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Who: Wander and you
What: Wander trying to make extra buying money for his present
When: Month 10, days 2-8
Where: Various locations in town
Notes & Warnings: Will match for action or prose

If he was going to get a decent gift for the Secret Santa event, he would need more money than what he could get just from his new job. This week, he went around town looking for odd jobs and errands he could do and make a bit of cash here and there.

A - On the major roads.
He had been going door to door of all of the stores, offering to make some deliveries, organize the stacks, anything the owners needed assistance with. The majority refused to let an outsider help with their business, but a few recognized him as that nice fellow that greeted them all the time. In some small stores, Wander is out in the front, cleaning up displays and organizing the shelves, or outside, taking some garbage out.

B - Outside the resort building.
It was time to put his craft skills into good use: if there was anything cheap people would buy, it would be felt star-shaped accessories. He laid out brooches, pins, and stuffed stars on a blanket in front of him and walked around it, calling to those passing by to take one for only a few credits.

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The kitten's birth went about as painlessly as any animal birth could. Niko remembered them from the farm, and was at least gratified that there were some ways these animals were much the same.

It stayed with Boone for the time being, which meant that Niko had both Rex and Pas with him as he came across Wander (he didn't want the bigger animals to be too rough with the smaller ones). And speaking of which, he almost didn't notice Wander as he strode down the sidewalk with those two animals with him. It wasn't until the four eyed hound got in his way to jam his nose at Wander that he finally saw him.

"Hey! Little guy. Is good to see you, man!" He said despite the fact there was a massive Quadratus carnivore slobbering all over him.

The hound pushed Wander in the back, lightly enough so that Wander didn't even stumble at the unexpected contact. "Well, look who's happy!" He moved the package he was delivering underneath one arm and used his free one to pet the alien dog. "Where's your master? Where's Niko?" He cooed while petting the dog until he heard the man walk up.

"Afternoon, Niko!" Wander took a break from playing to give him a quick hug. "What're you up to today? Takin' your pet out for a walk?" There was something else the man was holding onto carefully, which wasn't easily seen from the ground.

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"Hey, I ah, just wanted you to know that the kitten- it's growing pretty good. It's healthy and I think it's gonna get pretty big quick. It should be with you by the middle of the month."

He sounds pretty proud of this. Good news, his fluffy creeper prevention cat made a new cat. All the better to keep the big green monsters away.

"And luckily, because it is raised with people, there is less of this whole 'having to tame it with fish' shit." Though admittedly he'd tamed his by accident. Rex, meanwhile, joined Pas in snuffling all over Wander's furriness just because it was a little atypical for humanish noises to come out of something so fuzzy.

Did Niko actually say that? He's going to have a kitten in less than a month?

Wander clapped his hands together in excitement, now ignoring the curious dog. "Really? What's it's name? How's it look? Is it adorable?" His voice squeaked at the last word.

"Oh, but I'll have to deliver this first. But after that, can I see it?" He was sure the kitten was big enough to see others by now.

Oh that was a lot of excitement. It didn't occur to Niko that someone might have never had a pet before, but it was the novelty of having grown up on a farm that skewed his line of thinking.

"I'm sure. Since is with Boone, maybe we ask him if we can come see it. The ah... father... wetnurse thing... He is not so nice. But my own is pretty friendly."

Which meant that there was a 50/50 chance of Wander getting batted at if he reached for it.

It was the minimum amount of excitement for something finally owning a pet that didn't want to hurt them!

"I promise Ill treat it nice! I'm gonna be its new owner, after all, am I right?" He rested a hand on his hip and twirled a finger as he spoke.

"Yes, well, nothing personal after all. You know how protective m- ... parents can be. But I'm happy to let you see it personally. Here, let me put in a call to Boone."

He pulled out his comm to make it. "Just so when we're done talking, he'll know you want to stop by."

Wander let out a small squeal of excitement and went back to petting the dog.

"Thanks so much, Niko! This is the greatest thing to happen all week!"

Never mind his chat with a restaurant owner or playing songs for the public. The day he would be getting his pet was nearing.

"You seem pretty excited there, big man. I'm happy for you." Rex shoved his head in for attention too, despite being a dog with a big dome on his head to protect that special replaceable brain of his (no, Niko didn't understand this).

"So where are you going? Maybe I can give you some company until we get there."

Rex was such an interesting and fun dog.

"Well, I was jus' headin' down the street to deliver this here package." He held up the small box he was carrying earlier. "But you can sure as rain come with me!"

He spun on a heel to face the opposite end of the street.

"The dogs seem to like you. Maybe it's because you're not a big bald thing like us." But Niko had enough five oclock shadow to make people forget that particular assessment.

He strolled along after, not meaning to be rude but he didn't really do much to keep the dogs from sniffing at him. It was only when Pas made an attempt to steal his had that he scolded him with, "Ne!"

He does have to agree: furry things are easier to cuddle. But then that would exclude birds and baby dragons, which are also adorable. It's probably a dog thing.

"So that shopkeeper of that drugstore? He had some medicine he needed deliverin' to this other fella that works down this street. But they're so busy, I had to help 'em out!" He quickened his pace so as not to slow down the others. "Once that's done, I'll be lookin' at the other streets for work."

"Do you mean the magic man?"

Which, Niko means Braska. Sadly he hadn't noticed Braska's absence, because despite this cynical bastard's like of kind people Niko had left the strangely quiet man to his own devices.

"No? We have a magic man here?" The image of a stage magician came to mind. "But thanks for tellin' me, I need to know where he is!" He stopped in front of a deli.

"It's more of a pharmacy than anythin', really. Lotsa those pills an' such."

"We had one- ah, you knew him. His name was Braska. He could make weather happen. But I have not seen him in a while. I'm a little worried."

He stopped too, perpetual hunger kicking in.

He wondered, briefly, if someone was having Wander deliver something he shouldn't without him knowing. But then he decided that it didn't matter to him really. People sometimes needed stuff, even if that stuff couldn't be gained through legal means. If Wander was doing a delivery, that was cool. Niko had done plenty of special deliveries in his time.

"Oh, right." He guesses that Braska's healing abilities could count as a kind of magic, but Wander wouldn't consider that his main trait."

"Yeah, he left a while ago after the skeletons attacked. He had other things to do back home, he said, but he did teach me a bit of his magic!"

He pushed the door open and entered the store. It didn't make any difference as to what was being delivered, but that it was actually delivered.

Well. It's not like Elle has a whole lot of spending money, herself, considering she just got here... But, man, those stars are really cute... She stops mid-stride to stare down at one of the stuffed ones. A cuddly star... How cute...

"Heya, Wander," she says cheerfully, complete with a little wave. "Did you make all this?"

Wander re-organizes a row of the stars and looks up to see one of the new arrivals he spoke to before.

"Oh, hi Elle!" He gives her an energetic wave. "I sure did! Do ya like 'em?" He spent hours this week sewing them together and making emergency trips to the craft store, and just getting compliments on his work makes him feel like it was all worth it.

"Would ya like to buy one? Not only are they cute, but they're also real good at cheerin' you up!" He picks one up to give to her. "Here," he says, smiling at her with the biggest eyes he can manage.

Oh, no. She's doomed. She can feel it already. Look at those big eyes...

Slowly, Elle reaches down to take the star from him. "It really is cute..." She gives it an experimental squish between her hands, then brings it up to squeeze it against her chest. She really does like it. She was interested even before Wander gave her the big eye treatment. So she doesn't have to try to talk herself out of it.

"How much are you asking for 'em?" Elle is the easiest sell ever.

Fortunately for Wander, Elle was a softy. Folks usually ignored him when we was trying to look adorable, but then again, he typically pulled the "look I'm adorable" card on Sylvia when convincing her to do something. It almost always worked then.

But Elle getting excited over the little stars was enough to convince him to lower the price, just for her.

"Well, right now they're all one hundred emeralds, but if you really want this, I can give it away for jus' fifty." He takes one of the stars near him. "I can hold onto one if ya'd like!"

Elle wants a star and by golly, he'll make sure she gets one!

Oh, no. Oh, no no, he's being so nice about this, too...

A look of apprehension comes over her face. "I'd hate not to pay you the full price..." But. She doesn't have a whole lot of money just yet, because she hasn't been here for all that long. She purses her lips as she thinks. "Would it be okay if I give you the rest later? Or, pay the other half in a favor of some kind?"

Because. She does really want it. And he's so excited that she's interested, she can't turn around and change her mind now.

Behold a new comer, he is tall and tanned and wearing jeans and a t-shirt. Not the most intimidating look. He had walked outside, popping his shoulder as he did anjust stopped walking as he saw Wanders blanket. and kneeled down looking at the items. Such cute little things, Danny would have loved this.

Wander sat cross-legged by the blanket, and looked up at the new customer with a smile.

"Can I help you, sir?" The man obviously was interested in buying something. "They're only a couple of credits each!"

"Oh yes, but I am not sure which one yet." He spoke as he gave a light smile, his accent was heavy. "Which one would you recommend for a young boy?" He of course did not have his son anymore, his poor child was dead, but he did like to buy things Danny would like to keep a part of his son with him.

"Well, I'd recommend all of 'em!" Wander's Appalachian-Southern accent was just as unavoidable as Ashe's. "Maybe for a lil kid, one of these will do." He handed over one of the stuffed felt stars. "I bet he'll love this toy!"

"Danny was seven." He spoke, as in to say, small but not small enough that choking was an issue. The bigger issue is in his wording, was instead of is. Ashe smiled all the same, taking the star from the strange little creature. "And how many credits was it again?"

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Before Christmas would you want to do a log of Kay and Wander watching muppets?

Yes. Definitely.

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I completely lost this tag, I'm so sorry.

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