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Wasn't it yesterday we used to laugh at the wind behind us?

Jul 27, 2009 00:52

It's another slow Monday mid-morning at Twice Sold Tales. Not quite so deadly as the last time the narration visited this establishment on a Monday morning; there are a few people hanging around the store. There just aren't as many as you'd find much later in the day ( Read more... )

peter petrelli, 21-b (emily), jacob hobbes, maka albarn, harvey dent, jamal malik, bruce wayne, elizabeth jules, ananya chinnamalai, winny carpenter, rafael navarro, rusty hunt, rachel conway, adam monroe, adrian vela

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crossindexing July 27 2009, 08:52:46 UTC

Winny is in the bookstore, too! Near Rafi, as a matter of fact. Being so. Fucking. Happy. OH. EM. GEE.

At the moment she's perusing a stack of used bestsellers, not really paying attention to the titles at all whilst she hums along with the music drifting up from downstairs.

This is the best day. Isn't this just the BEST day?

movementyouneed July 27 2009, 08:56:08 UTC

Rafi had drifted over to the staircase leading down to the basement, partly by the music, partly by the sense that there was someone with a lot of love in their heart down there somewhere. He's about to descend when he's suddenly hit by just as strong a sense of happy and enamored from somewhere nearby.

He looks around and spots a young woman browsing a a display, humming to herself, a bright smile turning her lips. He grins, and crosses over to her. "Wonderful day, isn't it?"

crossindexing July 27 2009, 09:03:12 UTC

"Yes! Yes, it really is, I was just thinking that actually!"

She fiddles with her necklace, beaming up at Rafi. "I'm Winny! Winny Carpenter. Isn't this shop fantastic?"

movementyouneed July 27 2009, 09:21:35 UTC

"Yes, I could tell."

He grins at her, bemused. "Rafi Navarro. And yes, this place is wonderful."

His eyes follow her fingers, watch her fuss with her necklace. "That's lovely. Someone very special gave that to you, didn't he?"

crossindexing July 27 2009, 09:28:47 UTC

"Special?" She rests her hand on the necklace and gives Rafi a wide-eyed look. "I mean. Well. He's very nice, and I suppose you could say he's special, since--"

Oh right, not mentioning the wanderers part. Derp. "Well. He's very talented, and... A physicist."

movementyouneed July 27 2009, 22:50:28 UTC

"A physicist," Rafi repeats, bemused. "I see. That's quite special indeed. Does the necklace serve a particular purpose, or was it just a token of his esteem?"

crossindexing July 27 2009, 23:04:40 UTC

"Um. Well." She really shouldn't say. "It's supposed to protect me."

So of course, she does anyway. "It... He had it made for me."

movementyouneed July 28 2009, 02:24:23 UTC

"Ah. I wondered if that was the case. It reminds me of other protective amulets I've seen."

He smiles fondly at her. "He wants to protect you. I think that speaks volumes of his esteem for you, don't you agree?"

crossindexing July 28 2009, 03:06:18 UTC

"Esteem?" She runs her fingertips over the necklace, feeling a little light-headed with giddiness. "Oh, I don't think... I mean... I don't think... Do you?"

Hopeful face is hopeful.

movementyouneed July 28 2009, 03:52:18 UTC

"Let me put it to you this way, my dear," he goes on, smiling at her, hoping she's starting to see it for herself. "When you think of him--how do you feel?"

crossindexing July 28 2009, 04:04:02 UTC

She opens her mouth, thinking she has an answer, and then she just stands there with her mouth open, gradually going pink.

"...No. No, I mean... I..." She gives Rafi a helpless look. "I think I swallowed a kitten."

movementyouneed July 28 2009, 05:07:28 UTC

"There! Yes!" Rafi exclaims. "That's it! Come now. Surely you've considered this. He's not just a physicist and you don't just think of him as a friend. Yes?"

crossindexing July 28 2009, 07:56:14 UTC

"Oh. Oh my." She would sit straight down on the floor if that weren't both rude and ridiculous. As it is, she's just going to plonk down on the edge of the display table.

"I'm... I've never, I mean." The words I am in love with Daniel Faraday have jammed somewhere in the gears of her brain and are making her internal workings squeal and smoke a little more than is healthy. "He is... Very... Handsome. And. Nice."

movementyouneed July 28 2009, 15:21:49 UTC

"It's all right. There's a first time for everything and everyone," Rafi assures her.

"Now that you've realized it, my dear... what will you do about it?"

crossindexing August 4 2009, 06:57:57 UTC

"Do?" She squeaks it. "I have to... I mean. I'm not. He's not. There's not... Do?"

Winny is completely unhelpful sometimes.

movementyouneed August 5 2009, 01:00:33 UTC

"Now that you've solved that question," Rafi prompts. It's okay. He's patient, seen this all before. "What are you going to do about it? Knowledge is pretty meaningless if it isn't acted on, used for something. You should find out how he feels, and act on it."

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