Ricky // Eleret takes her first trip into the Zeltivan fish market and makes friends with the locals.
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Center of scholarly knowledge and shipwrighting, Zeltiva is a port city unlike any other in Mizahar. [Lore]
The new stall proved to not sell 'baitfish' either, but that lack was only to be expected. Eleret paused in her perusal of its wares to consider the one Ricky held up. With a name like Matthew's Bay catfish, it must be peculiar to Zeltiva; and as Ricky went on to describe it, the Konti regarded him with slight bemusement as well as sincere interest. Apparently he equated slimy outside with succulent oil-rich flesh -- or maybe he just thought she'd be interested in a trying a local fish.
Which was true, if not what she'd come here looking for.
Eleret nodded to Ricky. "It sounds like a good fish. I think I will try two fish," she continued, turning towards the vendor. "This 'catfish', and one more." Leaning up on her toes, she pointed towards the far end of the table. "There, the plain gray one." Eleret looked back to Ricky. "I would say herring," she supplied, implicitly prompting him for the Common name.
"It sounds like a good fish. I think I will try two fish, this 'catfish', and one more." Ricky smiled as he watched and waited, the girl stood on her toes just to point out what her other choice was. "There, the plain gray one." she looked back to Ricky, "I would say 'herring'." When she called the herring what she knew it to be, Ricky couldn't help but silently repeat it to himself with a smile. That is until he noticed she waited for him to say it in common.
"Oh right," He looked to the salesman once again, "I'll also take a Herring please." The salesman wasted no time in handing a decent sized herring to Ricky, who then handed it to Eleret with a smile. "We say 'herring' in common." He nodded when he said this, and sounded enthusiastic when he spoke. They were both learning from each other after all.
Even though Eleret may have brought the coin needed to pay for her fish Ricky felt it only best if he paid for her. After all his dad would do the same, even when times seemed hard he always had a way of being a real gentleman to girls. It was only fair he lived up to the same expectations, if he was to follow in his father's footsteps of course.He handed a couple of the nilo's he was given ealier when they sold some of their catch, and with a smile the salesman accepted the transaction with amusement.
"Herring," Eleret echoed in Common, giving Ricky a quick smile. It shifted into surprise as the boy went ahead and paid for her fish, then reappeared, as she accepted the gift without complaint. If he wanted to pay for her fish -- well, she'd just be grateful. It was the polite response, and also the sincere one. "Thank you," she said to him, and to the fish seller as well.
The Konti accepted her fish from Ricky, hefting each briefly to estimate their weights. They were a good size in both respects, mass and volume; good choices overall. She threaded a cord through their gills, the better to carry them -- she had a ways to walk back, after all, across the breadth of the city. Stepping away from the stall, Eleret glanced over to Ricky. "I go back now, to cook these. You will go home?" she asked, presuming that's what the boy would most likely do. He had mentioned his father, if nothing else.
"I go back now, to cook these. You will go home?" Eleret had asked, Ricky smiled when he replied.
"Yeah, me pa will be gettin supper ready. Got some good fish to be had when I get home." When he spoke he did so with enthusiasm, his stomach quietly growled as he thought of the fried salmon steaks that waited for him at home. First things first he had to be a proper lad to Eleret, and a proper lad always took care of things before relaxing off. He gave her a goodbye and went on home, excited to have a story to tell his pa; a story of a new friend from a foreign land who taught him several things today.
by Eleret on February 13th, 2013, 11:53 am 
