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Just Another Day at The Market [Open]
Sun Jun 08, 2014 5:41 pm
It had been only a day since Katsuo had escaped with his life from the forest, his mind reeling, and his face still feeling the effects of taking several trips to the ground. But, Katsuo felt a little stronger, well, more like he understood what it took to survive more so than he had before. Upon returning home he had been greeted by sister, who was extremely excited to have him back, and also after a verbal lashing sent him to his room with no dinner. So, walking through the market with his head held low, his stomach emitted a very loud growl. Letting everyone around him know that not only was he hungry, but he may soon just out flat collapse in the middle of the street. "She acts like I'm the younger of us two. Sending me to my room without dinner and I just loyally obeyed too! Jesus, I need to develop a backbone.", Katsuo murmured to himself as he turned a corner, and began heading toward his destination.
It was little market on the east side of the market that mostly sold produce from local farms in the area. Katsuo knew the people who ran the store and usually found himself heading there as his first destination during his weekly treks through the market to buy food for the house. At this point it was just habit and as he reached the store, he paused, and looked in at the store. The old couple who ran the produce store grinned at them and waved, Katsuo gave them a wave back, and then stepped in to begin his stocking up for the next week.
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*10 minutes later*
Katsuo stepped out from the store and said his goodbyes to the old married couple before making his way back on to the streets. He looked down at the bag in his left hand, filled with new vegetables, and fruits that he would be using to keep not only himself fed, but his little sister as well. He let out a sigh and with his right pulled out an apple from his jacket pocket annd without hesitation took his first bite of food in over two days. His body instantly reacted, sending out euphoric signals all across his body, and causing him to let out an 'mmmm' noise. He smiled and then continued his long walk through the market. He had a few more stores to hit and a bit more money to spend before he would be broke again for the week. He could only hope that things would be uneventful today. He would hate to have to deal with something like the forest incident again, which though he had learned from, he felt was not something he would ever want to do again.
As he walked, he continued to wave to people who he knew on the way. Making sure to pay his respects to people who he knew and of course to those that were kind enough to just give him a polite "afternoon". Indeed, it felt good to be home. "I better go get some meat while I'm out. Yuki is always complaining about me never having anything to eat at the house besides fruits and vegetables.", Katsuo said to himself as he began to make his way to the meat market. Maybe getting some meat for her, would cheer her up, and of course save him a little bit of scorn for being gone for two days without any sort of message or note to tell her where he was. The key word to that statement was hope and quite frankly Katsuo knew better.
Yuki would never just forgive and forget him ditching her at home for two days. Nope, he was probably in for the worst cold shoulder he had ever received. But, he was fine with it. He had gained a lot from the training, his ability to survive had most likely improved, and after returning to his house he had found a package waiting for him from Kaito. Opening it up he had found a lance with a note reading that the weapon had been created for him to use. He had wished at that moment that he had the lance during his survival training, but he didn't mind. At least now he had a weapon to protect him, but not just any weapon. A weapon that he could summon at will. Needless to say, Katsuo was thrilled that his new friend Kaito had given him something that he could use to defend himself. And who knew? Maybe when his powers developed, he would be able to use the lance with them!
"I can't wait to get started on my training again!", Katsuo exclaimed as he began to job, as a mock training of his own to build up his stamina. He barely felt the weight of the bag in his hand and as he jogged by a poster with a flying pig on it signifying cheap pork in the meat market, he felt like things were finally going his way for a change! He wanted that feeling to last, that was for sure. He didn't want to continue to feel so helpless and instead wanted to help his friends fight against foes who were looking to cause harm to others. His smile widened as he drew closer to the meat market in the distance, he wasn't breathing heavy, and his heart rate seemed to be absolutely normal. Which was amazing considering how he used to get winded from running for prolonged times, now it was different. He felt like he could keep running indefinitely forever without taking a break. Well maybe not forever, but that was beside the point.
He just felt good. His muscles were reacting as they should and his body seemed to be quicker than it had been only a week prior. The training was paying in dividens and he not noticed till now just how much stronger he had become. Hell, maybe even his powers had awakened and he just hadn't noticed yet. That made him begin to day dream of Sou going for a punch right to his face and him dodging and giving him a sock for a change! That made the grin on his face at least double in size as he reached the market doors. He was about to go inside when he got an odd feeling. Little did he no that his day at the market was about to be ruined.
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Re: Just Another Day at The Market [Open]
Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:47 pm
Anzu knew that she was about to lose the upcoming squabble, she knew merely by gazing upon the woman who had made her apart of her household two years ago. Despite having only lived with the woman for two years, the lethargic child knew that no one argued with Seika Oshiro and won. The woman was just as stubborn as she was kind, and thus there was little to no chance of her talking her way out of whatever her guardian decided to do. But that did not mean that she would not make an attempt to get out of whatever Seika wanted to do. She wanted to sleep in today, for soon she would be starting school, much to her despair, and wanted to get in a few extra Z’s before the big day. Seika’s plan for the day would completely ruin her own, she didn’t even need to hear it to know that her plan involved some sort of activity. Activity that she would like to avoid at all cost.
“Where are we going?” Anzu asked, staring at Seika’s smiling face warily. No, she was not afraid that her guardian would lash out at her, more like evaluating her chances of avoiding going out in favor of sleeping in. She knew that there were certain situations that she shouldn’t waste her breath on, e.g. power training or clothes shopping. She could probably get out of grocery shopping, but since Seika liked to dress her up, well clothes shopping was one of those things that she should just comply with. Power training was a given, she having never seen her guardian back down when it came to helping her harness her power, so something else that she would simply comply with. But anything else, she may be able to talk herself out of. And thus, she was hoping it was anything but training and shopping. Sadly, today was not her lucky day.
“Shopping. Specifically for groceries, are food supply is running low,” Seika began, Anzu straighten herself up, hope shining in her eyes. “And while we are out for the day, we are going to do some school supplies shopping as well as clothes shopping,” she finished, that smile never leaving her face. Anzu’s hope hit rock bottom, she wouldn’t be talking herself out of this one for sure. She could say goodbye to sleeping for the day and hello to walking about the city as the duo collected necessary items for the household.
“Do we have too do it today?” Anzu whined. She sheepishly look down at her twiddling fingers, “I was looking forward to sleeping in today.” She glanced back up at Seika, the woman giving her a stern look. That look was easily translated by the young female, it was the ‘You have no choice in the matter so go get dressed’ look, and she knew that she had lost though she didn’t have any chances of winning in the first place. “Fine,” she groaned, pulling herself off her bed and putting on the clothes Seika had picked out for her.
Today was certainly a nice day outside, Anzu must admit, but that did not stop her longing for her bed. She walked down the streets of Karakura Central that boasted the market place, Seika right at her side. This, thankfully, was the last task of the day, all other activities having been completed. But that didn’t mean the lethargic child was anymore happy about things. She honestly loathed going grocery shopping, it being a process that took far too long for her taste. Perhaps she wouldn’t have had a problem with the task if Seika didn’t take painstaking care of making sure everything brought into the house was healthy as well as high quality, making the process of grocery shopping far longer than completely necessary.
She yawned softly, and she brought a hand up to rub the sleep from her eyes. She needed to stay awake, but that task was proving difficult. Anzu needed something to do, something that would prove interesting before her spent mind decided that sleep was more important than anything else. She looked up at Seika, watching as the woman examined and compared two watermelons to one another. “Seika, give me something to do,” she tiredly said, tugging at the shirt of her guardian as she fought back a yawn.
“Huh? You want to do something?” Seika said, her attention turning from the watermelons to Anzu, surprise gleaming in her eyes. But the woman would smile softly, seeing how earnest her little sister was, and softly nodded her head. “We are in need of some meat. Won’t you be a dear and get that for me? It’s on the other side of the market. Make sure it’s high quality meat. You know how to find me.” Seika winked at Anzu, handing over some money before her attention was turned back to the watermelons.
Anzu gratefully took the money, before teleporting from the area. She resurfaced soon enough within the meat section of the market, a couple feet in the air. She descended gracefully, expecting a smooth landing, but such a thing would not happen. With her eyes closed, she had failed to spot the individual. And thus without further ado, she landed on him, the impact probably crashing the duo onto the ground though the little lady received the softer landing.
She cracked open a single eye, looking down to see what had obstructed her landing as well as the softness that laid beneath her. And with a gasp, her eyes flew open, finding out that she was straddling a boy. “Huh? Oi! Mister, are you okay?”
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