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[color=f49ac2]Sakura Level 8: 6/80[/color] 
[color=fff200]Karin Level 2: 14/20[/color] 
Location: Deep Blue Seaside
Word Count: 871
Points Gained: 2 (+8)
New EXP Balance--- [color=f49ac2]Sakura Level 8: 15/80[/color] Pending
[indent][color=fff200]Karin Level 3: 3/30[/color][/indent] DOUBLE PENDING (Writer=lazy)[/center]

	Sakura walked happily along, but as the giant bazaar came into view it became more of a skip. Karin strode confidently, assured in the knowledge that her summer estate would be taken care of while she was away dealing with this…Galeem issue. Karin stared at the back of Sakura’s head, wondering what exactly she saw out there. Karin wasn’t exactly protective of Sakura, but know that she had gone through trials and tribulations without Karin at her side made Karin feel…uneasy. Sakura hadn’t seemed to have changed much on the surface. It wouldn’t be the first time Sakura had flung herself into a preposterously dangerous situation just because she had the capacity to help. One time she ended up working with Interpol. Karin had guessed that she mostly worms her way into these catastrophes by following that favorite world warrior of hers, Ryu. She tags along regardless of what her elders think and since Ryu is always going around saving the world, usually she ends up right behind him. She needs one of those peasant jobs to keep her occupied. 

	[color=f49ac2]”Karin, look! It’s huge!”[/color] Sakura turned around and pointed it out to Karin, as if she somehow missed it.

[color=fff200]”Quite.”[/color] Karin said, not particularly impressed by large pieces of property. 

[color=f49ac2]”Are you thinking of buying anything?”[/color] Sakura asked. [color=f49ac2]”I’m getting a bicycle. It’ll be practical and fun at the same time! You should get a bicycle, too!”[/color]

[color=fff200]”Perhaps we should purchase a tandem bicycle. Scoot around together, proclaiming our friendship.”[/color] Karin said dryly.

Sakura grimaced, unsure. [color=f49ac2]”Oh, uh, hmm…”[/color] She shrugged. [color=f49ac2]”It’s kind of hard to do tricks on a tandem bicycle. Sorry. I really want a one seated one. And I know you were being sarcastic or whatever but also, I really want to do tricks. Plus we might end up getting attacked and- no, no, it wouldn’t work. A tandem bicycle is a terrible idea.”[/color]

Karin blinked, eyebrows low. [color=fff200]”Well. Touché. I suppose.”[/color] 

 As they wandered from stall to stall, Sakura peered around, clearly looking for a place that would contain her favorite mode of transportation. Karin brushed a coiled strand of ringlets back over her shoulder and cleared her throat. [color=fff200]”So… you’ve been attacked? By what? Assassins?”[/color] 


Sakura made a dismissive ‘as if’ noise. [color=f49ac2]”Man, I wish.”[/color] She started counting her fingers.  [color=f49ac2]”Recently we fought a giant scary man baby that was flinging around what looked like its own frickin’ placenta. But before that there were zombie fishmen. And I think I told you about the giant scary boat that I’m gonna have nightmares about. And before that there was a few giant sea monsters, and then the Abyssals, but you already know about that.”[/color]  Sakura shrugged. [color=f49ac2]”It’s been crazy. Craziest couple days of my life. Even crazier than my first couple of adventures!”[/color]


Karin was honestly still reeling from the most recent enemy. [color=fff200]”...My word.”[/color] 

 [color=fff200]”Are you… alright? Mentally?”[/color] Karin asked quietly.

[color=f49ac2]”Umm…I think so.”[/color] Sakura answered back honestly. [color=f49ac2]”The others had my back. Like Mister Geralt. I almost lost it a couple times, but, I mean, geez, who wouldn’t? In the end, justice prevailed! Like it always does.”[/color]

[color=f49ac2]”Look, can we talk about this later? I really wanna buy a bicycle. With all this crazy stuff it might even be a magic bicycle.”[/color] Sakura jogged ahead a little bit. 

[color=f49ac2]”I recognize these guys!”[/color] She pointed at the Merchants. [color=f49ac2]”I met one and his robot friend a few days ago! They’re so cute. Speaking of cute!”[/color]

She passed by Rika and Kamek. [color=f49ac2]”I like your dress, Rika-chan!”[/color] She called out. She was glad Rika was picking out her own clothes! That’s a privilege Sakura has taken for granted.


[color=f49ac2]”The hobby shop! They’ll have a bike there.”[/color] Sakura ran on over. Karin waved her off and began wandering about on her own. Nothing particularly interested her that much. She had everything she could want. If they were going to need supplies later, she would buy them at an outpost that was closer to their destination. She didn’t imagine they were just going to blast off into the wilderness with no civilization around. If they were, then she’d come back and buy something for it after all. 

Meanwhile, Sakura did a dry spit take. [color=f49ac2]”Seventeen hundred and 50 coins!?”[/color] She whined. She held open the top of her coin purse. [color=f49ac2]”But I’ve only got 2100!”[/color] But the Nopon was resolute, and as evidence by what she just said aloud, she was probably lucky the price didn’t get raised. Being no master merchant or bargainer by any means, she took what she could get. She ended up buying a mountain bike called ‘The Scorcher.’ She had managed to get one in hot pink. As soon as she got her gloved hands on the handle bars, she felt proud of her purchase.

Immediately she went to show it off to the others, tracking down Geralt, Bowser, and Ace Cadet, Peach, just about anyone. One at a time if she had too. She navigated the busy bazaar quite easily, moving slowly, her legs cycling the pedals with a well practiced motion. 

[color=f49ac2]”Heeey. Look what I got, everyone! Pretty cool, right? This baby can go off road!”[/color] She said, circling as she spoke.