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Ariana Isolde Marian Elizabeth Dumbledore (untamed_magic) wrote in indarkness_logs,
@ 2010-10-23 23:17:00

Entry tags:

!complete, 2032 10, ariana dumbledore, salem saberhagen

RP: In the Mall
Characters: Ariana, Salem
Time/Date: night time, October 23
Location: Halloween store, mall
Warnings/Rating: None
Summary: Ari's curious
Status: Complete

After she saw the notices about doing something for Halloween -- and the decorations in one of the hallways -- she was curious about the entire affair. They'd certainly never done anything to celebrate it. Not that she could recall, anyway. Maybe they had before the incident, but she didn't recall any after.

So she'd wandered out of the hotel after picking up one of the umbrellas by the door. She tromped through the warm drizzle, stomping in any puddles she noticed along the path. By the time she actually reached the mall, she was very wet and a little muddy.

Shaking off the water from the umbrella, Ariana wrapped the strap around her wrist before she made her way toward the Halloween store. Muddy prints showed her path very clearly for anyone who wanted to follow her, though by the time she'd reached the store in question, most of the mud had fallen off to leave only wet prints.

Easing into the store, she looked around curiously. Some of what she saw was gruesome and seemed very odd to her -- skulls with red eyes that lit up and bony fingers reaching out of a patch of fake ground in front of a Styrofoam headstone. There were other things too. Lights and some sort of shimmery tinsel and black and orange and purple garlands and toward the back, there were costumes.

Ariana gravitated toward those, pushing aside the layers of fabric as she tried to see if there were any costumes that fit her that she'd like to try on ...

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clawsandspells
2010-10-24 07:34 pm UTC (link)

Salem had been exploring the new mall area, always curious to see what he could acquire and make his own, especially now that he had his own rooms. Oh, the possibilities! Too bad there weren't any feline-capable shape-shifters here. It would be quite the party.

He sighed as he padded along, finding all sorts of interesting things. He'd drug some of them to a hiding place behind a loose panel, and he'd come back for those later, but for right now, there was more to see.

The Halloween store made him snicker. Oh, these mortals! Always playing with things they didn't understand. Still, there might be interesting things inside, and he padded in, curious and bright-eyed as ever.

He collected a small witch's hat which looked quite charming on him and stayed on by a nice and not too uncomfortable rubber band, when he turned a corner and saw the girl.

"Ah! Looking for something a little fun?" Salem rarely went into preliminaries.

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untamed_magic
2010-10-24 08:33 pm UTC (link)

Ari jumped a little at the voice and she turned, chin tilted to look up. She was, of course, expecting a person. Not seeing one, she dropped her chin down and smiled a little when she saw the cat.

It wasn't Ches, but it was a talking cat all the same, and that was exciting to her. "I don't know what I was looking for," she admitted. "I just came in to see what was here so I could tell Lizzy in case she wanted to decorate."

She tipped her head to one side. "What's your name? We used to have a cat, and his name was Cheshire, but I think he's gone now. I'm Ariana."

	clawsandspells 2010-10-25 04:38 am UTC (link)
	Salem nodded, preening a little. Ah sympathetic children! Always good. "Thank you. I am, sadly, stuck this way." He nodded sagely, or as well as he could do, as a cat. "Maybe so, but you will learn it in time, I am sure." He perked up his ears at the last words. "Hm, well, that was very nice of him. How is it going?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	clawsandspells 2010-10-25 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	Salem watched her, genuinely happy for the child. She seemed happy, and content with such simple things, something he would never be. For a moment, just a moment, he felt a pang of envy. "It'll be interesting to see everyone interact, and meet. Perhaps it will be a new start." Or a new ending. He wondered what mayhem might happen at a gathering of everyone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	clawsandspells 2010-10-26 05:26 am UTC (link)
	Salem eyed her, listening. She seemed nice, and was talking quite intelligently for a human child. Not bad. "I think it is likely." He padded around, peering at costumes and costume pieces. "Most such parties do. Both adult and child punch, I imagine." He nodded. He would likely indulge in some adult punch. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	clawsandspells 2010-10-26 06:09 am UTC (link)
	"Alcohol, usually, or magical enhancement. Perhaps there will not be such, with kids around, but I rarely have seen adults gather and not have some kind of it available." He peered up at her, settling near her feet to watch her choose. Human children were much more interesting, and with the right buttering up, more malleable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)