Grocery shopping

[fonmaster]

Who: Ion and everyone!
Where: Vatheon's shopping areas
When: Evening, January 23rd
Style: Either
Status: Open!

[Ion was dead set on making himself helpful to his new roommates. He was sure that Izaya hadn't run out of food so quickly when he lived on his own, so Ion went out on a perilous journey to replenish all the food stocks in the house and then some. He looks determined as he's shopping - this is serious business.]

Comments

[fonmaster]

[Ion smiles too, falling into step with Ruca.]

I have not actually been shopping before, so I'm not entirely sure how to do it.

[demonicbookworm]

You haven't? Even once?

_{[He seems a little surprised.]}

[fonmaster]

Err, well, no. Back home everyone did the shopping for me, but now that I'm here I'd like to learn to care for myself a little bit.

[He rubs the back of his neck self consciously.]

I don't want to be a burden.

[demonicbookworm]

I see.

_{[He smiles.]}

But don't worry. Shopping is easy.

[fonmaster]

I hope so.

[He looks around at the shops they're passing, determined to memorize the route so he doesn't have to follow someone again!]

[demonicbookworm]

_{[Ruca wouldn't mind showing you the route again if you needed help.]}

...So what exactly do you need form the store?

[fonmaster]

Milk, eggs, bread... some of that fatty tuna that Izaya likes! And snacks, I think I ate all of them. I'm not entirely sure what else to get, to be honest.

[demonicbookworm]

_{[he glances at him a little surprised. You know Izaya?]}

A tuna ...for Mr. Orihara?

[fonmaster]

[Ion nods happily.]

Yes, I am staying with him. I want to be helpful!

[demonicbookworm]

I see. And how is he? Last time I've seen him he looked so tired...

_{[he is concerned.]}

[fonmaster]

[Ion takes awhile before he answers. Would Izaya want people to know? He decides to be honest, since Ruca seems genuinely worried.]

He is... asleep. That happens sometimes in Vatheon, supposedly. I hope that he will wake up soon.

[demonicbookworm]

_{[he stops in his tracks to look at Ion. Now he really is worried.]}

Asleep? Is that...?

<sub>[Ah, no, no, no. Everything will be okay. Izaya will definitely wake up soon. He has to think like that.

Besides, didn't Ion say that it happens here sometimes? Yes, there is probably nothing to worry.

but he is still worried.]</sub>

I-I'm sure he will.

[fonmaster]

Right! So I should have all the things he likes when he wakes up!

[Ion puts his mission face back on. It's groceries time.]

[demonicbookworm]

O-oh right...

<sub>[so we're back to this.

But wait, is that one of the reasons why you look so serious?]</sub>

It looks like we're close...

[fonmaster]

[It is, in fact, the reason Ion is so serious about this. If Izaya is asleep, it falls on Ion to take care of the house. Isn't he just so sweet?]

You're right, I see it!

[He marches in and gets a cart, surveying the store. Okay, let's get the basics first. Ion wheels over to find the milk, but he's taken aback at the sheer variety. 1%? 2%? Skim, whole, buttermilk? Isn't it all just milk?!]

[demonicbookworm]

<sub>[He is!

Ruca walks up to him, when he sees the other stopped for the milk.]</sub>

Is there... something wrong?

[fonmaster]

I didn't know there were so many kinds of milk.

[Ion sounds sheepish.]

Do you know what sort most people get?

[demonicbookworm]

Well, there is definitely more kinds of it than what we had back home, but I think-

_{[Looking, looking. Then he picks one.]}

-this one.

[fonmaster]

[Thank you Ruca, you rescued him!]

Whew! Okay, thank you!

[He adds that to his basket. ONWARD TO THE BREAD AND EGGS, which are much, much less confusing.]

[demonicbookworm]

...You're welcome.

_{[He smiles and just follows Ion.]}

[fonmaster]

[Ion meets another roadblock in his journey - the seafood section. He stares at the dead fish with their gaping mouths and dead eyes. How can he tell which one is fatty tuna? How can he even touch one of those?!]

[demonicbookworm]

_{[Oh, the seafood section.]}

Um... We're looking for a tuna, right?

_{[Yes, they were. And Ruca remembered that, but he was trying to get Ion's attention now.]}

[fonmaster]

They're still... fish-shaped.

[He looks like he might be a little ill. Ion is the type who would become an instant vegetarian if he ever saw a slaughterhouse.]

[demonicbookworm]

You've never seen a fish like this before...?

<sub>[oh no, don't be ill. There, you can always look at him and not at the fish.

Ruca is pretty much unaffected by this sight. After seeing in his dreams how Asura slaughtered thousands of demons and after seeing zombies from Lemures Marsh, this is not something that would affect him in any way.]</sub>