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"Maybe..." She didn't want to lie or anything. But she couldn't stop the smile that was growing on her face. "It's a good thing you decided to join me. Otherwise I might pick out the wrong thing and we can't have that, can we?"


"It's best to go in civilian clothes." She jumped to her feet, and promptly began to remove her hunter coat which she dropped on his bed. She was wearing her usual boots, leggings with denim shorts and a nice black sweater. For Sherry civilian simply meant no coat. Her scarf remained, since it hid the marks on her neck. "Oh." She started to fiddle with her belt. To Jake she said, "Do you have anything else you would rather wear?"

"What?" Jake was given one very horrified look. "I am not, was not-" She looked down at her hands and started turning red again. She hadn't been- Well not- Oh, lord, had she been trying to send some kind of signal? Armagnac said yes and Sherry said no. "I am just taking my flask off, ok." She very quickly did so, keeping her eyes down. "I mean, I know most places in the US have laws against such things. Getting arrested is a bad idea."

She was pointedly not looking at him as she set her flask on top of her coat. "Well, we'll just have to get you some more before the horsemen tear those clothes up for good."

Leaving her stuff on his bed, she started towards the door. "Well then. Make sure you have your pendant, phone, and weapon, and lets go." She tossed him a quick glance. "We can go pretty much anywhere in the world. Any place in particular you'd like to go?"

"Well, that still leaves us with a whole world," she began stepping out the door.

She didn't talk a lot during the walk to the portals. She still just couldn't believe...ugh. What was wrong with her?



No help. That's what you are.

Armagnac didn't respond.

"Alright," she began when they were finally there, thankful to have a new focus, "I'll handle most of the paperwork, but you need to make sure and pick up your fake ID and such."

To the tech she said, "Hi!" before making sure everything was in order. It looked like the portals were pretty busy that day, which was not surprising at all.

[A.V.]

Sleep time for me~ so no rush.

Sherry should not have been surprised. Jake had been unenthusiastic about this from the get-go. She just shook her head and traded a few words with the tech.

The tech did a few things, made some notes, and did some other stuff; paper shuffling seemed to be his specialty. After a few minutes, he placed a few things on the counter. "There," he looked at Jake. "One ID, one debit card. Don't spend it all in one place." Turning back to Sherry he said, "Looks like you guys are all ready."

"Thanks!" Sherry smiled, then motioned for Jake to follow.

Leave! Actual leave. How long had it been since she'd been off the island for any reason that wasn't life or death? She couldn't remember. Once on the other side of the portal, Sherry took on deep, deep breath. It was a bit chilly, but nice and refreshing. It had clearly snowed in the area in recent days.

It looked like the tech had been good to his word and sent them to a place perfect for all their shopping needs. A massive mall in what was clearly the downtown area in some city. They could probably spend all day here, and still not see everything.

Sherry looked back at the trainee with a grin, but upon seeing his face she her smile faded a bit. "You don't look excited at all." Which was a shame, because she was very excited.

She sighed, just a little. "Don't worry. It'll be fun, and we'll make sure to get you all geared up for whatever." She turned as started walking towards the glorious building that awaited them. "What did you want to do first? I mean, we should probably take it a bit slow, since we have ages to kill." She paused for just a moment, thinking.

"Lunch. We should definitely do lunch at some point. Did you eat breakfast? We could grab something to eat now if you wanted. Oh, and I had wanted to see what movies might be playing; it's been ages since I was in a theater. We don't have to, of course, since I was planning that before I had company. And without question we will have to do some clothes shopping, and some Christmas shopping. I don't need too much myself, so we can focus on getting you dressed and on presents."

She stopped and wheeled around, looking Jake in the eye. "What do you want for Christmas?"

Armagnac was feeling rather pleased about something.

Sherry just looked at Jake. Perhaps it was the lack of pure Joy in the air, or maybe it was just the fact that sometimes she was a little slow on the uptake. She had forced him to join her, and that wasn't very nice, was it? Sadness tinged with regret crept into her voice. "That is something I can give you, if you really want it. I mean, I do understand the want for peace and quiet."

She sighed, and smiled lightly. "But only after we get you outfitted. Are you telling me you can't feel the cold right now?" She reached out one hand and poked him in the stomach. "Because I would call you a liar." It was cold, Jake.

"So, I suppose you can leave after that, if you really want to. I will stay and relax, all on my own." She shrugged, turned, and continued towards the doors. "Though I have to wonder, is there anything you do consider fun?"

"Of course we are getting a move on," she did just that. "There just isn't much of a rush." She shrugged and continued speaking, "I didn't mean to completely upset yo--"



Sherry's wince would have been visible to anyone looking.

"I mean. It's leave. It's supposed to be fun. You can't just sit around and sulk all day. Well, I guess you can. But why would you?" Her musings were all rather rhetorical. It was Jake, after all.

Reaching the doors first, she opened one and ushered the death trainee inside.

The mall was ready for Christmas. Oh, so very ready. Music, decorations, crowds, it had everything. Sherry just about forgot her sadness. She might not have been Christmas's biggest fan (well, really her aversion was to crazy traditions like mistletoe), but she had to admit it was pretty.

"So. What do you want to do first? Shop or eat?"