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[wannasmash]

Hi Rose-san! Now I know who to text about... I dunno, color? I should have known, you always dress nice.

[ Midoriya's fashion sense is boring, except for his red sneakers. T-shirts, cargo pants, hoodies, and the like. ]

video; un: lady

[dohaeris]

[REALLY SASUKE]

Well, then, I expect you shouldn't need any.

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[danserai]

[ it's nice to see rose a little happier. ahiru clearly remembers how distraught she was when she first arrived. ]

That's very kind of you, Miss Rose. I'm sure there are plenty of people here who would like to do things with you!

video; UN: TripleJ

[kyley_b]

The list of chicks who'd bang you back grows steadily shorter, dude.

[retsuden]

[ HE TRIED TO WARN YOU!! ]

"Need" is not a word I would use, no. They make for kind gifts, but I don't see how learning to shop is something of value.

[strikefirster]

First off. Fuck you.

Secondly. Guess I'm going to have to wait for your mom to show up.

[kyley_b]

[GASP!]

Fuck YOU, don't you talk about my mom! Who you one-hundred-percent couldn't HANDLE, for the record!

[strikefirster]

No fuck YOU!

Better hope she doesn't show up so we don't find out.

But speaking of which is she still with your dad? I wouldn't step in on him like that. I'm not fucking LaRusso.

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[subject_013]

[Have a tall, blond, ripped guy in a black tank top, currently in the middle of some very military-looking push ups, talking through his reps without any hint of exertion, the device propped somewhere low.]

Now is that any way to address a woman? I suppose some go for the bad boy archetype, but there's a limit to how much some women will tolerate before it becomes a turn-off.

[dohaeris]

People need new clothes when their old ones are falling apart. They need food when they're hungry, and drink when they're thirsty, and they need to be able to fetch these at a fair price so they don't become hungry and thirsty again.

Perhaps some people could spin and weave and cut and sew their clothes, from wool or cotton or silk they've harvested themselves, and grow their own food which they cook for themselves at the same time, after they've fetched their own water from a good source and boiled it clean, but many people can't, especially not if there's anything else they mean to do with their time.

[kyley_b]

Fuck YOU! [Is he screeching? He's screeching. He's sensitive about his mom, okay?]

Yeah, she's still with my dad. They have a healthy marriage. ...your old buddy stole your wife or something?

And I was trying to help you, genius, if you keep talking to women like that- especially NICE women like Ms. Da Silva here - they're not gonna wanna be around you!

[retsuden]

You mend your clothes when they start to break. And anyone with half a brain can figure out how to buy them on their own without having to be taught by someone else. You're stretching to try and make a point and it isn't working.

It's either a useless offer for idiots or a trick. No one just buys a person clothes or a meal without some sort of expectation on the other end.

[dohaeris]

You can spend your days walking around in tatters, wasting what little coin you have trying to find an honest merchant with decent wares to sell, or you can ask for help. Perhaps from somebody a friend will vouch for.

I know Sharon Da Silva, and she has spoken highly of her mother. This offer may be of no use to you, but it's not a trick.

[retsuden]

I had to learn to feed and dress myself from the time I was a small child and I never ended up in tatters. You're exaggerating again.

[ There's a beat, because he doesn't necessarily trust second hand opinions of people, and this is maybe bordering third hand, but... He also respects Sansa.

DILEMMA. ]

Mmph. I guess we'll see. Someone's bound to throw a public fit about it if it is.

video; un: lady

[dohaeris]

[yes, this does rather sound like a trick to steal young people's blood, or recruit them into some kind of...nefarious group. but sansa knows sharon, and sharon speaks of her mother very fondly. still, outfitting people is her job, and she would have appreciated more custom being directed her way.]

It's good to meet you, Lady Rose. Sharon speaks very well of you; I know that you can provide great comfort to the people here. Are you a Night Walker, by trade? What you describe would do well here in Cellar Door, I think.

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[subject_013]

[He's still in his black tank top, sitting on a bench, drinking from a metal tumbler.]

You're quickly becoming the mother of Trench, the longer you spend time here. I'd almost say this town isn't worthy of you, but perhaps, that means it needs your touch all the more.

[dohaeris]

[sansa is quiet for a moment, not because she doesn't know what to say, but because the same thing happened to rickon, more or less. and arya especially, though she was a little older.]

You shouldn't have had to do that, then. No little child should. And regardless of how well we can do on our own, we do better when we help each other.

[the pack survives.]

I come from a world where clothes and food are not so readily available. Children do go about in rags, and grown people, too, because the people who are meant to help them do not. When I came here I didn't know how to buy bread for myself, let alone cloth for my trade. It was only with the help of Wakers that I found food, shelter, and custom. Perhaps I could have found them on my own, eventually, but I'm very glad I didn't have to.

[retsuden]

[ Helping other people by default is clearly always going to confuse the shit out of him. He wants to argue that should or shouldn't, he did have to, and it made him stronger, and maybe it should be used to make other people stronger too.

But he also knows that that's... not actually how he feels at all, it's just that anger, that want to make people struggle like he did, that thing he's supposed to be fighting against and healing from. God dammit, Sansa!! Your kindness is making his head hurt. ]

... Fine.

CW: Toxic Masculinity

[strikefirster]

[Johnny immediately sours.]

He's not my buddy, pal. He's an asshole who's done nothing but make my life miserable. Back in high school the first thing he did was move in my girl.

[Johnny. You weren't even dating her at the point.]

Huh... Really? Yeah, fuck me I guess.

But look, kid. I know how to treat a girl. Chicks dig being treated like shit before you make the first move, trust me on this.