The Kwik Stop- Sunday late morning/afternoon

[throughaphase]

So far it was only drizzling a little, so Kitty decided to hit up the Kwik Stop for a few things. Since leaving the helicarrier, she'd made good on her promise to do some waiting on Clint, and figured that she'd get some things and head back to the house. Plus by all the signs around the place there was some huge sale happening, so it looked like she had good timing there.

Yep, a totally normal day. Surely nothing would be happening, really!


[Post is totally open pre-sharknado. Post-sharknado it's just for those already in the store. Because it's hard to walk into what's basically an aquarium, yo.]

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Shopping!

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For all your pre-sharknado shopping/mingling needs!

Re: Shopping!

[shippedtomaine]

Yes, shopping, that's what Emma was in the Kwik Stop to do, there was no second verb involved here.

Which was why she totally wasn't paying more attention to the guy behind the counter or to where any cameras might be located than to the weather.

Re: Shopping!

[theoplustwo.livejournal.com]

When Theo had woken up to rain, he'd decided to head into town to pick up some snacks since he figured he wouldn't be going out much today.

"Doritos! Get the Doritos!" Dev bellowed, jumping around.

"Or we could get something healthy. Healthy will only be beneficial."

"And disgusting!" Dev said, making a gagging sound.

Theo ignored them and grabbed some Hot Pockets. They were probably less healthy than Doritos anyway. But, they were good.

Re: Shopping!

[fewer_explosions]

The issue with being an alien stranded on a different planet was this: you did not have a great deal of money to go around. What little bits Liara managed to earn by doing things she would rather not speak of on the internet--

-- clicking links and making fake twitter accounts, Goddess, you filthy minded humans! --

... went to small things.

Today, she had a modest craving for some human candy, and so that was what she was looking for, poking along the shelves at things she didn't recognize.

Re: Shopping!

[throughaphase]

Every time Kitty was near a window she found herself looking out, just to see if it was raining any harder yet and wondering if she should have brought an umbrella.

And then she reminded herself she was from Chicago and knew how to deal with weather. Back to shopping.

Re: Shopping!

[demonbelthazor]

Since last week's trip to the island had been a scary fan girl experience, Bel decided to come back this weekend for a more normal visit. He made a brief stop at the Kwik Stop to grab something to drink. Or so he intended.

Re: Shopping!

[notapredator.livejournal.com]

Mira was having a good time checking ingredients on random things and figuring out what could be turned into component parts for use in non-lethal grenades.

Look, you had your hobbies, Mira had hers.

SHARKNADO!

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If all of a sudden the wind seemed louder just around this building, that's because it was, and the wind was strong enough right there- but just right there, weirdly enough- to open up a hole in the roof. Once that happened, the lights went out, and all the water that should have been hitting the rest of the island poured into the store, quickly flooding it. No, that didn't make any logical sense, you know what, just go with it. Good thing there were some high shelves for people to climb onto!

Re: SHARKNADO!

[throughaphase]

And being from the Midwest, Kitty was pretty familiar with what to do in case of a tornado... and she totally ignored it because even once the roof opened up she could just phase and not get hit with flying debris. Handy, that.

When the water came pouring in, though, she was a little more concerned with looking around in the relative dark to see how many other people were in here and if anyone needed help. Then she'd worry about scaling some shelves.

Re: SHARKNADO!

[shippedtomaine]

"What the hell?" Emma managed before the water started flooding in and she made for the nearest shelf.

Re: SHARKNADO!

[demonbelthazor]

"What the hell?" Bel started to say as water poured in and he suddenly found himself treading water.

Re: SHARKNADO!

[fewer_explosions]

"Goddess!"

It didn't take Liara very long to start glowing blue (being a biotic had its advantages) but Goddess. Goddess!

...Shelves. Yes. That would be a good idea. Even if she climbed a bit like a drunken toddler.

Re: SHARKNADO!

[notapredator.livejournal.com]

Mira was unhappy. On pretty much every level, from the fact that being drenched in water while wearing this much leather was a pain in general to the fact that if this kept up she might drown, this wasn't fun.

"Why couldn't this be the other store?" she asked no one in particular as she started climbing a shelf. "I'm pretty sure I could get a life raft there."

Post-sharknado!

[throughaphase]

You were just through your very first sharknado, and are now trapped in a flooded building. Anyone who tries to do something swim over to open the front door (and someone totes should) will find that the security system has failed, locking all the doors and windows shut. Though to make it suck more, you can see that it's dry and actually pretty nice outside. What do you do? What. Do you do?

Re: Post-sharknado!

[throughaphase]

As soon as it looked like the water had stopped coming in, Kitty looked over the scene and asked, "Everyone okay?"

Re: Post-sharknado!

[notapredator.livejournal.com]

Mira decided to be the crazy one who opened up the front doors and let the water out. But alas, THEY WOULD NOT OPEN. "Come on, you stupid... You're so lucky I don't have any rockets on me, or you'd be goners, doors."

Re: Post-sharknado!

[shippedtomaine]

If you were Emma, you stayed up on your shelf and left the swimming to people who could actually do it.

And slipped a few things that you could reach into your pockets while the lights and cameras were off.

Daaaa-dum... daaaaa-dum...

[throughaphase]

Turns out you're not alone in here...

Re: Daaaa-dum... daaaaa-dum...

[sharknadobait.livejournal.com]

Anyone who might have been paying attention to the water at all might have noticed something sticking out of the water. Was that a fin? And was it getting closer?

Yep, it was totally a fin and it was totally getting closer.

Da-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum doot doot doot!

[throughaphase]

Because your day didn't suck enough.

Re: Da-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum doot doot doot!

[sharknadobait.livejournal.com]

When everyone was nice and used to the idea of being locked in a room with a shark, that was pretty much the cue for the second shark to make its appearance.

What, you didn't think it'd just be one shark, right?

Well, too bad, there were two, and this one was making itself known by ramming one of the shelves.

Getting out!

[throughaphase]

Because there are totally some people here who can get you safely out of the building and you should probably ask them to do so.

Re: Getting out!

[throughaphase]

Or maybe not ask as much as one of them would tell you.

"Okay, I should be able to phase a couple people up at a time. Anyone want to volunteer?" Kitty asked. You'd get to airwalk and everything!

Aftermath!

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Ahh, dry land.

Re: Aftermath!

[throughaphase]

Seriously, it was really unfair that Kitty had just spent however long in what amounted to the world's worst aquarium when it was fairly decent outside. Even if she was pretty sure that was another shark on the street over there.

For the moment, though, she was happy to check her phone and send a text, and then she could deal with any other stranded, man-eating, giant fish.

OOC

[throughaphase]

I figure the best way to do this like detention, with people going through threads as/when they want so you don't totally miss out if you come in late. Feel free to make things messy, too!

As for the shark, well. I've always wanted to play a shark (not really) so I'll be doing that (really).