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prettyflowers (prettyflowers) wrote in light_of_may,
@ 2009-10-25 00:33:00

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2009-06-19

Grocery Shopping
Who: Autumn and Rigby
Where: Grocery store
When: Around 11am - just before lunch

After meeting her Familiar, which was still so bizarre to Autumn, she felt the need to do some baking. Lots of baking. However, due to the previous bouts of baking yesterday, she needed groceries before today's baking could commence.

So after cleaning up a bit, Autumn changed into an earthy green organic dress with various wooden accessories, such as a bracelet, necklace and earrings. She brushed out her hair and dabbed on some lip gloss and mascara and headed to the grocery store. She had brought along her canvas bags made out of recycled cotton to put her groceries in instead of plastic bags. Any little thing she could do to save her precious Earth, she was going to try to do.

Autumn grabbed a few dozen eggs, a huge thing of flour and sugar, a couple of gallons of milk and a couple of packages of unsalted butter. She supposed she was going to have to buy dog food now, so she went down the dog food aisle. She was uncertain if Suri would like the dry dog food or canned dog food, so she got both. And some treats. And water/food bowls. And a couple of chew toys. And a leash. She was feeling anxious again, so she decided to buy some apples to make her famous Apple Cake. On a whim, she also bought cupcake papers and chocolate chips.

Deciding she had done enough damage for the day, Autumn checked out. With her groceries loaded in the canvas bags she headed to her Rav4 and started struggling with the heavy bags. She paused for a couple of beats to psych herself up before she tried to heave the last remaining bag and the huge bag of dog food.

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troubador
2009-10-25 05:11 am UTC (link)

By this time of day, Rigby figured it was time to get down to business and figure out what he was going to do now that he was in Scarlet Oak. He'd spent the night at Fina's - something he hadn't been expecting in the slightest, but if she wanted him there, he'd stay. They'd talked, and he didn't quite know where they stood, but at the moment he wasn't looking for anyone but her. That was enough for him.

Morning came, she had to go to work at the radio station and Rigby went out, with a promise - and a very firm one - that he would get in touch with her later in the day. Now he found himself on a bench outside a local grocery store, guitar in hand, strumming away. His mood was considerably lighter now since he'd seen Fina and the song he picked now reflected that: the Beatles, "I Want to Hold Your Hand." The classics never went out of style and they wrote the best.

When the song ended, the thoughts of the patrons around him started to filter back into his brain. A lot of grocery reminders, it seemed, though one mind was louder than the others - a woman, out in the parking lot, struggling with her groceries.

Rigby scanned his eyes over the cars until he found the woman in question. He'd never been the sort to let a woman struggle if he could help, so he set the guitar back in its case and walked over in her direction. "Somethin' I can be helping you with?" he called, looking at that bag of dog food. That would be a hassle to carry for most people, unless they spent their lives at the gym.

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prettyflowers
2009-10-25 05:21 am UTC (link)

Autumn looked up, startled to hear a man's voice - a SOUTHERN voice at that. She looked around before she realized he was speaking with her. "Oh that'd be wonderful, if you don't mind," she drawled. "I seem to have found myself with a dog, who funnily enough, requires dog food that comes in 50 pound bags." She didn't even know if the thing liked this kind of dog food. Or if she even ate dog food. She had better like it because she was stuck with a huge bag of the stuff.

She moved aside so he could get to the dog food. "You're from the South," she said. "Not too many of us here, so it's mighty nice to hear a friendly voice."

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troubador
2009-10-26 01:57 am UTC (link)

"Don't you worry 'bout it." Leaning his guitar against the side of her SUV, Rigby grabbed the dog food and hefted it into the vehicle in one fell swoop. From the way she was fretting about it, he figured she'd either 1. found herself with a stray dog needing a home or 2. with a familiar on her doorstep, like Fina had. "Big breed of dog, I take it? Or you just planning to be stocked for the next year or so?"

He grinned at the sound of her voice. Girl sounded like home, and he hadn't been back to Savannah in years. Sixteen years, actually. Hell of a long time. "I'm a Georgia boy myself, been everywhere and back though. What brings you this far north?"

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prettyflowers
2009-10-26 02:38 am UTC (link)

Autumn literally sighed with relief when he hefted the bag of dog food inside her vehicle. "Thank you so much. You have no idea how much I appreciate this."

At his comment about a big breed of dog had her worrying even more. "Actually no. She's like yay tall," Autumn said, holding her hands not even a foot apart. "I've never had a dog. We lived on a farm and never had a dog. I don't know what do to with a danged dog!" Autumn ended her tirade with a stamp of her small foot and a huffy sigh.

She pulled herself together and looked at him guiltily. "Sorry 'bout that. I wasn't expecting a dog, yet one just showed up in my flowers. My flowers!"

She kept muttering in her head but was sure that this poor boy didn't want to hear about her Familiar problems. "Anyway! I am from Georgia too! Tifton, to be exact...you?"

"I came north because my family kind of disowned me after Light of May." She unconsciously placed a hand on her stomach because her being pregnant was another reason she was disowned. "You travel a lot then? " She jerked her chin towards his guitar case. "I heard you playin' - you were great. You playin' anywhere in town?"

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troubador
2009-10-26 03:18 am UTC (link)

"You're welcome - it was no trouble." And it really wasn't, no reason why she should be hauling that around all on her own. It was the kind of guy Rigby was, doing the right thing, very much the Southern gentleman.

He chuckled. "Good news is you won't have to get her more food for a while. You never had a dog when you were a kid?" He didn't, but then again, he'd grown up in a trailer, not on a farm. Farm kids were supposed to have dogs. "I think it's a rule somewhere, that dogs are supposed to ruin a flowerbed at least once in your life. Hopefully the damage wasn't too bad." He'd done a stint as a landscaper once, putting in some gardens. Not bad work, at the end of the day.

"Savannah." Rigby grinned; she really was from home. Georgia wasn't a place he thought of often, but sometimes, in moments like this, he did miss the place.

The Light of May - everyone had a story that connected to that. His own wasn't so great either, though it was hard to describe what caliber of migraine the day had given him. Even if she hadn't laid a hand on her stomach, her thoughts gave away the pregnancy. No way she should be carrying that big bag of dog food - how did she even get it out here? "Sorry," he said, and he meant it. People were just outright nasty to each other sometimes; he'd seen it in his own family. "Yeah, I travel. Just me and my guitar, going where I please." He grinned; both at the thought of performing, the only thing that kept him sane, and at the brief notion that Fina might someday come with him. "Just got here yesterday, so still workin' on getting something lined up. Though, if you know of a place with an open mic night, let me know. Foot in the door's always good."

He offered her a hand. "Name's Rigby."

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prettyflowers
2009-10-26 05:55 am UTC (link)

"No dog when I was a kid. My momma was allergic," Autumn explained. "And if that puppy ruins my flowers anymore, I'm gonna be mad. You don't ruin my flowers." What wasn't said was that her flowers weren't ruined - because of her level, she always had healthy flowers. She had a few bruised and trampled flowers, but really the dog weighed like 3 pounds it seemed, so she didn't cause too much damage. Autumn couldn't wait for the day when she could bring life to dead or damaged plants - but she was still a ways off in her powers.

"Ahh Savannah! I visited there a few times. The old world charm of the city is beautiful." She could feel the sadness and yearning of home that he was feeling. She felt that something bad must have happened for him to pick up and move, never going back.

Ouch, Light of May was a sore subject for him. She could feel his remembered pain and tried not to wince. "Thanks," she said softly. "I'm sorry for you too." She left it at that, not wanting him to feel like he had to explain anything to her since they were strangers.

"Wow the freedom to go and do what you love must be great." She knew he loved it - not only because his face lit up in a grin as he talked about playing, but he radiated joy. He felt safe and comforted when he played, she could tell. He was definitely very intriguing.

"I have a job lead at a place called the Owl's Nest...I don't know if it's a playin' kind of place, but if I get the job, I'll definitely ask for you. Don't suppose you have a cell number or anything?" She was the kind to pay it forward, so to speak. He helped her and she would help him. It was the way of the world for her.

Autumn slipped her tiny hand into his, feeling his calloused fingers. "Autumn," she replied with a smile.

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troubador
2009-10-27 03:08 am UTC (link)

Her thoughts gave away more than she realized. She must be an elemental then, like Fina, or maybe some kind of witch. Maybe an Earth, with the connection to plants and concern for her flowers. "Ah, gotcha," he said. "We never had 'em because we couldn't really care for 'em." No money for a dog meant he couldn't have one as a kid, end of story. "I'm sure your flowers'll be doin' just fine, given some time. Little thing like that can't do too much damage, so long as you don't let her go diggin' around in there."

He nodded, remembering the nicer parts of the city, the ones he'd only glimpsed. "It is," he said. "Maybe someday I'll make my way back there, who knows." If he could find some way to confirm that his old man had finally kicked the bucket, then yeah, Rigby would go back. Until then, not a chance in hell. He'd remember Savannah through pictures; he did have a couple left from his mother.

One eyebrow quirked up as she apologized to him. He was sure she wasn't a telepath - Rigby always thought he would know if he met another one - but it made him wonder exactly what she knew about his Light of May experience. "I wasn't the one who got disowned," he murmured softly. He wanted to ask why, figuring possibly being an elemental might have done it, and the baby on the way probably didn't help. "But thanks. Lots of things came out that day that not one of us were ready for." His own reaction to the whole thing had been pretty mild; everyone else's reactions were what tore him down.

"It is. Ain't a life for everyone, but I do what I can." Case in point, reuniting with Fina. That was a past wrong that he was starting to fix. If he'd left her any longer, who knew if they could still be friends after that? "You don't have to be doin' that, but yeah, I'd appreciate it. Cell's not always on, but I do have one." It was in the glove box of his truck, but he still remembered the number and he needed it now to get in touch with Fina. He rattled off the number, not really caring who had it, considering how infrequently he answered the damn thing.

"Autumn. Pleasure to make your aquiantance." It was a pretty name, one that suited the images of flowers and gardens he got from her mind.

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prettyflowers
2009-10-27 03:49 am UTC (link)

Autumn's eyes went wide, absolutely horrified. "Dogs dig? Oh my poor gardens." She was going to have to spend some extra time meditating and talking to her Earth to apologize. She also wondered if Suri would understand her if she told her not to dig in the gardens.

Her eyes lowered. "I can understand not wanting to go back home. For me at least, it's hard to go back - all the bad memories." While she wasn't telepathic, she could feel his emotions and that said a lot. The way he said 'one of us' made Autumn wonder what he was. "I got disowned partially because I'm an Earth Elemental. I'm also an Empath. My parents couldn't accept it, hence the disowning."

Autumn smiled at him. "No problem. We newcomers gotta stick together y'know?" She dug into her purse for a scrap piece of paper and pen and jotted down his number. "I'll definitely give you a call once I find something out.

Autumn had the urge to keep talking to him. She had been here for a month or so and hadn't met anyone other than her coworkers at school. She chewed on the corner of her lip before deciding to go for it. "I don't normally do this, but would you like to come to my house for lunch? I have more than enough food and would be more than happy to share. Plus, I have sweet tea, which I bet you haven't had real Southern sweet tea in a while," she said with a smile and a chuckle.

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troubador
2009-10-27 04:51 am UTC (link)

He chuckled; even without the telepathy, it was quite obvious Autumn had never owned a dog before. "You never heard of a dog buryin' a bone?" he asked, shaking his head. "I'm sure she'll be fine, just have to train her. And watch her when she heads outside." Seemed simple enough to him.

That was something Rigby could understand. "Funny how memories can do that to you," he said. "Ain't been back to Savannah since I was a kid for the same reason." He still carried the scar from the last time he'd seen Will Walker.

When she revealed what she was, Rigby just nodded, his thoughts confirmed. The empath ability explained why she'd apologized to him earlier, probably feeling his discomfort from mentioning the Light of May. "I know an elemental, she's a fire. Don't make her any different from you and me, but some people just can't handle it." She was wondering what he was too; maybe he'd tell her eventually. In Rigby's experience, telling someone you were a telepath and you knew everything they thought didn't really build friendships. His father, for one, thought there was something wrong with him, that he should have been institutionalized as a child. Will probably just didn't like that little Garrett knew everything he was up to.

"I'd appreciate that." The lunch offer was unexpected, but he didn't mind. Rigby had an afternoon to kill, though he was probably going to meet up with Fina later, and by "probably" he meant there was no way he could not see the woman. "Lunch sounds lovely. You shouldn't be carryin' those bags in anyway, what with the baby and all." He gestured to the dog food in the back of her car. "And if you've got real sweet tea, that's even better." His mouth watered at the thought. Yankees really couldn't brew it right, no matter how hard they tried.