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Tarot......wanted to push something over. Something big.

She wasn't given to destructive tendencies, which just went to show how horrible the situation was. She was in a candy shop!! Sev knew she didn't want candy, as she had quite firmly told him five minutes before they entered the shop. Maybe if she'd sensed his devious plan beforehand it would never had come to be.

At the moment she was skulking near the packages of popcorn. They seemed to be the least popular, which meant the least crowded. Tarot also noticed this was the least colorful section of the store, which was as good as it was going to get until Sev finished cooing over the candy apples. The best part was it was close to the door and her escape!

Speaking of the door...... Tarot watched a plump gray rat squeeze in past the shoes of a happy (ugh) customers leaving (yay). It seemed like she was the only one to notice. A shame, the sound of people screaming and running for high grounds would have lifted her spirits. As it was, the rat chose to hide with her in the popcorn section.

Some people, more rats, and a frog came bursting in not long after. From the sound of it, the yellow and pink kid was the rat's owner. Tarot felt some sympathy for the poor rat. She'd run too if her owner was that brightly colored! She wasn't a very perceptive owner either, since she was heading towards the candy apples where Sev was still staring at the fruit on a stick dipped in sweet stuff.

Tarot slid down to sit on the floor, feeling like she was going to be here for awhile. She glanced at the opening where the rat had vanished, figuring he was somewhere under the shelves. "I don't suppose you could run out and scare some people?" Hey, it was worth a shot!

Tarot blinked, just the tinist bit perplexed when the rat came out from under the shelf and shook it's head at her. She'd never seen anything like that before, premonition or otherwise. She even smiled (just a little!) when the rat came up and licked her hand. Sev would have made a funny sound if he had seen that, and then dipped her hand in that disinfectant stuff he carried with him, but she didn't mind. He seemed like such a nice rat! She was more friendly to animals than she ever was with people.

Tarot picked up the rat and plopped him on her leg, scooching backwards a bit so they were both fairly well out of sight and hiding. Sev had moved from the candy apples to the marshmallow creations, and looked like he'd be busy for awhile. The girl Tarot suspected was the owner of the rat also looked reoccupied.

A premonition tickled the back of Tarot's mind, and a couple things clicked into place. Not that any of it made much sense to her, she just knew it was correct. "Your person here to buy some candy," she asked the rat in a whisper.

Tarot watched the rat as he moved closer to her body. His claws tickled! Then the blonde girl began to call out for a 'Dexter'. Tarot looked down at the rat. That was probably this little fellow. And as much as she would love to see the shop thrown into chaos, it would be a shame for him to get killed by an overzealous owner with a broom.

She carefully wrapped her hands around the rodent and reluctantly stood up. She was a small kid, but her pale skin, black hair, and dark clothes helped her to stand out in this bright place.
"I think I got 'im," she said, carefully cupping the rat in her hands and holding him close to her chest.

Tarot looked at Lilah a little suspciously. "Trick for candy," she asked. She could understand it a little, since she used tricks herself to get Sev to go into bookstores. For some reason he thought she'd be happier in clothes stores, which baffled her.
Not that she'd ever used a rat, as they tended to chew pages, but she had pretty presuasive eyes when she used them. No one stood a chance against her big blue peepers!!!

Tarot just blinked at the first sentence. The obvious answer was to just ask them for something. But she already knew the response she'd get from the girl. Besides, asking grown-ups for something rarely went well.

She shrugged a little at the question. The answer seemed obvious to her, but Tarot had learned the brightly-colored needed hints. "Sev dragged me in here. He'd love it if I showed some interest in the candy." Tarot rolled her eyes. "That's him over there, by that barrel of bright-stuff." She pointed to the taffy-displays, where Sev indeed was hovering and looking as though he struck gold.

Now Tarot tilted her head, looking at the girl curiously. "You mean you actually want to be here?"

"I get book stores, but candy or toy stores are too crowded and noisy," Tarot stated. The colors didn't sit too well with her either, but it was just an added irritant more than a problem.

"Why you gotta hide from your momma? You're already here, wouldn't she buy you candy?" Sev would have, but she was slowly coming to see that he was just different like that.

((Tarot's changed a bit since the last response. Trying to make her a bit more like a toddler.))

Tarot shook her head, baffled. "Sev made me come in here, he says I gotta be more so-, so-," she frowned, trying to remember the word Sev had used. What was it again? Ah, that's right! "Social," she finished.

Now she examined the girl more. She assumed that most people preferred being outside and in quiet settings, but to be fair this was one of the first times she'd left home. "W'as so great abou' a candy store?" It wasn't meant as a question so much as an invitation for the girl to explain why these places were so special.