#also this makes me realise we never wrote the rambles about scar's journal

[angeart]

Have my pre-caffeine thought that Mr Beak is a Nice Thing. He's not something they need for survival, he's just Nice to have. And they haven't had a lot of Nice Things have they? They only have what they can carry with them. And there's been a couple mentions of Scar Nice Things - the journal and the painting, but there hasn't really been much mention of Grian Nice Things.

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YES. this is a good thought. you're so right.

grian doesn't really have anything that'd be purely sentimental or a "leisure" item, instead of things needed for survival.

scar has the journal, and it's not like it's off-limits to grian; he actually does use it, but mostly just in little ways. scribbles or notes, things he hopes scar would find and laugh at, you know? he can go to a random page, write or draw something in, then wait to see how long it'll take for scar to notice. it's almost like a little game <3 but the journal is ultimately scar's, and it has limited amount of pages, and it can't be easily replaced, so... grian really tries not to take up too much of the valuable space, you know?

when they get scarfakins, a silly painting but so worth it because it makes scar happy, they also take something else out of that cabin: a soft, blue sweater (kinda seen here and here). but that's a piece of clothing, which, again, aids survival by the end of the day, no matter how nice and soft it is.

it really takes until mr beak for grian to have something like that of his own. something that is, in a way, useless. just nice to have. (and that's like, late spring i think?)

the real question is: how long will he be able to keep it... :3

vex arc is nice because another side effect of it is that, with a semblance of permanency (i wonder how that ends :3c), they slowly start thinking about things they don't need but just want. oh, maybe next time they're out and find a camp, they could look for some nice fabric to replace their ratty curtains? hey, maybe they could spend a day chopping some wood, getting materials? maybe they could fix up their little place, do some changes and adjustments? maybe they could help the other vexes with their homes, too?

and building something isn't exactly a thing to Have, as in, a physical something to hold onto. but it is a Nice Thing, too.