[OTA] Shop Till You Shoot Yourself

[cipherspeak]

Ah, winter.

Elisha would be the first to admit that he wasn't such a fan, and he was much more a fan of the other extreme temperatures. But then, he'd grown up along the Mediterranean Sea, and, served almost exclusively in the desert. He just wasn't built for chill. Which would be a problem in a week, he reflected, when he and Hadyn went to

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[butlebattler]

Humming a Christmas carol under her breath, Karin quietly looks over a pair of gloves--something warm and soft for Margo, perhaps. She hasn't even begun to figure out what she's getting Caleb, except that she needs...something.

Seeing the King, though, she puts the gloves down, making her approach with a whimsical smile. "Your Majesty. Season's warmest greetings to you."

[cipherspeak]

"Happy holidays, Karin," Elisha said with a slight smile as he folds the scarf up again and picks up one that didn't scream designer quite as much. "Getting started on the Christmas shopping?"

He should have started on Hanukkah earlier this year.

[butlebattler]

"Trying to, yes. Though I've a new name on my list this year. Do you have any idea what Caleb might like for Christmas?" It's worth a shot--she has no idea how to shop for guys. "I mean, besides designer tongue depressors."

[cipherspeak]

"Caleb James?" Elisha blinked as he shook out the scarf. "Well, he doesn't seem like the gadget type. But he likes science fiction, so...a book?"

[butlebattler]

"Science fiction...that, I can do." She smirks, thinking a moment. "Perhaps a rarer Heinlein, or something by Elizabeth Moon?"

[cipherspeak]

This is the King of Clubs at a loss. He's never read either scifi or fantasy, preferring the mystery/thriller genre himself. "I'm sure he'd enjoy either one," he says. "Something you like, maybe?"