Wellspring Arms and Meditation Center | Friday

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Today, John was draping cloth over all the gun displays. He had two vases of freshly cut flowers, ready to hand out to anyone that came in.

And the sign out front suddenly had a make-shift one in front of it. In bright neon letters it read:

Give Peace a Chance

Price would get a pretty good laugh at this once he was more himself.

[ooc: OCD free, Open, Work slow warning.]

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Ashley had woken up this morning and decided she needed to protest the existence of a gun shop on the island. She even made a poster (http://www.phillyimc.org/files/imagecache/story/files/gun%20rally%20008.jpg) to hold up.

... So it wasn't the most thought out of posters, all things considered.

At any rate, she was in front of Wellspring Arms, marching back and forth with her sign held high.

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Price peeked out of the shop, flowers in hand.

"Well hello there Ashley," he said. "Come to spread the good word?"

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"Of course, John," Ashley replied. "And I will be here every day until they get these nasty things off of this island."

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"Well, only half the shop is that nasty," Price said. "You could always move to England, no guns there."

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"I suppose I could. My mother would be thrilled if I chose to return to her birthplace," Ashley remarked.

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"I could show you around," Price said. "See all the sights, all the best pubs. Well, assuming they're still in business."

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"I'm sure you have better things to do with your time than show me around England," Ashley said. "Even if traveling to a whole new continent would be scary."

It had been scary enough for Ashley to move from Canada to the United States all by herself after all.

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"Well, if I'm supposed to have better things to do, I'd like to know what they are," Price said. "Got any suggestions?"

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Ashley ducked her head shyly. "You need to stay here and fight the good fight," she said, lifting her sign to indicate what fight she was referring to.

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Price chuckled. "A good fight, maybe," Price said. "But it'd get awfully lonely if my best fellow warrior was miles away."

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His words made Ashley's cheeks turn bright pink. "Oh, I'm sure you would do just fine without me."

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"Possibly, possibly," Price said. "But then, you never struck me as the type to leave a job half finished, either."

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Ashley shook her head. "No, I believe in finishing what I start."

That... wasn't actually any different from how Ash was normally, at least.

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"So you planning on standing outside all day?" Price said.

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"I wouldn't want to disturb you," Ashley said, twirling the end of her hair.

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"Well, you see, if you're outside scaring off all the customers," Price said. "No point in me working, so I might as well close the shop. And if I close the shop, well, no point in you protesting a closed business for the rest of the day, is there?"

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Okay, that logic made some kind of sense. Sort of.

"What about people who want to come in to meditate?"

Ashley loved to meditate. Except not.

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"They'll just be out of luck today," Price said, grinning. "What do you say, we two run off and listen to some Grateful Dead, eh?"

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"You... would want to hang out with me?" Ashley asked, surprised by the offer.

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"Why not?" Price said. "We're not so different, you and I. Seems perfectly reasonable."

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Ashley blinked a few times, unable to believe that he actually wanted to spend more time with her. "Uh. Okay. That would be nice."

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Well, on any other day, Price wouldn't have suggested a bloody thing. But today, well, today was the day Satan was iceskating.

"Well then," Price said. "Then it comes down to my place or yours, I think."

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On any other day, Ashley wouldn't be *protesting* in front of the gun shop.

She shrugged in response to his question. "Either one is fine with me."

It wasn't like she wanted to appear difficult.

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"Mine, I suppose," Price said. "That way we can both just head that away."

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"O...Okay," Ashley said with a quick nod. "That sounds good."

And after he closed up the shop, they headed over to his place (http://lovethenubbins.livejournal.com/1205.html).