Shop 'Till You Drop! [SO VERY OPEN]

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It was nice to be out on solid ground, to breathe fresh and salt-tinged air, and to feel the real warmth of the sun on her neck and shoulders, Nanoha thought. She felt a very deep urge welling up within her breast to just take flight, to soar through an actual sky in the first time in months - and she had no doubt that she would.

But there were other things she had to take care of first. Like, for instance, swimsuit shopping with her best friend.

"Ooh, this store looks like it might have some cute ones!" Nanoha tugged on Fate's hand, pulling her towards one of the storefronts that lined this street of the bustling shopping district. Even if it didn't, there were still plenty of others to try, and plenty of cute outfits to convince Fate to try on.

(ooc: It might help to have just one thread for ALL YOUR SHOPPING NEEDS? Feel free to tag in and mingle, if you're shopping for clothes, groceries, games, whatever!)

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[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

"Definitely," Luke murmured, pausing at another stall to stare, and then to reach out and grasp in his hand, a strange purple fruit. If he'd been less aware of his surroundings, he would have tried it right there, but as it was he simply picked up a few and put them in one of the bags available. It wouldn't hurt to have some variety.

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"Doesn't matter," Ben offered, paying the vendor for an extra one and biting into it. "Tastes fine."

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

Mara swatted at him. "Can't you stop eating for five minutes? If you keep that up we'll buy out the entire store."

That and it was a bit reckless of him, but since he didn't seem like he was going to choke and die, Mara continued on into the store, looking through packaged and fresh foods.

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

"He's a teenage boy, he can't help grazing," Luke said, trailing after her and trying to take in all the different sights, sounds, and smells of the place at once. It was less of a store, he saw now, and more of an indoor market. There were sections of packaged food, of course, but there was a whole area given over to fresh-caught fish (the dominant protein source here, due to the abundance of oceans), and fresh fruit. There were also stalls of flowers, trinkets, and the usual mix one would expect in such a place.

"Completely sensible resupplying," Luke reminded himself, and got to business.

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"And completely boring resupplying," Ben grinned, taking his mother's playful swat in stride and ambling after his father. "Hey, it's my first time on a planet outside our universe, don't I get some tourist stuff?"

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

"I think you need this." Mara popped out of an aisle with a shirt that had the planet's name embroidered on it, with pictures of various fish. She grinned and shook it at her son.

"Or this pointless and nice little bottle of sand with shells in it."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke just smiled and kept on collecting bags of fruit until they were completely stocked, at which point he tapped the particular line on the list and it disappeared. "I'm going to win in the resupplying marathon," he called back over his shoulder.

To be honest, though, Luke had happened to spy a necklace at one of the vendor stalls that looked a lot like one he'd gotten Mara back home, and casually drifted closer to that stall.

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"What if tiny bottles of shells are the only way to defeat the Ohm?" he teased, but tucked away a few canisters of powdered drink.

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

Mara grabbed the caf-type drink she wanted (several canisters of it) and added it to the cart of food. She put the shirt back and the shells, wandering over to her husband.

Her hand rested at the small of his back as she peered over his shoulder at the jewelry at this stall. "I think that giant ring might be able to defeat at least a few Ohm, if they were smacked with it."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

"That shirt you'd pulled out for Ben would blind them at least." Luke eyed what she'd put in, trying to get her attention off the jewelry. "You sure you have enough of that?"

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"A Jedi knows moderation with their favorite foods," echoed Ben. "You sure you don't want to give half of it back, mom?"

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

"You sure you two want to be living with me if I run out?" Mara glanced between the two of them, eyebrows raised. "Because you two will be the closest and easiest to maim."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke gave his son a glance. "Think we can run fast enough, son?"

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"I only have to run faster than you."

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

Mara laughed, loud and free. She reached a hand out and ruffled her son's hair. "He really did get his mouth from me, didn't he?"

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

"He did," Luke agreed. The cowlicks were all Luke's, though. "Go on, you two. Clearly I have to keep an eye on the both of you."

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"But we're so good at staying out of trouble."

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

"It's that excellent danger sense." Mara deadpanned.

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, yeah," Luke said, giving up on getting Mara that necklace for now. He could come back for it. "We'd better get moving on the rest of this stuff before any of us start piling in things that aren't on the list."

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"It doesn't have to be on the list for me to eat it."

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

Mara rolled her eyes at Ben. "Teenagers."

She looked at the list and then around the market area. "Let's get this finished with."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

"The faster we finish this, the more time we have to actually relax," Luke said, and grinned. "When was the last time we took a break?"

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"Must have been before I was born."

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

"Hmm, maybe the month before I went back to working for Karrde." Mara said idly over looking at the fresh fish. "That was a nice vacation."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke put an arm around her shoulders, a silly grin on his face as he thought back to that particular month. "Yeah," he agreed. "That was a good break. No wars, no galactic crises, no insatiably hungry sons... just you and me."