Second Suite♪

[tsunmuse]

1. 7134 Brooks Lane, Action, Late at Night

[Ako had enough. The large bed was too cold and she was shivering almost uncontrollably since the cold had settled in. Bundled up in a housecoat wasn't enough for her, even despite the size. It was time to suck up the dignity and do something she hadn't done since she was at least six.

Marching over towards the master bedroom and hoping to god that Marvelous and Ambrosia hadn't done anything else for heat -- hey she listened to Kanade's girlish fantasies before -- she pushed the door open and hopped up onto their bed, sleeping or not. And without preamble, dug herself into the sheets from the bottom up to worm beside her parents.

Dignity intact. Kind of. Unless they shove her out or something.]

2. Out in town earlier that morning

[Ako's in town, having bundled up incredibly in mittens, and a jacket and everything else. She was looking for some kind of supplies, candles, blankets, anything. But the stores were so incredibly bare of essentials.]

Seriously this is getting ridiculous. I get here and it's like a freezer. Worse than anything Kanon Town had gotten before.

[And this was from a girl who, close to winter, wore her usual outfit of suspender shorts and a long sleeved shirt. Reaching for a blanket that was very very high up, she wished for her boots. At least then, she could have reached it.]

3. Phone

Okay, I have to ask. Is this normal? Really? I don't think shutting down the power when it get this cold is anything but normal.

Comments

Re: B

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

[It does not take long to get to the clothing store either. There do not seem to be many thick coats on sale, but there are plenty of jackets and vests.]

...And this is the clothing store. I wonder if someone else has already shopped here and taken all of the best things.

Re: B

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

Possibly. They seem to be dangerously low on things. We need more socks and gloves though.

Re: B

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

These seem to be in good supply.

[Alongside what seems to be itchy flannel long underwear.]

Re: B

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

I would buy several packs then of socks.

Re: B

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

Preferrably the thick ones...

[She picks up some packs of socks and, after some debate, a couple of pairs of long underwear.]

Re: B

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

This one and this one and this one. [One even has reindeer print. Still it goes into the bag.]

Re: B

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

It almost reminds me of Christmas at home.

[It was an odd Christmas when she didn't get at least one set of ugly sweaters or strangely patterned long underwear.]

Though we at least had some sort of heating.

Re: B

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

[Ako nods] It doesn't get this cold back home. Temperatures in Kanon Town are actually quite moderate this time of year.

Re: B

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a nice place. I wouldn't mind visiting it sometime.

[These are just empty words. After all, both of them know that there is currently no escape from Mayfield.]

Re: B

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

[Still made her feel a little better though.]

If I can, I'll show it to you.

Re: B

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

You do that and I'll show you the seashores of Norn Iron.

[Once she starts mentioning her hometown, she slips a little into her old accent, slurring her o's and r's and dropping some syllables.]

Re: B

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

All right, it'll be a deal then.

[She did notice the accent. It was interesting.]

Re: B

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

But first...

[She drops her voice to a whisper.]

We break into the pharmacy.

Re: B

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan. How are we going to do this?

Re: B

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

I can pick the lock.

[She shows Ako one of her drone daughter's hairpins that she carried in her pocket. She had learned how to pick locks after her superior had explained to her why she could not afford to pulverize the doors of his church.]

Re: B

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

Funny about that. I know how to do that too. [Her grandfather sometimes forgot the keys to the house so Ako's learned how to do it as well.]

Re: B

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

I will pick the locks o the pharmacy. That way, if we are caught, I can take full responsibility.

Re: B

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

All right. [Better an adult did it than she did at any rate. Ako wasn't looking forward to finding out if there was juvie here.]

Re: B

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

Then let's not seem too suspicious.

[She will hold the door open for Ako after they pay for the clothes.]

Re: B

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

All right. [Follows after holding her things as she follows Bazett's lead.]

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you can carry it all?

[The bags look like they're getting full.]

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

I'll be okay. I've carried heavier before.

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

[As they walk down the street, Bazett does her best to try to look unsuspicious. Even though there are not many people headed in that direction, she still wants to be careful.]

[tsunmuse.livejournal.com]

[At least with Ako next to her, they kind of look like mother and daughter on a shopping trip.]

[answerer-sword.livejournal.com]

[Even so, it looks a little strange, seeing how Bazett would not consider herself a motherly person.]

[She suddenly stops at an intersection.]

...I think this is the wrong way.

[Needless to say, she has managed to get both of them lost.]