[hr][hr][center] [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/705278587632222261/1154848200524578888/To_the_mall_banner.png[/img] [hr] [color=b71d5d]Location:[/color] The Mall [color=b71d5d]Skills:[/color] N/A [/center] [hr][hr] Andy needed to go to the mall. She didn't know if Build-A-Bear was still a thing, but it would be the perfect place to get some outfits for Selene. The sizes would be perfect. She also was trying to build her friendships up. So far she had started to have a friendship with Mads. Something about draining the life energy from someone and their response was stabbing you made for the start of a good friendship. First, she'd see if Zari wanted to go too, and then go ask Mads. Andy knocked on Zari's door. [color=b71d5d]"Hey, want to go to the Mall? I'm thinking of asking Mads too."[/color] Andy explained once Zari answered. Zari was basically incredibly bored not doing much when Andy knocked at the door, she had been mainly sitting there arguing with Mr. Eyeball over what to do or if she should go off and find some weird adventure or something. So she was kind of glad when Andy came asking about going somewhere or something. [color=05794C]"Ooooooooh sounds like fun! I've never really wandered around one before anyway, so sure lets go! Aaaaaaaand we can bug her along the way and drag her along too,"[/color] she said gleefully to Andy as she stepped into the hallway with the robot eye following along after her as usual. [color=b71d5d]"Cool."[/color] Andy smiles, giving room for Zari. She leads the way to Mads' dorm. Once there she knocks on the door waiting for Mads to or her roommate to answer the door. She realizes she doesn't even know who Mads' roommate is. Thankfully it was Mads who did open the door. [color=b71d5d]"Hey, I wanted to go to the mall. Since we're new to the area I thought you might know where it is, and give us a tour or something."[/color] She did have a specific store in mind and just hoped it would be there. She couldn't imagine how weird it would be to ask about a store that had gone out of business years ago. Madalyne was sitting on her bed quietly reading a book she had borrowed from the library not to long ago, April was out and about probably with Danni and Dorian or something like that. When she heard a knock on the door Madalyne closed the book that she had and set it down on her bedside table. Getting up from her bed and made her way towards the door wondering who it was at her door, and assumed that it might have been April who might have forgotten her dorm keys for a second. When she opened it Madalyne smiled seeing that it was Andy and Zari who were there and waved at them. [color=7FFFD4]"Sure I'd be down I wanted to get out anyway."[/color] She said as Madalyne reached for her purse and closed the door to her dorm behind her. [color=7FFFD4]"Let's get going."[/color] [color=05794C]"Let's goooooooooooo already!"[/color] Zari said happily sort of hopping around the hallway. The robotic eye next to her just seemingly shook its head or something by her, but she didn't seem to notice. [color=05794C]"I've never really been to one anyway so not even sure where the closest one is anyway, but let's go have a mini adventure!"[/color] Eventually, the small group made it to the mall. Andy went to find the directory since she knew what store she needed. Thankfully she was lucky Build-a-bear still existed. Now she had to hope it had the right sort of outfits. [color=b71d5d]"Any particular stores you want to go to?"[/color] Her question was primarily directed to Madalyne, but it did include Zari if she had any desires. [color=b71d5d]"I want to swing by the build-a-bear for some doll outfits."[/color] If Mads had noticed the doll she'd probably be able to guess why. [color=b71d5d]"Other than that, getting some non-cafeteria food sounds great."[/color] [color=7FFFD4]"Build-a-Bear sounds like a great idea, i'm fine with going there first."[/color] She said as she looked at the directory and thought for a little bit on where else to go. [color=7FFFD4]"I need some new clothes so maybe hit up one of the clothing stores here would be nice if you guys want to go anyway. The food court here is great to you guys will like them."[/color] She wasn't entirely sure where she'd want to go running around the mall too. However the shop that Andy mentioned definitely sounded interesting to her. Not so much the finding doll clothes thing, but the shop as a whole. [color=05794C]"Build... A... Bear? Um, what exactly is that? Sounds interesting to say the least. But what exactly is it?"[/color] Zari asked, clearly a bit confused to the whole situation. [color=b71d5d]"Oh new clothes sounds good. I'm gonna stick to my style but I need something that fits in a bit more."[/color] She shook her head. Madayln had been there and heard some of the comments. [color=b71d5d]"Uh, it is not what it sounds like."[/color] Andy shakes her head. [color=b71d5d]"You make stuffed animals there. They have more than bears though. But they also have a wide selection of doll clothing so that's why I want to go there. You might like it still."[/color] Andy mentally marked where the store was from the directory and started heading in that direction. [color=7FFFD4]"Build-A-Bear is really fun, and like what Andy said you pick from any of the stuffed animals there, and fill them up with stuffing yourself and then you can name them to if you wanted."[/color] She said as she followed behind Andy and Zari. [color=7FFFD4]"And i'm pretty sure one of these stores will have a good selection of clothes to choose from when we are done and you might find something you might like there to."[/color] [color=05794C]"That sounds cooooooooooool let's go!"[/color] she said happily before she started almost skipping along with the pair not having a care in the world. Making a teddy bear or something sounded like so much fun to her, she was super excited to see what sort of things that they had there now. Andy loved when Zari did things like that. It was part of why she had fallen for her. She didn't let the weight of everything that had happened bury her spirit. She was just herself. It was something she wished she could do. Once at the store Andy showed Zari what dolls she could pick from to make her bear. [color=b71d5d]"Bear is a bit of a misnomer since you can make tons of stuff. I remember there were Pokemon ones."[/color] There were the classics of course, and dolls that made sense for 2038. Andy wasn't going to pick one, she just wanted the outfits, but she'd love to watch Zari make one. She smiled as she followed the two of them over towards the store, when they got to the store Madalyne started to look around at the various choices that they had. [color=7FFFD4]"What are you guys going to pick out for your stuffed animal?"[/color] Madalyne asked the two of them as she found a cat one that she thought was adorable and grabbed it. Zari didn't say anything else really as she seemingly glanced around the store to see what all was in the place. It definitely wasn't a store that she had visited before, so now she really wanted to get something. She looked at the different stuffed animals she could make, and decided rather quickly to create a normal teddy bear as opposed to just about everything else, [color=05794C]"Ok, so now that I picked one what do we do now?"[/color] Andy hadn't planned on getting a new stuffed animal but she couldn't pass it up if both Mads and Zari were getting one. She grabbed the bat. [color=b71d5d]"Now we can pick a sound for it, or go straight to stuffing. I don't want a sound, but feel free to grab one."[/color] Andy led the two of them over to the section where you could get sounds to put in your stuffed 'bear'. She hoped the staff would be extra with them when they got to stuffing. That was always fun and she knew Zari would love it. She thought for a moment if she wanted some kind of sound effect with her stuffed animal as she looked at the cat that she was holding. [color=7FFFD4]"I was gonna go for some cat sounds for mine."[/color] She said as she went over and grabbed the one that she needed and started to head over towards the stuffing station. She was actually having some fun, as she turned to look over at Zari. [color=7FFFD4]"So how are things going with your team?"[/color] Madalyne asked Zari. [color=05794C]"I mean it's going okay? I personally find one person on the team annoying. But also the very first thing that happened was we got thrown into the Framework thing and people discovered that I can cause a lot of issues in a virtual world,"[/color] she said with a shrug, before she started looking at the different sounds and voice boxes that she could put in her teddy bear. Thinking for a moment and after hearing all of the various sounds, she did eventually pick one out to put into her bear. Andy snorted. [color=b71d5d]"How was the Framework?"[/color] She could perfectly imagine Zari being a god in there...not to forget that technically she was one out of the Framework too. Andy led the little group to the stuffing station. [color=b71d5d]"Hi,"[/color] she smiled. The stuffing technician seemed a little distracted but started going through the steps. She had each of them get a little heart and make a wish on it. Then had them do jumping jacks and a little dance, before stuffing their animals. Madalyne listened to Zari as she talked about the framework training that the team was doing which was cool. Madalyne had been in the framework a few times for some classes that required them to use it. She started imagining Zari in there she was pretty sure Zari was having a lot of fun in there messing with things. [color=7FFFD4]"Seems like a cool way to train."[/color] She said as her stuffed animal was quickly being filled with stuffing. [color=05794c]"I mean it was cool, kind of. I could have messed with things a lot more if I wanted to, but was concerned I'd destabilize the program, so I only did minor glitches in the code. Like teleporting around. Could have shut down the entire program if I had tried if need be or something,"[/color] she said with a bit of a shrug. Though now she did find the thing kind of interesting as her teddy bear got stuffed up and all. [color=b71d5d]"We've been doing a ton of sword work, which don't get me wrong I enjoy. I'm just confused by the archaic study of how to be a knight."[/color] Andy shakes her head. She gets her bat stuffed super tight as she prefers the hard stuffed animals. She gave it a hug at the direction of the stuffer, and approved. The stuffer then tightened the stitches. Once the other two had theirs finished the next station was the real reason Andy had wanted to come here - the clothing. There were a ton of options. Thankfully with Halloween approaching too, there were some good 'spooky' things to pick from. [color=7FFFD4]"I don't mind the sword stuff actually my mom did teach me a little bit while growing up as well to."[/color] Madalyne said as she went over towards the clothing station and started to look at them all. Since Halloween was coming up pretty soon she decided to go with a witch outfit for her cat, witches and cats always did go together to anyway. [color=7FFFD4]"So are you two going to the Halloween dance together thats coming up?"[/color] She asked the two of them. [color=05794C]"Nothing wrong with swords. Our teacher pretty sure is psychotic and just wants things to blow up or something. Which you know, if fun, I like chaos, but not exactly all the time,"[/color] she said as she started looking at all of the outfits and everything for the stuffed animals, she was kind of hugging hers close to her at the moment. Upon hearing Madalyne asking about the dance, she just sort of shrugged, [color=05794C]"I mean I dunno? What are dances or whatever like that like anyway? Not to mention I might pay more attention to my birthday that comes first a few days before Halloween. But the dance sounds like it will be fun to go to."[/color] The last party Andy had gone to had not ended well. She snorted to herself, [i]best to keep Mom in the room for this one[/i]. [color=b71d5d]"What do you want to do for your birthday?"[/color] Andy didn't think much of birthdays, and her last one she had fully skipped over since she had been frozen at the time. But if Zari wanted to do something special she'd do her best to make it happen. [color=b71d5d]"I'd be alright going to the dance if you want to. If we do though we should get dresses while here."[/color] They were going to go clothing shopping anyway. She could get some new make-up at the same time. While chatting Andy picked out an outfit for her bat and a few others that Selene might like. [color=b71d5d]"The next step is paying for everything. We get to name them and get an adoption certificate when we do."[/color] She explained pointing to the cashier's area. [color=7FFFD4]"Did you want a party or anything for your birthday?"[/color] Madalyne asked Zari, she wasn't sure if Zari liked birthday parties or just wanted something small to. The dance she was actually looking forward to as she looked at Andy mentioning about getting a dress or something like that. [color=7FFFD4]"It's more like a costume dance than anything there is a party store we could buy some there if you want. Or we can do it sometime later."[/color] Madalyne said as she went over and paid for her new stuffed animal and gently took her adoption certificate from the cashier and gave her new friend a hug. [color=05794C]"I mean I don't know what I want to do for my birthday. I usually spent it most of the time with my parents or something not doing a whole lot. Well, one year for my birthday I wanted my own robot, so my mom helped me to build Mr. Eyeball as a present. That's one of the many reasons why I don't want people messing with him. That and he's also the only real friend I had for a while. Helps when your powers naturally let you repair any piece of tech you want though,"[/color] she said with a shrug. Currently she was working on coming up with a name for her newfound teddy bear as she paid for it. [color=05794C]"Not sure what to do for a costume, I mean also never really celebrated Halloween so not entirely sure what to do or anything for it."[/color] [color=b71d5d]"We'll figure out something fun to do, even if it is just to watch a movie or go out to eat. Maybe both, we could go to the movies as a group and then have dinner. You can invite whoever you want."[/color] Andy said. She wanted to make the day special for Zari, but wouldn't want to overwhelm her. [color=b71d5d]"As for costumes I'll be honest I'm not sure either. I haven't done one since I was like five."[/color] She frowned. [color=b71d5d]"We can go to the party store and see what options there are and pick from there."[/color] Andy named her bat Stellaluna. She remembered the book from when she was little. Friendship despite differences was one of the main themes of the story and she had always loved that but hadn't seen it in the world at the time. She did now. She paid for her doll and the clothing she had gotten. Madalyne listened to the two of them talk she always did like birthday parties growing up, she loved the cake and presents as well to. [color=7FFFD4]"So now where do you guys want to go, did you want to go and do some more shopping or hit the food court?"[/color] Madalyne asked, she didn't mind either way she was still having some fun and hanging out with Zari and Andy. Zari thought about what she wanted to do. She never thought she'd actually enjoy shopping this much, which definitely was a bit odd to say the least for her. Currently she had settled on the very simple name of "Beary" for her new stuffed animal friend, and now was wondering what to do. [color=05794C]"I say let's go to the food court I'm hungry!"[/color] she said happily, figuring they could then go find other stores that would be fun afterwards.