Causeway & onto the mainland, Saturday

[withoutverona]

Romeo fidgeted slightly with his jacket as he waited at the causeway. It was a cool day, but he hoped the sunny weather would hold as they headed to the mainland and to Fécamp for shopping.

[OOC: For a few, everything after the first thread NFB due to distance. And yes, I am OCDing this for, like, three characters. I may be insane.]

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Before leaving

[withoutverona]

Meet up and get off the island.

Re: Before leaving

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

It was a weekend, and Dōjima was actually awake and out of bed before noon. This could, perhaps, be counted as a minor miracle.

"Ohaiyo, minna-san!" she chirped happily. "Let's get this party started, ne?"

Re: Before leaving

[withoutverona]

Rome grinned at her broadly. "We're both awake and ready to leave on time," he pointed out. "This calls for a celebration indeed."

Re: Before leaving

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

She hummed happily and tossed her arms around his neck, going up on tip-toe to plant a kiss on his nose. "Hai! We shall have a grand adventure, and perhaps we will find a nice cafe at the end of it all for our celebration dinner."

Re: Before leaving

[withoutverona]

"And lots of wine," Romeo said, possibly unnecessarily, grinning at her bounciness. "I'm happy to go. I've not been to France in over a hundred years." He kind of laughed at his own joke.

Re: Before leaving

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Maybe we'll take a few bottles to go, and you can start a wine cellar under your bed," she teased. "I'd hate for you to go another hundred years without a taste of France."

Re: Before leaving

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew showed up, determined to have a good time shopping.

"Viva la France!"

Re: Before leaving

[withoutverona]

"Bonjour," Romeo returned. "I'm glad you could come along. We can compare notes on how things have changed."

Re: Before leaving

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"I have high hopes that nothing is going to be the same," Andrew replied. Even though there was one dusty old book store he was kind of hoping was still there.

"And I'm going to steer clear of the unpasteurized cheese."

Re: Before leaving

[withoutverona]

"At least we've more experience with the language this time," Romeo said, trying to be optimistic.

"I hadn't thought about the cheese."

Re: Before leaving

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"Oui!" Andrew agreed. He had gotten quite proficient with the French last time he was here. His archaic accent was sure to get a lot of odd looks today.

He looked around, smiled, and added, "Thanks for inviting me."

Re: Before leaving

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Viva-ing France!" Dōjima replied enthusiastically, butchering it slightly. "Ano, I'll have to have you boys help me, I do not speak any French at all."

Re: Before leaving

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry," Andrew replied with a grin, "my accent might be a little off, but I'm pretty sure I know enough to get by, my lady. It shall be a glorious day of shopping and exploration."

Re: Before leaving

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Dōjima blinked, and a large grin spread across her face. "Oooohhh...I like you. I'm keeping you," she announced, grabbing for his arm. "You say the nicest, bestest things."

Re: Before leaving

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew blinked a few times himself. "And I don't know about you," he continued, "but I plan on over-eating and buying all kinds of stuff I don't need." After this past week, a little retail therapy would do him some good.

Re: Before leaving

[the_merriest]

"Viva la France!" Rikku said, waving cheerily. "I'd say something French here, I don't know much French. Barely any. I looked up a couple of phrases we might need, like 'how much is that' and 'where is the hospital' and 'it was an accident, Mr. Policeman,' but I'm probably pronouncing them wrong."

Re: Before leaving

[the_merriest]

"Oooooooooh," Rikku said, bouncing on her toes. "France. This is gonna be nifty. Can you believe I didn't check it out last weekend? Guess I was busy being a pony."

She was in a much better mood, thanks to her chat in the Preserve with Reno and some meditating on the awesomeness of her cousin Yuna. Still worrying, but trying hard not to, dang it.

Re: Before leaving

[withoutverona]

"So you didn't clip-clop off to explore France as a horse?" Romeo asked. "Sounds like a lost opportunity. But I'm so glad you could come as a person, since I would have missed you last week anyhow"

Re: Before leaving

[the_merriest]

"I was a really tiny horse," she laughed. "I always end up tiny and wearing my mutiny outfit, when I'm not me. Maybe it's a sign, that we need to have another one. And I think I was too busy making fun of Reno being a doll."

Somewhere back on the island, Reno was probably suppressing an irresistible urge to shout ACTION FIGURE, DAMMIT!

Re: Before leaving

[withoutverona]

"Headless and made of plastic is not a good look on our Reno," Romeo laughed. "Of course, by making fun of him we've no doubt doomed ourselves to the same thing."

Re: Before leaving

[the_merriest]

"I've doomed myself to a lot worse," she said cheerfully. "'Cause I'm the one that filmed it and sent it to his best friend back home. I got footage of Reno as a frog for it. Best-friends-from-home have the best dirt. Remind me, I so have to show you."

Re: Before leaving

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Dōjima looked over at Rikku and grinned. "I heard about the ponies, but I half-thought Red was pulling my leg. He already had me convinced I was hearing voices, earlier."

Re: Before leaving

[the_merriest]

"I was a tiny pony," Rikku giggled. "Everyone else got to be huge ponies and I was just THUMP, eensy. I always shrink when we get weird, like I'm not tiny enough already, here. How'd he make you think you were hearing voices?"

Re: Before leaving

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"He was a toy, in the Perk!" she said, shaking her head. "I thought I was loosing my mind because I could hear a Red, but I didn't see one. I think the little brat enjoyed it, too."

Re: Before leaving

[the_merriest]

"He probably did," she sighed, giggling. "Don't worry, I've got him back already. I taped his headless toy adventures. And then I sent them along to his best friend back home. We share blackmail stuff, it's so great."

She and Rude were totally BFF by now.