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 Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:33 am
Switch Gear was inspecting the notebook she had found in the drawer of her giant oak desk. It was an interesting book; it first started off as a journal but started to deviate into apparent psychobabble about items that seemed to have a will to live, and a deviously mischievous series of events that lead the writer to believe that the shop had some level of consciousness.
Of course the blue haired woman already knew all this, but it was interesting to read that she wasn't the first one to notice. It made her feel less crazy somehow.
Soon reading started to bore her; as exciting as the notebook was she still wanted to do other things with her day than to sit and read. The notebook was placed back in the desk and a second book was taken out; it was time to log all the items in this shop, even if it killed her! The notebook had given her this particular idea...and she wanted to test it.
Heading into the stacks with her own notebook and pen, she started going through one of the stacks of items, writing down every item she saw and could classify.
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:00 pm
Ophelia had been having a nice peaceful walk in the park. Had being the operative word. She’d been throwing the ball for Chilli, her dog, as she walked along for him to fetch when all of a sudden he had stopped, cocked his head to the side and then sprinted off. She’d promptly began cursing and chased after him. That had been ten minutes ago and Chilli was still going full pace down the streets of Durem, heedless of the people he barrelled through as she chased him (and muttered half-hearted apologies to the victims of her dogs temporary insanity).
Huffing and puffing she gave a sigh of relief as she saw him slowing. Grumbling as she walked up to her now perfectly still dog she attached the lead had been carrying to his neck. Turning to start the long walk home she let out a small grunt as she felt Chilli resisting moving from his spot. “What now?” she whined at him. In reply he simply walked up to the front of the store he was in front of and banged his paw against it.
“You want me to go in there? If I go in and look around will you let me go home?” She asked taking a wild guess at what her crazy dog was up to now. In reply he simply stared at the door. Sighing she opened it leading Chilli in with her as she called out ‘hello’ into the depths of the shop.
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:31 pm
Switch was having a grand ol' time going through some of the items. So far her list consisted of five different novels, a feather pen, an unused pastel set, some old dentures in questionable liquid in a sealed jar, and what was probably a chess piece at one point. The blue haired woman didn't hear the paw on the door; why would she? She was pretty far away from it, but what she did hear was the groaning creak of the front door as it was pushed open, causing her to pause in her documentation to look over her shoulder.
"Hello! Welcome to Balcombe Curiousities, can I help you?" It was almost habit to say that now, it just rolled off her tongue before she could even help it. Her pen was closed in her notebook and she turned to physically view the woman and her dog. Aww, a dog, how cute!
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:13 pm
Having not known what type of shop she was going into Ophelia was rather shocked at the site of it. It was like someone had decided to drop a bomb in the place, only instead of leaving charred remains it left random piles of stuff. In fact Ophelia was pretty sure she had spotted with a glance a suit of armour, crystal ball, navy uniform and a vacuum cleaner. Pulling her eyes away from the horrifyingly fascinating sight she turned towards the voice that had greeted her. Laughing nervously at how silly she was going to sound she honestly replied, “I have no idea, my dog dragged me here.”
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:25 pm
Her...dog dragged her in here? Switch's green eyes went from the woman down to her canine, her head tilting in mild curiousity. A dog, huh? She didn't think the shop could target animals...but then again this shop always managed to surprise her in the ways she least wanted it to. So she giggled and brushed some of her hair from her face.
"Well since you're here, might as well take a look around, hm?" Her free hand extended in a welcoming gesture, her other arm holding her notebook to her chest. "There's lots to look at admittedly, but this place just seems to know how to catch your attention." It also knew how to drop children into the lives of poor strangers, but that part remained quiet in her mind.
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:46 pm
Ophelia hesitated at the invitation; she was tired and had a bunch to do toda—OHHH SHINY! Giving a shrug she gave Chilli a ‘behave’ glance before letting him off and watching him trot towards the woman, whose name she really should ask for, and give her his patented ‘Pat me, I’m adorable’ look. Giving a satisfied nod that Chilli wouldn’t start trashing the place, he was usually well behaved, she started off behind one the the stacks of items towards the glint that had caught her eye – ignoring the tiny voice telling her this was a bad idea as she always did.
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:55 pm
Switch watched the woman wander to one of the stacks, then down at the dog that trotted up to her. She stared at it for a moment or two, her resolve to not pet it slowly breaking the longer it stared at her with those adorable eyes. Eventually that resolve shattered and Switch knelt down, petting the fluffy thing and ruffling it's fur.
"Ahh he is so cute! What's his name? What's yours? Mine's Switch, by the way." Apparently dogs put her in a chatty mood! Once she looked up from obeying the look of the dog to glance at the woman who wandered behind one of the stacks...and felt that odd feeling she had every time a poor soul was going to have an addition to their family.
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:16 am
Looking up from the pile of objects she was inspecting Ophelia flashed Switch a smile and replied, “His name is Chilli, like the pepper. I’m Ophelia, nice to meet you.”. Turning fully to give Switch her full attention she gave a squawk as she tripped, falling to her but and knocking into one of the stacks causing an item to fall off and clunked her on the head. Grumbling she rubbed her head as she glanced down at the item that had hit her. The following squeal caused Chilli to give out a whine as if to say ‘My ears!’.
“Oh my gosh! Is this what I think it is!” she babbled excitedly examining the item. Squealing again she exclaimed, “It is! I didn’t know that there was a model of the new enterprise yet. I have to have this.”. Practically bouncing with excitement she quickly made her way back over.
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:40 am
Switch was about to comment on the names when Ophelia apparently tripped. The blue haired woman flinched while watching the girl fall to her butt; her eyes widened when she saw the stack wobble and with a gasp she tried to get to her feet as quickly as possible to help the girl, but ws much too late. Her attempt to save her now futile, Switch just stood near the whining dog, a sympathetic look on her face.
"Are you okay, Ophelia?" She sure seemed okay with all the squealing she was doing. Wait, what? A new model? Prior to this find the newest item was...well, Evari's LED Gloves. This came as an honest surprise to her. "I didn't know either..." She said in shock, looking at the rest of the mostly-ancient or just plain weird 'inventory'. Ophelia came back to them and that was when Switch felt it for sure - The bond between the item and it's chosen Guardian.
"Well...in exchange for not sueing me for that thing falling on you, you can have it for free." She offered, never one to make a future Guardian pay for the unwilling adoption of a child.
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 2:30 am
“Oh! I’m excellent! Just a bump.” She replied giving Switch a reassuring smile. “Oh! I couldn’t take it for free! I don’t think it’s even out in other stores yet, this is a one of a kind find!” she said looking at the model again with a gleam in her eye. It was incredibly detailed, in fact she thought that if you looked in the window of the observation deck that you could see the details inside – it was fantastic. The longer she looked at it and all the small intricate details that showed all the hard work on it, showing that it wasn’t just some factory mass produced product but a handcrafted piece of art, the more she reconsidered her ‘not for free’ bit, it was a priceless find.
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:50 am
Switch could think of several items that were much more priceless than this...model of the Enterprise. For example the Shakespeare's Quarto, The Antique Projector and Film Roll...the list went on, dwindling down to the Shaman mask that had turned into her oldest son. To Switch the item itself was just a toy, but the soul inside the toy was honestly priceless.
Which was why she couldn't put a price on it.
"I insist." She said honestly, putting her hands behind her back as if to show she certainly wasn't going to take anything for it. Still, Switch knew how stubborn some people could be and she was mentally reaching out for any excuse as to not take money (or half eaten and melting food items) for it. "If it makes you feel any better...consider it a gift! For...uhh...an early Christmas!"
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:21 am
Ophelia visibly waivered as Switch insisted, free stuff was free stuff, but as soon as Switch mentioned it as a early Christmas gift she visibly blanched. “It isn’t going to come alive and start shooting its phasers, is it?” she asked warily. She remembered the last Christmas gift she had gotten from a stranger. The scorch marks were still in the carpet and she was pretty sure that her attic was never returning from wherever it went. She didn’t get what it was with this jolly holiday that made people want to do insane things when it came around, she still couldn’t look at cows the same and that had been years ago.
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:31 am
Switch stared at Ophelia when she asked her weary question. Come alive? Yes. Shoot it's phasers? ...Well, maybe? She didn't know how much the kid would take after the actual ship. After a moment or two of just staring, trying to put together a reasonable response to that but finding herself constantly falling within the vow of silence the shop had placed on her. Luckily, her silence could be passed off as merely being incredibly baffled.
"Oh come now, that's just silly." Switch waved her hand dismissively, smiling convincingly. It certainly did seem silly but Ophelia may have hit her situation square on the head. Poor Ophelia...now she really did have Switch wondering if the kid would have phasers.
"Merry Early Christmas, Ophelia and Chili...can I help you with anything else?"
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:50 am
Ophelia didn’t think she was being silly but then again her editor said she wouldn’t know if something was ridiculous unless it walked up to her and tried to take a bit out of her and even then she’d just start claiming that zombies where on the loose again. Best just to agree and take the present, she could do without getting accused of being an escapee again. “And a Merry Early Christmas to you too. I don’t think so, but I’ll be sure to think of this place first if I can’t find something. By the looks of things you have everything here!” She replied with a smile before calling a reluctant Chilli over, he’d hardly gotten any pats (So unfair)! Smiling at her grouchy dog she clipped his lead on. “Have a nice day!” she said with a cheerful wave turning to leave, clutching her ‘present’ close to her, she didn’t trust something in her backpack not to harm it.
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