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[viperess]

Who: viperess & springful
When: 11/02 (OOC)
Where: Apartments, then Shopping District
What: Rider takes Sakura for a day out. No senpais allowed.
Rating/Warning: N/A

[After the arrival of Archer and these recent messages, Rider can see Sakura isn't exactly in the best of moods. Shirou tries to help but...well Shirou can be reassuring but he doesn't always inspire much confidence. Particularly in a situation like this. Rider is hardly the expert on cheering people up and lifting moods, but she thinks Sakura might need some time away from Shirou and to be with someone she still trusts.

With that thought in mind she approaches Sakura's room of the apartment they share with Shirou and knocks.]

Sakura, it's Rider. May I enter?

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[springful]

[Sakura heads out the door, waiting for Rider too naturally, but with that they're off to their First Shopping Trip Ever. It's kind of exciting when she thinks about it like that, even though this is supposed to be so she can relax.]

Are there any particular kinds of clothes you're interested in trying out, Rider? [She's still not super familiar with all the stores here, but she figures that she'll at least know one or two they can go to first if Rider wants to look at something specific.]

[viperess]

[Rider looks around, not certain about the tastes of these fashions. Clothes here are not very...modest in taste. In fact most of the clothes don't even look like clothes. She doesn't have much of a problem with it, but to blend in with humans it would be easier to be more conservative in her choices.]

I would like to try finding something modest. It will be easier to blend into society that way, I believe.

[springful]

[Looking around too... Yeah no thank you. If Rider really wanted to wear something like that, she wouldn't stop her, but she's glad she's not interested in them either.]

You're right. Clothes like these might be in fashion here, but I think most people would find it a little... odd. [To say the least.] There should be a store with more normal clothing around this area...

[Walking off to something that's more or less the Cerealia equivalent of Gap??? THAT WORKS RIGHT.] Here.

[viperess]

[Wow it's so. Not-Gap.

Rider nods and follows Sakura, opening the door and letting her in first.]

The way this place pushes promiscuity onto everyone is odd. I don't think many people who were taken here are interested in it. [Not that promiscuity bothers Rider, but even this place can be a bit much sometimes.]

[springful]

[Buys Rider a sweatshirt that has NOT-GAP emblazoned on the front. BUT HEADING INSIDE NOW...]

I don't understand it either. It's fine if people are interested in that, but when they try to push everyone into partaking regardless of their wishes... [The smh is strong basically. On the definitely not promiscuous side though, there's a few mannequins up ahead wearing your standard Gap-like clothing i.e. nice and clean but boring tbh.]

What do you think of these?

[viperess]

[She looks at the mannequins (look through her blindfold as usual) and makes a gentle hum. The turtleneck looks nice and a simple pair of pants would go well with it. She has no desire for anything flashy or eyeshocking really. It's easier to blend in if she looks plain and that works better for her needs.

She picks up a turtleneck folded onto the table next to the mannequins, the same kind shown on display, and shows it to Sakura.]

I think this will work well for my needs. ["I like it" basically.] Let's find something for you now.

[springful]

[So in the end Rider picked something similar to what she last saw her in... It's probably natural that that should happen, but she thinks it's kind of funny anyways.]

I'm sure you'll look good in it. [Since she already knows!!] Okay. Hopefully there'll be something nice for me as well.

[viperess]

[She isn't sure why Sakura seems amused, but she won't question it. If Sakura is happy that's good enough for her.]

Let's go further in then.

[She'll lead the way as they go further into the store, but the next mannequins they'll come across are wearing this and this and even this (arm attachments excluded thankfully.)]

...Not this way. [She turns around to block Sakura's view, even if it might already be too late, and tries to push her away from the display.]

[springful]

Ah...

[It's too late. Sakura saw The Things, and it's all too late now!! Love is over. She follows Rider, disheartened, and mumbles quietly to herself:]

I thought I could trust this store... [The betrayal cuts deep.]

[viperess]

[Oh no Sakura no...]

Let me pay for my clothes and we'll go find a place to eat. You can decide where. [She'll even eat food with you Sakura to make up for this.]

[springful]

Are you sure? You don't have to eat with me, so... [She doesn't want to waste Rider's time!! Honestly, she'd offer to pay for Rider's clothes too as a gift to her, but she's pretty sure her Servant would turn it down.

She'll have to think of something to get as a gift another time!!]