whitequeenemma (whitequeenemma) wrote in oh_marvelous, @ 2011-12-20 04:07:00 |
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Characters: Emma Frost; OTA
Setting: Tuesday, December 20th, 2011, around 1000; New York, NY; Shopping.
Content: Normal, everyday interaction.
Summary: Emma is personally going shopping for a few odds and ends. She likes to pick out certain gifts herself.
There was something therapeutic about shopping. It allowed Emma to take her mind off of things that bothered her. A brief stint home to Boston allowed her to lay flowers on her sister's grave, but it also put her into direct conflict with her parents. Her mother was a spineless wimp and her father was the abusive bastard that she protected. It really wasn't the kind of atmosphere that she enjoyed. Now that she was back home, she wanted to wash away the feeling that always came over her after being back in that city. So it was retail therapy that made her feel more like herself again. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure as hell can soothe the scars of the past. Emma had a little bit of an obsession with jewelry and so she loved spending time searching through the finest stores for something more expensive than a family of four spends yearly. She never felt guilty that she could finance a small army with her shopping budget. Oh, well... maybe a little bit. One of the clerks behind the counter offered her a ring to look at and she ran her fingers across it's glittery goodness for a few moments before returning it. She wasn't interested in animal shapes. She wanted solitaires and lots and lots of white gold. The rarest pearls would also do nicely, but she wasn't sure if that was what she was really looking for today. Perhaps she needed to remember that she was also supposed to be looking for trinkets for her assistants? Emma liked to buy those herself and this wasn't going to be the right place for that. She excused herself from the counter and moved back out to the sidewalk to find something a little more like what she needed. She shifted the handful of expensive bags she had and settled her bag on her shoulder again so that she could look around. It was cold outside, but she was nice and warm. The excitement of shopping always made her that way. |