All and Sundries// [8/9]

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

After Stealth and Deception, Seras made her way to All and Sundries. She deposited a handwavily purchased sandwich and tea in front of Baldrick's doghouse and opened the store.

She considered trying to pick the lock, but the idea seemed a bit silly when she was in broad daylight and had the key in her left jeans pocket. She did, however, note the make and type of the lock.

Once she'd opened the store and set up, Seras took out her stock lists and magazines and began hunting for the different types of hair dyes available. She'd decided to go blonde again after her sparring session with Pip this evening.

During her time in the book's seraglio, Seras had learned that beauty care was equal parts art and science, and she was soon lost in the lists of products and ingredients.

All and Sundries is open.

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi said she would visit Seras in All and Sundries, and she wanted to get a new dress.

So she flounced her way over to the shop after class and arrived shortly after Seras got settled.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras looked up from her research and notes which were quickly starting to look like one of Al's alchemichal texts.

"Hi Pippi! Mr. Blackadder hasn't been in yet, so I can't tell you what he thought of my hair."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Hi Seras!" Pippi waved. "Oh that's too bad, but I'm also here to shop for clothing so that's okay. You want to help me pick something out?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras set aside her notes and nodded.

She'd never use what she'd learned in that book for herself, but it would be fun to helpe her friends out.

"I'd love to. What sort of dress are you looking for?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Nadia suggested it should be comfortable and show a lot of skin."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras' thoughts flashed briefly to the outfit that was folded up neatly at the bottom of her dresser drawer. It fit both categories, but somehow, Seras didn't want to lend it out. It probably wasn't the sort of thing Pippi was looking for, anyhow.

"Andy particular colour you'd like?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Orange (http://flickr.com/photos/strongestgirl/tags/orange/)." she said. "Or blue (http://flickr.com/photos/strongestgirl/tags/blue/)?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Knowing it would be necissary to evacuate the church today, Sister Rosette drifted into the shop to find something to do that day, and excitedly found it in the form of a soccer ball.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras looked up from her notes.

"Can...I help you?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Would just like to buy this, is all," Rosette spun the ball on her finger as her other hand pulled some money from her pocket. Showing off a bit? Nahhh...

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

A football-playing nun? That was...

Rather cool, actually.

"You're a fan of football?" asked Seras as she rang the sister in.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Noting the shopkeeper's accent, Rosette grinned as she let the ball drop and bounced it a few times on her knee. "Oh, you bet," she said, switching knees once, twice, before catching it and tucking it under her arm. Felt good to do that again. Sister Kate had all the balls hidden from Rosette after a just a few broken windows back at HQ. "I was a bit of a menace on the schoolyard when I was younger."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras grinned and looked suitably impressed at the sister's display of skill.

"Well done. Are you new to Fandom, then?"

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Wednesdays meant preparing tomorrow's workshop, which meant a little bit of worrying, which meant verbal sparring with Blackadder. It was a system. It worked. So, laden with coffee, Ivanova went in search of him.

What she found was a pink-haired angel flipping through a magazine, looking like she had stepped right out of a dream.

Ivanova's jaw went slack and the cup in her hand slipped, crashing to the ground unnoticed.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras put down her magazine and hurried over to help Ivanova with the mess.

The poor woman looked a little shell-shocked, and Seras didn't know if Ivanova could handle close proximity to Baldrick at the moment.

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova didn't realise she had dropped the coffee. She just saw her coming towards her and couldn't really stop herself from stepping forward to meet her.

"Tonks," was all she managed to murmur before her hand was wrapping around the back of the other girl's neck and she pulled her in for a kiss.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras? Was decidedly not Tonks, and had been on the point of saying so when Ivanova's kiss caught her full on the mouth.

She made a high pitched noise of surprise in the back of her throat and was frozen in shock for a few moments before she'd collected herself enough to give Ivanova's shoulders a hard shove.

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

A fact which couldn't fail to escape Ivanova's attention the second their lips touched. It is in her kiss and all that. She backpedalled furiously, not really needing that extra shove as her eyes snapped open, wide and frantic.

"Sorry!" she yelped before her eyes darted upwards, her hand coming up to cover her mouth. "Hair!"

Yep, that's about as coherent as she was getting at the moment.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Someone who's sexual experience wasn't strictly theoretical might have been able to handle the situation with a bit more grace. Or humor. Or make a comment like "The Fourth Sin is down the block and to your right, Ma'm."

Seras, sadly, was restricted to standing in place and looking shell shocked with the odd twitch here or there.

"Hair? What?!"

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

It had been a couple of days now, but Hamlet finally gave in and admitted to himself that he had a problem. Since he had no classes that day, he wandered down from the dorms to All and Sundries. After a little bit of browsing, he took a deep breath, and decided to just lay his problem right out to the clerk.

"I need make-up. Do you sell that here?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Still more than a bit flustered by what had happened (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/1009198.html?thread=42785582#t42785582) with Ivanova, Seras took a deep breath, willed her cheeks to unred, and tried to move on and help her next customer.

"I do. What sort of make up were you looking for?"

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

Having missed most of the scene with Ivanova during his trying-to-look-disinterested browsing, Hamlet wasn't sure why Seras looked so flustered. He decided not to press her for answers unless she felt like sharing. It was better not to tick off a clerk you needed help from.

"The sort that girls use to cover up blemishes I may have ended up punching myself in the face during the weekend, and need something to cover the bruise with."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras tilted her head.

"Bend down a bit so I can see the bruise."

Distraction. Distraction was good.

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

He knelt down a bit, and turned the right side of his face towards Seras. The swelling had gone down since Saturday, but it was still a purple-green bruise-ish kind of thing.

"I'd really rather that people didn't stare at that until it heals itself."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Purple and green which means you're going to need...uh huh...uh huh...okay.

"I can do something with that," said Seras with a nod, "But, it's quite a mark...Why did you hit yourself?"