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[honor_first]

Who: Zack Fair; OPEN to anyone in the area.
Where: Violet City, heading into the shop.
When: After firing off a message to Aerith. Early morning.
Summary: If he wasn't already planning on beelining over to Goldenrod, Zack definitely is now. He's gonna pick up a few supplies, pick up a delivery, and hit the road solo.
Rating: PG? Zack's pretty

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[pokedoctor]

The Doctor was in the shop as well, admiring it cheerfully. "Awfully nice place, isn't it?" he said conversationally to Zack. "Rather quaint, but I don't mind that, I rather like quaint sometimes. Though mind you, you might want to watch the door a bit."

[honor_first]

"Hnn?"

It was only halfway through the Doctor's pleasantries did Zack realize that he was the one being addressed... and looked up from what was becoming a hard focus on the countertop with a look of bewilderment.

"The door?"

[pokedoctor]

"Oh, you slammed it a bit, that's all." The Doctor gives him an encouraging grin. "Everything alright?"

[honor_first]

"I did?"

Glancing down at Varuna in disbelief, the Dratini assured him of his guilt with a serious nod. He had indeed perpetrated a little bit of door-slamming.

Slowly, an oafish, apologetic grin crept across his face and he loosened up somewhat as he shrugged at the man.

"Yeah..." No. "It was just a long week."

[usedrawr]

Zack was not the only one collecting supplies in a fervent rush; Teddie was also there, gathering Potions, Repels, Pokeballs--anything he feels he might need. This boy in the bear suit was also at the counter, right beside Zack, shoving his recently purchased goods into his bag in a heavy silence.

Teddie shifted a little, a bit of his fur brushing Zack's arm. "Um... sorry," he muttered absentmindedly, dropping a potion on the floor, clumsily. "Oops."

the brain. it breaks. D8!

[honor_first]

... Well.

Few things could snap a person out of a sleep-deprived trance like a close encounter with a boy in a bear suit. Not quite catching exactly what had bumped into him at first, he shot the perpetrator an unoffensive but clearly aggravated frown. Which was promptly dropped. Because he was wearing a bear suit.

There was perhaps a full two or three seconds of blank staring while his mind processed what he was seeing... before he cleared his throat awkwardly and reached for the dropped potion. Varuna got to it first, though, and spared his trainer the trouble of bending over by rising up to nudge it into his hand.

"Thanks, kiddo. Uh... here."

He couldn't imagine that the strangely-dressed individual was extraordinarily mobile in that thing... So he held the dropped item out for the stranger to take as easily as possible.

... sorry, bro. HEY, AT LEAST IT WOKE ZACK UP?

[usedrawr]

And, before Teddie even had the chance to pick up the potion at his feet, the man standing beside him had done it for him. He was still a little slow, considering the circumstances, so it took a small, one-second pause for the bear to register that the potion had, in fact, been picked up, and that it was held outward for him to take.

"Oh... Thanks," Teddie said this in a small voice, and he outstretched a blue paw with relative ease to take back the recovery item, also adding that into his bag. "You're in a rush too, huh?"

true that... true that. /o/

[honor_first]

"Yeah..." There was a slight, agitated shake of his head as he leaned against the counter, rubbing the side of his neck.

"Big time. Goin' to Goldenrod. How about you?"

[10yen_idol]

With everything that's happened over the last weekend, Yayoi isn't in the best of moods, either. What she DOES know is that she should probably get ready to go back to Goldenrod, which means she needs to stock up on money.

... which is why she's the one manning the register. Yayoi nods, not really registering Zack's presence. "Okay... um, would you like Normal, Super, or Hyper?"

[honor_first]

There wasn't much going on upstairs in Zack's case, either... Performing minimal functions were unbelievably difficult at this point and the fact that Yayoi was the one working behind the counter he was standing at hadn't quite caught up to him yet.

"Hyper's the one."

He wasn't even speaking at full volume -- more like muttering at this point as he searched pocket after pocket for his wallet.

[10yen_idol]

"Okay. So that's, um..." Yayoi turns to rummage through the shelves behind the counter and grabs an armful of spray bottles, plunking three Hyper Potions down. "Would ten Repels be enZack!?"

Guess who finally thought to look up at that familiar spiky mop of hair face?

[honor_first]

There was a double-take and half of a triple-take before recognition really sank in and he flinched with a start.

"... Yayoi? Wait -- You work here?"