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Lani was out and about running errands, 'out and about' having a loose definition of the term in this case, given her propensity for staying indoors. The holidays were coming upon everyone, and holidays meant gifts, and buying them for others.

That, too, had a loose definition, when it came to Kalani. She had a pretty large extended family, lots of cousins (and second cousins, third cousins, etc) mostly on her dad's side of the family, owing to his many siblings, but she preferred to pretend they didn't exist. Petty, perhaps, given that they were still on good terms with her mom, but such was the way of Kalani. In any case, she was out doing some shopping, so there was that.

The only difference between her normal ventures outdoors and today was that today, for whatever reason existing, Rune was accompanying her. It wasn't exactly like Kalani kept her a secret, unlike a certain classmate of hers- her mom certainly knew she was keeping a cat, and was actually proud of Kalani for putting in the effort of taking care of something other than herself- but it was... inconvenient, really? Awkward, maybe? Well, at the very least, Lani had already taken care of Rune's gift, having shelled out the money to get the Mauvian a small mp3 player of her own, in the hopes that perhaps she wouldn't steal Lani's anymore.

(Honestly, the teen wasn't really sure just why Rune couldn't magic up one of her own, seeing as these magical cats were supposed to be technological geniuses, purportedly, but what was done was done, and with any luck, it would be enough to make the cat happy for the time being.)

Technically, also, Kalani had already gotten a gift for her mom, so in reality, she wasn't really shopping for gifts for anyone as much as she was window shopping, eyeing some of the new fashions in some of the clothing shops, making a note of what caught her interest the most, for the sake of bugging her mother later about.

Having Rune following her around made actually going inside anywhere to shop highly difficult, however; while Alise might have been all for toting her own personal cat with her everywhere, Lani wasn't super keen on the idea of having to carry Rune around anywhere, whether in a backpack or not. At another point, Lani had considered maybe just attaching a leash to the kitten and pretending that Rune was some highly trained cat that enjoyed going for walks, but that required more effort than Lani was willing to do. In the end, she settled for just pretending she didn't know anything about the fluffy hat-wearing kitten following her around everywhere, which she felt was the easiest way out.

Besides, Rune would probably have caused some sort of incident or another if she actually let the cat go indoors with her.

It was only really a few hours or so, if even that, but soon enough, all errands and shopping were done for the day, and Kalani was ready to head on back home to get back to doing absolutely nothing productive whatsoever. On the way back, though, something in the snow caught her eye, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be... a wallet?

Glancing around to see if anyone else was in the vicinity, Kalani picked up the wallet, and opened it up to take a look inside. The list of names wasn't of any importance to her, but there was money... and a lack of anything that might identify who the wallet belonged to...

Well, finders keepers, right? There wasn't exactly anyone around to claim the wallet, either, so...

Now if she could just guarantee that Rune would keep her mouth shut...

Predictably, Rune spoke up. Perhaps it was wishful thinking that the Mauvian would look the other way just this once, as the cat's strong moral code always got in the way of Kalani doing what she wanted.

"There's no driver's license or anything with a name and address on it," Kalani responded, glancing down at the kitten, "Even if someone came to claim it, how would you know if they were the true owner?"

"Besides, if we just leave it here, someone else will pick it up."

She hoped that was a sound enough reasoning to sway Rune into letting her keep the wallet.

"Do you see anyone else around?" Kalani asked Rune, making a broad, sweeping gesture as if for emphasis. After all, if there had been anyone nearby, then they wouldn't be having this conversation, now would they?

When Rune asked what they should do next, Kalani paused, pondering. She knew what Rune was probably thinking, and Kalani was hard-pressed to turn in a wallet with spendable cash, not when there wasn't anything in it to identify its owner. Besides, who was to say that it hadn't been purposely left there for them to find?

"There's gotta be at least $200 in here," Lani said, counting the bills, "Think about it, Rune- think about all the idol merchandise you can buy with that. You'd like that, wouldn't you?"

Normally, Lani would be all for keeping the money for herself, but if she was going to win Rune over, then it was best to appeal to her hobbies. Besides, if she didn't have to buy Rune things with her own money, it was even better.

"There's nobody else," Kalani repeated, wishing Rune would just give in already, before someone did show up. Not only would she probably have to turn in the wallet, but Lani was pretty certain she'd look pretty crazy for standing here arguing with a cat, who, technically, wasn't supposed to be able to talk.

"Think about it, Rune," she said, not willing to budge on her decision, "You could buy lots of idol merchandise. Those fancy glowsticks? Your CDs? Could probably even find a costume for cats?"

(Actually, Lani kinda hoped nobody was that crazy enough to design costumes for cats.)

Kalani really wanted nothing more than to just head straight on home, where it was warm and where she could figure out what to do with the cash, but Rune was relentless, and finally, with a loud and dramatic sigh, she finally gave in. "Fine, fine, one walk around the block, and then we're headed home," she told Rune, making it clear that this was final, and no further arguments allowed.

Honestly, she had expected Rune to be more all for spending the money on her idol stuff, but of course, the cat didn't budge easily.

And thus the two went on what was essentially a half-hearted stroll around the block, in an attempt to find the true owner of the wallet... though they didn't really put a great deal of effort into it, nor did they really ask around, not that there was anyone to ask to begin with. All too soon, or perhaps none too soon, Kalani was ready to call it , though she had been ready to call it since they first found the wallet, and it was time, she declared, to return home.

(The next few days would see orders made for some particularly pricey and limited edition idol merch, including the 'fancy glowsticks', all made in Rune's name. If anyone were to come looking for the missing wallet, and somehow trace it back to them, they would find no wallet or cash... just a cat with some really expensive kingblades.)