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[shesepankh]

Saturday morning sees Bella with her notebooks about magic all in her knapsack, her medallion safety-pinned by its chain to her bra just in case she trips the wrong way, waiting with Charlie for pickup for the Avalon trip.

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[castmyown]

"Something that won't take a while?"

He's excited about the books.

[steppingup]

"Okay," shrugs Vernon. Off they go, to the closest obvious restaurant!

[shesepankh]

They locate a little sandwich shop. It mostly has sandwiches, but also fries and milkshakes. Bella orders a battered cod fillet on whole wheat with tartar sauce and cabbage on it and a side of fries and talks her dad into splitting a shake with her.

[sundayfish]

In addition to his half of the shake, Charlie will be dining on a turkey club and onion rings.

[steppingup]

Vernon has a salami sandwich with mustard, cucumbers, tomatoes, pickles, and swiss cheese. He's not particularly interested in having a side, and just has the sandwich.

[morethanimaginary]

At random, Savannah picks something off of the menu with a name she hasn't seen before in her life. It turns out to be vegetarian. Extremely vegetarian. Savannah whines about the lack of meat a bit, but placates herself with fries and ends up reasonably happy in the end.

[castmyown]

Darren picks a caprese sandwich, protecting himself from his sister's potential thievery while still getting something delicious. When lunch is done he starts wheedling for books, again.

[sundayfish]

"I'm off," says Charlie, when his food is gone. "I'll call if I don't spot you or the fellow won't let me in, little lion."

[shesepankh]

"Oh my god, is that my new nickname? I have another extra nickname. Great. Okay. Love you, Dad, see you later."

[steppingup]

Vernon waves goodbye to Charlie. "Library and the bookstore's that way," he points, "and the store with magic stuff is that way." Another point. "Up to you which you want to go to."

[shesepankh]

"Ooh, I'm torn," says Bella, as she hugs her dad and sends him on his way. "Magic stuff, I think, unless Darren's got a better idea."

[castmyown]

"Nope, I can ask them about extinct things while I'm there," he says brightly. "They might know."

[shesepankh]

"What a pity there isn't a museum full of fossils for you to drool over," says Bella.

[castmyown]

"I know, right? Especially older magical artifacts or notes on how they were done, that would be like Christmas and my birthday rolled into one!"

[shesepankh]

"When is your birthday, anyway? Now that I know what improbable thing to get you."

[castmyown]

"June fourteenth. So you've got time to find the improbable thing."

[morethanimaginary]

"Just remember that I don't like old artifacts as presents," informs Savannah.

[shesepankh]

"I will get you something boring, then," says Bella, writing down this date.

[morethanimaginary]

Savannah snorts. "Your idea of boring is weird."

[shesepankh]

"What drab dull nonmagical nonancient nonfossilized thing do you want for your birthday, Savannah?"

[morethanimaginary]

"You can get me something magical. Just not anything that involves me doing the magic. It's annoying."

[shesepankh]

"Oh, okay. So not so much boring as lazy."

[morethanimaginary]

"Basically," agrees Savannah with a shrug.

[shesepankh]

"Noted."

Here's the magic shop! Currently there are two other customers in it with their backs to the door, a faun woman in fullform and a human-shaped girl who seems to be with her and is peering at the medallion.

[morethanimaginary]

"You nerds have fun," says Savannah. "I'm going exploring. Call me if Darren's catatonic from too many books."