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Things were pretty much going down hill. How his mother thought moving to Manta Carlo was supposed to help him he had no idea. Three days, six hours, twenty seven minutes. That's how long he had been in his studio trying to finish his latest master piece. It was mind wracking how little paint they put in the stupid bottles.


That's why he was at the store again. His gloves faintly stained with flecks of golden paint and a hoodie to hide how cold he actually felt on the island. He only left his studio because he needed paint. He also needed sleep and food but it was hard to think straight when he was affected this much by his aura.

He pretty much had stopped looking for colors and had just piled the supplies in the cart. Normally he could rationed his art work, trying to incorporate it into his everyday life. That was hard here, he had school and math and gym class. How was gym artistic? It wasn't it was no where near artistic and his mother wasn't around to help him deal with this. Come to think of it he hasn't seem her since she dumped him in his father five years ago.

three days six hours twenty-eight minutes he thought to himself, he didn't know why he kept track. Surely someone would catch his attention? Something shiny, some one new? He had tried the socializing thing but it didn't work. All he needed was a little more time to finish and he would be done. Only he was never really done with art. He wished he hadn't inherited anything from his mother. His cart was heavy with more paint than he really needed, paint brushes, pallets, a few smocks. He hated those things, but he needed them for other reasons.

He walked to the register not even noticing the cute girl behind the register. He needed to get back to his master piece. How many did he have Now? He literally had no room for a painting this big. He would have to sell some, part with at least a tenth of his collection. He kept going over in his head how much he would have to do, how close he was to finishing. He was so very very close.

"excuse me" the cashier got his attention and he mumble an apology and swiped his card for the purchases. He was to concerned about getting back he hadn't register how heavy the supplies were.
The paper bags were undoubtedly heavy but he didn't care he had balanced them perfectly in one arm as difficult at is was and he walked back to his studio. He needed to finish so he could sleep, or rather start a new project, he never left one unfinished.

three day five hours and ten minutes. Had he taken a wrong turn? He should've been at his studio by now SPLAT his bags fell and he quickly assessed the damage, one broken bag, he could fix that, he could make a gold basket, he could. He bumped into someone, he stopped for a second and looked up.

"Are you alright?" He asked his voice deep and raspy. He didn't have time to talk but he was always polite. He needed to get back to the studio to finish. He quickly made a gold basket piling the safe paint and supplies and salavging what wasn't spilt.
 

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If he made it out intact, it would have been a small miracle.

Hudson tended to remind people of their grandparents. He certainly looked old enough to be someone's grandfather, although the truth was that he was even older than that. He'd been old enough to be a grandfather when the damn pyramids were still going up. People were right to call him old, but didn't really understand the scale of it.

That said, while he looked like a grandfather, Hudson didn't really act like one. He had all the paternal instinct of a harp seal. He'd never wanted to have kids, never had any kids, and never raised any kids. The average rock was more likely to have children then he was.

So when a rather young kid bumped into him, it wasn't any kind of paternal instinct (or even a general nice nature) that made him stop. No, it was the fact that the kid appeared to be producing gold. Most people would have been interested at the sight of it, but Hudson was a dragon, and that meant gold was a bit more than a passing interest for him. Seeing gold always made him feel the need to collect it, and when faced with a literal basket made of gold?

Well, that meant it was time to strike up conversation.

Hudson stepped back, clear of the paint as he looked down over the scene. He had a whole bag of supplies, and he'd just lost quite a few of them. Even so, he didn't seem terribly distressed - or maybe he was just focused on other things?

"Do you need some help there?" He didn't wait for a response, bending down and picking through the mess to find what could be saved.
 

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Lucas was pretty much obvlious to the fact that he could produce gold, in actuallity he was completely and utterly desensitized to it. When he had been younger it was cool to run around touching things...but now it was more of a hinderance than anything. How he could paint with a gold paint brush...the world would never know. He did however notice when people were trying to start a conversation, and he never knew what to do in those situtations. Smile and nod didn't seem like the best option in that moment, he had almost knocked over and elderly man. His mother would be incredibly cross with him should she ever find out. The best thing he could do was apologize and offer to walk him back to whatever facility he was supposed to be in. That's where they put old people these days right? He didn't dare ask just in case, why risk offened a person that probably fought wars to keep people safe...not him...but other people.

"Oh you don- okay thanks" Lucas said his face entirely red, he hoped the old man didn't throw his back out. Once his stuff was fixed and settled her looked towarrds the man with a sheepish smile on his face. He was careful to put the fingers back on his gloves...he didn't want any kind of accidents.

"I'm Lucas by the way, and I really am sorry for bumping into but thanks for the help!" He tried to find another way to keep the conversation going. He didn't want to be rude, did he tip the nice old man for helping him? He didn't have any cash...he was completely debit card dependant...what was life. How did he even, was this man going to torture him with 'back in the day stories' Lucas was very quickly and very silentily going on a downward spiral of old people stereotypes and he felt increasingly bad about it. However all he knew abut old people he had gotten from hearing people talk and watching tv shows.

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As old as he was, Hudson was fit enough that throwing his back out wasn't a big concern. He bent over, carefully retrieving some of the paint that hadn't popped open when it was dropped, and wiping a few on the ground to get the worst of the mess off. Even so, he was obviously focusing more on Lucas, trying to figure out just what he was doing with a basket made of gold. It wasn't like someone just accidentally wandered around town with a basket made of gold, and it was absolutely real gold - of that Hudson had no doubt.

"Don't worry about it at all, Lucas." Why was he wearing gloves when dealing with paint? That seemed... unusual. His mind didn't immediately jump to 'this kid can turn things into gold with a touch', but instead something closer to 'this kid is obviously pretty weird'.

"My name is Hudson." He offered by way of introduction, depositing several more things of paint in the basket and resisting the urge to simply grab it and refuse to let go.

And then, introductions done, Lucas stood there. He didn't seem to be in any hurry to go anywhere, and he was obviously thinking about something, although Hudson couldn't begin to guess at what. Did he recognize him or something? Maybe he went to the school.

"Is something on your mind?"
 

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Lucas was kind of lost in his own world of utter bs, beacause he wasn't sure what he was even supposed to do. Did he pay the kind sure for his help, he probably should. Of course he had no money which once again brought him back to his Delimma. His problem was that this very elderly man helped him and now he felt...like surviors guilt or something.
"No I must insist on paying you back." he said quickly removing his glove and picking up some small rocks. He quickly turned them to gold and smootheed them into coin shapes. He handed the golden coins to Hudson completely and utterly shy and nervous. What if he didn't accept the thank you gift. No one prepared him for old people being allowed to room with out their kids! He didn't really think that making gold things was a weird thing, nor did he think about the danger of his actions.

His mother did and that's why she always told him to be careful. "Hello hudson it's nice too meet you" He need to get home and finish his painting, his current work of art before...oh conversation. It was too late...it was inevitable he was going to get wart stories, please write being nice to old people on his grave, if there was anyone who could read thoughts near by he hoped the heard him.

"Not really, just worry i spilled too much paint to finish my current project" He said, it was a complete lie he didn't care, he wasn't gonna say old people made hiim worry.
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He could turn things into gold.

It was only several thousand years of self control that kept Hudson from throwing him over his shoulder right there. As it was, his face twitched gently before smoothing back out to his usual smile.

"Ah?" He said, his eyes fixed on the gold that had been deposited in his hand. As much as he was pleased with the idea of being given gold (and really, who wouldn't be), he couldn't quite figure out why. Why was he being given chunks of gold?

"I don't particularly feel that helping someone pick up paint is worthy of chunks of gold, not that I mind." He quirked an eyebrow at the boy, sufficiently mystified that the worst of his hoarding instinct was stamped down on.
 

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Lucas shrugged his shoulders "Well my mom says that I have to be nice to the elderly, and you could've thrown you back out...I mean not that you look that old...I mean it's fine. It's not like it hurts me." Lucas shifted awkwardly from foot to foot. He didn't know what to do when people didn't except his gifts. Weren't people supposed to like gifts?

"I mean, im not going to force it on you thought. I just uh appreciate your help very much" He said as an after thought, even though he had already weirder himself out. Why was interacting with people so hard for him. He had done it before, but it seemed like a really hard thing, especially when he was alone.

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He could have thrown his back out? Hudson's other eyebrow rose up to join the first in an expression of obvious surprise. Was he saying that he was old? He was trying to be nice because... he was old?

Well, he was old, but he was certainly fit.

Hudson reached forward, taking the offered gold coins and squeezing one between his finger. Malleable--much like real gold. He had a pretty good eye, and what he'd been offered showed no signs of reverting.

"Does it stay gold?" He asked, completely disregarding everything Lucas had just said. It was awfully hard not to have a one track mind when there was gold in his hand, and it was taking a lot of effort not to just grab him and run. He'd stopped making an effort to pretend like he was interested in the conversation--no, he just wanted to know about the gold.
 

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Lucas nodded glad that they had changed the subject to something he could talk about. "Yes it does, I have a statue I made when I was like ten, its still gold" Lucas was proud of his craft. Making gold was something he found fascinating. He could still find new things to make, he was prefefting his jewelry.

"I can only make gold though, and shape. Liquid gold is my favorite to work with, it flows much easier" He didn't stop to think this wasn't a conversation about art. Everything about Lucas dealt with art and so he figured everyone who was around him would have that feeling as well.

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Hudson let out a small wheezing laugh when Lucas said that he could only make gold. Only. As if that wasn't enough to get him kidnapped in almost any country of the world.

The boy seemed awfully enthusiastic, and Hudson was more than happy to oblige him in the discussion.

"Oh, do you need something special to make liquid gold, or can you just make liquid gold out of anything?" Already he was mentally writing out his answers to both possible options, eager to get Lucas back to his cave and converting everything he touched into gold.
 
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