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The Park, Saturday Afternoon

Sep 26, 2009 08:08

It had been a few months, but it was time again. Workers had pulled together to put up some booths around the park, while picnic tables were dusted off and extra seats put down. Finally, they busied themselves over the banner, hanging it between two trees, announcing to all and sundry that the market... was back in session.

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Booth - Unfound Treasures spring_lost September 26 2009, 06:13:23 UTC

For when a Spider pings on in.

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures anansi_son September 26 2009, 18:02:25 UTC

And, indeed, along came a Spider -- a rather tall and slim one, wearing a crimson-and-black leather coat and black leather leggings that seemed completely at home on his frame. He leaned back on his chair intermittently, at such an angle that it looked inevitable that he would tip backward, though he never did.

On the table in front of him, there was an assortment of bits and bobs -- tangled antique jewelry in a box here, a crate of old records there, a rack of vintage clothes to one side, a selection of outdated appliance at the far left.

An unusually thorough inspection would reveal several small black spiders under the table, busily, happily spinning webs. Spider might take a moment to say hello.

[OOC: Contents of stall moddable and subject to change at Spider's whim. He is from Anansi Boys.]

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures blondecanary September 26 2009, 22:21:21 UTC

Dinah wandered through the racks, looking at this and that; a old gold necklace with purple stones, a butterfly pin in colored glass. A set of dangling amber earrings, and a silver picture frame with baroque scrollwork. She stopped at a rack of sunglasses, and tried a few on, mugging in front of a mirror, trying out movie star poses.

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures anansi_son September 27 2009, 03:35:39 UTC

"You could be in pictures," Spider said. he'd been just watching, but she'd been mugging for long enough that it seemed to warrant a greeting. "Hello there, girl!"

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures blondecanary September 27 2009, 03:41:37 UTC

Dinah jumped, then grinned and turned around. "Hi! You've got some really cool stuff here. I love these." She drew them down so she could see him over the edges of the shades. "Very L.A. Where did you get it all?" she added, gesturing to the furniture and jewelry, the mirrors and scarves.

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures anansi_son September 27 2009, 03:50:15 UTC

"Ah, here and there and round the bend," Spider said, waving off the details. "Things people have given me, things I bought ... it all builds up when you travel."

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures blondecanary September 27 2009, 03:53:09 UTC

Leaving the shades on-- she was definitely buying those-- Dinah wandered down another row, looking for anything else that would catch her eyes. Maybe something for Priestly, to cheer him up from Claudia being gone. "Do you have any Ramones records? Or Sex Pistols?"

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures anansi_son September 27 2009, 03:57:50 UTC

"I think we do," Spider decided, because he liked her smile. And, in fact, the first record in the box of 45s was the original "Holidays in the Sun" single.

Whether it had been the same five minutes ago was immaterial.

"What's your name? I'm Spider."

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures blondecanary September 27 2009, 04:04:26 UTC

"You do? Awesome!" She beamed at him and followed him over to the box. "Hi! I'm Dinah. Lance. I go to school here. One of my best friends just had his girlfriend leave school here. He's handling it, but I thought something he loves, to cheer him up...."

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures anansi_son September 27 2009, 04:13:00 UTC

"Generous," Spider decided. "Tell him not to mope. There are always plenty of women, y'know?"

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures blondecanary September 27 2009, 04:17:24 UTC

Dinah had to snicker ruefully at that. "At least there are around here... Claudia was really cool, though. I get why he misses her." She took out the "Holidays in the Sun" 45, and brightened. "He'll love this. Woo!" She bounced on her toes, and then straightened her new shades. "So you just go all over the place, selling cool things? That's got to be fun." She tilted her head in thought. "Are you coming back to next month's market too?"

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures anansi_son September 27 2009, 04:32:06 UTC

"Sure," Spider decided. He did what made sense to him; just then, he was a salesman. "I don't know. If I do, though, bring your friend to meet me?"

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures blondecanary September 27 2009, 04:36:10 UTC

"Definitely! Probably more than just him, too." Dinah grinned, and pulled out her wallet. "How much for the shades and the 45 together?"

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures anansi_son September 27 2009, 04:42:11 UTC

"How much would you give me?"

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures blondecanary September 27 2009, 05:11:34 UTC

"Ummm..." Dinah looked at the sunglasses, and figured they had to be at least twenty dollars, then the 45, which had to be... fifty? She wasn't sure what old ones went for, but more than just the same as usual. And it was in good shape, too. Plus profit for Spider, well... "Eighty dollars?" Which would wipe out her week's fun money, but hey, in a good cause.

Re: Booth - Unfound Treasures anansi_son September 27 2009, 15:59:44 UTC

Spider would have given them to her for a smile, or seventy-five cents and a packet of lifesavers, but he wasn't going to turn down money. Sometimes money just made things easier.

"Eighty-five," he told her in a light tone. "I have to make a living, girlie."

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