A mall on the mainland- Friday late afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

Rey at least had been to the mainland a few times, so at least if she, Silver and Jaskier were going to go on a little field trip there was at least someone who knew vaguely what they were doing and could figure the rest out pretty quickly.

That vanished the second they ended up in the mall. Who even knew how or why they thought that was a good idea. It was possible they didn't think it was a good idea and ended up there anyway.

"Why does a building need a map?" Rey asked.


[For those boys.]

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[long_memory]

Silver was lucky it was October because he wasn't getting as many weird looks as he could have been getting, dressed like he was.

"It looks easy to get lost." Not that the map helped him any since he had no idea where he wanted to go.

[thatwaslucky]

"This is too much for any one place," Rey said, with no idea what the next week had in store for her. "At least there's a directory."

[long_memory]

"Do you understand any of it?" he asked. The only store name he understood was Old Navy.

And he'd be staying away from that, thank you.

[thatwaslucky]

Were graphic tees not his style...?

"I recognize the categories. I don't really know what the individual places are," she said, and smiled, "Have any shopping you really need to do?"

[long_memory]

"I'm mostly here to observe," he said. "I've never really been off island before."

[thatwaslucky]

"I promise not all of it is like this," she told him.

[long_memory]

"It's only slightly overwhelming," he said with a smile. "Have you been to a mall before?"

[thatwaslucky]

"I've been to donate furniture and I've been to the zoo," she said. "Both are much, much different."

[long_memory]

"It's not so bad," he said. "Bright? Yes. Loud? Yes. But not terrible."

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"Oh, it's just an indoor market place," Jaskier remarked, a little saddened it wasnt more fantastical. But the again he hadn't seen the froyo place yet.

[thatwaslucky]

"I guess," Rey said. "It's just so..."

Corporate?

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"Bland? Soul crushing?" It was like he knew what the narrative was saying!

[thatwaslucky]

"Yes, that. But with a lot of focus on eyebrows for some reason," she said.

She did not need her eyebrows done, but if she did, there were options!

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"Some people aren't as blessed as us in that department."

[thatwaslucky]

"Blessed with... eyebrows?" Rey asked, amused.

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"Good ones," Jaslier corrected kindly.

[thatwaslucky]

"Thank you. That's something I literally never expected to hear," Rey said with a laugh. "Is there anywhere you want to see?"

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"Well, I'm only guessing at what each shop sells." Because those names weren't very helpful. At all. "What is a Hot Topic?"

[long_memory]

"What were you expecting?" he asked.

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"That movie made it seem more interesting." The one with the murderous fence, mind you.

[long_memory]

"We only just got here," Silver said. "Maybe it will surprise you."

[ohvalleyofpenis]

It better. Oh, it better. "Perhaps the..." He squinted at the map. "JC Penny's?"

[long_memory]

They could both buy a pair of sensible slacks!

"These names are so confusing," Silver said. "How are we supposed to know what kind of store it is from a name like that?"

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Or some business casual by a designer who has given up!

"We'll have to investigate each store to see for that reason."

[long_memory]

"Do you see how many places there are?" You were dealing with a man with one leg, Jaskier.