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Post by sailornull on Jun 13, 2020 20:03:13 GMT -5
"You were so right to say something about the heat!" Aki spun in one of the new outfits Brooke had helped her get for the trip. "I'd have been miserable in jeans."
She stopped and gasped. "Oh, look at those hats!" Without looking back, Aki made a beeline for the Mad Hatter's.
"Oh wow, look at these!" Aki started searching through the displays. "I wonder if they have the Hatter's top hat."
"Uf course dey do." Tony declared, reaching to a shelf out of the smaller student's reach. "Hyu are lookink for a nize hat, yah?"
"Uh, yeah." Aki looked up at the jaeger as he put the top hat on her head. "Uh, hi?"
"Hi. Hy em Tony. Hy saw hyu on de plane. Hy em a new shtudent." Tony smiled, showing off his pointy teeth and tusks in a friendly smile.
"Oh, uh, Hi. I'm Akiko. I'm a new student, too." Aki looked around for a mirror, then looked to see if she'd lost Brooke when she darted into the store.
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Post by Brooke on Jun 14, 2020 2:19:22 GMT -5
Brooke stops and admires the entrance to the Madhatter shop while Akiko runs in, taking a selfie with the hat above the entrance behind her, and is a little slower making it in. She finally makes her way back over to her friend, while finding it hard to resist all the glitz and glamour of the headbands on display, eyes widening as she took all the new additions in. She careens into one such display, almost knocking it over and catching it at the last moment.
"Omigod," she exclaimed and apologized profusely to no-one in particular, bending down to pick up the knocked down glittery ear headbands and such, red-faced.
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Post by sailornull on Jun 14, 2020 8:26:47 GMT -5
The really big guy in the garish outfit with the big lime green military-style hat crouches to help pick up the scattered headbands, while laughing good-naturedly, "Hy thought it vas my job to knock tings over. Hyu aren't tryink to take my job, are hyu?"
Akiko rushes over, still wearing the Mad Hatter top hat. "Brooke! Oh!" She laughs and crouches to help pick things up. "I see you met Tony. He's new, too. At least, I think he is. I'm not sure what kind of English he's speaking, but I'm pretty sure that's what he said."
"Iz OK. Jaeger iz hard for some pipple to undershtund." Tony gives both girls a toothy grin. "Und here Hy alvays thought Hy'd grow op to be a madboy. Maybe Hy can shtill be vun ven Hy grow op. Vouldn't dot be someting! A jaeger madboy!"
Akiko whispers to Brooke, "He seems nice, but did you understand any of that?"
As she's whispering, the top hat starts to slip, and Tony's hand darts out to stop it and gently pats it into place on her head. "Never lose you hat. Anyting dot makes hyu lose you hat iz a bad ting. Especially ven it's soch a nize hat."
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Post by Brooke on Jun 14, 2020 13:45:29 GMT -5
Brooke's eyes widen as she looks up...and up to the new arrival with the toothy grin. "Uh.......hi." She once again looks at the spilled headbands. "Oh, gosh, thank you...I'm Brooke." She smiles at Akiko as she helps pick up as well.
She shrugs at the question of whether she understands him. She finally stood up, when they had put them all back. Though she held on to a gaudy glittery one, blue and purple with big fake flowers. "Well, good to meet you Tony. Came to the right place for a hat, huh?! You should totes get a new one for your stay here!"
She looks at Akiko and her hat, and giggles. "Love your hat, Aki! I think I'm gonna get a...few," She stated it with her hands out flat, as if stating it to artificially restrict herself. "...a few headbands. Definitely a classic Minnie with the bow, though!"
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Post by sailornull on Jun 15, 2020 0:23:18 GMT -5
Akiko gasps, holding her hand to her chest, and teases, "What? You don't already have Minnie ears?" Then she adds, with a playful smile, "Or is it that you just don't have these Minnie ears?"
She holds up the ears in question and reaches out to set them in Brooke's hair, then grins. "Yes, I think you would have trouble fitting more than one on at a time."
Tony chuckles and carefully places the headbands he'd picked up on the places it looks as if they belong, then tip-toes out of the shop while the girls are discussing headbands. Not an adequate substitute for a nice hat. Besides, there's so much more to see, and he hasn't eaten in a while. Wasn't there a cafe not too far ahead?
He wanders down the street, following his nose, until it leads him to a corner cafe with sidewalk seating. Perfect! He's so caught up in the smell of food, he doesn't notice passing a barbershop quartet, even when they falter and stare as he passes. After all, there are more important things to think of. Like meatloaf! And cheeseburgers! And chili! Maybe two or three of each!
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Post by Brooke on Jun 15, 2020 3:34:50 GMT -5
"Oh, I haven't had the classic ears in a lot of years - oop, I rhymed just now! " She giggled. "So, I'm totally restricting myself to three headbands today - noo not wearing them at the same time, silly. Different days, differing headbands, duh!" She smiled with deliberate prettiness and turned to begin hunting her new prey, like the vicious teenage mega-consumer that she was. "Omigod, look at theeeese! Maybe four..."
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Post by sailornull on Jun 15, 2020 8:00:58 GMT -5
Aki snickered softly as Brooke moved off to stalk her prey. That girl was so silly, she made Aki feel as if the world might almost be an OK place, after all. She finally found a mirror and looked at herself critically in it, then adjusted the tilt of the hat. OK, I might not ever wear it, but I definitely need to have it. We're all mad here Wait, wasn't that the Cheshire Cat? Headbands just weren't her thing, and baseball caps made her think of the wannabe toughs at school, so they were right out, but ... then she saw it. Red fabric, gold trim, a gold skull and crossbones pin holding up the side with the black feather, and she knew it was hers. She plucked it off the shelf and replaced the top hat with her new find, then went searching for Brooke. There she is. Now if I can creep up on her without her hearing me... not that it should be too hard in this crowd... "The rum is gone. Why is the rum always gone?" |
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Post by Brooke on Jun 15, 2020 16:26:07 GMT -5
Brooke started a bit, then turned to see Akiko and laughed. "Captain Jack?! A pirates life for you, huh?" She turned back to the headbands and hats. "Well this here be me plunder, arr..." She picks out two other headbands, and settled on a hat as well, a baseball cap, pink polka dot with fluffy pom poms on the top as 'ears'. "Look how cute this is, Aki! Can't even resist it."
Eventually makes her purchases and stows all but the classic minnie headband, which she puts on. "So, where to next?"
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Post by sailornull on Jun 15, 2020 16:31:32 GMT -5
Aki giggles as Brooke makes her purchases. "If it were any more cute I'd need insulin."
She bags her top hat but wears the pirate hat and laughs. "Good question. The castle, maybe? Can't pass on the princesses, right? Want to bet Lolli is already there?"
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Post by Brooke on Jun 15, 2020 20:13:36 GMT -5
Brooke laughed. "You bet! Let's go, Bestie!" She offered an arm for Akiko to lock elbows with as they headed outside.
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Post by Brooke on Jun 16, 2020 4:22:54 GMT -5
"Hey I think I see, um, Suzie!"
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Post by Battledog on Jun 22, 2020 15:38:37 GMT -5
Ashlyn was excited.
All the shops. All the colors. All the bustle. All the Disney.
She was extremely happy with her self. Her newest glamour was the strongest yet. It would take a fairly adept magic-user to see through it.
The sky blue blouse with its sleeves rolled up to mid-forearm matched nicely with the short khaki shorts she wore.
The glamour hid completely the ugly blood tattoos that were etched on her arms, legs, and face, as well as the hideous arcane iron plate fused to her head.
The sun was high and the sky was beautiful.
Ash did a wide pirouette in the middle of the thoroughfare.
It was great to be alive.
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