Out for a walk!~

Kotori was skipping happily down the street. She had no real direction, but that was fine with her. She liked to just go walking around sometimes. Maybe she'd meet new friends? Who knows. In the world where Kotori thought she was, anything could happen. She hummed a happy tune, moving along in her usual dress with her hair nice and tidy as she had been taught to keep it. Moving along. Along towards possible adventures.

Adriana followed right behind Kotori, humming to herself. It had been about a week and a half since the two of them had met and partnered up, but they had gotten along rather well. And Adriana was usually happy to follow Kotori down the street on her miss adventures. They may not have been the best for fighting, but they were definitely good for each other as a weird mother/daughter sister/sister relationship thing. Plus, Kotori was pretty helpful with conquering her fear of crowds as she walked down the streets. Though, the other people around them started to grow and acquire some pretty menacing looks. Probably time for a distraction.

Adriana: Hey Kotori, want me to carry you on my back?

Kotori looked back at Adriana. She liked Adriana. Adriana always carried her and stuff. "Okay!" She exclaimed happily, turning around and running over to Adriana. She could see better from up there anyways. Maybe she'd be able to find something to do faster? Either way it would be fun. She did wonder what made Adriana tag along all the time, though. Maybe she just liked to go outside too? Oh well, as long as she was there Kotori was fine.

Adriana picked up Kotori and happily rested the wee little girl on her back. She started to walk forward again, glad for the distraction that comes in a nice Kotori sized package. So, with that out of the way, Adriana was able to ignore her irrational fears taking control of her. Twas a very fine thing for the red-headed girl.

Causper hung upside down like a bat with her nose in a book over the walkway. Her headset was hanging down, the only prevented from falling to the ground by her sweater's hood. It wasn't a very wise place to read a book but it suited her just fine, even if it looked uncomfortable.
The blue haired girl swung to the side so the Adrianna and Kotori could pass by, barely even looking up from her book.

Kotori, curious about the girl, took a light poke. More specifically, a poke at the Causper. She was interesting and Kotori was high enough to reach her. So she thought she'd poke her and get her attention. Maybe the person was friendly? Maybe they weren't and she had made a mistake. She didn't care. Either way she had Adriana if things went bad.

Adriana felt Kotori reach over to poke Causper. Deciding to make things a bit easier, she came to a halt so the poor girl wouldn't fall off of Adriana. Well, looks like one way or another, someone was going to make a new friend. As long as the strange girl wasn't a witch or attracted a big crowd, Adriana would be just fine. Or getting buried alive, that is also not a very good thing.

Causper blinked as the little girl poked her and looked away from her book. She shifted sideways on the branch, away from Kotori. Uncertain as to whether or not she knew the girl, Causper remained where she now hung watching the little girl curiously. It was impossible to tell why they had both stopped just for the smaller girl to poke her, although Causper didn't think she knew them at all.

Kotori looked at Causper curiously, cocking her head. Then, suddenly her curious expression turned to a smile. "Hello! Why are you upside down?" She asked, balancing on Adriana's back happily. It wasn't the best greeting, but at least it was friendly. Friendly was always good. Being not friendly always led to something bad. That's what Papa always said.

Adriana waved to the girl as well, since it was the polite thing to do.

Adriana: Hi there. I am Adriana Prim Rosie, and this is my weapon Kotori.

Yeah, that seemed like a good enough introduction. It could have been a lot worse, to say the least. And probably don't have to worry about Kotori given how cute the young girl is. So, let's just see what this other girl says.

Causper waved slowly in greeting then dropped from the branch and landed on her feet. She addressed Adriana first before answering Kotori.

"Bonjour... my name is Causper Verte. I was upside down because I was reading... and people tend to leave you alone more often when they think you're vampiric."

Causper spoke with the utmost sincerity, but broke into a grin when she finished speaking, betraying her little joke.

"I just felt like reading upside down and that tree was the most comfortable."

Kotori couldn't help but giggle a bit. This girl was nice. Kotori liked nice. It was always better than not nice... but I guess that was obvious. "Trees are comfortable? I always liked boxes." She said, quite serious actually. She loved to play with boxes. Sometimes she'd even make them into a fort to nap in.

Adriana didn't really know what to say at this point, to be honest. She really wasn't great at socializing with others, and it just made her feel weird. Not like oh-lord-it's-a-witch-run weird, but like that awkward family member that pinches your cheek and always treats you like a kid. So, she will just let Kotori do the talking as she started making a mental list of what to get food wise on the next shopping trip.

"If it's the right kind of tree it is. Although I haven't come across many trees that were uncomfortable. Probably comes from sleeping in too many eucalyptus trees as a child. Although seeing as how cardboard is created through processed tree, in a vague way you like sitting in trees too."

Causper grinned and climbed back up into the tree and pulled a backpack from the higher branches to put her book inside then hopped down agian.

"So what are you two doing on this fine day?"

This long chat about trees confused Kotori. Cardboard made boxes, right? Eh... Whatever. That made her head hurt. "We're looking for adventure, because adventure is fun~!" Kotori answered, giggling a little. Maybe they'd meet space pirates and fight for candy treasure?

Adriana nodded a bit in agreement with Kotori.

Adriana: Yeah, not much else to say, I guess. We are just out on a walk, getting some fresh air and piggy back riding. If you want to come along, I'm sure Kotori would enjoy the extra company. Plus, we may head to the grocery store and pick up some things on the way back to our home. Other then that, we are just exploring and walking.

Causper shrugged and decided to join them. It would be more interesting then what she was reading that was for sure, and Alycia kept telling her she needed to meet new people over the summer.

"Sure, i'll join. It won't kill me so why not? It'll be more intriguing then my book anyways."

She grinned at the little girl atop Adriana's shoulders.

"Tally ho, Explorers!"

Kotori giggled, throwing a fist in the air. "Onward! We shall conquer the grocery shopping!" She cheered... Even if it did sound way more epic and amusing in her head. Oh well, she still had Adriana and Causper, so it'd be fun no matter what, right?

Adriana gave a small nod, laughing at the two girls enthusiasm. It was nice to see Kotori happy, even if it wasn't a rare sight. But, with a face like Kotori's, most people couldn't help but laugh and smile as well as the small pinked haired weapon. As for Causper, not sure if she was just good with kids, or if she was an older Kotori. Probably the first, cause she was sitting still. Which for Kotori is a pretty rare sight, to be honest.

Anyway, She lead the way to the grocery store, then winced a bit. The store was pretty jam packed, with people bustling around and getting there items. All of them around, crowded in the isles, and those things were pretty small. With lot's of people bumping into each other and touching and lot's and lot's of people just all surrounding....her.....Bail out time

Adriana: Well, I think this place is a bit too crowded. How about we go and try a different one, shall we?

Causper chatted happily with Kotori as she walked alongside her and Adriana, her speech polite but casual with a noticeable amount of formality woven amongst small jokes. It did seem like Causper was quite used to speaking with young children often, although the formalities hinted otherwise.
Adriana's reaction to the number of people in the grocery store did not go unnoticed, but Causper didn't say anything about it. Instead, she gave her an alternative.

"Grocery stores will probably all have a large number of people in them, so it might be difficult to find one that isn't very packed. If you want, I could show you some speciality stores in town. They're smaller and each concentrate on one type of food so it'd take a while longer but there's probably significantly less people involved. What do you think?"

Kotori noted that Adri didn't want to go inside, and gave her a little squeeze while Causper spoke. Specialty stores...? If they all sold one type of food, did that mean there was one that only sold bananas? An entire store of bananas! That sounded like somewhere you'd see a monkey, and Kotori really wanted to see a monkey. "Can we Adri? I wanna see the monkey!" Kotori stated, leaving her thoughts to herself. You might think her crazy when she says it, but Kotori's words made sense to Kotori, and that's what counts.

Adriana liked the idea that Causper had given, and was probably going to go with that. And Kotori seemed excited about going as well, though for a different reason that made no sense to Adriana at all. However, there was still the matter of prices, which was pretty important.

Adriana: Do you know how much these store's products cost off hand, by chance, Causper?

"The... monkey..? Can I ask how you came to the conclusion that specialty stores had monkeys Kotori?"

Causper looked at Kotori quizzically, completely confused. If she had mentioned a zoo of some sort, or possibly a toy store she could understand why the little girl would think of monkeys, but not at the mention of specialty stores. Causper was distracted from her confusion by Adrianna's question relatively quickly, quizzical look turning into a sheepish grin.

"I don't actually know, I don't do the shopping at all. It shouldn't be too expensive though. I think."

A tall figure walked down the street, not even trying to look like anything other than what he plainly was: a kishin egg. His twisted countenance seemed to take in everything around it despite the thing's lack of eyes. In it's hand it held a map, which he seemed to be following...rather poorly. He stops causper with a wave of his hand, frightening a number of citizens "Hey! You! Do you know where I can find a specialty store? I need some common household items that could not, in any way shape or form, be used to make a bomb." He says, trying (and failing) to assuage any fears that he might do something...less than moral.