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[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

WHO: i_seethestrals and YOU
WHERE: A mall in the City.
WHEN: The night before Christmas Eve.
WARNINGS: holiday spirit look out
SUMMARY: Luna goes Christmas shopping at the very last minute... with friends! Or maybe foes, who knows.
FORMAT: Paragraph to start with followed by whatever you want!

Christmas songs are blaring through the speakers, loud and either annoying or effecting, depending on how much tolerance the listener had for such music. Luna was softly singing along as she made her way through the thick and angry crowds, though she wasn't sure of the words.

A shopping bag - heavy with looked like greeting cards - dangled from her hands as she began turning towards the entrance of some kind of sweet shop, curious to see what holiday treats she could find.

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[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

The cool thing about right before Christmas is there are tons of sales. For example, on books.

And Maggie was looking to get distracted more than even usual, as she was not looking forward to tomorrow, so she had bought herself a ridiculous amount of books, and had just barely enough money left for a snack, so she was turning to go into the sweet shop when she saw one Luna Lovegood heading to the same place.

"Hello, Miss Lovegood."

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

Luna's eyes were glued to an impressive display of something colorful and far too full of sugar when she heard Maggie's voice, causing her to turn towards her, the bag of cards swaying in her hands. Some of them were threatening to spill out, but she didn't seem to notice, or care.

"Maggie!" If she didn't stop her, Luna was going to for a hug. "It's so nice to see you. Are you finishing your shopping, too?"

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

Being sudden!hugged by enthusiastic, otherworldly blondes was a part of Maggie's normal universe, so while she was still a little surprised to experience such a thing here, she did not object--though she did soon pull away to try to catch the cards that began to spill.

"Uh, yes." Most of the books were for her, really, although one was a recipe book full of cookie recipes which she'd use to make gifts for her friends. "I just thought I'd get a snack. Are those Christmas cards?"

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

"Thank you very much," Luna said, sounding genuinely surprised that Maggie would help her get her things back, reaching out to pick whatever others had fallen to the floor.


To answer the question, she nods enthusiastically, and opens one up. An annoying, festive song starts playing. "They can sing! Without magic! Isn't that brilliant?!"

Then, she adds thoughtfully, "Although a snack sounds wonderful too, now that you mention it."

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

Maggie nodded at the card. It's the kind of thing Michelle would have liked as well. "It would be interesting to put one of those chips in one of my paper minions. I could make them go caroling."

As to the snack - "Uh, would you like to join me then?" She waves to a table by a cookie stall where they could sort out their various purchases.

sorry for being late!

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

Luna rubbed her chin, heading in the direction of the stall. "That would be quite the gift... and I'm sure it would be much cuter than the typical crowds of carolers."

She paused for a moment to look through her wallet before turning back to Maggie. "I would love to." Though it might hurt her wallet a bit.

[lyingbrat.livejournal.com]

Lyra was, in fact, humming along, a bag heavy with last minute gifts resting in both arms- Pantalaimon had stayed behind, curled up next to an electric blanket, and Lyra forced back a yawn as she felt a wave of drowsiness.

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

"Tiring, isn't it?" Luna commented, thinking next to nothing of striking up a conversation with a complete stranger, even one much younger than herself. "Shopping, that is. Fun, of course, loads of fun -- but very exhausting after a while."

She slung the bag of cards over her shoulder, glancing over at Lyra's much heavier load. "What are you picking up, if I may ask?"

[spicytalk.livejournal.com]

[Tara is currently on the look out for Charlie Brown Christmas movies. It's daunting task she is braving for Willow's sake. Once she sees the candy shop, Tara decides to halt it for the moment. Buffy would no doubt love these and she was already here and oh... Selene. Tara grins widely and waves to get her attention.]

Selene! Hey!

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

Glinda! I didn't expect to see you here! What a wonderful surprise.

[spicytalk.livejournal.com]

I didn't expect you to be here either. [Tara grin widens.]

I'm looking for some Christmas movies. What are you here for?

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

What a pleasant coincidence.

Oh! I- I'm picking up gifts for my friends. Cards, to be precise.

[spicytalk.livejournal.com]

You should try Hallmark. They have some really nice cards. Plenty of kittens.

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

Do the kittens sing, too?

[batbogeyed]

Ginny wasn't quite humming along, but she did look happy to be here, and she was obviously enjoying the busy Christmas scene. Her scarf is stuffed in her shoulder bag, its fringed ends just about peeking out from the top.

She's got some very large bags which appear to be full of something very bundled and very soft, and there are a selection of brightly coloured sticks of wrapping paper stuck in the end of one

"Muggle sweets?" she said, when she noticed where Luna was heading for. "Good idea. I'm still not very used to them but I suppose none of them will try and run away when I put them in the stockings."

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

Somehow, Luna wasn't surprised to see Ginny here. She turned towards her old friend with a smile, swaying the bag of cards back and forth as she spoke.

"Come on, now, there must be times you enjoy the chase. Still, I suppose you're right, it is nice to indulge in... stationary treats, once in a while." There was a hint of a smirk on her lips. Then, without warning, she reached for Ginny's wrist, intending to lead her towards the door. "Besides! Muggle sweets! I've never had them before -- it'll be like an adventure!"

[batbogeyed]

Ginny laughed and went along willingly, not caring about the crowd if irritated shoppers they were pushing through. Very few wizards ever had anything to do with Muggle sweets, particularly those like Ginny who hadn't lived in the Muggle world before coming here. How would she even know what tasted good?

This was a problem she didn't mind solving.

"Well I know I don't like the chocolate here, but the rest I've no idea about! At home I'd have given them Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, but I seriously doubt this place has anything vomit-flavoured. More's the pity."

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

Luna was in a very similar situation. She and her father had tried making a few, after sampling them on a trip, but it had not exactly been a success. These looked much tastier. And were a lot less likely to include accidental sprinklings of salt.

"You're a fan of vomit? Interesting. It always made me feel a bit ill, but you know, grass always had a very nice natural taste to it... I wonder if that's what the trees taste like?" She mused, pointing to some holiday-shaped treats.

[batbogeyed]

"I'm a fan of giving it to Fred and George since prank sweets are right up their alley," Ginny said. She actually had a rule that she would never eat anything that she suspected may have been made by the twins, due to the likelihood of it either giving her some kind of painful temporary illness, or turning her into something that wasn't human. She reached to examine a packet of something long, red, and twisty that the label referred to as 'Red Vines'. What on earth were they?

"I'm not sure trees would taste a lot like grass, in all fairness," she said. "Unless you only mean the leaves, but I imagine the bark would be far less grass-like."

guess who's the latest ever

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

"Giving it to the twins? I can understand the appeal of that," Luna laughed. Though she had always faired pretty well when it came to the pair and their sweets, she could see why Ginny might feel a need to indulge in a little revenge -- or, frankly, self-defense.

Looking contemplative, she picked up anoter package of the Red Vines. Would they allow her to do a taste test... ?

"That's true," she mused. "I don't think bark would taste very good, now that you mention it. The smell would be nice, of course, very woodsy but perhaps a bit sour thanks to all the sap. Not to mention hard to chew."

Hope this isn't too late :D

[tinybutdeadly]

Toph wanted to get something for Lyra. Something special. She knew her bestie was out and about shopping too, and had even avoided her a few times in the mall - thanks, Earthbending! - but really, she had no idea what to get.

So, after wandering the shops and putting her (somewhat grubby) hands all over all kinds of stuff, she's taking a break with a fancy drink and sitting on a bench, swinging her feet as she 'watches' people go by with a vague expression of frustration on her face.

no such thing! sorry I'M slow!

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

She couldn't say why she felt it, really, but all the sudden Luna had the strange sensation that she was being watched.

So she stopped and began looking around. Ignoring the people staring back at her, figuring that naturally anyone who left their mouths wide open couldn't be smart enough to sneakily watch someone (and, also, leaving themselves at terrible risk to invasion by Mouthmouths).

But she spotted Toph and began to walk over, sounding friendly enough, or at least unfazed by that scowl. "Hello. You must not be observing anything interesting, with a scowl like that."

you are sooo not slow

[tinybutdeadly]

When she 'saw' someone approaching, the blind girl raised her head, focusing her frown in that direction, hoping it wasn't going to be yet another local full of holiday spirit telling her to cheer up or that her face would freeze that way. But she recognized the voice from the network, and spent a moment trying to figure out who it was before replying.

"Having trouble deciding what to get someone special, is all."

<3 thank you!

[i-seethestrals.livejournal.com]

If Toph didn't object, Luna would sit beside her. It would be a bit rude to just stand there looming over her. (If that. Luna was not what you call tall, after all.)

"That's always difficult. I've never had much success with it, to tell you the truth. I think people find my gifts odd." Though it was a bit late to go back on the greeting cards, now. "How special is this someone?"

[tinybutdeadly]

Toph was even less tall than Luna, and she scooted over to let the other girl sit.

"She's my best friend, and has been since I got here. If it wasn't for her, I don't know what I would've done in this place."

Feet were swung, since they only touched the floor if she tried.

"Why would people think your gifts are odd?"