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From the Docks to the Isle of IKEA, Wednesday Afternoon

Feb 08, 2012 06:22

Long ago in days of yore, it all began with a god named Thor...okay, on Wednesday afternoon, Anna stood on the dock and waited for the arrival of the others who were going (along with anyone else who wanted to show up; this was hardly a private trip) and a shuttle-longboat from the Isle of Ikea. She'd cashed in her first paychecks from the Devil's ( Read more... )

where: the docks, where: not a bodega not a mall

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Vikings and Boats and Some Plans for a Furniture Store dressedinblood February 8 2012, 12:23:32 UTC

Gather to wait for a longboat manned by Swedes and take a trip to the land where the furniture folds to a much smaller size!

Re: Vikings and Boats and Some Plans for a Furniture Store life_inshadow February 8 2012, 13:50:48 UTC

Tara was pretty cheerful as she waited for the boat. Somehow she'd never gone to the Isle of Ikea before, and her room could use some redecorating. She'd be looking for anything that might work for college, too.

Re: Vikings and Boats and Some Plans for a Furniture Store abitlowkey February 8 2012, 14:08:39 UTC

"Ikea still sounds like a silly place to go," Loki announced. "Like the mart of walls. They smiled too much there in Broxton."

It was unnerving.

Re: Vikings and Boats and Some Plans for a Furniture Store life_inshadow February 8 2012, 14:14:41 UTC

Tara smirked at him. "Wal-Mart was a big night out back where I came from," she announced. "Um. Where I come from is really, really boring."

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Just Some Oak and Some Pine and a Handful of Norsemen dressedinblood February 8 2012, 12:24:19 UTC

Welcome to the Isle of Ikea! Billy the bookcase says hello! (And so does the table, his name is Ingo. The chair is a ladderback birch, but his friends call him Karl.) Shop away!

Re: Just Some Oak and Some Pine and a Handful of Norsemen ihavediabetes February 8 2012, 14:13:16 UTC

In retrospect, Stacey realized, this was probably a bad idea. She had a credit card and she didn't have to pay the bill and it was so easy to look at things and think it was really a good bargain even if she didn't need a new bed or whatever.

So when she found the section of things like lamps and candles and things that weren't actually furniture, it just made things so much easier. She was spending way too much time looking at the framed photography, thinking her side of the room could stand to be sophisticated up a bit.

Re: Just Some Oak and Some Pine and a Handful of Norsemen regretiz4suckas February 8 2012, 20:09:53 UTC

Kenzi stopped next to her and tilted her head, looking at the photos. "Audrey or Amsterdam?"

Re: Just Some Oak and Some Pine and a Handful of Norsemen ihavediabetes February 8 2012, 20:25:33 UTC

"Audrey," Stacey said after a moment's consideration. "It's just more sophisticated."

She was a sucker for that kind of thing if anyone couldn't tell by now.

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Meatballs...Tasty dressedinblood February 8 2012, 12:25:01 UTC

Enjoy some meatballs and lingonberry jam in the snack bar.

Re: Meatballs...Tasty life_inshadow February 8 2012, 13:51:51 UTC

Tara got completely overwhelmed somewhere in the kitchen section, so the snack bar was a welcome relief. She got a salad with salmon and found a table to dig in.

Re: Meatballs...Tasty regretiz4suckas February 8 2012, 19:59:07 UTC

Kenzi was talking to one of the guys at the meatballs before wandering over to Tara's table.

"...no, yeah, I was just wondering what you did with the leftovers? Really? Hmmmmm...."

That grin when she sat down with a plate full of food was possibly evil. "So, what's a ligonberry, anyway?"

Re: Meatballs...Tasty life_inshadow February 8 2012, 20:33:58 UTC

"I always thought it was like a raspberry but more Swedish," Tara offered, with a tiny wave and grin. "But I dunno. There might be room for other, um, theories."

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I'm Sorry I Said IKEA Sucks dressedinblood February 8 2012, 12:26:20 UTC

Did you just buy a table for sixty bucks? And a chair and a lamp and a shelf and some candles for you? Regroup and show off your purchases, then climb back aboard the longboat to go back to Fandom!

OOC dressedinblood February 8 2012, 12:27:37 UTC

I would say I was sorry but that would be a big fib.

The Isle of Ikea, for anyone not entirely familiar, is Fandom's partner island, an island entirely covered by an IKEA. It is, in my humble opinion, sorely underutilized. Way back in the stone ages it was accessed via waverunner, but they've upgraded to longboat shuttles to make getting there and back with stuff easier. :D Everyone has a home, but if you don't have a home you can buy one there!

Since the island is in the same weirdness bubble as Fandom (and mostly because I said so) Anna can leave the island to go to it.

In related news, I have never actually been to an IKEA.

Oh, and also: