Agatha Prenderghast (
ghost_holder) wrote2016-03-05 08:17 pm
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Well I've got thick skin and an elastic heart
She'd been playing with the idea ever since Mardi Gras, when Aggie hadn't been able to stop looking at all the beautiful and opulent jewelry. More and more in Darrow, she's becoming aware of the things that other girls her age might accept as a given that, for her, had been unforgivable vanities in Blithe Hollow. Now it's a source of curiosity and something she wants for herself, especially after one of the girls at school had actually taken a seat with Aggie at lunch, wearing delicate earrings she had made by hand with beads and wire.
Getting her ears pierced requires a guardian's signature, which is what brings her to Krem's door. There's money in her bag and a carefully rehearsed list of reasons in case he objects. Knocking on the door, she waits.
Getting her ears pierced requires a guardian's signature, which is what brings her to Krem's door. There's money in her bag and a carefully rehearsed list of reasons in case he objects. Knocking on the door, she waits.
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"Can we go right now?" she asks hopefully.
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"Let's go stick ourselves full of holes, shall we?"
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Barbara had always asked for a reason but Aggie suspects that had been because she liked having her ward being able to explain herself.
"Yeah, let's go!"
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The walk over to the tattoo and piercing parlor didn't take overly long, though because they were walk-ins and didn't have an appointment they had to wait to be seen. It gave them a chance to look at the jewelry some, though they wouldn't be able to put anything so extravagant in until after the initial healing process was completed.
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Pointing to some of the other rings, she looks back to Krem. "What about you?"
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"I think I'll have to start off with a ring like that too," he said softly. The ones with the beads on them did look awfully nice, relatively modest and simple. There were a couple brightly rainbow colored ones that he looked at enviously for a bit, before his eyes drifted back to the more plain silver and black.
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It occurs to her after a second too late that Krem might be joking and Aggie flushes a little.
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"Gauged," Mo, who'd done his tattoo and was handling their piercings, supplied, coming around from where she'd been preparing the piercing area for them. She smiled and nodded her head a little to gesture them back. "We normally start with studs for ears, because the backs can be taken off when you're cleaning. But we can do a ring instead if you want. The problem with capture beads is that those beads like to go missing sometimes."
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Fishing out her money, Aggie nods to the boy behind the counter. "Two of those, please. And I'll pay for the piercing now." She already knows she won't regret it.
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Krem didn't get himself any jewelry yet, content to settle with the starter jewelry for now until he was healed up. He paid for his piercing and ushered Aggie into the room, smiling softly at her and thanking Mo for fitting them in to the schedule.
Mo smiled at the both of them. "Who's up first?"
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"Okay." Mo picks up her first needle and lets it press against Aggie earlobe. "Nice deep breath. One...two...three." The needle pushes through as Aggie exhales and her eyes pop wide open, more surprised than alarmed or upset.
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The second one went just as quickly, and then it was done. Mo offered Aggie a mirror so she could see how it looked, easing her off the table as she cleaned it off quickly and gestured for Krem to take her place.
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"It's going to be great."
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"Deep breath," Mo said, taking Krem's lower lip between her fingers and adjusting it out carefully. "Three...two...one--"
Krem made a soft, startled noise as the needle slid into his lip.
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"Do I look more grown up now?"
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She gave Krem a little card that went over the fine details of his dos and don'ts, and he went a little hot at the ears as Mo laughed and went over how to clean his piercing, and that he'd be able to switch to a different piece of jewelry in about a month.
"Any other questions for me right now?"
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"No. Can I get the saline at the front?" she asks, nodding toward the counter display.
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He smiled at her, a bit lopsided for the way that he could already feel his lip swelling a little bit. "Not too bad, right?"
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"I like it," she says, pointing to his lip. "You look...hm..." For a second, Aggie pretends as if she's never heard the swear before before finally saying, "Badass."
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"Come on. Let's go celebrate our new looks. I'll buy you some pizza."
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"But I do want to celebrate."
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