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Date & Time: the beginning of July
Location: the market; a café
Characters: Shintaro and you! (and Erika and Momo)
Summary: Entering a café one afternoon, Shin discovers it to be almost full, with only one seat remaining -- next to you! So he nervously approaches. If you're Erika or Momo, you're for one reason or another out shopping with this loser.
Warnings: n/a for now! to be added if anything comes up.

[open prompt; a morning at the café]
[The café is crowded this afternoon. Granted it probably wasn't a huge shop to begin with, but there definitely are more people than he remembers usually seeing, and from what he can see and from what he's told, there's only one seat left at the counter.

He could go home. He could find somewhere else to get coffee. But he'd been distracted the last few weeks and didn't realize he'd forgotten his umbrella (or one of his roommates took it, either his sister or the blue-haired spawn of the devil) until he realized he was soaked, and the café was a walk from the housing building. It made him feel gloomy already thinking about how all the trouble he went through to come here would've been for nothing. He sighs and steps around a table toward the counter, hoping that the person sitting next to that empty seat isn't a scary person.]

Excuse me, um... is this seat taken?

[if you're Erika Furudo you belong here]
[Whenever he asked Erika how she was doing, he would always get the same answer: "I'm so bored." He didn't really know how to keep mystery-loving chopstick-worshipping twelve-year-olds (or at least he thinks that's how old she is) but, to most people, being in their apartment all day without anything to do probably counted as boring. And his sister would talk about wanting to go shopping sometime. He didn't know how much that applied to kids, but it is with that thought in mind that he knocks on her apartment door in the afternoon. When she answers, he curls his hands into fists loosely at his sides, slightly nervous, and states his invitation.]

You said you were bored, right? I'm on the way to the store, if you want to come with me.

[and if you're Momo you're here]
[After Momo's declaration that their apartment was lame and needed decorating and that he needed to help, they spent the last week or so ~~arguing~~ discussing exactly what they needed and how much it would cost for them to get the decorated apartment Momo so wanted.

On the list that Shintaro made Momo write out but has a general idea of in his head are things like curtains and shelves and dishes and appliances (etc. etc.). It's not like Exsilium had a department store for them to get everything at nor did they have the transportation device to carry all of the things back home, so they were limited. But Shintaro glances at Momo's face and hopes that this would satisfy her at least a little as he sighs.]

What are we getting first?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

What's wrong with orange?! It's a nice color!

We can't get red ones.

I'm not getting red ones. I'll think the apocalypse is coming every day because the sky is red or something.

[hurhur]

[Shintaro, no...]

Then the color I want is just fine! It won't make it look like the world's ending if it's orange.

I never even said orange was a bad color. I was just saying, I wouldn't use it. Geez.

That's fine. I'll use it! So we're getting orange.

I never said I wasn't going to! I was asking if you were f-- Fine! Fine, fine. You can get orange.

[Nailed it.] Fine! So we're getting these ones...

And we can look for another orange set, too!

Uugh... Should we get a cart? If you're going to lug all of these around it's going to get real heavy real soon.

...Eh? What? [She looks up again, in the middle of reaching out for said first set of curtains.] Yeah...

Yeah, go get a cart! Then we can get even more!

[That's not what he meant! How many do you even intend to get!!]

All right all right. You wait here until I get back then, okay?

[She barely pays attention to that, just waves him away as she wanders over to another bright set. She's getting lots, okay!!]

Okay! I'll wait here for you. Don't take too long!

[Momo we don't even have that many windows. Are you going to change them every week??

But Shintaro will go get that cart like he promised and he wont' take that long even!!]

[Maybe she will!!

In the time he's gone, she wanders over to another, very bright, set and holds it up in front of her.] This one...

[He's not helping just so you know!!]

Uwah... [is what he mutters to himself as he sees what she's holding when he gets back. But without commenting, he brings the cart over and leans on it, watching.]

Found one you like yet?

[No, he better help!!

She turns back to look at him, but doesn't let go of the curtains.] I like these ones, too!

You know you're going to have decide at one point or another. Besides, have you checked to make sure that you're getting curtains that ere the right length?

The right... length?

[She holds them up higher, closer to herself.] These are the right length! They've gotta be.

Don't tell me you didn't measure the height of the window before coming here. Momo.

O-of course I did! [No, she didn't.] I-I just don't remember...

But we can figure it out!

Do you even realize how pointless it is to measure if you don't remember? Fine, let's find someone from the store. There's got to be enough Transports that they're used to our windows.

I-it doesn't matter anyway, they're just windows! [Nevertheless, she nods, carefully setting down the curtains again and walking away.]

But come on, let's find someone!

Momo, if you ever get your own place, make sure Mom helps you decorate, okay? There was one down that aisle.

[He starts pushing the cart sighing heavily because SIGH SISTER SIGH]

I don't need Mom to help me with that! B-but she'd probably want to help...

[Excuses, excuses.

She rushes forward ahead of him, and walks up to the person Shintaro pointed out. All right, nailed it. Now to just ask him...]

I hope she does. I really do.

[Well you're in charge of asking them, Momo. Because it's your shopping!!]

Don't be stupid! Of course you will!

[She hesitates a moment, before plunging forward again. Not bothering to look back at her brother, she stops in front of her possible (!!) savior. A few quick questions later... And she's turning back, barely remembering to shout out a "thank you!"]

I've got it, I've got it! He thinks they should be this way, follow me!

[These directions may or may not be accurate.]

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