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Fujiwara Shiki ([personal profile] windupgadget) wrote in [community profile] asphodelmeadows2013-01-27 10:59 am

[Open] Evening, Grocery Store

She didn't mean to cause trouble - honestly.

But that didn't faze the fact she was standing in the middle of a decimated aisle, boxes of pastas scattered and squashed across the floor, alongside a couple groaning, rising shoppers. Or a cart had toppled over behind her, blocking her way out. Not that she was trying to escape, but the victims of this mess didn't even look at her when she tried to help them up, and just stood there, looking as confused as ever. Better yet, she could hear the tell-tale sounds of crashes in other parts of the store, making her flinch and duck passed the pair, making a break for it around the corner.

All she wanted was to pick up a few things she usually missed!
devil_in_details: (brunch-like huh)

[personal profile] devil_in_details 2013-01-28 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, wasn't this actually - interesting. How about that.

Casually pushing a falling box out of the way with one hand, Bennu rounded the corner and raised his eyebrows. How about that. What had we here.

The clock-shop girl, apparently - it'd taken him a moment to place her out of her usual locale, but once it'd occurred to him he couldn't doubt. Bennu chuckled and stooped to begin cleaning up the mess. Might as well, he figured. He didn't have anything better to do.

"Careful," he offered, handing her a box. "Somebody could get hurt in a mess like this."
devil_in_details: (sideways sly)

[personal profile] devil_in_details 2013-01-29 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"That so?" Bennu replaced a few more boxes, then tossed a dented one into a passing cart on impulse. The person pushing it didn't even blink. Bennu snorted. How about that.

Oh well.

"Fortunately for you," he replied, turning around, "I don't have anywhere in particular to be. Besides, it could be worse."

A crash came from farther down in the store; how many things had tipped over at this point? He grinned and whistled. "A few aisles over, and it could've been eggs."
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[personal profile] devil_in_details 2013-01-29 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
So concerned. Bennu replaced a few more boxes, glanced around, and ran a hand through his hair.

"Come this point, I've got a better idea," he offered, then jerked his head towards the door. "Want to run for it? I've got a bike."

And by "bike" he meant "motorcycle", and by "motorcycle" he meant "machine I shouldn't be driving in the dead of winter, without a helmet." But hey. Details. The girl needed to make a grand escape, and her predicament amused him just enough to win his support.
devil_in_details: (weary smirk)

[personal profile] devil_in_details 2013-01-29 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"That depends. How much money d'you have on you?" Bennu doesn't exactly feel sorry for the girl, per se, but he'd never expected to find someone who actually wanted to pay for damages. Yet from the looks of the shop she ran, the amount of business it did...

Yeah, if it were him, he'd be at least ten blocks away by now.

As things stand, he reaches out to pat her shoulder. "Course, if someone put in a good word for you, that might be different."

She couldn't afford to pay, yet she wanted to admit her fault. This situation definitely required a little intervention.
devil_in_details: (heh smile)

[personal profile] devil_in_details 2013-01-30 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
He glances away, looking for the customer service counter. "Someone has to. You'll talk yourself right into the red."

Patting that shoulder again, he lifts his hand and drops it back to his side. "Come on. Let's leave both your conscience and savings intact."

And with that, he turns to set off, trusting that she'll follow behind. Though a little smile over his shoulder can't hurt.
devil_in_details: (brunch-like huh)

[personal profile] devil_in_details 2013-01-30 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Bennu glances over, one food tapping idly while he waits. "Not especially," he admits, almost as if confused by the question. "It's cold. The store was bright. I'm sort of like an insect, really - wanders at random, easily lured into bright, warm places. Ah."

The man on the phone had seemed about to say something, but instead was just looking at them for a moment before returning to his call. Bennu smirks. "Bennu Tammuz, by the way," he remarks. "I'd give an occupation, but that'd require having one."
Edited (tenses) 2013-01-30 17:00 (UTC)
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[personal profile] devil_in_details 2013-01-31 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"You clock in quite a few hours, at that," Bennu deadpanned, encouraged by her reaction. She was kind of pretty when she smiled, but more importantly, if this was going to go off without a hitch he needed her cooperation.

The phone call showed no signs of ending. Bennu clicked his tongue against his teeth. It would've been so much simpler to just duck out and run. No wonder she always looked so frazzled.

"Here, it's for me," he offered, and reached for the phone. "I understand, he's busy. We won't take too much of his time."

The clerk at the counter simply blinked as the phone was lifted from his hands in mid-sentence. Bennu grinned. Sleepy little night, huh? On a day like this, you had to make your own fun.

And he still wasn't sorry about the pun he'd made.
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[personal profile] devil_in_details 2013-02-01 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
In response to her concern, Bennu simply held up his index finger and winked before turning his attention fully to the phone he'd just commandeered.

"Hello, is this the manager? Sorry to butt in, but really, there's no need...." Bennu frowned for a moment as the man on the other end mumbled something. "Just a spot of trouble. A friend wanted to apologize, though it could have happened to anyone...

"Here, sound repentant," he told Shiki, handing her the phone. "Points off if you whine, but you don't seem the type."

The less the man actually saw of the damage to his store until the two of them were gone, the better.
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[personal profile] devil_in_details 2013-02-02 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
"A man after my own heart." Bennu's a bit taken aback too, but the only emotion registering on his face is mild bemusement. "Shall we follow his example? The whole bike-and-running offer still stands - just won't be as grandiose now that you've confessed."

That had been freakishly easy, in retrospect, but Bennu wasn't one to question or second-guess good fortune. What would happen, happened, and he dealt with it then. No point in worrying over anything that didn't. That'd be enough to drive anybody crazy.

Or at least, enough to bother them, and Bennu detested feeling bothered. He made a point of avoiding it whenever possible, no matter what that involved.

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[personal profile] grandvision 2013-02-01 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Roy's cane tapped against the edge of a pasta box. He sought out any sign of a clear path and found nothing.

"Can we get a cleanup in aisle four?" he said dryly.
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[personal profile] grandvision 2013-02-02 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"So I've noticed."

He leaned down and picked up one of the boxes. "Is this penne rigatoni by any chance?"
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[personal profile] grandvision 2013-02-06 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks." He takes the box and sticks it in his basket. "Do you work here?"
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[personal profile] grandvision 2013-02-11 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Russ gets a feel for the situation with his can and grins. "That would probably be a good idea."