5th Floor Common Room: Sunday afternoon

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy had spent more money than she'd ever imagined spending yesterday - a great set of new tools, ammunition for her guns, enough new books to last for ages, some nice new clothes (including a couple of gorgeous dresses and some really nice lingerie), and a bunch of other odds and ends both for herself and for other people she knew. The rickshaw driver who'd brought her back to the dorms had been kind enough to help carry all of it up to the fifth floor (for a handsome tip) and she'd slept the sleep of the happily shopped out.

Today she was stretched out on the couch with QVC on the TV and her laptop on her lap for some internet shopping. There were so many amazing things available and she kept finding little things she just had to get for herself and various others.

Also, there would soon be loads of all sorts of food arriving.


[OOC: Open like a common room! Come in and have Mercy but something for you - or mod something she got for you yesterday!]

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Dave walked into the fifth floor common room and went straight to the kitchen drawers to look for something. Fun fact: he was wearing thick rubber gloves.

"Hello," he said as he started his search. "Don't mind me. Just go on with what you were doing."

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Mercy looked up curiously, then smiled. "Oh! I bet I can find you nicer rubber gloves than that!"

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"Oh, there's no need. I'm hoping I just have to deal with this until things wear off after the weekend, hopefully," Dave said. "But if you can point me in the direction of some electrical tape so I can kind of seal the gloves off, that would be great. I haven't found any in the other common rooms."

[walkswithcoyote]

As it happened, Mercy had some in her new tool kit - what kind of mechanic didn't have electrical tape?

"I've got some in my room," she offered, "But why are you sealing off your rubber gloves? That would be taking cleaning a bit to the extreme, don't you think?"

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"Oh, no, it's not for cleaning," Dave said. "Ever since yesterday, I've been shooting lightning from my hands? And I haven't figured out how not to do it yet. The rubber gloves keep me from melting more alarm clocks, but I'm still getting some sparks shooting up my arms and I'd like that to stop."

"It's just been that kind of weekend."

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Her eyes widened. "Yikes. That's not good. Hang on."

She loped down the hallway to her room and returned with the tape.

"I lost my ability to shift," she admitted. "From what radio said, it sounds like Lucrezia picked that up. No idea where I got this shopping thing from."

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"What, you don't always offer to buy rubber gloves on a whim for people you only kind of know?" Dave asked as he took the tape and started to wrap some around the ends of a glove.

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"Actually, I hate it," Mercy admitted. "The amount of effort it usually takes to make me go..." She shook her head, then drew in a breath at what she saw on the screen. "Oh, I have to get that. It matches Yeul's eyes perfectly!"

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"Well, as long as you can afford it and everyone ends up happy, I guess it's not too bad," Dave said, switching to the other arm.

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She waved the platinum, prepaid with an unbelievable amount of money, check card at him as she typed in her name and address. "Oh, this weekend, I can!"

"Anything you want?"

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"Security that I won't blow anything else up with electricity, mostly, but I already have that," Dave said, finishing up with his gloves and handing the tape back. "Thank you for that, by the way."

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"Any time," she said, opening another window and ordering more electrical tape, because, why not? "I'm glad I could help."

"There should be a ton of food arriving any minute, so feel free to stay and help yourself."

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"... Food is probably something I should have thought about before I taped gloves on," Dave realized.

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy considered that for a moment. "Well... as long as you're not eating with your hands... You should still be able to use a fork or spoon, right?"

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"It probably won't be the easiest thing in the world, but I should be able to manage. Just no chopsticks," Dave said.

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Mercy laughed. "No chopsticks," she agreed. "And I can help you dish stuff out if you need me to. Also, just think! Your hands will stay all nice and clean!"