[Sampo Koski finds a tidy room, with an untidy stack of books by the bed. If he investigates them, he'd discover they're equal parts romance and equal parts adventure - far off lands, strange new people, something happening to change the status quo. There's a note tucked into one of them.
"Tell me what you think!" And a sloppy, but likely familiar handwriting - Pelageya Sergeyevna had given Gepard at least one book, and it's a shitty historical romance novel.
If Sampo looks hard enough, he'll find a hairbrush on the dresser.
It's a woman's hairbrush, or at least made for someone with more hair than what Gepard has, and it's bright magenta and shocking blue. It's a well worn hairbrush, with a place of honor.
If Sampo Koski waits long enough, he'll hear the sounds of keys as the front door opens, and an old woman - Olga, lives down the street, gets paid 5 shield per hour - arrives to clean the place. See, she came from one of the IPC's planets, and she needed a job, and she cleared security, and Gepard couldn't handle everything on his own, and she comes once a week to clean, and cook a meal and leave it in the fridge with a reminder to eat well, the both of them.
Meanwhile, Gepard's dealing with a customer who wants a book that's got a green cover and a title that starts with P (it doesn't, it starts with B), and Gepard stares out the window and longs for escape. But hey, at least Granny Olga's coming over and he won't have to cook tonight!]
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"Tell me what you think!" And a sloppy, but likely familiar handwriting - Pelageya Sergeyevna had given Gepard at least one book, and it's a shitty historical romance novel.
If Sampo looks hard enough, he'll find a hairbrush on the dresser.
It's a woman's hairbrush, or at least made for someone with more hair than what Gepard has, and it's bright magenta and shocking blue. It's a well worn hairbrush, with a place of honor.
If Sampo Koski waits long enough, he'll hear the sounds of keys as the front door opens, and an old woman - Olga, lives down the street, gets paid 5 shield per hour - arrives to clean the place. See, she came from one of the IPC's planets, and she needed a job, and she cleared security, and Gepard couldn't handle everything on his own, and she comes once a week to clean, and cook a meal and leave it in the fridge with a reminder to eat well, the both of them.
Meanwhile, Gepard's dealing with a customer who wants a book that's got a green cover and a title that starts with P (it doesn't, it starts with B), and Gepard stares out the window and longs for escape. But hey, at least Granny Olga's coming over and he won't have to cook tonight!]