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[ledbythewind]

[It's a cold, overcast day when Richard steps outside the house this morning, but that doesn't deter him one bit from the errands he has planned for today, even if it does cause him to duck back inside for a scarf first. It doesn't matter how much he hates the cold; today is important, so he can't wait for it to get warmer.

His first stop is the item store in search of the perfect gift. He'll probably linger around this store for the longest, because he wants to find just the right thing. After that, he'll head over to All Passions, where he makes a beeline towards the suits.

Finally, he heads to the bakery to grab a cake. This stop on his little shopping trip requires the most self-control... or not, as he'll probably end up emerging with a few more things than just a cake. Oh well, his housemates will eat them, right?

Once all of this is accomplished, he heads back to House 28, looking both very pleased with himself and just a little bit mischievous too.

He can be found in any of these locations or on the journey between them. Feel free to stop him and say hi or ask what he's up to!]

Comments

[theboywiththebook]

[Brave? Not really. He just doesn't know anyone well enough and he doesn't have family here. His life might've sucked back in Storybrooke but at least he had a mom and then he had grandparents and Emma. But Here? No one.]

I won't. Everyone's been really welcoming so far.

[Even if he's been writing letters to Santa asking for Emma and Snow to get home and/or just seeing his family for a minute or two.]

[ledbythewind]

[Richard doesn't really know what it's like to be close to one's family-- his mother died when he was very young, and while he respected his father, he can't say that the two of them were ever really close. So the idea of missing family... it isn't something he understands all that well.]

I'm not surprised to hear that-- people here do tend to be on the kind side. It's one of the best things about this place.

[theboywiththebook]

Yeah, I guess it is.

[The last shift wasn't too bad but that was probably Henry's first. So um...gonna be great next round!]

How long have you been here anyways, Richard?

[ledbythewind]

[His smile fades just the slightest bit, and Henry might notice a bit of a wistful note in his tone.]

It will be three years this next March. It's strange... sometimes it seems like it's been much longer than that, but other times it feels like I haven't been here very long at all.

[theboywiththebook]

[Three years?! He couldn't even imagine being here by himself for that long.]

Oh...I'm sorry.

[Because from the looks of it he probably hit a sore spot.]

[ledbythewind]

[But Richard just shakes his head, quick to smile again.]

There's no need for you to apologize. After all, you weren't the one who brought me here.

[theboywiththebook]

I just wish there was a way I could help.

[Even his storybook didn't have the answers to a place like Luceti. But walking along he'll look to Richard.]

Are there any magic trees around here?

[This totally has to do with something.]

[ledbythewind]

Magic trees?

[Well, that's an interesting subject change. Richard can't help but wonder what brought that up.]

[theboywiththebook]

Yeah, in my storybook, that's how they sent Emma to my world to keep her safe from an evil curse. So maybe there's something like that here.

[ledbythewind]

As interesting as that sounds, I'm afraid I'm not under any evil curses that I need to run from. I'm not sure a magic tree would work quite as well in that case.

[theboywiththebook]

[Are you patronizing him, Richard? Because it sounds like your making fun of it.]

It's true. But I just thought if there was someone could get out of Luceti and find a way to break the barrier.

[ledbythewind]

[Not at all; he's just teasing playfully, as he has a habit of doing. Henry will soon find this out if he spends much time around Richard.]

So in other words, this magic tree acts like a teleporter of sorts?

[He knows about those-- the Amarcian ruins are full of them.]

[theboywiththebook]

[He won't have much choice will he?]

Yeah it did. I'm just wondering if there are more out there.

[ledbythewind]

[Nope. No one does.]

You know, I don't think anyone here has searched for anything like that before.

[theboywiththebook]

Really? No one has?

[That's actually kind of surprising.]

[ledbythewind]

Not to my knowledge. As I said, I'd never heard of something like that even being possible before now. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same for most of the other people here.

[theboywiththebook]

I guess that means will have to go looking for one after the holidays.

[Dragging you into one of his Operations, Richard? Why yes he is.]

[ledbythewind]

I'd say that sounds like a plan.

[As Henry will also learn, Richard has the maturity level of a young boy at times and loves doing things like that.]

And I trust you know just what to look for.

[theboywiththebook]

Great.

[Well, than everything is good.]

Well, sort of. But the Blue fairy had said back in Storybrooke we needed fairy dust to find a tree like that. But, maybe we won't need it here.

[Because surely someone had to have magic to look for a tree like that.]

[ledbythewind]

Fairy dust... that's something I haven't seen anywhere here. How does it help you find the tree? Perhaps we can find something else that will work instead.

[theboywiththebook]

They kind of look like diamonds at first. But, then you gotta crush them up to get fairy dust. I don't know though, I've never really used it. I think all you have to do is just throw it and think really hard about what you want and it'll lead you.

Maybe we will though.

[ledbythewind]

We might be able to get some of the Filial spirits to lead us if we think hard enough.

[theboywiththebook]

You think so?

[ledbythewind]

I do indeed. It's certainly worth a try.

[theboywiththebook]

Then we're going to have to go looking soon.