One day I'll do lyrics for cut-text like the cool kids do

[donttasemebro]

WHO: Bruno and OPEN.
WHERE: City streets and various stores and stuff.
WHEN: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon...s.
WARNINGS: Men shopping.
SUMMARY: Bruno is finally gainfully employed! So he's celebrating by going out and buying things.
FORMAT: Quick for setup because I can't think of a clever lead-in right now, but then tag in with

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[amonsterami]

[Oh hey, look who's having tea in this tea store. And doing her best to keep her hair under that Yankees' cap, despite the stares at the unusual addition to her normal clothing.]

[donttasemebro]

[And Bruno walks in, more curious than really thinking about buying anything in the way of fancy tea (although Lupin and Edgeworth both seem pretty fond of the stuff, so maybe he'll give some a try.) But once he looks around he's glad he came in!]

Aki! Hi there! [He walks over with a smile. Even with most of her hair tucked away it's pretty hard not to recognize Aki's outfit.]

[amonsterami]

[It's hard not to recognize Aki in general. She gives him a suspicious eye.]

Hello.

[donttasemebro]

[Well the look does make him feel a little awkward, but he goes on.]

Um, how have you been? Since you got here, I mean.

[donttasemebro]

[Ohai! Bruno's headed in that direction too, and he waves back and trots his way over.]

Hello! [He glances at the empty bags] Are you out to pick some things up?

[donttasemebro]

I'm about to go grab a bite to eat myself, actually. I've been on my feet most of the day.

[He fiddles with a notebook and some information fliers in his hands.]

[speedofnaked]

[ Terra neither owns a store nor works in one, but she is mostly human, and shopping had been one of the few constants that carried over from her life in a jRPG her home world. ]

[ As such, Bruno, if you decide to enter the kitchy clothing shop with the dancing toy rhino in the window, there will be a few things to notice. ]

[ One, the clothing selection is pretty wide, considering the place also seems to sell both living room and patio furniture in various styles of wicker. ]

[ Two, the dancing rhino is clearly not adequately utilizing the full power of its electrical input and also has several small flaws in its design that could probably easily be fixed if someone just spent a couple minutes with it and a screwdriver

[donttasemebro]

[You're so mean to the NPC Cityzens.]

[It is indeed the inadequate dancing rhino that catches his eye first, and while he pats himself down trying to remember whether this is the jacket that Fraziska made him take all the tools out of or not he makes a practically instinctual bee-line across the road and into the store. He glances around a little when he walks in. Okay, clothes and furniture and stuff, a store employee who clearly is very worried about her inadequate rhino, girl with her hand on fire, cool.]

[Hey wait a sec. He double-takes at Terra. Then... stares. Then quickly sidles over to her through the racks.]

Er... ma'am?

[speedofnaked]

[If they still live here, they deserve all the suffering they receive.]

[At any rate, the girl only looks up from her jacket examination when Bruno speaks; when she does, she looks a little perplexed-she doesn't recognize him, after all, and he's not calling to her by name, so it's not like they know one another. The fire stays put.]

Yes?

[donttasemebro]

Your hand, it's--

[... Wait, she isn't even burning. And there's no way she wouldn't have noticed something like that by now, unless...]

Oh, er... are you an import?

[batghoul]

[If Bruno happens to wander into the local burger joint, he may notice his favorite martial arts instructor, sitting alone at a table in a corner with three burgers spread out in front of her and a big package of fries. Apparently, eating healthy is not part of her lifestyle.]

[donttasemebro]

[He happens indeed! All that walking around will drain your batteries make a guy pretty hungry. He doesn't notice her right away, but after he orders and while he's standing around near the counter waiting for his food to be prepared, he glances around for a seat and spots her.]

[He smiles brightly and waves in her direction.]

[batghoul]

[She smiles and waves back, motioning for him to have a seat at her table whenever he gets his food. In the meantime, she begins to stuff her face. Four-hour workouts can make you hungry.]

[donttasemebro]

[Once his order is called, he grabs his tray and weaves his way over.]

Hi there! I didn't know you ate at places like this.

[He plonks himself down with a tray that looks to include a whole bunch of fries, whatever the Cityverse version of a Tripple Whopper is, and a couple of those little apple pie things. Clearly he's not too hung up about healthy eating either.]

[ravagekitteh]

[There's some kid in a computer store! He's admiring all them new-fangled laptops and... running price checks on the internet via floating screens? Whoah.]

[donttasemebro]

[Do I even need to explain why Bruno is in a computer store?]

[Anyway he's totally in the computer store browsing around, but when he spots the guy with the floating screens it immediately catches his eye. Not because it's unusual, but because it's so familiar; back in Neo-Domino, holography has been standard on mobile devices for ages.]

[Between that and the kid's hair color, Bruno excitedly wonders if this is another imPort from home. He walks over.]

Hello!