Re: Second Story Bookstore

by **Shadowed Glass** Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:31 am

Emi now held the book above her head and began running around the room."Me lovers this book! Yippeee!"

by **Yoyo** Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:40 am

Rei felt her world descending farther into madness as Ace fell down the stairs. She looked down and saw him walking away, hoping he had not hurt himself on the way down. "Maybe not."

"You want to buy that book or dance with it?" Rei said, half-turning to talk to the younger girl.

"I'm sure he's fine," she assured the woman who had offered to share her food with Ace, holding out her hand. "I'm Rei, by the way. Ace is a little, well, special."

by **admin** Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:43 am

Ace came back upstairs with some delicious bread and fell to his knees. "Is this Heaven? Several pretty girls gathered in one place! Hello ladies, it is nice to meet and see some of you! Call me Ace."

Ace turned to Rei and smiled. "Thank you for the kind compliment. I am glad you view me as special."

by **SamSeven** Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:51 am

I guess she wan't kidding about attracting crazy people
"Dwyrin" she said, returning the shake. "Special?? Special how??" She took a step back to let Ace by.

by **Shadowed Glass** Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:54 am

"Ohhh, I want to do both nice person! Dance and buy! Woo! Please!" Emi was now standing still looking straight at Rei.

by **Yoyo** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:00 am

"Special as in," she paused and watched Ace, nodding as he walked by. She groaned. "Special."

"That book'll cost you fifteen bucks," Rei said to the girl. "You can stay up here and read it if you like, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't dance. You might run into something or fall down the stairs. Or hurt my books," she added quietly.

by **admin** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:04 am

Ace smiled and shook hands with the lady. "Nice to meet you, mademouiselle Dwyrn. Your name is unique and majestic! Clearly a special name for a special young person."

Ace turned his head to Rei. "Rei-rei! My friend, I have been advertising for you for days. How ya been?" Ace stuffed munchies into his mouth. "How's things? And can I get my book?"

by **SamSeven** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:10 am

She gaped at Ace, quite sure she had never been called by any such title before. "Thanks..I think," she finally replied
Dwyrin reailzed she was still holding her bag.
"Special he may be, but he has the right idea." She plunged her hand into the sack and retrieved a donut. Stuffing it into her mouth, she looked at Rei, "want one??"

by **Shadowed Glass** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:14 am

"Ohh! Here ya go!" Emi said handing the money to Rei. "I think it would be fun to stay here so I shall! Woohoo! I won't dance either cause otherwise I would get in trouble and that is bad, mhm." With that Emi went to find somewhere to read.

by **Yoyo** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:25 am

"No thank you," Rei said, smiling at Dwyrin. She took the money from the girl and stuffed it in her back pocket, making a mental note to add it to the totals later.

"Book?" she repeated, slightly confused. "Oh, right, you wanted some sort of book on cooking or something, right?"

by **admin** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:27 am

Ace looked over at Dwyrn. "That is some mighty fine pastry. Yup."

"I! Can't remember. It was too long ago. So many days on the hardened streets of Amestris. I was chased by dogs, fair lady. Dogs! Small ones. But they were fast."

by **SamSeven** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:34 am

She looked at Ace's pleading face, took one last donut, and handed him the rest of the bag. "You were chased by a horde of little dogs??" she snickered.

by **Shadowed Glass** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:37 am

Emi went over to the corner where she sat down on the floor and continued to read, humming a tune as she did.

by **Yoyo** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:42 am

Rei smiled at the thought of Ace being chased by small dogs, then shrugged, glad he had forgotten whatever hair-brained scheme he had thought up before. "Well, I'll get you that cook book, then," she said, walking into the shelving. "Just no coming to me to use my stove. Or oven. Or refrigerator, food, dishes. Anything for that matter."

by **admin** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:45 am

Ace ate several doughnuts and got on his knees. "Angellic maiden from Heaven! Your kindness has restored me when I was at the precipice of death. I thank you."

Ace stood up and whined. "But why not? We've both got shops on the same block! We're neighbors. Be kind to your new neighbor."

by **SamSeven** Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:51 am

"Well," she smiled crookedly, "perhaps you'll be able to repay my kindness someday, eh?? Equivalent exchange, and all."

Dwyrin suddenly remembered that she came here looking for something.
Or someone.
Or maybe both.

"So are you the owner of this place??" she called across the room to Rei.

by **Shadowed Glass** Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:04 am

Emi squealed as she read some of the book and she was now swaying in place. "Yays for this book, it is awesomes and eeeeep! Awesomes!"

by **Yoyo** Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:08 am

Rei returned with the book she had retrieved. "Here, a book on gardening, just as you asked," she said as she handed Ace the book. She glanced at the ecstatic girl on the floor and smiled. "Enthusiastic about her passions."

Rei crossed back over to Dwyrin and leaned against a chair. "Yes, I am the owner of this humble, now-chaotic store." She looked around the front of her store with a mix of annoyance and happiness. It was an odd feeling.

by **admin** Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:16 am

"I would love to repay you the kindness, Dwyrin," Ace said as he sat down on the floor across from the book store owner and her. He felt that interesting things would happen if he stayed here.

by **SamSeven** Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:25 am

Dwyrin laughed. "That's not something you hear every day."

"Now, where did I put that...' She mumbled to herself, swiveling her head around looking for her pack. The faded black bag was sitting on the desk where she had left it, before all the commotion, and she quickly walked across the room to get it.

Walking back over to the little group, she rifled through the bag until she found what she was looking for.

She presented it to Rei, "I think this is yours. A strange - beefy - military man wanted me to bring it here..." she trailed off, not knowing how to contnue.

by **Shadowed Glass** Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:30 am

"I have just remembered something! There is a bakery downstairs and I need food!" Emi jumped from her place put the book on the floor and ran towards the stairs. "Nobody take my place or book, k, hehe!" She then ran down the stairs.

by **Yoyo** Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:35 am

Rei nodded at the girl as she passed. She made a mental note to figure out what her name was. She took the book from Dwyrin, shaking her head and giving the book a crooked smile. "Strange, beefy military man, huh? I've run into him a couple times," she said, rubbing her right shoulder. "He thinks he's done with it, huh? Bah, none of my business. Thank you for delivering it to me, Dwyrin.

"And you," she said, directing her attention toward Ace. "You are not staying here. I have enough company as it is."

by **admin** Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:37 am

Ace looked at her and frowned. "But please, friend? We haven't seen each other lately. I wanted you to catch me up on the happenings of Amestris."

Ace turned toward Dwyrin, "I hear your also a Resistance member. I have news for both of you if that's the case."

by **zergio** Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:39 am

Will walked in, yawning.

"Time to see how he's do-"

He noticed the crowd of people

"do..... doing all that baking! I mean, he has a endless supply of sweets, am I right?"

Will laughed nervously as he ascended the stairs to the third level

by **SamSeven** Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:48 am

"He doesn't seem like someone I want to run into more than once," she replied, rolling her green eyes.

Dwyrin regarded Ace suspiciously, "Now where would you have come across information like that??"

She ignored a young man that walked in talking to himself.

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