destinystrings | 1st Shell - Open like a lemonade stand in summer

Who: Xion and open to errybody
Where: Xion's room/hallway, then around Pisces and Virgo wards
Summary: Xion arrives in Hinoto-Ri and engages in standard new arrival procedures, by which we mean gaining her bearings and getting supplies. And then derps about puppies.
Warnings: Probably nothing. Except puppies.

Xion stood before the door to the room she'd been assigned, holding her key and... just thinking. The only other place she'd had a room of her own was Disney Castle, and now this. She hasn't seen any sign of her friends thus far, though she isn't sure if it's too much to expect they'd come here. It was all strange and happening so fast and while a part of her was saying it was the right thing to do she still felt... buffeted around, moved faster than she was ready for.

There was just something so... permanent about getting a room of her own. She can leave if she wants but she still... It's ridiculous. She should just go in already. She's been standing there long enough it probably looks strange to people nearby. And yet still she's hesitating.

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Later, Xion took to the streets, keeping a wary eye all around. She's not... actively hiding. She doesn't even have her coat on, since it would probably stick out. But she's still being careful. It sounded like this city was the kind of place where you would want to be anyway.

In the Virgo ward, she headed to a grocery store her way through food, and those who are more experienced might note that what she's collecting are foods that require little to no cooking. She also stopped at a more general convenience store, looking for other supplies she might need. It's strange for her, shopping like this - she's used to getting all of their supplies from a Moogle, usually, and it was still no more than they would really need for camping for a few days. How did one shop for furniture, or that sort of thing, given how bare her apartment was?

As she was walking back towards Pisces, though, she spotted something that made her stop, walk over and almost press her nose against the glass - it was a pet store, with some of their adoptable dogs in a display in the window.

It's probably the first time she's smiled since she arrived, but she can't help it. They're so cute-!

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[...Xion wasn't the only one who was looking at the puppies. Though, this blue-haired woman definitely was from a distance. Aw, they're all so cute...

No. No, self. You can't adopt one, yet. You need to finish settling in this town first-

But puppies.

... Don't mind them getting a little closer so she can get a better look. At least, before noticing who is standing there. ...Does she remember her, though? Or is she like Neku?]

They're kind of cute, aren't they?

[May as well stick with the neutral, right?

[Yu had just started his shift, working on cleaning up the alse, when he caught sight of the little girl walking around collecting food. He had to bite back a sigh; Philemon? Why were you bringing all these kids in?]

[He waited a moment, taking in the fact that she was buying easy stuff to cook, before approaching her.]

Do you need help with anything?

Are you lost?

[Meetra had happened to be walking downstairs when she saw a young girl in what looked like a robe just staring at an apartment door. Being a Jedi, naturally, she had to stop and at least investigate.]

[...How strange. A Persona user she hadn't felt before was staying in the room in front of her. She had made it a point to introduce herself to the rest of her floormates - as any one of them could serve as a blossoming bond! - but this was -- different.

It's enough to pique her curiosity and push aside the beads that have replaced her door (you really don't want to know what she did with the door to her room). For once, her music is low - as she's finally figured out she cannot concentrate on talking to Thanatos when there is too much noise in her room - but it still drifts out in high, wooden notes.

(Today is a wooden xylophone day, or so she's decided.)

When she sees Xion, she smiles. Talking to her should be sufficient enough to get her attention, yes?]

Are you new? [She knows the answer, but it's best to ask anyway.] Perhaps I could be of some aid.

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[... Xion, you're not the only one looking at that pet shop. Though Terra's across the street, and he was clearly only passing through.

... but... a shop. With puppies in the window. Puppies that probably needed a good home--

No, Terra, don't get one, you can't afford to take care of a dog right now. It looked like the girl peering into the glass wanted nothing more than to take one of those puppies home herself--

He blinks, and then smiles slightly. That's a Light he recognizes.

Approaching, and -- oh, hell, they're even more adorable up-close. He's going to just look at them and ignore the 'take one home' urge in favor of addressing Xion.] It must suck, being stuck behind that window for everyone to see.

[... this isn't helping with the desire to take one home.]

Arturia had been heading out of the pet store, a shopping bag of kitten food in one hand, when she saw Xion. Life in Hinoto-Ri had been unexpectedly easy to slide into, possibly because trying to set herself up kept her well-distracted from several issues she knew would need to be addressed soon enough.

For now, she stepped up to the window beside the black-haired girl and glanced inward at the puppies trying to claw up the glass and loping over one another to get attention. The pair could even hear the little high pitched barks of excitement at the sight of new people to lavish them with love.

"You look ready to adopt one, Miss," Arturia said with a smile. She couldn't help it. The way the girl was looking at them was kind of cute.

No one can resist the cuteness of PUPPIES.

Grocery shopping? Excellent. :|b

Pisces Hallway

~hello neighbor~

Who can resist puppies, right?

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