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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[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."

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

Ben threw his arms up in an exaggerated shrug. "I'll take that as a cue to stock up on vegetables."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke just smiled and kissed Mara's forehead. "Why don't you go on ahead," he murmured in her ear. "I've got something back here I want to look at a little closer."

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

Mara nodded, smiling fondly. "Okay. Don't take too long or we'll end up with those twenty pounds of candy."

She pointed to the nearby candy stall. "Some of that is looking damn good."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke just smiled and watched his son and wife make their way through the stalls. Being a Jedi meant that you had to give the galaxy--or in this case, the multiverse--your life, and do what it demanded of you, and Luke could no more ignore that call than he could stop Tatooine's twin suns from setting. But now, it was good to have a breather, even if it felt like the deep breath before the dive.

But he had a piece of business to attend to, and as soon as Mara was out of sight he went back and got the necklace he'd been eying for her, and carefully tucked it away in his belt and finished up his part what was left on the list. He'd give it to Mara later when they had a moment alone.

When everything was paid for (taking up good chunks of their spending money), Luke blinked in the brighter outdoor light as he got back to their speeder and began loading things into it. "Once we're done loading all this up on the Shadow, I'm definitely looking forward to a swim."

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

"We'll have to get you something to swim in." Mara said over a box she shoved into the back of the speeder. "And me, of course."

She reached over and squeezed her husband's shoulder. "Let's get these back quickly."