Ty laughed jovially, he wasn't what Eden expected when she saw his punk exterior. He seemed like a happy person who liked to dress eccentrically.
"So how did you discover your style, I've been trying to do the same," Eden said, she wasn't shy about asking for advice, her time working briefly at Marshall Toys had taught her keeping silent was a waste.
A fool who asks is a fool for five minutes, but a fool who never speaks up remains a fool.
"Well I just sorta fell into it," Ty said touching his chin as he thought deeply about it. "I was pretty young, looked at a bunch of magazines and the internet then thought, oh that's cool!"
"Wow," Eden gasped. The line moved a bit and they shuffled forward, continuing with their conversation. "I wasn't really given a lot of space to explore myself like that,"
"Well it's never too late you know, people find themselves in adulthood all the time," Ty said. "Even caged birds can learn to fly,"
"That's incredibly profound," Eden said.
"I know," Ty said, beaming with pride. "I'm a musician,"
"I'm a toy maker,"
"Well, well, you don't see much of those anymore. What kind of toys do you make?"
"Right now, geared towards stuffed animals but I want to expand my horizons," Eden said in excitement.
Ty nodded in approval, his features donned an impressed look as he bopped his head in support.
"I think that's the coolest thing ever, you should come to this party I'm hosting, Don't worry it's at the Zenith building so it's not too far from you," He paused. "I mean I assume so since we're shopping in the same general area,"
Eden giggled as her new friend flushed, embarrassed by his assumption.
"Don't worry about it, yeah I live within walking distance of this place so it's not far from Zenith at all," Eden said.
Ty's face softened, even with his pierceings he manged to foster a tender expression on his face as he looked at her.
"Great! I'll see you there,"
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Eden and Ty parted ways shortly after, with Ty running over to his friends and hopping into the sleek fire red car before zooming off like the hounds of hell were on their heels.
She thought about the party, mulling it over in her head. Sure it would be nice to see him again but she was nervous. She had never been to a party before, not even during her high school years, she and Lily had gone to the same collage too with their degrees being relatively short programmes that allowed them to graduate early.
Eden walked back to the Kairos building with a few things on her mind, she hadn't even negotiated the price of her services, oh well that would come when she was done fixing up the toys in her possession. The next thing she had to consider was getting her name out there.
"We'll there's social media, dad was always super hesitant to try it but it wouldn't hurt to put some of my stuff on there, I just need a computer," Eden said to herself.
"Good to see you back so soon Miss Eden," George said tipping his hat to her and offering to carry up the things she had bought from the supermarket. Eden smiled at him and waved him off opting to carry her baggage herself as she went back up to her apartment to begin working on Timothy's car.
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After setting all the things down on the counter and ordering a fresh round of groceries, Eden changed into her overalls to begin working on the toy car.
"Now I just need a refresher on wood carving," Eden said pulling up her chair and sitting at her desk to get out her phone and click on Larktube, the video sharing site that was all the rage now amongst her peers.
"You can post just about anything here," Eden said with a smile, she typed in wood carving and settled on a short video that would carve along side her. "Okay, seems easy enough,"
She unboxed her tools and took the chunk of wood and the toy car, placing it on her worktable as she watched the video.
"So I just take the hobby saw and..." She grabbed the long piece of metal with a wooden handle and jagged saw teeth, then worked to saw off two small pieces of wood she would carve into the shape of a the car tires.
The saw bit into the wood and with maximum effort Eden was able to pull it through until she heard the pieces she needed tumble unto the worktable. After picking them up and making sure they were the right size, it was time to move on to the next step.
"Now to begin carving,"
Carving the wood wasn't as hard as sawing a chunk off thankfully, as she worked Eden noticed a video on her feed.
The person presenting it looked around her age, with the same shade of blonde hair. She was pretty with immaculate makeup and adorable features Eden wished she could have. Her outfit looked expensive, like something from a high end boutique.
'How to be more confident,' The video read. Eden shrugged and clicked on it to listen as she carved, it wouldn't hurt to hear what the woman had to say, maybe it would be helpful.
"Hello my loves welcome to another video," the video played, the woman had a soft and gently voice perfect to listen to as Eden worked on her latest project.
Eden listened passively as she sanded down the first tire until it matched the one on the toy car, she then began working on the second tire.
An hour of carving and painting later, Eden was done with the car and the video. She had sanded down the rough corners and repainted the fine details on the wooden car. She polished it up until the wood looked glossy and new.
All in all she did a pretty good job, there was only one problem though.
How would she get it to Timothy?