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Who: North Italy and ALL Y'ALL
Where: Plaza (willing to travel)
When: Today, whenever
Style: whatever you like
Status: Open

Italy had finally stopped shaking, thanks to his many friends he'd made here. He hadn't seen any signs of the Boogeyman (read: Grand Highblood) anywhere so it must be safe to go out again.

A few weeks ago, Medic had suggested opening a bakery. There seemed to be interest in it and he even got a partner, a pretty and very sweet mouse queen!

Now there were two questions left in the country's mind:
1. location, location, location
2. cost?
Everything was essentially free here, though Italy had no idea how that even kept their economy alive (Vatheon was anything but impoverish). But giving the baked goods away for free just didn't sit right with him. He could only think of how poor his people had been lately. But money was meaningless here. So the idea of trading for goods sat pretty well in his mind. Bartering was his old way of trading (in his early country days), but that didn't mean he couldn't do it again.

Anyway, he stood in the plaza, staring at the buildings, sketching them out to see what sort of storefront he should have.

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Such fighting words! "That's the spirit!" Italy cheered her on.

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"Let's go!" She shouted before turning back to Italy. "So...where is it again?"

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Italy grinned. "This way," he pointed off in the direction of the market.

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"Right, right!" She nervously laughed. "Then let's go go go!"

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Italy grinned then skipped off towards the market. Shopping time~ Shopping for pasta ingredients~ Best kind of shopping there could ever be! Pasta was the best, after all, barely paralleled with pizza and gelato.

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As she went to the market, she pondered what kind of things goes in a pasta. Let's see...would there be tomatoes and potatoes? She had noodles before with her parents but never pasta. Hm...

"So, what does in a pasta again?"

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Italy listed off a few ingredients, including a specific golden-colored flour and eggs, for traditional Italian pasta. "Then we'll need some tomatoes and ground beef for the sauce and some mozzarella cheese for the top~"

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"Got it!" She said before leaving off to find some of those ingredients. "Ingredients, ingredients~ let's find them all!"

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Italy followed her, poking at various things in the market. There were so many good smells that attracted his attention. Bread here. Deli there. Oh look at those cheeses! France would probably fawn over those.

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As Bianca managed to get what he asked, she looked around for a bag of sorts. "Hey, do you see a bag or something! It feels like I could break one of these things any minute!"

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Oh dear. Italy frantically searched around for a bag and recovered a few from somewhere nearby.

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Meanwhile, Bianca could feel some of the flour she gotten slipping. "Hurry, we don't want the flour to falllllll!"

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Italy reached for the flour to help her out. He didn't want it to drop but if it did, hopefully the bag would hold.

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Bianca was trying to walk in front of the flour to prevent it from dropping but thankfully, Italy was there to help her from dropping. "Thanks!" She said before trying to grab the bag he had. "I think that should hold! If not, we'll think of something right?"

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Italy nodded. "Ve, I think we're good. If not, the locals are pretty nice. I bet they'll help out~"

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She giggled. "Thank goodness! I wasn't sure what I might do if they weren't! I was worried about this place at first! I wasn't sure what it might be like!"

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"It's pretty nice," Italy nodded. "Everyone here is so nice wherever I go!" For some reason, Italy didn't find this suspicious at all. Instead, he found it very comforting, like being at home.

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While Bianca is thankful that most of the people here are nice, she was a little worried. Her trip had made her become more open to people, there was that chance that someone might take advantage of her. She didn't always agree with her dad but if there was one thing, she had to be careful.

"Me too! I'm just glad I could be safe here." She said before looking at the registrar.

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Italy was the last person she needed to worry about. He was a very kind country who liked making friends. "Me too!" Italy nodded. "I don't want to be afraid all the time."

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"Yeah, same!" She smiled before placing all her food on the registrar. "And that most of the food is free too!"

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Italy nodded. He was still worried a bit about their economy here, as he was an excellent tradesman himself. He didn't want to see this land suffer like his own home had in the past. But so far, it seemed pretty stable.

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As she grabbed some of the stuff, she scrolled to the door. "Shall we? Let's go~"

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Italy nodded with a smile. "Let's make some pasta~" Making pasta was always a good thing.

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"Then show me the way! We'll make them as soon as we get to your house!" After all, Bianca was still trying to find a place to live. She can be a little picky sometimes.

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Since the REDs had decided the base could be used as a safe house, Italy was able to talk about where he lived (not like he was good at keeping secrets anyway).

"This way~" he said, heading off in a direction towards the base.