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[saintedsinner]

-=Ed's been out all day collecting apples. There are more than five huge crates by the house, and two of them are over flowing. And Ed's dragging another tarp over to the third crate, huffing and dragging and finally he drops it. This is going to happen all week, so Ed is going to be more than a little scarce

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[capuletnomore]

[Juliet grins, seeing all the apples. She has a fair number of her own, taking up every basket she's found in the city.]

Edward! You have been well, I trust?

Have you a means of preserving all of these wonderful apples, and might I ask you to show me how?

[She remembers how good you were with the sheep, so she's hoping that you know fruit as well.]

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[saintedsinner]

Hey, Juliet. -=A bit of a wave there.=- I've been good.

Oh, yeah, I have plenty to deal with these apples. Come by next week and I'll show you.

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[capuletnomore]

I am glad to hear that.

[She curtsies in return.]

Thank you! I shall most certainly do so. Will they keep for the week, do you think, or if I wish to preserve them, should I wait a few days before picking the ones I wish to save?

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[saintedsinner]

Apples tend to be fairly hardy. They'll keep for a month plus just as they are unless they have worms in them or are bruised.

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[showchoirstar]

[And there Rachel is, picking up a fallen apple. She looks much better -- still a little sore, and her voice is on the mend, but she's more than a little tired of hiding in her room. It's a beautiful day outside and -- and there are apples.

She clasps the apple between her hands for a moment, contemplatively, before she speaks.]

Do you need any help?

[It's quiet, and still a little raspy, but at least it's talking.]

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[saintedsinner]

-=There's a quiet smile and a nod.=-

Yep. I want to see if these crates can be filled by nightfall.

-=That would clear up half the apples around the property, at least.=-

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[showchoirstar]

[She begins picking up apples without much more encouragement. It helps to do something and while life is certainly not normal, doing something as mundane as apple picking will help.]

-- I think this may be my favorite event.

[And it only takes a few more apples before Rachel bites into one, to savor it. Fruit. Her favorite thing in the whole world and she has mountains of it overnight. It's better than Christmas.]

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[saintedsinner]

-=He watches her quietly for a minute, then smiles some.=-

Food events are usually good.

-=He's back to the tarp full of apples, working to toss them into the crate.=- Next week we're going to be working overtime canning, drying and making all these apples into other things.

Knowing some of the people around here, they're going to want hard cider, too. -=Which, incidently, can be a good bartering item.=-