A trip to the Plaza (open) (1,017 views)

[Raichi]

Bouncing up and down in excitement in front of the record shop at 8 in the morning, first of a long row of neopets Saiboul was anxiously waiting for the shop to open. Today wasn't an ordinary day, Neopia's biggest star Fiwawou's new album was officially released, and Saiboul as many others wanted to buy it as soon as possible. He had been there since early morning, and finally the shopkeeper opened up the door.

Within a minute he was in and out the store, and ran all around the plaza in sheer joy of being the first to buy it. When he got tired from all the excitement he sat down and just stared at the cd, the cover that showed his idol, the inside that showed the disc and the backside that showed the tracks. He had little to no idea of what was going on around him, and was quiet as a mouse, nearly in trance with fascination of his new treasure.

[knox]

Ryan figured she would go out for lunch in the plaza as she was too lazy to make her own food back at home. It was a nice day yes but she wanted to get some shopping in to add to her lack of clothing since moving, and school only allowed her so much time before she was forced to buckled down and study or head straight to work. Ah work that place was bad enough her lack of more feminine clothing was indeed lacking severely today was the day to remedy that after she ate.

Approaching the lock burger joint she ordered a meal only a grrarl or skeith could ever fathom eating. “Yes I’ll have two number 4 combos with a side of onion rings, and yes two mega sodas thank you!” The look on the woman working the till didn’t seem the least bit surprised as if it was normal to her. Enjoying her meal Ryan has noticed an ridiculously huge line up in front of the CD shop leading from the front doors to what could only be assumed the other wing of the mall, her eyes almost bugged out of her head as she watched other neopians go in the shop and return moments later with some famous singer’s new CD.

It was no big deal to her as she wasn’t entirely interested in music anyhow she had a goal, with that she guzzled down her last few gulps of her drink, stood up and placed them into the garbage, returning the tray atop the bin. As she started her journey into the direction of a clothing store preferably the most girly one of them all she caught a very misty eyed spotted Aisha clutching in his hands the Cd that was the cause for such a huge line up to occur. Shaking her head she walked in front of him studying his features trying to understand what was so amazing that on had to stand for what seemed like the dawn of time to purchase from a certain artist. She enjoyed as much as the next person but she could wait, usually just listening to all the rock and roll her co-workers played.

[Raichi]

It was hard to continue admiring his brand new cd when a shadow fell over the adolescent boy. When he looked up from his seat he noticed the girl that was causing it and literally jumped up to show off his new cd. "Look!" he nearly shoved the cd in her face and frantically pointed at it "Fiwa's new cd! I was the first to buy it!" but not long could he keep the cd at such great distance from himself and was quick to hug it into his chest. he was radiating happiness all right, probably more than any other person in all of central. "Ah! I can't wait to listen to it, but my hands are so shaky right now I'm scared I'll drop it or damage it, so I'm staying here to cool down!" ending his long but hasty sentence with a squeal.

It wasn't until now he could take a good look at the girl and noticed she wasn't carrying a cd, nor was she in the line to get one. "Hey where's yours? Aren't you going to get Fiwa's new cd? He's so dreamy!" his gaze moved to the line, where fangirls were glaring at him jealously because he already had the cd and they still had to wait. His ears went down and he stuck out his tongue to them "Psh, a real fan makes sure he's one of the first." he said more to himself than to the girls as he was too far away for them to hear him. He then focussed his attention on Ryan again and pointed to himself "I'm Saiboul, Fiwa's Nr. 1 Fanboy!" his hand reached out to hers for a friendly handshake "Nice to meet you!"

[knox]

Ryan had to bend herself a little too far backwards to avoid the CDs almost face smashing arrival into her point of view. They cover was appealing of course for any fan girl and in this case fan boy, it was slightly distressing for this Aisha to be so hyper. To humour him she smiled at him as best she could muster “That’s nice! It always pays to be a loyal fan I hear.” She starched the back of her head not sure what to do as Saiboul turned to face the massive line of females and some males probably dragged there to keep their girlfriends company as they painstakingly waiting to enter the record stores walls and also tremble and shake with excitement over this Fiwa person.

Watching him attempt to calm himself he looked at her then to hands as if it were crime to not have purchased the famous stars new document of his lyrical prowess. “I’m not exactly into that kind of music to be honest. I like more gritty scream type of music” she tried to grin but the aisha went on proclaiming his almost creepy undying love for Fiwa. But she would probably be the same way if admittedly she got to meet the lead singer of her favourite band, she’d probably melt on the spot and if he touched her sadly she would make sure to never wash that spot of article of clothing.

He extended his hand to her, it was quite sudden despite her distaste for the massive line up she liked him “Ryan is my name, It’s nice to meet you Sai-bool? Mr. Fiwa’s No. 1 fan!” she slurred her pronunciation of his name a little unsure of herself returning his handshake shake. It was a pet peeve of hers to not be able to pronounce names right on the first try; of course he was speaking excitedly and did nearly deafened her.

[Raichi]

"Yup you said it right" he grinned, always happy to hear he's a number 1 fan from other people. After the handshake he looked at the cd again and kissed it, not realizing for a second his fanaticism could be off-putting to others. "Say,would you!" he wanted to propose listening to it together at his place, but remembered her saying she was into more rock/screamy types of music. "uuhh.." He tried to come up with something else to finish his sentence, but it was too hard to think straight when his mind was on full tour about his new purchase. "Ah I forgot what I was going to say haha sorry"

Regardless of his excitement he was never one to walk away from a conversation, even though he has a tendency to mix his star in every topic of discussion. So what do you usually do? Do you have a fun job?" he was a model himself, but had a rough time imagining the same thing for the grarrl girl in front of him as she didn't look very tidy.

[knox]

Ryan felt him looking her up and down, she wasn't exactly dressed to impress anyone, why would she need to? There weren't any attractive males in sight save for of course the aisha in front of her who clearly had other persuasion by the way he affectionately kissed his CD, to the males in the still ever present line-up.

Today she was clad in baggy shorts a loose and weathered t-shirt that was slightly dusty, with matching weather flats, her hair was the only ting that looked reasonable as she took most of her pride in that. She did want to go shopping as it was what she came to plaza for in the first place.

"No worries I forget things too, I usually go shopping for what I need, which in this case is for some actual clothes that would make me look like I'm not a bum." she said bluntly watching his expression. "Do I have a fun job?!" she laughed incredious to his question it almost caused her to clutch her knees and hold her stomach.

"I'm a carpenter/drill driver/ blacksmith/ and occasional baker! Those are the best jobs in the entire world, ofcourse generally speaking people say I'm a construction worker. How about you pretty boy what is your occupancy?"narrowing her black eyes she could only asuume he did some sort of job where he didn't have to break out a sweat.

[Raichi]

Hearing the girl's plan on getting herself a new wardrobe seemed almost as if the faeries sent her on a path to him so he could help her. Saiboul was not at all surprised that she was a construction worker, however admired that she had such a manly job. He on the other hand had a pretty girly job, always more female models than male, which all the more gave him a good insight on female fashion sense.

Time to strike a pose; he put one hand in his side and the other behind his head, moving his hip to the side a bit "A model of course" he winked, quickly taking on a normal position again. "I'm not famous or anything, just do a few jobs here and there" waving it off as if it's not big deal. To him it wasn't, he happened to be incredibly lucky and naive for not realizing it, but for others it would be quite the accomplishment as it's a tough branch to make a decent living of.

"Anyway, since you're hitting the clothing shops, how about I style you?" he almost couldn't believe he was saying this, especially now because of her distraction he was calm enough to place the disk in his cd player without breaking it.
Somehow he didn't want to miss this opportunity; styling a girl in fashion need!

[knox]

Striking a very posh pose the aisha gained at least twenty extra feminine points with his lack of hips parading every which way. She couldn’t help but smile at his retort ‘A model of course!’ she played his words in her mind mockingly they were complete polar opposites in the job world yet similar in the current predicament she had landed herself into with the interesting Saiboul.

“Not famous??” she cooded playfully as he waved off the idea of ‘not being famous' off effortlessly. She moved behind her new friend her arms slithering across his shoulders in a friendly fashion still remaining playfully to the touch and swept her hand n front of his face! “Just imagine your name in lights! Saiboul international superstar, your glorious poses on display why just imagine if Mister Fiwa ever took an interest in meeting you!" Sighing at the thought of how happy that would make him then, she wished she knew some way to help him. She would save that for when they went about shopping.

“Ooouu! That would make my life MUCH easier than if I went alone I always seem to pick out too boyish or too well bunny-ish type of clothing! I guess to help you out a bit I LOVE grunge type of fashion but I do have a slight weakness for bright colours.” She blush as she gave her next suggestion hit wasn’t like her to be coy but today was becoming a very off type of day for her “I hope to one day meet a nice man and impress him with my personality and not scare him off with my gruff clothing decisions.” She sighed without waiting for his say she walked off into the direction of the middle of the mall.

[Raichi]

Saiboul's eyes began to sparkle as Ryan made him imagine how it would be like to be famous, his chest filling with hopeful air at the thought of meeting his idol. How he wished for it, but to reach that kind of fame in the modelling business he would have to be more than just cute and charismatic.
The female grarrl explained how she was troubled with her own styling decisions and how she was afraid her personal taste in clothing would scare off men. The mere idea of men not taking a romantic interest because of the way she looked awakened a certain pity inside him. "We can't let that happen now can we?" he said determined, grabbed her by the hand and started walking to the clothing shops. He lured her into a shop that sold cool and glamorous clothing befitting to young adults taste and what they saw on tv. "The coolpet, one of my favourite shops!" he grinned and took a good look at her. "hmmmm.. first thing we have to do is find out your strengths, my personal strength is cuteness so I accentuate it by wearing simple but short clothing. That way I still look cute but don't look like a child." he found it hard to figure out what her strengths were, coolness maybe? Which was a difficult strength to style as often girls would look like tomboys or childish. "Hmmm I can't really put my finger on yours, what do you think is your personal strength?"

[knox]

Ryan nodded at his saddened tone, she was happy to have another person with her as she went about shopping yes it was much better to have two people shopping together than just a individual. He grabbed her arm leading her into an interestingly glamourous shop. Though in Ryans case what she saw were outfits that were perhaps a bit too fancy for her tastes she was a bit over whelmed. 'Is this really want people were nowadays, I feel so out of touch! her mind was a bit hazey but she was thankful Saiboul hopefully knew what he was doing with her.

He began to talk about the store how it was called The Coolpet, she could certainly see that. The Aisha went on to mention his strengths which was his cuteness, she couldn't help but giggle at the guy he was trying to help after all.Grarrl and all she looked down at herself, her medium sized chest, thick hips and thighs all acentuated by lean muscle thanks to her work. Still she puzzled on about her strength. "Uhm I guess I'm fit, perhaps a bit intimidating at best. Maybe we...er you can help enhance the curves and perhaps tone donw the intimidation yeah?" she was hopeful.

[Raichi]

The words she spoke processed through Saiboul's mind, translating that she wanted to keep her look cool, yet enhance her femininity. He thought for a moment and rushed to the jeans department, grabbing a black pair of jeans with decorative rips on them and showed it to her "I'm thinking this, with a really short top, and maybe a short jacket with long sleeves to cover up your arms" he felt that her strong arms weren't a very feminine aspect and would therefore make her appear more manly if revealed barely.

The Aisha moved over to the shirt department and squealed about how pretty and cute every shirt was that he browsed through, wishing the males department would also add sparkles and thin skinny fabrics to their shirt-lines. He ended up grabbing four shirts, one with gold sparkly stretch fabric, one with brown cotton fabric with golden letters on it in a large font saying "STAR", one white knitted top with a braid-like pattern, looking more like a baby-doll with long polyester sleeves and polyester belly, and one really frilly silver shirt that would end at her hips with a big belt included that went around the waist.

"And no judging beforehand, I want you to try them on, see how they look, and then decide whether you like it or not" he grinned, curious to how the items would look on her.

[knox]

Ryan frowned at his choices but made no argument. Heading towards the change room with her wares in hand. Trying each shirt on with the pants he had already selected. She furrowed her brow as she stepped out modelling the first of the set. Sighing dejectedly at the tacky brown shirt with its bold writing. She didn't even keep the belly top on for very long. Thought proud of her frame she wanted to remain classy and so settled for the knitted top and posed in her bare feet smiling at the aisha. "So? What do you think?" she asked tugging at the fabric hugging her hips.

[Raichi]

Saiboul was surprised with her choice. Judging by her profession he had assumed she would go for the bold and daring pieces he picked out, but instead she went for the classy look. Nevertheless she looked fabulous in it, causing him to smile and applaud. "You look great! You should really see yourself!"

He took her by the hand and dragged her over to one of the mirrors in the store. When they were both staring into it he was shocked with how dull his own outfit looked in comparison to hers. "Almighty Fyora, I can't even walk next to you any more, in comparison to you I look dull!" he quickly averted his eyes from the mirror and started browsing a nearby rack of clothes, not because he was interested in any of the choices, but to not have to face his embarrassment over his own. "Don't mind me, just looking for something nice, you should definitely buy that outfit"

[knox]

Ryan beamed at him before he drug her towards the larger mirrors. Admittedly she did feel much more...lady like nothing raw as being in the dirt with the only soundtrack was that of gruff voices, the shredding of a guitar from the blaring stereo. To the deep scratchy voices cussing in normal banter. "Dull...you??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" she asked in surprise how could this flashy aisha be anything but a instant eyes catcher . But her surely he jested. None the less the grarral nodded moving to return to her normal attire. "You needn't worry about a wardrobe change I'm gonna but my normal attire back on!" she called.

[fangofthedead]

"Excuse me?" A tall, lean White Lupe dressed in full plate mail stepped into the store. "I've never seen so many clothes in one place. See, I've never been to Neopia Central, and I'm kind of experiencing a bit of culture shock." He grinned.

A shapely, white-haired Darigan Aisha in a red-and-black robe stood behind him, silently flipping through her spellbook. She didn't seem terribly interested in what was going on as she hummed a traditional Citadel folk tune.