All and Sundries//Late Saturday Morning

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras squinched her eyes shut as she tried to slip her key into the the door's lock.

It was cloudy outside, so why the bloody hell was the bloody sun so bloody bright?

Seras continued jabbing the key at the lock and wondered if her spilling her drink at the luau had annoyed Freyr. Her current, pounding headache did, after all, feel like vengeance on the god-type level.

The click the lock made as it finally turned over sounded echoed in her head like a gunshot right next to her ear. Seras winced and gave a small wimper as she opened the door and stepped inside.

All and Sundries is open.

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[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

After having coffee with Cameron, Veronica stopped by All & Sundries to pick up picnic supplies for her date with Archie tomorrow.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

The jangle of the door's bell was like an elastic snapping against Seras' frontal lobe. She winced, the pulled herself together.

"Hullo, can I help you?"

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica recognized the signs that the girl behind the counter was hungover and gave her a small smile.

"I just need some groceries," she replied. "I can find them on my own."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras nodded and managed a smile back.

"Right. If you have any trouble finding something, let me know. Baldrick's been in charge of the store for the past few days, and he's got some...interesting stocking methods."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Veronica said, grabbing a basket and starting to make her way through the aisles.

About twenty minutes later she returned to the register, basket full of *handwavy* picnic supplies.

"I think this should be more than enough," she said, looking at the basket. "There's only two of us."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras examined the basket's contents and nodded.

She began ringing them through.

Ouch...

"You work at Caritas, don't you?" she asked, "Or at least, I think I saw you there when we went on Thursday."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica nodded. "Oh, you were one of the people with Pip?" she asked. "Sorry I didn't get to meet you all but my player was offline sick it was kind of busy. I'm Veronica."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"Pleasure to meet you. I'm Seras," she said, pausing in her ringing in to hold out her right hand.

[that sucks. hope you're feeling better.]

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica shook her hand and grinned. "Are you a student up at the school? I don't think I've seen you around before."

[i am, thanks :)]

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras shook back and smiled, not quite up to grinning, yet.

"I am, yeah. I'm one of the new batch who arrived for the summer workshops."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"I just graduated," Veronica said. "So I'm teaching a workshop this summer before heading back home for college. Are you settling in okay?"


[going afk for a bit, back later!]

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"I think I am, thanks. I mean, it all takes some getting used to, but I'm doing better than I thought I would be the first day I got here and found out that I'd jumped thirteen years into the future."

[*waves* kk, later!]

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"I can imagine that would have been a shock," Veronica said. "Of course, I'm dating a guy from the 18th century."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"Are you really? Well, my roommate is from 1199...and Robin Hood's daughter, to boot," said Seras as she continued ringing through the picnic items, "Which workshop are you teaching, by the way?"

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica nodded and smiled. "Yep, he was in the British Royal Navy," she said. "And somehow ended up here."

She shrugged. "Wow, your roommate's got him beat on time displacement. How's she handling the technology stuff? Oh, and I'm teaching photography."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras gave a low whistle.

"The 18th Century British Royal Navy? He must have some fantastic stories..."

Though, she supposed that anyone who spent any length of time in Fandom would end up with a few of those.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"Everyone around here's got a story," Veronica said. "This place seems to be a magnet for the most unusual, outlandish things you can possibly imagine. And quite a few things beyond imagination."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras nodded and began to bag Veronica's groceries.

"From the odds and ends that I've picked up in conversations and the few things that've happened to me while I'm here, I'd have to agree," she said.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"It's a good place though, filled with good people," Veronica said. "I don't regret my time here at all."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"That's good to know," said Seras with a smile.

She finished with the bagging and gave Veronica the final total for her groceries.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica handed over her dad's credit card.

"If you ever need anything, feel free to come find me," she said. "I'm in Flamingo cabin with the other grads right now, but I'm in room 122 in the dorms."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras smiled as she took the card and ran it through the machine.

"Thank you," she said, handing Veronica the slip to sign and a pen.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica signed the slip and handed it back to Seras before picking up her bags.

"It was nice meeting you," she said with a grin. "I'm sure I'll see you around."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras nodded and waved.

"Likewise. I hope you enjoy your outing."

[bamf-away.livejournal.com]

*BAMF!* (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/880219.html?view=34795355#t34795355)

Kurt made a small bow.

"Fraulein Mars, we meet again, eh?"

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

Elle waved again, her eyes still wide and her smile bright. This was really the best way to spend the day. "Hi, Veronica!" she chirped. "Let's get out of here before I succumb to the urge to shop, Kurt." she whispered.

And with a wisp of black smoke, they moved on. (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh/889260.html?view=43685548#t43685548)

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras blinked then waved her hand in front of her face.

Praising Freyr was all well and good, but she was NEVER drinking the stuffin Pippi's hip flask again.