Day 56: Bill's Hardware (Late Afternoon)

[razing_phoenix]

The day had gone by surprisingly fast. Guy could hardly believe that it was drawing toward an end, but the fact that he'd run into Natalia against all odds was probably what contributed to that. Still, he'd made one purchase, caught up with her at least somewhat, and had lunch, so Guy was set for the most part. The last thing that he wanted to do

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[emotionl4arobot]

Having already spent the morning in the electronics store looking around for possible useful supplies, followed by lunch with Peter, Brainiac 5 headed over for the hardware store as the next location that could yield something useful. While he didn't think that there would be many tools he was actually familiar with, there could still be something useful.

Unfortunately he realised not long after he arrived that there was even less than he'd hoped available, and much of what was potentially worthwhile was decided out of his price range. He sighed, resigning himself to another hour or so of browsing through everything in the hopes that there would be something his initial search had missed, but ultimately being disappointed

[timedork]

The day was wearing on, and the Doctor still hadn't spent the full sum of the money he'd been given-and he definitely wasn't going to let that money go unused. He'd been looking around for various odds and ends and useful bits, and the hardware store was his next stop.

At the very least, it would be nice to get a bag of some sort; he'd thought about it earlier that day, and the idea was definitely growing on him. Of course, it depending on whether he could find one that was reasonably priced-and by 'reasonably priced', he only meant that he could afford it with however much was left on his card. (What was a reasonable price for a bag in this year, anyway?) If he couldn't find one he could afford, then he would just buy all the odds and bobs he could

[emotionl4arobot]

At the sound of his name, the Coluan spun around to pick out a familiar face, a smile of his own coming to life immediately as the Doctor approached.

"I was wondering if I'd see you around town today," he said when the Time Lord was close enough. He hadn't been sure if his friend would be alone, though, as Peter had been, so Brainiac 5's gaze flicked to behind the Doctor briefly just to make sure that he wasn't with someone else at the time. Like that Donna woman.

Once it was apparent that it was just the two of them, he relaxed and his smile widened. "I was going to see if there was anything worth getting in here, since we have some currency now. Is that what you're here for as well?"

[timedork]

Then again, maybe the questioning about last night could wait. Brainiac 5 was in much better shape than the Doctor had feared he'd find the Coluan in, so some of his worries had been put to rest just at the sight of him. Nevertheless, the Doctor kept an eye on him as he turned towards one of the shelves, continuing to inspect the boy from the sides of his eyes.

After a moment, he realized he hadn't yet answered Brainiac 5's question. "Yes; sorry," he said quickly, reaching out to take hold of the first thing he could... which turned out to be a mop. He wondered if he'd be allowed to take anything big back with him on the bus-ah, but something like a mop or a broom could be easily found back at the Institute, he supposed. He'd just have to find a janitor's closet