OPEN: get in the car we're going shopping

[initiatesnpc]

Date & Time: 8/21-8/23 daytime
Location: Outside a civilian residential apt building
Characters: BIG SPENDERS or anyone really just tag your butts in and go to town
Summary: Yard saaaale. In the street. Because what is a yard in the future.
Warnings: Blood spilled over ShamWow??


What had begun as the idea of two became the realization of at least seven — all landlord approved and with nods of approval from neighboring apartment buildings. It didn't even take up a full block, but it was full enough to attract attention of passers-by on the morning hustle to work, saddling them up with something worth spreading to others along the grapevine throughout the day.

Mostly clothes and household items easily given up, but here and there a few gems. A would-be Initiative member had no need for old board games or a guitar or two, and there would be no time to take care of a pet, even one so curious and darling as Blinky. Now and then, its soon-to-be-ex-owner cast a sorrowful glance its way, only to get a slow, out-of-synch blink in response.

Oh, Blinky.

Parting woes aside, business wasn't bad! With the shabby state of affairs in Exsilium, the chance for something new, even a hand-me-down, always sparked interest. And with so many strange, new recruits, there was bound to be someone curious enough to drop down the cash for the most absorbent fabric ever made (those Germans made good stuff)...

And so, after the work buses left the area, the tables went up and the wares were put out until the workday would come to a close and force the tables out of the street. Someone was bound to score something worthwhile in that time over those three days...!


REFERENCE: Stuff for sale

Comments

[hornedomen]

[Koltira was difficult to miss so Ico saw him even in the thick crowd.]

Koltira!

[However, Ico was easy to miss if it were not for his horns. Still, he was short and he had to move carefully to avoid stabbing people as he moved around them.]

Are you feeling better?

[deadelfwalking]

[he quickly moves to stand in front of Ico, so as to prevent further jostling from the crowd.] For a particular definition of 'better', yes. Are you looking for something here?

[hornedomen]

[He smiled appreciatively. There were so many people that he was close to simply putting his hands over his horns.]

I was but I couldn’t find anything. [The toy dog looked interesting but it sounded creepy.]

What are you looking for?

[deadelfwalking]

Unfortunate. I'm not certain I will find everything I need, either ... I'm looking for tools, mainly. Things for building.

[hornedomen]

You mean like a hammer? I saw one before on this end.

[He started walking with the expectation that Koltira would follow.]

What are you building?

[deadelfwalking]

[he does, again being sure to angle his body so that others don't bump into Ico.]

A cabin, in the forest.

[hornedomen]

[It was much easier to move now and he pointed at the hammer.]

There it is. Do you need any help building it?

[deadelfwalking]

[saunters over to collect it, laying down a few marques on the table as he examines the hammer in his other hand.]

I do not, but if you should like to visit every now and then while I work ... I would not be opposed.

[hornedomen]

I’ll be there. Where will you be?

[Ico looked around for more tools. He thought he saw something so he leaned over the table.]

There’s a saw over there.

[deadelfwalking]

It's quite a ways into the forest. I would feel more at ease if you contacted someone who could bring you there. [he describes more specific coordinates! The journey is roughly eight miles away from the edge of the city.]

--ah, excellent. This will come in handy. [he smiles as he examines the saw's blade. He had been using Byfrost to cut down the trees, but the sword won't be much good in actually shaping the lumber.]

[hornedomen]

That’s not far. It will be easy and I won’t fall asleep this time.

[Ico was confident and it showed as he placed his hands on his hips.]

Now what else do you need?

[deadelfwalking]

[frowning ...] It is nearly three hours on foot. The forest is dense, and I am still not fully certain of everything that lives there. Please, for my sake, do not set out alone.

[he pauses at the question.] Something with which to carve the wood. Something delicate, for details, like a small knife.

[hornedomen]

[Ico’s shoulders slumped but he did not complain. He was certain he could do it, and in less than three hours as well, but Koltira seemed adamant.]

Okay, I will. Maybe Kahlan will go with me, but I haven’t seen her.

[Perhaps she was sick; she did not arrive for training for the past few days. He looked around and wandered away to search for a knife.]

[deadelfwalking]

[although he spoke to Kahlan over the communicator, they were not able to exchange names--so he's not sure who Ico means. However, his past stint in a place like this tells him that if someone disappears for a while, it probably means they've gone for good.

Koltira trails after the boy.]

Have you anyone else?

[hornedomen]

[Ico thought it over. Martin was absolutely out of the question, he was sick. Tier seemed nice enough but she also seemed too serious to enjoy accompanying him, and he did not want to bother Shepard over something so trivial. With everyone else, he was not sure where they stood as friends.]

I don’t think so.

[He located a paring knife and pointed at it.]