Ex-Salesman

//INTRO #ninahtwt #ninahrptwt #ninahoc Muse is in her mid-60s. Ex-salesman and 1920s fashion + car lover. Randomized.

@Thetruestgarden "Yup. Goodnight, Eden!"

@VeniRadostev "Is it alright if I leave then?" "It's getting a little late. I need sleep."

"This house is a hot mess! A hot mess of crazy people, I tell you! Am I not good enough to know?! Am I not good enough!?" (Despite their high emotion, they can't yell very loud by the kitchen door.) //open int//

@Thetruestgarden "I don't think so!"

@VeniRadostev "Which is good! I am glad!!" [He claps.] "Do you need anything else?"

@Thetruestgarden "That's why I can say it now!"

@VeniRadostev "Oh." "I assume, given the cataclysm, that hatred is mostly gone now."

@Thetruestgarden "Synopsis is that Russia and America do not like each other very much."

@VeniRadostev "I know very little of politics." [Nothing at all, actually."

@Thetruestgarden "Politics?"

@VeniRadostev "Why wouldn't you be able to say that!" [Eden does not say that like a question.] "Who is stopping you from loving America." [There is a look of genuine concern in his eyes.]

@Thetruestgarden "I have some American ancestry. Mostly from my mother. Also, I'm what some can call an Americanophile. I love the country!" (They look around.) "I can say that now!"

@VeniRadostev "But you are Russian."

@Thetruestgarden "I call a lot of young men son. It's an American thing."

@VeniRadostev [He blinks.] "Son??"

@Thetruestgarden "Why, you are, son!"

@VeniRadostev "Yes, I am right."

@Thetruestgarden "I know, right?!"

@VeniRadostev "Hugs are nice."

@Thetruestgarden (Veni hugs him too. Eden gets three pats on his back.)

@VeniRadostev "A hug?— I mean, okay." [Eden seems surprised, but he ends up hugging Veni anyways.] [His eyes stay locked onto his own claws the entire time, making sure they stay flat against their back.]

@Thetruestgarden (They hand him a copy.) "I'll give you this for… hm… one hug! …Yeah. Fair trade!"

@VeniRadostev "I have not."

@Thetruestgarden "Have you read The Great Gatsby?"

@VeniRadostev "All books. Every book."

@Thetruestgarden "What kind of books?"

@VeniRadostev "I would like to read books."

@Thetruestgarden "Read books. I worked for a publishing company, after all."

@VeniRadostev "He sounds interesting.." "How'd you learn about him??"

@Thetruestgarden "Sure, kid! Aristotle is one of the most famous classical intellectuals who changed how humans think. He established many of the basics of human ethics, philosophy, rhetoric, and such."

@VeniRadostev "Can you tell me about him??"

@Thetruestgarden "A Greek philosopher a long, long time ago."

@VeniRadostev "Who is Aristotle?"

@Thetruestgarden "Ethos, pathos, logos. Classical history about Aristotle."

@VeniRadostev "What words."

@Thetruestgarden "I learned a few Greek words."

@VeniRadostev "You speak Greek??"

@Thetruestgarden "Greek for "credibility," basically!"

@VeniRadostev "...Ethos?"

@Thetruestgarden "Then that's a good idea. Ethos is a great way to convince others, and finding helpers builds that credibility."

@VeniRadostev "Yes!" [Roman is not trustworthy.] "I trust two out of three of the people I can help."