Who: Nelliel and Ulquiorra
When: Afternoon
Where: The mall
Summary: Two Espada visit a music store in their attempts to learn more about human culture. They are assisted by someone who says "Dude" a lot.
Warning: Probably no more than PG-13 (depending on what music lyrics they encounter)
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Dude...that is some awesome headgear you've both got going there )
When they arrived at the music store, Ulquiorra held the door for Nelliel and followed her in. His initial opinion of the store was typical. Trash. It not only smelt of a horrible combination of patchouli and something he couldn't quite put his finger on, but the staff on duty appeared as if they hadn't had lost a fight with a box of markers and a metal fence ( ... )
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By the time she approached, Ulquiorra had lifted a pair of cellophane wrapped CDs up in front of his face. They were, like River, colorful. The title of the band was written in a bubble styled font and the songs titles were full of words like: I'll Love you Forever, Don't Say Goodbye, and I'll be your only Baby. Ulquiorra immediately put them away as the other Espada spoke and he nodded as he turned away.
"That would be appreciated, though I am unsure if the music selection in this place will be appropriate." Trust in him to think that the two CDs he just picked up and looked over, spoke for the entire collection present.
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When River announced that the stations were ready, Ulquiorra motioned for Nelliel to lead the way and he followed a few steps behind. Considering the machine in front of him was a new device he offered River this chance to explain how they worked. It appeared the man at least knew what he was talking about and that was an improvement from his previous thoughts.
He lifted the headphones into his hands and gave them a bit of a look over. He wasn't exactly sure that they would fit over his helm, so he folded them slightly in one hand and set one part over his right ear. That way he might still listen if Nelliel desired to speak with him.
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Periodically, she looked over at Ulquiorra, noticing when he stopped skipping songs after a few seconds each. It seemed that something had caught his attention and met his standards for being worth listening to.
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Finished he eased the headphone down and into his lap before he turned towards Nelliel. He watches her quietly as she takes her time with the preselected tracks that River had provided for them.
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Finally, she set her headphones down. "Did you find something you liked? I think we were supposed to raise our hands to let River know when we were finished with this music mix..."
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Nelliel's mixture included a few instrumental tracks, some cheerful pop music, rock, jazz with lyrics and dance music.
"Just like before, write down the ones you like," he instructed. "Only next time I come over, I'll show you where to find the CDs. Or we also make mix CDs for 99 cents per song, or we can transfer the songs for 99 cents each onto an mp3 player if you have one."
That arrangement seemed fair to Nelliel. She was glad that Ulquiorra had found at least a couple of songs that he liked enough to make note of. If nothing else, it would give him music to drown out Luppi when his patience was shot.
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She was about to ask him what it was that he was listening to and decided not to interrupt him. Instead, she got up and looked at the screen before sitting back down at her own seat. Nelliel made a mental note to buy him a CD with that song on it even if he didn't choose to buy it himself. She might have to be sneaky if he didn't want to buy it, but she thought he'd appreciate having it at home to listen to.
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"I will to need to purchase something to listen to these CDs on in the future." He did not have much money to spend on such a device just yet, but the CDs could easily be set aside later and made use of.
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"I think the DVD player in the living room can also play CDs," said Nelliel. "But if you want to listen to them in your room, you will need to buy something."
River approached again as they spoke. "Dude, I can recommend a few great sound systems for different price ranges. There's a couple of pretty good stores for that here in the mall...and one really overpriced crappy one where the only thing the salespeople are good at is ripping people off and selling extended warranties."
He ranted briefly while leading them around the store, grabbing each CD with a methodical efficiency one wouldn't have thought him capable of. Nelliel blinked a few times. River was an odd person.
"Uh...yeah, sorry. Didn't mean to give off negative vibes or anything. Music's kind of my thing and I hate ( ... )
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