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[destinyislander]

Who: Kairi and Celes (and open)
What: Finding herself at a bookshop
When: Her first day off from school
Where: Twilight Town
Warnings: None
Status: In Progress

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[generalfloozy]

Celes had no idea what possessed her to enter that bookstore, but enter she did. Maybe it was the fact that she'd gotten separated from her companion and needed something to cool off her nerves. People could be so rude and obnoxious, shoving through everyone to get to their ships. Honestly, the station wasn't going anywhere, but with the way people were acting, you'd think something was going to happen.

The shop keeper made Celes leave her sword behind the counter, which was fine by her. She understood how it was being afraid someone would attack. But she felt naked without it and her only consolation was the dagger she hid on the inside of her boot. At least she would never be caught completely unarmed.

She wasn't really paying attention to anyone else in the shop, as her mind was focused completely on finding a book on weaponry - she wanted two other swords, as she had found her genji glove FINALLY!. She backed up to read a title at the top and found herself bumping into someone else. She sidestepped and reacted just in time to

[destinyislander]

"Oh," Kairi hadn't even noticed the pretty blonde until her stack of books was jostled to the side, and almost out of her arms. Her mind had been so closeted, that for a moment she had forgotten that anyone else existed, let alone was in the bookstore with her.

"It's all right. I should put a few down anyways..." Kairi struggled to keep a hold on the books with one arm while she used the other to remove the top two. "I can't afford them, really. School has sucked me dry where money is concerned."

The redhead grinned to no one in particular and looked sheepishly down at the last remaining book in her arms. Great Vacation Places. Destiny Islands was listed as one of them. It was terribly funny, seeing how her home had never been such a tourist attraction before. She wondered vaguely if it was slowly growing over-populated as she was standing here.

Upon looking up and noticing that the woman was still holding three of her books, Kairi sighed softly.

"You can put those back on the shelf..."

[generalfloozy]

Celes watched the girl silently, noting the look in her eyes and remembering how she had been sucked dry herself - but not in the way money was concerned. "At least you have school." She didn't mean for that to come out as callous as it did, but she couldn't help it. Sighing a little to herself, she ducked behind the bookshelf and walked to the counter, which was fortunately hidden from the girl's sight. She set the books down on the counter and asked the book keeper to hold them for her as she headed back to where Kairi stood. On her way, she grabbed another book on weapons to make it look like she'd gone to get something else

[destinyislander]

Kairi looked into the woman's eyes and found herself unable to say anything on the subject for a few minutes. She was showing kindness, and perhaps even sympathy. The look on her face was enough to tell Kairi that this woman had gone through a jaded past, perhaps.

"Well, I'm taking a break from school, at the moment." The reply wasn't a matter-of-fact sort of thing, but more like a mysterious suggestion. "My spirit is too wild...and it retaliates when it is stuck in the same place for too long."

Kairi chuckled warmly and clutched her vacation book tightly to her chest. She didn't know if the woman could relate, or if she was even interested to know anything else about the young girl standing before her.

[destinyislander]

Kairi understood. She also had been rooted from her home several years ago, never knowing where she was from, or knowing that her world had also been turned upside down.

"I'm also from a place that was nearly destroyed. Hollow Bastion is the world. Perhaps you've been there, or will see it. The gummi ships go there regularly."

Kairi watched Celes skim through a book about weapons. The woman certainly didn't look like a sword-yielding type, but then again, you could never judge a book by its cover.

"Not much, no. I have a keyblade, but I'd never use it unless I had to."

[generalfloozy]

Celes was deciding she liked Kairi more and more. The girl was sweet, but not unbearably so, and at least she was feeling some of the tension around herself melting away the more she spoke. It really was like being around Namine again; she was a sweetie too, though she had seemed a lot more shy than Kairi was now

[destinyislander]

Kairi glanced down at the pictures of the swords in the book and couldn't help but feel that they were beautiful. How she could think that any weapon was beautiful was a mystery to her, as she shied away from violence at any cost. These, however...were something different. The way Celes eyed them told her that they were special and powerful.

"Namine?" Her big blues were torn away from the book and went straight to Celes' face. "You...know Namine?"

[generalfloozy]

Celes was so busy looking over the swords in the book that she almost missed the name Kairi spoke in response. The former general looked up, meeting the crimson-haired girl's eyes. "Yes, I do. I met her just before a battle broke out with two men named Saix and Seymour. Namine seemed to know Saix and Yuna knew Seymour, so my guess is they were not there by coincidence." She glanced back down at the book and the thought occurred to her that she might want to clarify that she'd been the only one hurt at all.. well, Namine had been minimally, but everyone else had ended up okay.

"Don't worry, though. The men retreated after we gave them a good kick." She offered a small smile in reassurance, though it was a genuine smile and held all the warmth she could muster, despite its small size.