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namby-pamby fuwa fuwa shitnaro • 如月シンタロー ([personal profile] substitutable) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-07-01 09:13 pm

[open! and a couple closed ones;]

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?
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[personal profile] vimdicare 2013-07-02 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[How surprising. But nice, too. A little bold for him, isn't it? She blinks before smiling.

He thought of her though? Really? Well, she can't deny she likes it.]


...All right. I haven't been out shopping much.

[Erika grabs an umbrella from behind the door and steps out, shutting it behind her.] What do you need to buy, Shintaro-san?
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[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-07-02 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Momo looks down at the list again, brows furrowed in thought. What to pick first, what to pick...

After writing the list down, she's got a clear idea of what kinds of items they need (and she wants) in their apartment, but anything more specific than that? Please hold.]


...Curtains. Let's get curtains first!
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[personal profile] imperfect 2013-07-02 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ed looks up, nonplussed. In the bustle of the cafe, it takes him a moment to realise that the less than confident question was directed his way, but once he does, he makes a token attempt to move his coffee to the side, as well as the shabby-looking hat he was fidgeting with. Token is all it is, though. There's not exactly much elbow room.]

All yours. Although I'd say you look like you want a towel more than a drink.
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[personal profile] reversemole 2013-07-02 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The coffee break is forthcoming, plentiful, well-desired, and completely uneventful on Kaji's part until Shintaro comes along. The boy's expression definitely fills in some blanks, because he smiles and nods almost instantaneously. ]

By all means. Unfortunately, I can't say the same thing for waterproof. [ Belying that statement, he gestures for the poor boy to sit. You're lucky he's seen worse, son. ]

Now, don't take this the wrong way, but you're looking a little pitiful.
Edited 2013-07-02 21:40 (UTC)
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[personal profile] vimdicare 2013-07-03 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Why don't we window shop? I haven't done that in a long time. Though I really could use some more clothes but boys don't really want to stand around while girls pick out outfits, right?

[She smiles at him before starting to walk.]
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[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-07-03 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[She only grins, perfectly happy about curtains. Humming slightly under her breath, she thinks back to the stores she's seen around the area. Come on, come on, which one could have curtains...]

Um... I think there was a store that sold them around here... Somewhere... That way?
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[personal profile] imperfect 2013-07-03 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn't everyone? I guess someplace to stand that's out of the rain is better than nothing.

[The kid dripping all over the place gives Ed a little extra impetus to shuffle aside some more, but not the extra room. He frowns, sets the hat down, starts to bring his gloved hands together -

- and stops before they meet, before just awkwardly lowering them. Yeah, if anyone unfriendly noticed that, it'd defeat the point of him heading outside on a morning like this in the first place. There are worse things to live with than a coat that, to be fair, was already pretty damp. And he could have lied about being with someone if he'd really cared.

... Come to think, has he seen this guy somewhere before? Ed gives him a sidelong look for a moment, though not what he'd consider a hostile one. Well, it can't have been anywhere important.]


Do you have a towel?
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[personal profile] braavado 2013-07-03 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Korra looks up. So it turns out this place pretty much rains non stop and the only way to escape it is going indoors. Fine by her; she could use something to eat while she collects her thoughts. Not that there's much eating going on, the way she's just picking at the croissant on her plate, and it looks like everyone else had the same idea she did.]

Go for it. I'm not doing much anyway.

[Just sulking. As Avatars do.]
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[personal profile] imperfect 2013-07-03 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ed certainly doesn't disguise his annoyance at that reaction.]

What're you apologising to me for? Step out of here like that and it's you who'll end up catching a cold. [He pauses.] Or something worse. Who knows what's still in the air?

[He pulls his coffee (black, obviously) back towards him in an attempt to distract from any stupid-looking almost-handclaps that may or may not have occurred, although he still doesn't drink from it.]
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[personal profile] reversemole 2013-07-03 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Mistakes happen to the best of us.

[ You could be a man of his chosen craft without developing a sixth sense for nervous fidgets, but surely not a very successful -- or living -- one. He drains half his cup in one swallow before speaking again. ]

I'd welcome a change of pace in weather. Rain day in and day out tends to wear on the nerves after a while.
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[personal profile] braavado 2013-07-04 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[What is this guy even doing? Busy sulking as Korra is, she's not blind and it's pretty obvious the guy's just hunching into himself so much it actually looks painful.

And oh--okay, don't go sneezing on her food! Korra yanks her plate to the side, out of the line of fire.]


You new around here? They were handing out umbrellas in one of the tents, you know.
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[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-07-04 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[She huffs, quickly shaking her head.] No... No, don't say that! It'll be fine!

We'll get there, I won't forget, ehehe... [Famous last words.

With another shake of her head, she quickens her pace in that direction.]
It's around here. I know it!
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[personal profile] imperfect 2013-07-05 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ed sighs gruffly himself.] Nothing to do with you, if that's what you're fretting about. Unless you're secretly a cat.
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[personal profile] vimdicare 2013-07-06 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh no this is going to be fun. She wants to tease him more now.]

Really? What about the usual questions? When a girl says "Ah, do you think I look good in this skirt?" what do you end up saying?

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