Inspired by this super cute art by @erikaember! For @zelinkcommunity 's prompt 'in another life'.
Thanks at @bahbahhh for betaing last-minute. ๐
Summary: The three golden rules of a jeweler are discretion, politeness, and subtlety. No big deal for Isha, Gerudo Town's jewelry shopkeeper, but there's one customer who keeps her on her toes.
Warnings: none. Words: ~3k. Spoilers for the dragon tears quest.
Excerpt:
Her head shoots up. The display table makes a sound she doesn't appreciate. Shake, shake, the stone pillar goes on its pedestal and the cushion with the diamond circlet leans dangerously to the left. Isha has a scolding on her lips, but something about his rashness of putting the jewelry back on its spot makes her pause. He's skittish like a sand seal.
"What brings you here tonight? How can I help you?" she asks instead, politeness forced back into her voice by the experience of years of customer service.
"Oh, uhm," he stutters, fingering the tassel of the cushion before he realizes what he's doing and withdraws his hands. "I, actually, I don't know if you can help me. It's a rather unusual requโ I should just go again. Thank you for your time."
Isha puts her hands on her hips and leans forward. "If you don't tell me what it is that you want, I can't tell you if I can help you."
"Eh, right," he says and stands next to the stone pillar as if he wants to beat it in its immobility.
"So?" Isha presses. There's a job hidden behind his nervousness, she can feel it in the scar on her index that she got when her mother still maintained the shop and she was the apprentice. Maybe something for a girl. Or a boy, who can tell?
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