element_wizard | Shopping, with Tiwa

The door leads out into a shaded courtyard paved with pale red stones. Two sides of the courtyard is created by the house, the third a stable and the fourth the gate into the outside city. A tall tree with wide, flat, pale yellow leaves is in the center, its roots woven into nooks to sit in. Laruna sits on one of the roots, her fingers criss-crossing a cats-cradle game while next to her stood a man about hers and Alec's age. He has short curly auburn hair on a round face with hazel eyes. He could be nice looking except for the rather unpleasant smirk on his face. He's nuts eating from a small bag, from which Laruna occasionally snags some from.

The air is crisp with the tang of just started spring. Tall mountains cusp the surrounding view with white finger tips. Two moons hang like wisps of clouds in the sky, barely visible. The house is a two story cream colored building with a rooftop that came to a sharp point to prevent snow for clinging on to it. Glass panes protected the windows and are nudged open just a bit to let the fresh air in.

It is a rather pleasant day, all in all.

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"Who do you think she's getting that dress for?" Laruna said, teasingly.

"Stop being helpful."

A piece of bread is flicked at Laruna.

Laruna bats it away and it lands in Alec's wine. He takes it out and drops it on Jono's food. Jono eats it without complaint.

"You should get him a souvenir," Jono then says.

"Not sure what to get him, his world's magical after all and wouldn't want to get the wrong thing."

"Get him something non-magical then," Suggested Laruna.

"Well, what would you get a boy you liked?"

"Sword?" Alec suggested.

"Not everyone likes weapons. And swords are expensive," Laruna said. "A book maybe or something small that has to do with what he likes."

"Or jewelery," Jono adds with a smirk.

"He likes Quidditch, but I'm not sure what he'd do with a broom necklace except look at me weird."

Jono and Laruna get puzzled looks on their faces clearly not familiar with the game. Alec however is.

"It's a game in James' world that magic users there play. You could get him a good luck charm." Alec then says.

"Maybe, I don't know. Its James, he's so confusing."

Slapping her hand against the table hard enough to rattled the dishes, Laruna smiled. "I know! Food! Food always works."

"Ooh yes, he loves these things called cauldron cakes, I wonder if there's anything like that here."

"Maybe, I dunno," Alec said.

"We could figure something out. So dessert?"

"Yes, dessert!" Alec starts to point at things. "There isn't anything with chocolate I'm afraid. We don't have it here. But there's other good stuff. These are like baklava, very good."

"A favorite of Alec's," Jono put in. "These are berry tarts with cream, that's a fruit cake with a sugar glaze, and that's a fruit and ice cup with syrup made from wine."

"Well, there are four of us so we could get one of each."

"It's not like we're paying for it,"Jono said cheerfully.

"Its a good idea, isn't it, Laruna because then we each get to try all of them?"

How can Laruna ignore that sweet look?

"I think that's a wonderful idea," Laruna agrees. "And we should get some for ... James was it?"

Tiwa blushes,

"Um, maybe, not sure how well they'd travel. If there's a candy shop or bakery to look in that might work better. Or could just not since I don't want to give him the wrong thing."

Jono, after flagging someone down to get dessert, turns to Tiwa and says, "We could get him some of that honey candy that Alec's addicted to."

"Oh what's that like and is it fun to eat?"

Alec sticks his hand into his pocket and pulls out a piece of wax paper. Opening it up there are tootsie roll shaped candies, sticky and looking like crystallized honey.

"Told you he was addicted to them."

Tiwa snags one and starts eating,

"Mm, if we could find a bag or box that's red and gold with a lion on it."

"Box or bag red and gold's easy enough, it'd be the lion though that's not," Alec says. "No lions."

To Jono and Laruna he explains quickly, "Type of large feline on her world."