Private Words

With one final announcement, Carmin's math class was dismissed for the day and the students were released for the rest of the day. A long time ago, Carmin used to remember loving this moment, but now he was kind of impartial about it. Class was class, he'd pay attention, jot down notes and learn whatever was taught. It was work, but it was something to do. After school, there'd be some homework, but after that there was nothing. On the rare occasion, a friend would want to hang out, but those were hard to come by.

Today wasn't really set to be any different. Another head-down walk to his locker. He opened it and started getting his things packed up, putting them neatly into his backpack. After that, the plan was to head home, do his work and then read. The routine was honestly pretty stale at this point. He gave a quiet sigh as he started zipping up his bag.

@Goblin

"Eh!?" Carmin practically fell over when Ferret suddenly appeared before him. After having a moment to collect himself and hear Ferret talk, Carmin let out a sigh. Then before responding, his eyes raised to give her a suspicious look. It was almost more frightening to have her talking so sweet. It most definitely meant she was up to something, but the fact that Carmin couldn't figure out what it was kept him on edge.

"W-what do you-" Carmin bit his lip and started again, remembering some of what he'd learned from his few days of therapy. "Sorry, I'm fine... How are you?" Regardless of what he'd been taught, he still stuck a hand in his pocket and pulled out his wallet to make sure it was there before stuffing it back in.

Carmin just kept watching suspiciously as Ferret told him not to worry. Of course he trusted none of that, but he had no proof that she was trying to pull something on him either. So, he stayed put and heard her out.

His look of confusion seemed to stay plastered across his face, right up until she said lending a leaf. At which point, his face changed to one that was just plain unimpressed. By the time she finished, he was once again quite confused. "What are you even talking about? And what do you mean think I'm better at reading?" In a desperate attempt to protect the one thing he thought he was at least half decent at, Carmin took the bait. "Aren't you literally illiterate?"

Carmin remained skeptical as Ferret exclaimed how hurt she was by his question. Not of the fact that Ferret might be acting, that much was obvious, but still of her plan in all of this. He just wanted to figure out what she wanted so he could get on with his day. But it looked like he was going to get his wishes after all.

Although the mode of transportation to what Ferret wanted to show him wasn't exactly ideal. Carmin barely had enough time to grab ahold of his backpack asshe whisked him away to who knows where. "Hey, stop. Let go. Hey! Ferret!" He couldn't really do much while she dragged him. One arm was being pulled on by her, while the other was occupied with dragging his backpack.

When she finally let go, he had to take a look and make sure she hadn't damaged it. Looked fine. Then his eyes turned to her as she explained herself, though he still looked rather unimpressed by all of this.

The idea of finding loads of treasure was nice. He was out of extra money now and stuck with what he got from the school until he could get a job, so a top up would be appreciated. However, it sounded too good to be true. Especially given the source of the info.

He looked at the scroll, still with that overwhelming sense of suspicion, and then to Ferret. "What's that? Is that the treasure map that's gonna take us to the magical money hoard?"