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[zapswithmagic.livejournal.com]

WHO: Billy Kaplan and anyone else
WHERE: A store
WHEN: Backdated to yesterday before the start of the plot, throughout the day
WARNINGS: Billy is a geek lol? XD
SUMMARY: Billy is wandering around the city. Meant to be for all the people I plotted with on the CR meme about meeting Billy since I figured it'd be easiest to just make one post and have whoever wants to jump in do so :)
FORMAT: Anything you want, take your pick

Billy is in a store, spending the day shopping, although he'll probably end up buying only one thing. It could be a gaming store, a book store, a comic book store... It might even be your store. He is currently looking at something, be it collectable cards, a video game guide, a sci-fi or fantasy book, a comic, or maybe even a new game he hasn't seen before. Do you approach?

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[shiromadoushi]

Well, if he's at Bakura's store there's quite a large section of Duel Monsters cards and merch and plenty of games around. Bakura, for once, is taking a break from being up in the managers office and is working the floor, currently tidying up the TRPG section, checking to see if more dice needed to be brought out from the stock room. Really, it's mostly just a break way from the paperwork to prod at his favorite section.

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Billy is looking at the Duel Monsters cards curiously, not really having seen them before. He spots Bakura nearby and meanders over, holding some in his hand. "Hey, do you work here...?" he asks, not entirely sure.

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura looks up with a nod and a smile. "I do! What did you need help with?"

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He waves the cards a little bit. "What's this game about? I mostly just stuck with Magic back home. Not really sure what this one is about."

[shiromadoushi]

"It's pretty similar at the basics! Only there's no land system in Duel Monsters; it uses a sacrifice system for summoning larger monsters," Bakura explained.

[zapswithmagic.livejournal.com]

"How does that work? Is there some place where I can read the rules?" Billy was willing to try out any card game since not everything that he had liked back home was available here.

[shiromadoushi]

"If you get a starter deck, it comes with the rules and everything. Though I think there's still some extras by the play tables, if you'd like to just read them over first."

[son_of_vell]

Teddy's certainly going to approach. He'd just been walking down the street when he spotted Billy going into the store. Feeling up for a little mischief, he decided to sneak up on his boyfriend.

Waiting until Billy's occupied with the comic, he steps up as silently as he can and reaches out to tap him on the shoulder. The moment he turns around, Teddy's going to lean in and kiss him.

[zapswithmagic.livejournal.com]

Billy looks over his shoulder nonchalantly when someone taps him, all but dropping the comic in surprise when he gets kissed. But then he grins when he realizes who it is and kisses back lightly before pulling away, raising an eyebrow in amusement. "Hello to you too, Teddy."

[son_of_vell]

"Hey," Teddy replies with a smile. He picks the comic up for Billy, taking a peek at it before handing it back. "Surprised ya, didn't I?" he asks, pushing his hair back. "It was either that or sudden tickling," he teases.

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He chuckles. "I'm glad you went with the former." Billy usually tended to let out yelps and laugh when Teddy sneaks up and tickles him. He doesn't want everyone staring at him in the store. Not that there are many people in the store anyway.

[son_of_vell]

"But you're so adorable when I tickle you," Teddy teases. "I was wondering where you went off to," he muses. "Which comic series are good here?"

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Billy rolls his eyes. "Still definitely prefer kissing over tickling." He leans forward, eyes skimming over the comic rack before plucking one up and handing it to Teddy. "This is my favorite out of what I've found so far."

[son_of_vell]

"Oh, I agree. Kissing you is always better than watching you go all squirmy," Teddy smiles, wiggling his fingers at his boyfriend playfully. He waits quietly, looking around the store. He looks over the comic Billy hands him and flips through it. "Looks like a good one."

[niceassassin.livejournal.com]

Zevran is about ready to give up on his routine of hanging out in the sci-fi/fantasy sections of bookstores, picking up smitten fans. It's just not working out anymore now that the Crabhammers are gone or subdued.

He'll give it one last shot, though. Which means that he's currently standing just where the graphic novels section starts in one of the larger bookstores, frowning faintly at a comic about zombies. He's pretty sure that's not how it works.

[zapswithmagic.livejournal.com]

Billy is just minding his own business, casually glancing at another customer in the store when he goes to the graphic novels section to see if there's anything new. It takes him a moment to catch it but something makes him pause. He leans a little closer to get a better look. "Are... your ears real?"

[niceassassin.livejournal.com]

A flash of amusement lights up Zevran's eyes for a moment, but he doesn't answer the question just yet. Instead, he leans over to show him the page of the graphic novel that he's currently on. "Does it really work like that in this world? With the fire, I mean. Where I'm from, the undead will fall like any other demonic thing if you do enough damage." A beat. "They are real, yes."

[zapswithmagic.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure about here but in my world, it depends on the type of undead. There's a few different kinds," Billy says with a grin. "I'm sure fire works on at least some but probably not all of them." He pauses. "So does that mean... you're an elf, I'm guessing?" He is not doing really well at trying to not sound excited.

[niceassassin.livejournal.com]

It's still strange to Zevran, even after six weeks here, to see reactions like this. All in all, he'd rather have no reaction at all, or little of one--but this is definitely better than what he got back home.

So for now, he pretends he doesn't notice the growing excitement and instead just cants his head thoughtfully to one side. "A bold leap you're making, my friend. I could be a tall dwarf who got into an unfortunate accident." He lets the false pensiveness drop and grins. "But as it happens, you're correct."

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Billy laughs lightly. "Did you shave your beard off too or do you come from a place where dwarfs don't have beards?" he jokes back. "We don't have real elves or dwarfs where I'm from, only people that dress up like them and in stories. What's your world like?" he asks curiously.

[dragony]

Not initially, though that can be excused. Her presence alone is sort of eye-catching alone.

The store in question is a bookstore, independent from any major chains, and the person in question is a girl in her early teens. That alone might be unusual -- for reading is a hobby falling by the wayside for the younger generations, especially that of books still printed on paper -- but her appearance is striking as well. Not her clothing; that's almost conservative, with long sleeves (in late May) and a knee-length skirt.

No, it's the hair. It's a tealish, seafoam green, tied up into pigtails more closely resembling rabbit ears.

She's loitering in the mythology section, one heavy-looking tome held open on her arm, and the edges of what look like playing cards poke out of the book intermittently as place-markers. When Billy comes into this section, the girl glances up (amber eyes, almost too large for her face, just intensify the rabbit motif) before returning her attention to the book. She wouldn't want to interrupt his book search uninvited.

[zapswithmagic.livejournal.com]

Billy doesn't say anything at first, smiling when the girl looks at him before poking about until he finds a book on Norse mythology. He knows the stories well but it's always fun and nostalgic to re-read them... even though it makes him miss his dad a little bit more than usual.

Idly, he wonders if the girl's hair is dyed - if it is, it's very well done. His brother has white hair and he knows others who have non-natural looking hair so it wouldn't surprise him if it was real.

"Finding anything interesting?" he finally asks, smiling a little as he glances at her again.

[dragony]

For a moment, the girl doesn't look as though she'll respond. Maybe she didn't hear him? But the moment passes, and when she looks up again it's with the realization that, why yes, he is in fact speaking to her.

"I suppose so, yeah," she answers; her voice is lower and more mature-sounding than her young appearance would imply, but sounds pleasant enough. "Are you?"

[zapswithmagic.livejournal.com]

"Nothing I haven't already read before," he admits, holding the book up so she can see the cover.

[dragony]

The girl's eyes move from his face to the book, brows bending for thought. "Norse? That's the one with Ragnarok, isn't it?"

In her own world and at this age, Ruka would have been more familiar with it -- at least, with a certain selection of its Gods, and the legends thereof. That other Ruka would even journey the Bifrost, risking her life as the Rainbow Bridge dissolved behind her and her companions. But that was a journey this Ruka had not yet taken -- and, perhaps, never would.

"I haven't read as much about that one, yet," she continued, indicating her own sizable book. "I still have a long way to go, with the Greeks."