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Noh stumbled out of the Tower with his head still feeling as though it was stuffed full of cotton. Fuzzy memories, no doubt courtesy of Dorothy filled his mind and made thinking hard. But Noh had priorities and the number one priority at the moment was...shoes.

For some inexplicable reason he was without proper footwear and with no memory as to why this was so, the horseman trudged cold and barefooted along the streets of The Dusk until he came across a clothing store. Inside, along with shelves of shirts, skirts and pants were shoes. Glorious feet warming shoes.

Without a second thought the horseman entered the shop and began browsing the shoes on display.

“Flats, sneakers, boots...so many choices,” mumbled the horseman to himself. Should he go with something flashy? Or something a little more practical. Something that made a statement or something erring on the conservative?

Choices, choices, choices.

Really, the only limiting factor here was...cash.

At this realization, Noh began fumbling his pockets in search of change. His memory might be fuzzy when it came to the recent happenings here in the Dusk but the mechanics of economy was still firmly ingrained in Noh’s mind. No money no sale.

After much rummaging of pockets, Noh managed to wrangle up a modest sum of 20 Cash. It would not get him far but it was sufficient to get him what he needed with a little left over just in case.

Selecting a pair of “cool sneakers”, Noh tried them on and found them to be a good fit. Not too loose and not too tight. Just right in fact. As the horseman headed towards the cashier,,he failed to notice the kink in the carpet and fell flat on his face with an “omph”.


Journal link: Here

Noh lay splay out on the floor with the wind knocked out of him. He must have been dizzier than he’d initially led himself to believe. Bare feet wiggled momentarily before Noh pushed himself into a sitting position. Someone had been kind enough to ask if he was “alright”. Feeling his ears turning a shade darker from embarrassment, Noh nodded. “Yeah, I’m fine. Thanks,” said the horseman as he avoided making eye contact with the other. No doubt the stranger would be thinking him a klutz. And rightly so. Had his own position been that of a casual observer, Noh would have sniggered at such a sight himself.

Finally locating the strewn sneakers he had been about to purchase, Noh got up and turned to his fellow horseman. Apparently the other was finding this kind of amusing himself. “Thank you for your concern but I am fine really,” mumbled Noh again. Then a little defensively “This doesn’t happen often, you know. The carpet was uneven and I tripped,”

Crap, now he was sounding like a whiny kid. This was getting awkward. Why couldn’t the other just...pretended that nothing happened? Like how the other patrons were behaving. Now there was all this awkwardness surrounding them like a cloud. Should he? Should he not?

“My name’s Noh, what’s yours?” blurted the horseman suddenly while he still held the retrieved sneakers in his hands. His feet wiggled against the cold carpeting of the store.

Then …

“Err...do you know what happened yesterday?” asked Noh tentatively. Perhaps this horseman before him would be able to provide some much needed answers.


((Hahha, you can end the encounter if you want! Or have them meet again after the event. Kuro Noh’s a student though ;u wink )