Hearts of Minerals

Now seemed like as good as a time as any to look around Downtown at the shops. There seemed to be a new one she didn't notice popping up everyday, yet only occasionally were they new shops. As she walked around, she slowly realized she just wasn't the type to notice things that should be obvious to her. Maybe that was because she usually took casual walks, but now that she was more focused it was easier for her to spot new things. This time she was heading over to some place called Revived Metal. From her knowledge, it was some place that reused metal to make new things. That was something she could appreciate with her powers.

When Ade entered she was pleased to see all the sculptures and knickknacks created from reused metal. It was a nice sight to see the recycling of old products, and she was certain that if Bunny was here she'd definitely be happy to see all the stuff in this shop. Next time Ade would bring Bunny along on her adventures, but for now she just looked around the shop inspecting the items. Maybe she would buy a few things from here for her family. Arjean would get absolutely nothing with metal, no matter how well crafted it was, but Oluremi, Bunny, and Archie should be able to handle that stuff better.

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Ade wondered if the tall girl sleeping was a customer or employee, but the idea of a customer sleeping inside of a shop without being kicked out didn't seem that plausible. With Oluremi and Archie in mind she wouldn't be surprised if the girl was an employee; those two frequently slept on the job when they were bored.

Her mind was quickly taken off of that thought when a bunch of key rings moved towards her speaking inside of her mind. This thing that was gliding towards her with a human face didn't seem too harmful though, and was probably just another employee. Still, she wasn't too sure how to feel about what she was seeing.

"A-Ah... Hullo... Uh, I was just looking around. May buy some stuff for my family. I didn't know there was a store like this to be honest." She tried to divert her eyes from the face made from key rings so close to her. One part felt like it was because she was just a bit intimidated by it, but the other part just didn't want to be obvious with staring.

For an employee she was pretty clumsy, yet the sentient key rings didn't seem to mind her too much. Maybe she would get a stern warning later on when not in front of customers. Ade had to remind herself that that was none of her business, and that maybe this place punished their employees differently.

When she learned the sentient key rings was the owner she wasn't too surprised. I he wasn't the owner she would have just assumed he was the manager or one of the more important employees. "I'm Ade Afolabi," she responded. "Nice to meet you Ringsy, Cordula."

She went back to look around, seeing what she could buy from this place. A small feeling of envy pierced her stomach as she looked at all the items. She never bothered to teacher herself how to sculpt things out of metal, but now that she thought about it she had all the resources she needed for mineral sculpting. All she needed was herself and backup minerals. Maybe she should learn how to do all of this stuff for herself... but that seemed like too much of an asshole move to do. She couldn't just come into a shop, then take the main theme they have and incorporate it into her own shop. If someone did that to Designs to the Nines she would be pissed.

Realizing she was awkwardly silent for a moment she looked back up at Ringsy. "Sorry, I was just thinking. All this stuff you made is very admirable. Do you have any small animal sculptures? Something that could fit into my hand maybe? I want to get something for my wife, parent-in-law, and daughter. Maybe something for my toddler too, but I'm a bit worried about how they'll handle your products."