1806/Definitions of Wealth

Definitions of Wealth
Date of Scene:	06 August 2016
Location:	Vintage Thread
Synopsis:	Nicola visits Momo Sakura at work!
Cast of Characters:	Momo Sakura, 158

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Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo hums while she works, sorting newly acquired by style and size. The grumbly old lady who owned the place was on an extended lunch, complaining about some ailment that needed ointment or something. Not that Momo minds being left alone in the shop. It makes her feel important! It makes her feel trusted!

She hadn't been able to answer Nicola's call earlier, but she'd been sure to send out a quick text between figuring if this pair of shorts was men's or women's.

She's almost forgotten about the text, but not quite, but sort of did because she's Momo.

And, since she can't concentrate on one thing for very long, she soon abandons the seperated piles of clothes to put together pretty, pretty outfits to lure in customers in the window!

She sees Dog just outside, lazing about in the sun, no leash but sporting a shiny new(ish) collar and tags letting people know he's not a rabid beast of the underworld. She cranes her neck and sees that he has water still, and plenty of it. When it's time for her own lunch break, she'll dish him up some of the dog food he brought.

Nicola Esprit has posed:
Nicola is coming by, and as she passes Dog she throwws him a doggy treat. Probably right around the time Momo is looking out of the window, if the animal allows her, she'll scritch him behind the ears before moving into the store, sporting a cheerful smile.

As school is still out, she's wearing something a little more simple. A dull blue shirt and a black skirt, with a black jacket. Around her neck is a simple rope necklace, with whatever pendant there may be tucked within her shirt. "Momo-san~"

Momo Sakura has posed:
Dog allows the scritch, of course. He accepts it as he chomps on his doggy treat, tail wagging a touch to show his appreciation.

Momo does see this, and she's able to climb out of the window by the time Nicola's inside.

"Hi!" It's chirped and she's grinning, because she's never had people visit her at work before!

Well, Kyouko, but that's her sister. There's a sort of law that requires siblings to visit siblings in their place of work!

She spreads her arms. "Welcome to Vintage Thread! Where you can look like a million yen and only spend a few hundred!"

She pauses and reconsiders the Motto in Progress. "Or buy furniture at reasonable prices--" She waves her hands and shakes her head. "I'll figure something out someday, just you watch! So hi!"

Nicola Esprit has posed:
Nicola giggles a little bit, she seems amused by the girl's antics. "Have you found any other neat shinies yet?" She asks, curious about the first thing that comes to mind. She does look around the store, similarly curious. She's a little bundle of investigative spirit, "I've been looking a little more, so I brought some if you want them." That's probably why she's wearing her backpack.

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo's eyes widen as her face lights up. "More shinies?! I love shinies! And sadly, I haven't been able to! Much! But sometimes!"

She wiggles in place a bit, wondering what sort of treasures have been found!

"But oh, oh!" She leads Nicola over to a display case. Inside are the more rusted or battered pieces of goods left by others. There's stuff for sale, of course, but she'd managed to convince the old lady to at least try it out, first!

"I find a lot of these in the craziest places! That buckle was tucked in a hat, that bit of glass in a trunk! It's my treasure case!"

Nicola Esprit has posed:
Nicola follows Momo along, even as she pulls her backpack off and starts to go through it. "Ooh, thsoe are neat." She says cheerfully, looking especially closely at the buckle. "I have something a little like that." She pulls out an old, worn, silvery belt buckle that may actually be valuable depending on if that's real silver or fake.

"What do you think?" She next pulls out a steel pen case, with room for two pens and an ink reservoir, though those are absent. "I found this too, what do you think it's for?"

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo turns away from the case, her treasures completelyforgotten for the time being to see what shinies Nicola's found!

"Ohhhhh look at this!" She touches the buckle, not knowing or caring if it's genuine silver or not. It's just so pretty!

Momo then turns to the case. She hums as she carefully opens it and peeks inside. "I...have no idea. Maybe for glasses! Or bookmarks! Or mints!"

Nicola Esprit has posed:
"Yeah it's pretty, isn't it?" Nicola agrees excitedly, pulling on a corner of her shirt to buff it up just a little to make it even shinier. "I think that's supposed to go on a belt? Looks like something you'd wear if you were a real rich type, to show off, you know?"

The speculation about the case makes Nicola also ponder, "Maybe? I have no clue, Earth people are weird." The girl with the weird accent says that as though she's not among the number of Earth people.

Momo Sakura has posed:
"It is! Lots! I bet whoever had this was the type who had a car for every day of the week! And an actual bed!" And, because people worry about weird things like that. "Don't worry, I'm saving up and Kyou-nee lets me sleep with her a bunch."

Her eyebrows raise at the bit about humans. "Yeah. We can be. Even if you've been around 'em your whole life!"

Nicola Esprit has posed:
"I think probably a lot more than that. Like, probably two cars and a fancy bed." Nicola suggests what the degree of wealth involved may be, "Like, a real fancy bed. With a gazillion pillows, big enough that you could fit like six people in and none would have to touch if they don't wanna."

"Things were easier back home." Nicola mutters, sounding a little sad, maybe she misses home. She distracts herself with more shinies, this one is a little ball made out of glass, with swirly patterns inside. "Have you ever seen anything like this?"

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo's mouth drops open! "And people to bring breakfast to all the people in the bed! Like, fancy breakfast! Pancakes and bacon and sausage! Mmmm!"

Her eyes grow starry and distant as she imagines!

She tilts her head and opens her mouth to respond when Nicola pulls out something new. She gasps and makes a little 'eee!' noise! "It's a marble! There's apparently games you can play with them! I never learned!"

She holds up the marble this way and that, peeking through with one eye closed. "Sometimes easier isn't always better. But hard shouldn't always hafta be, either."

Nicola Esprit has posed:
"That sounds great, doesn't it?" Nicola follows along with Momo's imagination, clearly she feels it's great. Then Momo answers what the marble is, "Oh, neat. We didn't have games like that back home." She looks at it, "Yeah but easy would sure be nice right about now. Hard is so tiring." She points out sadly, then starts digging back through her backpack, finding a cheap looking ring. The kind teenagers who want jewelry buy out of their allowance because proper jewely is too expensive.