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I was tagged by the wonderful @pterodactyldrops, and I’m excited to do something for my sparkly new characters, Rio, Pharony, and UK!  All right, seven objects they would have in their pockets...

Rio:

Photo ID (she’s an elf in space working for an agency--she has to have an ID)

Spare translator ring--she has an implant, but not all Fae have the Gift of Tongues, and if you’re dealing with a scared kid and a language barrier, it’s just easier for everyone.

A couple of suckers.  She can’t exactly remember what’s in them, but this very nice Fae lady who owns a little sweets shop sends her some once in a while, and they’re helpful when dealing with little kids (and they’re enchanted to last a long time and have soothing properties).

A photograph of herself when she was first taken, occasionally using it as a means to try to find her family.

A packet of tissues.  Her job involves saving kids.  The tissues are more for them.

A small selection of rations--dried meat, nuts and seeds, and usually a random other item if she’s rescuing someone of a particular race.  She once had to buy nori sheets to help calm down a little water-fae so he could tell her where to find his tribe.  Nothing is more comforting to a scared child than a bit of food.

Fire blanket.  They fold up really small and are super useful for a lot of things!

Pharony:

A finger bone.  The Hallowed that they deal with can often be bribed with a treat, and a finger bone is easier to carry than a chicken carcass.

An old coin from her employer.  He gave it to them after he “dealt” with their parents, who had been abusing and neglecting them.  The coin is to symbolize the debt they owe to the man that rescued them.

An old-style moon-stone communicator, used to speak with the crews that deliver the monthly supplies.

Packets of salve.  They deal with the Hallowed, many of whom are barely more than semi-sentient animals, and it can be difficult to avoid wounds.

A handkerchief with their initials embroidered in the corner.  Pharony does not know their initials, as Pharony does not read in any traditional sense.

A spool of silver thread.  It’s surprising how useful thread can be.

An old, faded photograph of their parents on their wedding day.  This serves as a reminder that no matter how sweet and loving parents/people appear, you can’t truly know their dark side without living in it.

UK: 

A pad of paper and pen.  UK’s visions can get sporadic, and she’s skilled at writing when her focus is elsewhere.

Bandages.  She has a habit of giving them to people moments before they need it or she will sometimes wait patiently for the event to occur and offer the bandage.  Most people find this weird, but don’t question it until after she’s long gone.

An origami flower.  It was found with her when she woke up in a Fae-run clinic with no memories and no inkling of who she was or where she came from.  It’s crinkled, and the edges are fraying, but she keeps it as a reminder.

Sticky notes.  Similar to the bandages, she can sometimes help people by writing/leaving random notes where she’s foreseen that they will look.  No one has seen her do it, but she knows it helps.

Sleep medication.  She doesn’t get to choose when the visions happen, and sometimes, the only way she can make them stop is to medicate herself into a stupor and sleep it off.  She’s been trapped awake for a couple of days several times now.

The business card of the nice doctor that has helped to keep her identity a secret.  Granted, per all the paperwork on her is that she’s a Lesser Fae and technically said doctor’s pet, but that’s the price you pay for not being hunted to the death.

A small book of sigils.  The sigils have varying uses, from banishing enemies to summoning help to warding off evil.  One of them is her mark for her Gift of Safe Passage that allows her to pass back and forth between the Fae Realms, but she doesn’t like to use it, because it always brings trouble.

And now I tag people!  (you don’t have to do it if you don’t wanna, and you can just do one, I’m an over achiever and I like writing)