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[Rip sighs softly. She was afraid of that so instead, Rip holds up the note with her name on it.]

Zhis is vhy. So, how did zhis end up addressed to me?

[Tomoe frowns and pulls her phone closer to her face to focus on the note and... Well... That is her name...]

I... have no idea...

...

I have not sent any packages to anyone, much less... [She frowns more.] What was it? How did... [she just makes a motion in front of her face with her other hand.] that happen?

[She doesn't even know what a glitter bomb is /sob]

A glitter bomb.

[She wipes a few stray sparkles of glitter from her cheek, not that it really does more than spread the annoying decoration.]

It came in zhis und vhen I opened it.. poof. A face full of glitter.

[She holds up the now empty tube for Tomoe to see.]

Vell, if you didn't send it, zhen maybe you haf an idea of vho might send zhis kind of prank?

[Oh darling... you are turning into a sparkly smurf... not that she knows what a smurf is either...]

Ah... [She actually manages to wince a little at the description, just thinking of the ungodly mess involved--not to mention... it looked like she would be playing hell getting it off...]

[As for who might send it? Well... she could see most of the people she knew as capable of it, but not without some sort of existing banter or rivalry or... something...]

Not... to a stranger, no...

What is your name...? Clearly you've found mine...

Edited Date: 2020-02-25 06:32 am (UTC)

[Rip will probably be finding glitter in her hair for weeks if not months after this.]

Rip van Winkle. I own a bookstore in zhe Down.

[She nods slowly.]

...

I am sorry this is how we met, Rip-san...

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What is the name of the store?

[She's likely heard of it even if she hasn't necessarily seen it. She has avoided the Down as much as she could from day one solely for safety.]

Honestly, it's not zhe vorst vay I've met someone so... at least no one's dying.

[It's meant to be a joke, even if it IS a partially true statement with her.]

Between the Covers. Haf you heard of it?

Indeed it's not...

[she nods]

I think I have, though I've never been inside. I've been here for nearly a year but I tend to avoid the Down if I'm able to...

[It may not be terribly obvious over the feed, but Tomoe is a very slight woman who practically has "EASY TARGET" tattooed across her forehead.]

[Rip's about to ask why that is when she pauses to really look at the woman on the other end of the feed. Okay.. yeah, she can sort of see why.

Rip was able to get away with roaming the down due to both her status and because of what she was. Vampires weren't to be messed with, especially ones with military training like she had. ]

Vell, if you ever vould like to visit, I can escort you to my shop und through Zhe Down und back.

[The irony is that the only place that she's actually be hurt--if being strangled to death was being 'hurt' anyway--has been in the Up. Still, the overall crime has still always been higher in the Down and her best defense is simple avoidance.]

That is very kind of you...

Do you specialize in certain types of books? Or all subjects?

All sujects for zhe most part, zhough, I am trying to specialize in more non-erotic literature vhere I can. Zhere's no avoiding it completely, but, I do hope to provide enough variety zhat people can find more zhan erotica on zhe shelves.

Ah... yes... I imagine that is a feat... [considering it's everywhere]

You haf no idea.

It just... pops up everyvhere! I find it in subjects it haz no reason to be in!

[Astrology books with porn mingled in? She's seen it and it's probably somewhere on the shelves.]

It's taken a lot of effort to sort zhings out... und it'll continue to be an effort vith zhe sheer amount of books ve haf in zhe store.

[She sighs lightly at that.]

I wish I could say that came as a surprise.

At zhis point, nothing should be a surprise vhen it comes to zhis city und sex.

Indeed...

...

How long have you been here...?

[She should probably feel weird about continuing the conversation with a solidly glitter-covered vampire, but hey. Stranger things and all that...]

[...Rip really should wash that glitter off soon-ish.]

Lets see...I zhink its been..

[She has to pause to think and yes, she might be counting on fingers after a moment.]

A year und five..no, four months. I zhink. It's been long enough to graduate from zhe LIES program und be through...six-ish dominants.

[Shrug]

It's been avhile. How about you? How long haf you been in zhis sex oriented hell?

[Considering she has to do the same herself she can't judge.]

...

Eleven months... and two Dominants.

Zhen you've been here through a fair amount of zhe city's insanity.

[In all its many forms.]

I still find it impressive zhat zhere are people zhat haf managed only one or two dominants. I alvays haf to vonder how zhey do it.

Yes... indeed...

[She hums at that]

To have so many... do they... disappear...? That is what happened to my first...

[And it had been at a most inopportune time as well...]