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Date: Sometime mid-October
Status: Private - Shadow, Bast. Complete.
Setting: Outside Bast's room, then hallway, then... somewhere else
Summary: Bast and Shadow go shopping. (to be continued in Outside Omens after a bit)


Shadow was nervous.

This was sort-of ridiculous; after all, it was a shopping trip. The worse thing that could happen was that he would make the wrong comment about a skirt or something and she would get annoyed with him. Although he imagined Bast had enough self esteem not to care very much if he tripped over himself trying to tell her that no, that dress did not make her butt look too big.

Still, it was somewhat anxiously that he knocked on her door. They’d set the date a while ago, after some wavering on Shadow’s part about being busy with the bar and such. Which was stupid, but there it was.

He fidgeted with his hands, stopping himself from going for a coin in his pocket. He wished suddenly that he had something to give her. But that was silly- it wasn’t like this was a date, or anything, right? After all it had been his idea, shouldn’t he know what was going on?

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[first-catwoman.livejournal.com]

Bast's ears pricked up - figuratively - as she heard the knock on the door. She bit her lip, checked in the mirror that yes, her hair was lying neatly, and no, her only items of clothing were not too ragged, then opened the door with a smile that hid the nerves inside. "Hey, handsome. Ready to go?"

One good thing about human form is that your tail didn't twitch nervously when you didn't want it to.

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“Absolutely,” Shadow answered with a grin. “I asked around, and there’s a bus we can catch about a ten minute walk from here that goes to a big shopping center about 45 minutes out,” he continued as they started down the hallway. “Sound good?”

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"Yeah, sounds great," she agreed, pacing next to him. She still moved like a cat, which was a blessing. Imagine bumbling along like some poor human!, she thought, but didn't voice.

Bast didn't quite understand Shadow's reluctance to be anything more than human, but she respected it - mostly. She laughed, not unkindly. "'Shopping centre'? You going local, sweetie?"

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"Hey, we have shopping centers in the States," Shadow argued. "You know, out in New England and the northern Mid West. Where they all just sort of spread out," he waved his hands to illustrate, "and you can't really call them malls because you have to walk outside to get to some of the other stores. Anyway, it's like saying 'fries' instead of 'chips' or something. People look at you funny.

"Do you have any idea about the sort of thing you're going to want?" he asked as they started down the stairs. I mean, it's been a while since you've needed human clothes, huh?"

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She laughed again. "I'll take your word for it. I never did travel as much as you did. Wandering's a very Nordic thing."

Bast shrugged. "I don't know. A few nice tops, couple of skirts. Oh, and some of those skinny trouser-things I've seen that red-headed human girl in -
those blue ones? They look comfy."

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"I guess it must be," Shadow certainly had a tendency to do it, at any rate. Although he wasn't sure how much of that was because of his own personal past and how much was because Wednesday was his father.

"Pepper? Jeans?" Shadow hazarded. "Sounds good." And not too complicated. Shadow would be able to help her out with fashion as far as jeans and skirts went, anyway. Although women seemed to have something of a instinct for those sorts of things. "Yeah, jeans are great. You'll like them."

[first-catwoman.livejournal.com]

((Sorry I've been so slow replying. RL = crazy. Plus I've had yet ANOTHER figment clamouring to be apped on DL...XD))

"Yep, yep, and yep." She nodded happily as they existed the manor, and took a deep breath of fresh air, then exhaled.

"I like england, I've decided," she annouced, as though he had asked a question. "Lots of old secrets the place still won't give up. Didn't like getting here, though. Did the stray kitty thing and snuck onto a plane."

[classic-palm.livejournal.com]

((Heh. Seems we have a similar problem, both with RL and Dizzy apps. Got a couple waiting in the wings myself, lol. Gotta love that game.))

Shadow made a sympathetic face. "Ugh," he said . "That sounds really unpleasant. Were you in cargo? I always felt bad for the animals who got stuck down there in cages."

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((Yeah, RL sucks. If you've time, could you stick one of your figments on Axel's app? Only I feel it's kinda pathetic to only have two people show up XD))

She nodded, agreeing. "It's really dumb, that humans think cats and dogs should be treated like that. It's like the worse sort of snobbery - treating someone like they're lower than you just becuase they look and speck differently. A cat could beat a human in IQ anyday."

But then Bast smiled. "I wasn't down there, though. This little girl knew kitty wanted to go for a ride and put her in her hand luggage before mommy noticed. She keep sneaking me bits of her meal. Something to tell her kids, maybe. Nice girl."

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"Well, that's nice anyway," Shadow said; "Not too much worse than what's a human would generally expect from a transatlantic flight- the tacky businessman with bad breath or the ten year old kid who wants the window seat but has to get up twenty times to go to the bathroom."

Shadow quite liked flying, actually, and his experiences were usually very pleasant. But, as with all traveling, things like that did tend to come up from time to time.

By this time they'd reach the end of the manor driveway. "The bus stop's that way," he told her, pointing off to the left.

((Shall we move 'er to Outside Omens and pick up their adventures already at the shopping mall?))

[first-catwoman.livejournal.com]

((*nodnod* Or else we'll never get this done XD. Gonna start the Axel- Daniel thread on DL, or do you want me to?))

[classic-palm.livejournal.com]

Thread's up on Outside Omens. Go ahead and throw up a post for Axel and we'll have Daniel and John wander on over!