Magic Box, Sunday, 08/23

[not_every_mage]

The Magic Box had gotten another odd shipment: This time, it was several boxes full of smaller boxes, which in turn held even tinier boxes, all the way down to boxes so small they were hard to pick up and impossible to open.

"Well," Anders muttered, "this is rather redundant."

He put all the boxes back inside each other and shoved them to the side of the shop until he had a better idea what to do with them. Maybe he'd find someone who really needed boxes.


[OOC: Open shop, no OCD!]

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[halfbad.livejournal.com]

When Nathan stepped inside the shop, his attention was immediately drawn to all the boxes to one side. He raised an eyebrow at the boxes and then at Anders.

"Packing up to go somewhere?"

[not_every_mage]

"No, it's boxes full of boxes," Anders explained, kicking at one. "Not for me, for the shop. I think someone at the post office must put these together as a prank."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"So, the boxes are full of...boxes?" Nathan said, tilting his head. "That seems like a waste, doesn't it?"

[not_every_mage]

"Only if you don't need boxes," Anders told him. "... which I don't, and I don't think the store does, so that would be a yes. But the tiniest boxes are almost cute."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"Might be helpful to keep around for Christmas," Nathan pointed out, shrugging. "People never seem to have boxes around then."

[not_every_mage]

"There's a thought," Anders mused. "We could do a giant pre-Christmas box sale. Might bring more people into the store."

He stepped closer to Nathan, finally looking away from the boxes. "Hello, by the way,"

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Nathan said, smiling slightly. "How are you doing besides the mess of boxes you have here today?"

[not_every_mage]

"Not bad," Anders said, with a little smile of his own. "A little bored, to be honest. Thanks for coming by to help with that. How are you?"

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad that summer's almost over," Nathan admitted with a shake of his head. "I like the heat but I'm tired of it now. I'd like to sleep outside without waking up sweaty and gross."

[not_every_mage]

"You'll have three whole months before you start to wake up cold and miserable instead of hot and miserable," Anders said lightly. "How are you sleeping these days, anyhow?"

The question was less casual than he made it sound. Anders still worried over the dreams Nathan had told him about.

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan shrugged one shoulder. "It depends on the night. Sometimes, I sleep fine. Sometimes, I don't. I can never really well when it's gonna be a bad night. I get enough sleep not to feel sick."

Most of the time.

[not_every_mage]

"That's something, anyhow," Anders sighed. "I wish there was some kind of pattern so you at least knew what to expect."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan shook his head. "Too easy and that's never gonna be a thing for me. I just try and get myself up before anything gets too bad."

[not_every_mage]

Anders made a noise that was half laugh and half groan. "Because of course you don't get the easy option," he said. "It gets worse when you sleep longer?"

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"I really don't know," Nathan admitted with a shrug. "Sometimes, I sleep through the night without a problem. Other times, I don't. I really don't think there's a pattern or any sort of logical explanation. It's been like this for awhile."

[not_every_mage]

"Too bad. I could give you a sleeping drought, but somehow I don't think messing with whatever your body is trying to do would be a good idea," Anders said, glancing to the shelves of herbs.

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"I'd rather avoid taking anything anyway," Nathan told him, shaking his head. "Good thought but I have no idea what it'd do to me. Probably wouldn't work."

[not_every_mage]

"Not with how fast you heal it might not," Anders agreed after a second. "Even if it put you to sleep, you'd just wake up and be right where you started."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"Let's not talk about me," he said, shaking his head. "How are you doing? Ready for classes again?"

[not_every_mage]

"But I like talking about you," Anders teased, reaching for Nathan's hand. "Even if I'm not much good at helping. Anyhow -- yes, I think I am. I signed up for drama, speech, and Bob's class. Magical creatures this time. What did you pick?"

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"A class on tactics and teamwork and something with Mr. Barton," Nathan said, uncertain of what that class was since he'd signed up quickly. "We'll see how they actually turn out. I just chose randomly."

[not_every_mage]

"Tactics and teamwork sounds pretty good, anyhow," Anders decided. "And Barton, well -- he doesn't strike me as the type to bore you to death, anyhow."

It was going to be so much worse than boredom.

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"Hopefully not," Nathan agreed with a nod. "Most classes don't bore me because I'm never gonna learn any of this if I ever get back home but I hope it's not a class on reading or writing. That's tough."

[not_every_mage]

Anders nodded sympathetically. "I just hope I don't have to sing in drama class," he said. "I sing a little better than you read, but not much."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan tried not to smile but the thought of Anders singing made it hard. "If that happens, I might have to stop in and see that. Wouldn't wanna miss a performance."

[not_every_mage]

Anders smiled back at Nathan trying not to smile. "Do that and I'll learn the sappiest love song I can find and sing it straight at you."

If he was going down, Nathan was going down with him.

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan chuckled quietly. "How will you do that when you won't know if I'd show up or not?"

[not_every_mage]

Don't interrupt Anders' revenge plans with logic, Nathan!

"I have my ways," he said. "Maybe I'l learn one in advance just in case."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"And if I don't show up and that's all you know, would you still sing it?" he wondered curiously.

[not_every_mage]

"It wouldn't be. I'd sing this song from home about Anderaste's dog instead," Anders said. "Or -- wait, the love song would actually be less embarrassing than six verses about a Mabari."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan laughed again and shook his head. "Maybe your wish will be granted and you won't have to sing a thing. But, if you're taking a class on drama, you're definitely going to have to do something in front of people."

[not_every_mage]

"And I'l probably humiliate myself at least once," Anders conceded. "Hopefully no more than anybody else in class, though. Besides, I like attention. Just not for my singing voice."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"Better you than me," Nathan said, shaking his head at the thought of attention. "I'd like no attention on me. I'd rather just be one in a crowd."