[color=fff200]"No, yeah I understand. Not me, it's you, no really, it's fine. We're good. Friends? Oh, yeah, sure, sure... Huh? Oh yeah, haha... Happy Valentine's Day to you too Ashley. See ya around."[/color] Kyle sighed as he ended the call, slipping his phone back into his pocket. 

[color=fff200][i]Well, it was a good two months. Perk up buddy, you're gonna be alright.[/i][/color] New Orleans had been a bust so far for him. He hadn't really been getting along well with the people at his school, which was unusual for him. He was the popular kid at his old school, being a football star and a whiz kid. He mixed well with everyone. Here, no one seemed to have any personality. He would try to strike up conversations with others, but they always seemed disinterested. Like they viewed him as an alien or something. Finding a girl to talk to was a problem as well.

He had resorted to Tinder for his dating life, and most of the time the girls were just there for hook ups. Kyle didn't mind it, but being socially isolated made him long for a conversation rather than a pretty face. His best bet so far was Ashley, but it fell through with her. He thought maybe things would turn around, he had even planned a surprise Valentine's day dinner for her. 

[color=fff200]"Ah well, I'll just have leftovers for tomorrow."[/color] Kyle said, swinging the bag of groceries he bought. [color=fff200]"Maybe there's something around here to pick me up." Kyle's eyes wandered to the buildings around him.[/color] Apparently he had gotten to the weird side of New Orleans, as the shops gave off a Voodoo-y vibe. He had heard of the stories, how this was the biggest place for all these magic creepy crawlies to live and thrive, but he was a skeptic. If there were such creatures and magic, he figured he would have already been attacked on one of his nightly bike rides back from work. One store in particular caught Kyle's gaze. He couldn't make out the name of the store, but he thought he read "magic accessories sold here" on one of the signs.
 
[color=fff200]"I could use a good luck charm, it won't hurt to poke around."[/color] Kyle strolled on over to the store and opened the door, and a bell chimed. Kyle was immediately hit be a large influx of exotic smells, some he had never smelled before. Instinctively he covered his nose, to shield it from anything else that crept up his nose. He looked over to the counter to see a red headed girl, reading a book and her eyes pointed towards him. He lowered his arm, realizing that his actions could have been taken as rude.

([@ribcageroses] [color=39b54a]Ingrid[/color])

[color=fff200]"Hello,"[/color] Kyle said, voice cracking. [color=fff200][i]Shit. Why are you so scared?[/i][/color] The girl looked normal enough to Kyle, but the strange look of the inside of the store put him on edge. Maybe he made a mistake in walking into this store. He looked around at the shelves, hoping to try and make the girl forget about his initial display of fear. He made a gesture in a general direction of the products. [color=fff200]"These... things... look cool."[/color]