[video] retail therapy
[Ran Fan and Kaoru are standing at a counter in a classy store, and Ran Fan's arms are full of small bottles and containers in various colors and sizes. It's the way of the warrior in a whole new setting, as she listens to Kaoru with firm concentration.]
Kaoru? What is this bottle for again?
This is lotion! It makes your skin sooooft and smoooooth~ [Runs a hand up his arm] Just like this. You should feel my arm! It is like... a newborn baby~.
[Ran Fan touches a fingertip to his arm, rather awkwardly] Is that a good thing? Skin like a baby? People do not make fun of you? Babies are not very strong....
Skin is supposed to be soft, especially on pretty young women like you. [the slightest smirk] I bet Shinjiro would find you more beau~ti~ful~ too.
Really? [A bit of a pause, she pointedly ignores the compliment.] Ah, wait. Isn't this bottle I already have the same thing? The "moisture-ize."
Nope! It's different! [Puts a hand to his chin] Hey, how about we get some of these products you're unfamiliar with, and I can teach you all about them and in return you'll help me practice with self-defense? I'm way behind...
I can do that for free, I would be happy to. What about this one, I think this one is the same as "lotion." [holds up a bottle of conditioner and reads the label aloud.] "Condition." It sounds like "lotion" at the end.
[chuckles] It's for your hair, making it shinier and softer!
A bottle can do this!?! For the b-- [whispers, looking around to make sure no one is listening] ball?
Yes! [Throws arms up in the air] It's like magic!
[For a long moment, Ran Fan appears to consider this "like magic" item and its significance. Does she need it? Will it work? What effect might it have upon her way of life? Finally, perhaps embarrassedly, she grumbles.]
...............very well.
[DETERMINED, SHE PILES THE VARIOUS CONTAINERS ON THE COUNTER TO BUY THEM]
Kaoru? What is this bottle for again?
This is lotion! It makes your skin sooooft and smoooooth~ [Runs a hand up his arm] Just like this. You should feel my arm! It is like... a newborn baby~.
[Ran Fan touches a fingertip to his arm, rather awkwardly] Is that a good thing? Skin like a baby? People do not make fun of you? Babies are not very strong....
Skin is supposed to be soft, especially on pretty young women like you. [the slightest smirk] I bet Shinjiro would find you more beau~ti~ful~ too.
Really? [A bit of a pause, she pointedly ignores the compliment.] Ah, wait. Isn't this bottle I already have the same thing? The "moisture-ize."
Nope! It's different! [Puts a hand to his chin] Hey, how about we get some of these products you're unfamiliar with, and I can teach you all about them and in return you'll help me practice with self-defense? I'm way behind...
I can do that for free, I would be happy to. What about this one, I think this one is the same as "lotion." [holds up a bottle of conditioner and reads the label aloud.] "Condition." It sounds like "lotion" at the end.
[chuckles] It's for your hair, making it shinier and softer!
A bottle can do this!?! For the b-- [whispers, looking around to make sure no one is listening] ball?
Yes! [Throws arms up in the air] It's like magic!
[For a long moment, Ran Fan appears to consider this "like magic" item and its significance. Does she need it? Will it work? What effect might it have upon her way of life? Finally, perhaps embarrassedly, she grumbles.]
...............very well.
[DETERMINED, SHE PILES THE VARIOUS CONTAINERS ON THE COUNTER TO BUY THEM]