Sparky Repairs, Thursday

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Hikaru and Kaoru sit in Sparkys playing war with an old deck of cards they found. Classical music plays in the background. A good calm atmosphere.

Sparky's is open.

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And then there was a nun.

Rosette bounced into the shop, but then her shoulders fell when she saw two identical people there instead of just one John. Her arms crossed over her chest, an awkward action, really, considering the rolled up map in one hand and the notebook in the other. "I swear," she declared, "I'm starting to believe that he doesn't actually work here at all, and that he probably doesn't even go to that school, he's just a bum who lives in the backroom..."

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They both looked up from their card playing. "John works Mondays." They tilt their heads. "Need something?"

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Rosette smirked, highly amused that such a description without actually mentioning his name still had them knowing that she meant John. And then she quirked an eyebrow at them.

"You two always talk together like that?"

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"Not always. Just sometimes."

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"It's just a liiiiiitle bit creepy," she told them, holding up her fingers spaced to measure the size. "Just so you know."

"I'm Rosette, by the way," she said, brandishing a smile and, shifting the notebook underneath her other arm, offered a hand out to them.

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Not that they hadn't heard that before.
"I'm Kaoru." Kaoru shook her hand first.
"I'm Hikaru." Hikaru shook it next.
"Is that... a map?" Their curiousity had gotten to them, and the rolled up paper looked too much like a stereotypical pirate map to them.

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Rosette was still stuck on the names a bit, looking at them both carefully, thoughtfully, for a good long moment. "Wait one moment," she told them, and started for the back room. Yes, she figured she pretty much had free range to it now if she wanted. She paused at the door, tossed the rolled up paper to them. "And, yes, it is a map. Here, lookit over real quick. I'll be riiiiight back."

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They grabbed it and looked back at her. They'd never actually ventured back into the depths of the shop... which was strange. They couldn't help but glance over the map while following her a ways into the back...

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Especially after her very thourough investigation of the back parts of Sparky's, Rosette moved defty around the back room as she worked, knowing precisely where everything she needed was located. It wasn't that it was complicated, having grabbed a piece of paper, sliced it in half with a pair of scissors, scribbled something on it, and placed tape on the back. She went to go back into the main shop, faltered a bit as though surprised they followed her.

"Oh! Heh." She bit her lip against a grin, looked at them. They weren't supposed to move! Now she forgot which was which.

She pointed to Kaoru. "Which are you, again?"

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"Hikaru." Kaoru held the map in his hands and looked back down at it.

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Rosette reached over the map and pressed the makeshift nametag on his chest, labeling him, in a messy scrawl "Hickaroo."

She patted the other nametag on Hikaru, who now became "Kaowroo."

She took a step back, hands on her hips, and studied her workmanship proudly. "There! Now I'll remember."

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They stared at eachothers name tags. What an idiotic way to write their names; it wasn't as if the real way to write them did any tricking when it came to pronunciation.
"Huh..."

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"So, I see you've noticed my map," Rosette said, leaning forward a bit to peer at it.

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"Yea, what's it for..?" Kaoru placed it down on the counter and leaned on an edge of it.

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Rosette leaned over the opposite edge of it, lowering her head and her voice. "Treasure," she said with a smirk and a wink.

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Both pairs of eyes were immediatly wide and upon her. "Treasure?" They lower their voices too... to add to te effect.

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"Mmhm," Rosette nodded. "Treasure. Somewhere on the island, and I'm gonna find it." Her smirk grew into a full-fledged smile, eyes dancing excitedly between the two of them. "You guys wanna help?"

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"Of course!" The answer was immediate, both putting their hands down firmly on the counter, for emphasis of course..

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"Yay!" Rosette clasped her hands in front of her and bounced a little. "I'll make sure I let you guys know when I finally get it figured out where we need to start diggin'."

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They both salute her and grin. "Yes ma'am!"

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Rosette saluted back, clicking her heels together. "Welcome to the team, boys."

This was going to be the best treasure hunt ever.