Shoooopping

[Calamari-San]

As a sky pirate, it would have been quite natural for Nagi to be doing some pirating while on Terra Atmosia, which was actually what Mims had told her to do. She was supposed to be doing some reconnaissance or something of that nature, but unfortunately the Terra boasted quite a good shopping district.

Reconnaissance was boring, anyways.

She wandered through a few shops before ending up in a small stall boasting an array of rather interesting crystal. Mims liked crystals. Maybe that'd distract him from the fact that she was shirking off her duties...

"Oi!" she shouted, as someone suddenly bumped into her.


(Any takers?)

[Murt]

"This is so lame. Why are we here? Repairs, again, they say? Gosh! Dammit, I don't want to be here right now." Nargo ranted as he walked whilst playing some simple board game on his TriScreen.

"Might have games..." Murt casually said, as he glanced wildly for a place with crystals.

"! You're right!" Nargo gasped, eyes widening. "I must... go.. and look. Come on Murt!" And with that he grabbed Murt's wrist boyishly, and scampered through the lanes of shops.

But then Murt saw it... the stall.... with..... crystals. His mind went dead for a second. Look at... Look at them all!

Murt stopped, dead in his tracks, knocking Nargo slightly off balance.

"Woa, Murt, what the heck? Come on we gotta go find some games! I need more, I've already beaten my newest one 5 times! And--hey..dude..you're drooling a little"--- And Murt was off running through the crowd, but he was well coordinated, so he bumped into not a single one.

"Well fine!" Nargo yelled. "I'll just go find them all by myself! Psh... Don't need his help anyway.." He kicked a rock on the soft ground and continued forward, looking for a games shop.

Murt halted when he reached his destination. He was speechless. Money.. I need money!! Then he remembered the money of his that he'd put in his right belt pouch. He sighed, relaxed that he could probably afford at least a couple or three of these beauties. He stared...and just.. stared.

"Hey, you drool on it, you buy it" The shopkeep warned him.

"Ohhh sorry." Murt frowned.

[Inazuma]

Muka waddled his way from shop to shop. He was in his battle uniform since they were in the town refueling. He was too lazy to change and it was too hot to slip on a jacket. Muka would stop and check out the nearest five girls. Some he'd even say," Hey Baby" to; and was usually slapped or some form of denied each time. Eventually he gave up and sighed in defeat. He checked the map Ina had drawn, the places where he had gone were already crossed out and the places he needed to go were still circled in red. His backpack was already full and he was _not_ going to carry around a bag. It just not manly. He then ran his hand through his hair and wondered where Ina had went. He had a question that had boiled over him as he was bumming around the town. He'd call out Ina's name occasionally, but no response and maybe a few weird looks. He thought for a second he saw Murt slip into this crystal shop. Which was a little bit exciting. Muka wondered if Murt knew where Ina was. After all, Muka knew that they were both Merbs right? And both just seemed to have a good feeling where eachother was.
Muka assumed it's because the crystals they work with. Eitherway. So he walked into the shop.

He felt a little lost inside. He knew how to use the crystals, Murt made sure of that, but there were just so many. He didn't find Murt in the shop either, which kind of left him a little more confused. It was a bit dizzy-ing in the crystal shop as well. He walked down the isles and found even more crystals. Only these ones might be compatible with his fan. Though something of an off-beat red caught his eye. It twinkled at him as he was drawn to it. He brushed up against someone, or at least he thought it was a brush which made him stop and blink. "Uh, sorry" he said under his breath as he gave the person a lazy look. It was another girl! A more natural instinct kicked in," Oh! I'm really sorry!" He smiled at her. He offered her his hand and a slight bow," Is there anyway I can repay you?"

[Calamari-San]

"Your soul," Nagi replied with a cackle. Then she remembered her original mission. "Actually, you wouldn't happen to know where I could get the plans for any of the airships around here?" she asked innocently.

[Murt]

Oh! I'm really sorry! Is there anyway I can repay you?

Murt's trance was knocked out by a familiar sound..he knew that voice..... eugh.. wait.. So, he swiftly strolled passed a few ails, glancing to the lefts and the rights.

Muka? Why was he in here? Then again, why wasn't he. He was standing near a Merb covered in.. a lot of clothing. And earrings. Murt yelped a little inside thinking of the weight they must strain on her ears.

He quietly walked up behind Muka... wondering if maybe he was looking for him since... well Muka wasn't allowed to mess with crystals, by order of Murt himself.

[Calamari-San]

"Hmm, guess not," Nagi added before giving Muka any time to reply. "Oh well, guess I can do some snooping around because that's what I'm good at I guess, though Mims said it gets annoying especially when I sneak up on him but he always knows I'm coming anyways because he's, like, all ninja and- Ooooooo, that's a cool one," she said very quickly, suddenly spotting a greenish crystal.

[Inazuma]

Muka blinked at the question. "my soul? I don't.. Oh it was a joke." He gave a little chuckle. "However a.. map? hmm." His brain ran over the items on his body and in his backpack. He tapped his chin as he thought," Ohh! Wait Yes I do!" A little surprised at another sexy lady came up. He reached for his backpack and whipped it around. He started digging through it. Cutting his hands a few times because he was hurriedly trying to find it. He could remember Inazuma crystal(lerls pun) clear," You're stupid..." In her usual angry tone," Take this map. Because you're stupid. You'll loose yourself. I marked the rooms too. Here's yours." She pointed to the upper right hand side," Don't go into my room. Don't go into Murts Room. Don't go into Nargo's or Duo's. And Don't go into James." She had a more sarcastic tone now," Believe me. Nobody wants to go in there." With that thought he felt the peice of paper. Rough in texture, but easily flexible to get it out in a jiffy.

"err Wait!" He attempted to grab her hand, but remembered that might be a bad idea. He walked over to Nagi and gave her a rather dorky smile," Yeah I got my ships plans. I pilot it, perhaps I can take you for a fly?" He offered them to her and reslung his backpack. He then looked off and tapped the plans against his shoulder," The ships' name is.." He had a brainfart, he had forgotten the name of the ship," It's Excalibur. Boasting the fastest ship in the sky!" Muka exclaimed with pride.


Ina twitched as she and Duo walked back to the Raigami. She scratched the back of her neck. It looked funny from the stuff they were carrying, which probably prodded Duo to ask," Something bothering you?" It caught Ina off guard because they were usually always silent together," uh. Yeah I got this.. itch.. weird. feeling. Meh I donno." Duo shrugged and nodded. As they reached the Raigami," Can you put these supplies away? I still have to go do something back in town." Duo asked. Ina raised a brow," Sure. Since dumb, dumber and Murt aren't back yet I have time." Duo seemed to smile and walk away. Ina looked down at the supplies," Well that wasn't awkward at all."

[Calamari-San]

(Inviting a pirate onto your ship: Not a good idea.)

"A ride on your ship? Really?" Nagi asked, overjoyed. The plan was practically forming itself. All she had to do was contact the rest of the Skulls and they could attack. "I'll have to talk to Mims first, though..." she added as a afterthought. He was, after all, in charge of all the plans, even if Nagi changed them around most of the time.

[Murt]

Muka....wow.... Muka was.. wow. Murt may be the peculiar one of the group, but he was still smart. And this was... dumb. Dumb dumb dumb.

He finally exposed himself clearly to Muka by grabbing his shoulder and forcefully turning the boy around. "You're stupid!" He screamed, ignoring the other Merb who had been conversing with Muka.

Then Mert leaned closer into Muka's ear and whispered faintly "I don't have good viiiiibes...."

But Muka just squinted at him and smirked. Murt took that as a challenge and grimaced right back at him. "Humph" he grumbled, and walked away. He still wanted to get a crystal.

"E....Excuse me....." He started at the Shopkeep woman.

"Yes..? Is there something you're looking for?" She put her hands on her large hips. She looked to be about in her 50's, and was a human.

"Do you have...swarm crystals?"

The woman smiled kindly. "Yes, dear, we do. She went somewhere beyond the counter where Murt couldn't see, and came back with about 5 of them. "This is what we have in stock at the moment. Would you like one?"

"Uhm...may I have 3?"

"Three? You got the money then sure." She replied.

Murt reached into his belt pouch and pulled out enough currency to pay for them, and promptly walked out. But.. he wasn't going to the ship. He was trying to find Nargo.


And.. what a coincidence. The faint body of a far away Nargo was walking in the direction of the ship, holding what was probably a new game. Murt ran up to him showing off the swarm crystals.

"Ew" Nargo said. "They... make a swarm of bugs? That's creepy, but cool."

"I know!" Murt squeezed his crystals huggingly. "Lets get back to the ship. We might have a guest..."

"What?"

"I'll tell you on the way..." Murt told him.

[Warforged]

"Grr...those Cyclonians just had to go and set one of our airship's sails of fire and crack the rudder..." Aella grumbled under her breath. Behind her, Jade and Cassiah walked quietly and kept their distance. Townspeople and shopkeepers eyed the ill-tempered Lizard warily as she passed, her black cloak fluttering out behind her.
Suddenly, she stopped and turned to her sisters, eyes much more softer than they had been moments ago. "Look Jade, Cassiah. You two don't need to follow me around, I can find the parts we need by myself."

Cassiah laughed and smiled, adjusting the blow darts and throwing stars held in her belt. "Always gotta do things yourself, don't you, Aella? Well then, Jade and I will just let you look around if that's what you really want. We need more food supplies and crystals anyway."

Aella turned her head slightly, looking back at Cassiah and, to the shock of passersby, grinned. "Sure. You do that."

Grabbing Jade by her shoulder, causing the shaking Merb to jump and yelp in surprise, Cassiah began dragging her towards a small crystal shop while Aella watched them go.

The Lizard blinked and rolled her eyes, sighing at her own sudden stupidity.

With a few trudging steps, Aella stood just outside the shop, deciding to wait until Jade and Cassiah returned. She pulled off her cloak's thin hood, getting a few startled gasps from the window shoppers beside her, who suddenly jumped back from her as though she were poisonous.

Her tail swished across the ground as she mumbled to herself, "Besides, those two have all the money we've collected..."
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[Murt]

FYI to everyone: Inazuma is currently away on vacation right now.

[Inazuma]

Muka froze as Murt layed a hand on his shoulder. His amused face slipped into a frown as he listened and thought that Murt implanted into his brain. His face turned into a grimace, then a scowl and as he turned around to whine and complain at Murt he was gone. "Eehhh..." he hesitated and turned back around to face the lady. He smiled again, trying to not give away his doubts. 'They can't possibly be bad people... Can they?' He thought to himself. He scratched his chin, shrugged and then offered the ship plans. "Well, here you go!" A rather bright, happy expression plastered on his face. He thought he saw something out of the corner of his eye," Wait, talk to who?" His arm fell a little bit limp. 'Perhaps it's another one of her lady friends!' He thought excitedly. "Well, another person or not..." He leaned back, but still had the map offered," I should probably get going. The Blackbird..." Forgetting what he called it again," is roosted at the Northern point of town near Cicillia's bakery..." As soon as he said that something boiled inside Muka that made him feel guilty. He had a wry smile on now and a bad feeling that Inazuma wouldn't be too happy.

[Warforged]

Cassiah dragged Jade into the crystal shop and led her into a random aisle, pulling out a slip of paper from her pocket. "Okay, let's see... Feliciana said we need some Engine crystals for the Orphen and our Skimmers, some Message crystals and Firebolt crystals for Aella, if we can find 'em."
Jade twitched and figeted with her long sleeves, looking around the shop nervously. She spotted Aella waiting by the shop's door. Cassiah turned her head and glanced in the direction of the Merb's gaze. She snickered. "Heh, that big lizard must've realized that we got all the money. Ha!" Leaving Jade to wander in the aisle, Cassiah approached the shopkeeper with her list.
Jade sighed shakily while she trudged into the next aisle of crystals, quickly passing by a human and a Merb conversing with each other.

Aella leaned against the shop walls, busying herself with polishing her pistol and watching the crowds while she waited for her siblings.

Feliciana sighed happily, wandering around the Orphen and checking the airship's cracked rudder while Malandra ran about the small airship parking space with the Terradon toddler, Miki and Jade's brother, Erone.