Apartment Complex

[Mistress Guendolen]

She laughed. "You know, that doesn't surprise me. I guessed your stomach would be a blast furnace, just like everything else about you!... Ah, here it is." She stopped in front of a large market place bearing the name "Grogan's Grocer" and grabbed a shopping cart. "You one of those who likes to push the cart, or shall I do it? Doesn't matter to me if you do...."

[Teddy]

"Hah! Blast furnace..." He thinks about it for a bit, then nods. "I'll do the physical labor... For now anyway. I'm the least hurt of us, so I'll push the cart."

[Mistress Guendolen]

"Sure you don't want the invalid to gain support from leaning on the handle?" she said with a playful wink. "Or better still, ride in it until it gets filled up?..." A small laugh as she shifted the cart over so that the handlebar as pointing towards him. "Joking, of course. But come on, let's get shopping so we can eat. And we have to be sure to get you a change or two of clothes before heading home, too.... There should be a store or two in this shopping plaza where you can find those readily enough."

[Teddy]

Genno laughed and took the cart. "Allright then.. Lead the way Elise. I'll follow. As for clothes? Anything red will work.. What'd you like to see?"

[Mistress Guendolen]

"On you? Hm, dunno. I'll have to look and see what's in the shops.... Red is your color, though, I have to agree." She led the way into the store, wandering into the first section- produce.

OOC: Want to play out the grocery shopping, or shall we skip it?

[Teddy]

"Glad ya agree with me.." Genno followed, looking around at the store.. Obviously, he didn't get out much.

(Only if you want to. I'm fine either way, really.)

[Mistress Guendolen]

"Why wouldn't I? It matches your coloring so well...." Elise picked up a red delicious apple, holding it up next to his head before popping it in a clear plastic produce bag. "See?" A few more apples got bagged before she saw the way he was looking around. "Didn't you ever help with the shopping at home? I always did.... Maybe it wasn't a 'guy' thing, huh? Well, you see something you want, just grab it."

OOC: Seems Genno has some exploring to do, so we can play until that's satisfied or we get bored with this scenario and want to move on. Okay?

[Teddy]

"Allright.. And at home, no.. I didn't shop much. It was just training with dad, eating, and sleeping... No one like you though. I picked up some card tricks and.. Left." He looked strangely at some banana's, somewhat confused.

[Mistress Guendolen]

"Really? Sounds like your life was a bit lonely...." The thought of Genno being lonely made Elise feel sad. "What about your mom, if you don't mind me asking? You bring up your dad a lot, but you never mention her...." She followed his puzzled gaze to the bananas. "What is it?" she asked. "Is there something weird about those bananas that I'm missing?..."

[Teddy]

"She.. She died when I wasn't too old.. Kinda drove my old man into a depression. That's why he was so hard on me... Oh? Those are banana's? Never heard of 'em, or seen 'em."

[Mistress Guendolen]

"Your mom died?..." Elise's eyes wavered. "I know it's awfully late, but I'm so sorry. Do you miss her, or were you too young to really remember?... Unless it hurts too much to talk about it, in which case I understand," she added hastily. "And- you've never seen a banana? You know, it seems like in some ways, your life was not only a bit lonely, but... oddly sheltered...." Granted, so had been her own. Just in a different way.

[Teddy]

He scratched the back of his head. "I was.. Five, I think. And... Thanks. I do miss her, but I don't think she'd want me to dwell on her death, just make a great life for myself.. It's kinda why I left." He picked up the bunch of banana's. "Can we get this?"

[Mistress Guendolen]

Elise nodded. "Of course," she said. "On both accounts.... I know she'd want the best for you. And- I'm glad your quest for that great life led you to here and now," she said quietly as they pushed the cart along.

[Teddy]

"So am I Elise.. So am I.." He put the banana's in the basket, still looking around. "If you don't mind me asking..What about your parents? I know they disappeared a little while ago, but was it like my childhood?"

[Mistress Guendolen]

Elise nodded. "Actually, yes," she said, putting a loaf of bread in the cart. "Well, sort of like. After all, I had both my parents my whole life, and I didn't have the same sort of training you did. But well, I did have my own.... So yes, I myself was often, well, isolated. I spent most of my life being home-schooled, actually. After all, most teachers won't believe you when you say you didn't do your homework because you were out all night helping your parents defeat a demon....
"Admittedly they didn't start bringing me on missions until a few years ago. But I still had a lot to learn, lore and so forth. Spiritualism- true spiritualism- is a lot more complex than people give it credit for. The ones who claim it's easy are the ones most likely to be frauds.... Frauds or, oddly, prodigies. I myself am no prodigy, of course, so I had to learn it the long and hard way." She paused to study a display of pastries, and selected a few doughnuts. "I really was sort of isolated a lot of my life, I guess. There were people I talked to, even called friends, but well, I didn't do the things other girls my age did- movies, shopping trips with friends, school trips or activies, clubs, dating- I was, well, too busy. At the time I was happy, as I loved what I was learning, and I'm very close with both my parents. But now, I realize just how unusual my upbringing was. For so long, it felt so normal I just took it as a matter of course. You know?"