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Europa- Tallulah, she'd come to discover- had made a mess of the sink in one of the guest bathrooms. And no matter how Jada waved it off, the girl kept apologizing. "Really, don't worry about it." She told her. Again. Eur- Tallulah- had apologized about bleeding on Jada's already red leather seats, and getting a few splotches on the sidewalk outside, and she really didn't get that no one would notice, because Jada did, indeed, live alone.

Halfway to having the other girl home, the Detour had occurred. "Do something nice for who? The deceased camels? Or the poor churchgoers, who left no safety precautions on their Wise Men?" But it was Christmas... "Where on earth would be open this late at night anyway? I suppose..."

WalMart?

The two of them were terribly mismatched, and Jada was looking at the store like a sightseer in some foreign country for the first time. WalMart had so much diversity in their lower-class mass-marketed items. Mass-produced clothing of impure color, life-sized cheap plastic Nativities, and bare-bones faux Christmas Trees, some even coming pre-decorated! There were wads of stamp-printed papers, Christmas cards that boasted only $10 for a pack of 18, and cups made out of plastic. Everything was so cheap, and shiny, and Jada would be in heaven, buying souvenirs off the rack like candy, if it weren't.... "It is so dirty!" she announced, ignoring the glares from a few late-night employees. "We shouldn't shop here. We might catch something."

Jada boldly stared at a woman who walked past them in a PVC skirt, eyes wide with curiosity. Speaking of strippers... ah! She had to scramble at Tallulah, as she was walking like she knew where she was going, and had left Jada behind. "Don't use the..." Ew. Public Toilets. "Don't worry, I think I can survive without." She reached out without asking and took a light grip on the other woman, head tilting back up to stare at the roof. It was like being in a big warehouse, almost. Except there weren't any catwalks. Now, she had to wonder if there were catwalks in a Sam's Club, or BJ's, or one of those other wholesale buildings.

"We aren't going to find a nice one here." Jada muttered under her breath. Tallulah probably heard. "I was thinking Amazon, or... or..." Would WalMart overnight or Next-Day ship from a store? "We can certainly and most emphatically let them know it isn't from the camels," she said, before Tallulah could glare at her. "Maybe turn something around." Maybe then the Senshi wouldn't get in trouble for being anti-religious radicals or something, in addition to their already soiled reputation.

Oh wow, she noticed, looking at the price tags. WalMart had things this expensive other than televisions? Or maybe their televisions were discounted too! Would Audrey love a television? Jada scooted down the row in a close once-over. And then drew up her face in a frown, scowling petulantly at the objects. "They are all so... simple."

"Maybe a little." Jada admitted. "Maybe at least some real cloth, or something that was more statuesque somehow." she rapped her hand on the plastic cradle of a plastic baby Jesus. "This is quaint, I suppose, but nowhere near the quality of what attacked us. Those camels had some quality construction." To have survived getting run over by cars enough that one of them had been able to have attacked two Super Scouts? And then put up the fight that those buggers had? That was a very hardy statue, and she couldn't anticipate finding anything like that at a WalMart.

Still... She examined the one that Europa pointed to, making a face at the stubby noses. "The color on Mary's face is streaky." she objected, even though the color change was almost unnoticeable. "And his nose is too long. It throws off the entire composition of his face." The further they went down the line, the more expensive the statues were getting; Jada finally came to a stop near a nice set with a heavy-looking base and delicate colors. Was it hand painted? And the manger was real wood. She ducked into a neat squat, reaching out to run her hand over the sheep. "I like this one."

The price tag would make Audrey yell at her when she gave her the receipt, but it was worth it.

"This one will do." She said finally, stroking her hand over the fabric. It was mediocre, but the quality was a little better than the one that had been partially destroyed. And besides, there was no need for her to get something obscene; who knew if people would be able to trace this back to her? She clucked her tongue, trying to think of how much cash she had on her. A glance at the price tag, and she nodded. "This one will do just fine." She took a look at the other pieces in the set, clicking her heel against the hard cement floor. Mary was painted prettily enough, and Gabriel looked a little effeminite, but who said angels actually had a gender/ Joseph and the wise men were well done, and the drummer boy had his drum, and there was a shepherd with a lamb, there was a cow... and there were three camels, loaded down with the wise mens treasures.

She moved toward the front, grabbing the attention of one of the late-night staff with some difficulty. "I'd like to make a purchase," Europa could hear her saying in an authoritative 'when I shop, I get what I want' tone. And it was interesting for Jada to watch them jump to it. She would have thought that late-night Walmart staff would be lazier, or slower, or less helpful. Oh, the things she learned. This boy was, in fact, quite helpful, and had scrambled off to find her some assistance with her purchases immediately.

Returning to Tallulah, Jada brushed at her gloves as though there were dirt on them. "Well, this was a quick, pleasant trip. And you said they'll deliver it for us?" She'd never had something directly delivered from a store unless it was something a little less 'buy and carry', like a nice department store, which actually tended to order the item and ship it from the warehouse; she couldn't exactly wrap this present and deliver it personally.