Magnetic

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    Selina grinned as she looked at all the gorgeous fresh vegetables brought in from the Farms. God, she could just stare at these greens forever. Taking such delight in mere vegetables may have seemed strange, but she hadn't grown up with the luxury of having such a bounty at her fingertips. Selina treasured almost every meal she ate nowadays. She spent way too long just going back and forth from vendor to vendor, trying to decide what to buy.

    There were a few who knew her by name since she came here so often and since she was always so talkative with them... and because of her peculiar habits due to her fascination, but what could she say? She loved food. Cooking for herself was one of the things she took delight in when she had the energy for it. Selina finally made her purchases after befriending a few more vendors and waving goodbye to the one she'd bought her last lettuce head from.

    Selina was practically skipping back to town, but not quite. This was one of the few days when she allowed herself to blatantly ignore all of the bullshit around her and just be oblivious... though not quite oblivious enough to let down her guard or to not take notice of every passing stranger who looked to be a potential threat. Still, she was smiling and her stride was energetic.

    After dropping her vegetables off at home, Selina walked through the town, finally sitting down next to a stranger as she took a long swig of water, her throat dry from the heat, "Such a lovely day isn't it?" she asked with a contented smile as she leaned back and sighed, not caring if the stranger was actually bothered by her presence or not. She always loved watching the bustle of the market place.

Mary Forest

[Mary Forest]

Mary had never punched an old man in the face before. but damn was she tempted right now. "how can you say you won't accept my barter as payment?" she said for what was probably the fifth time in as many minutes, she'd wondered over to one of the stores in a fantastic mood, having had a great nights sleep, a good breakfast and a friendly chat with the person she'd paid for the room. and then there was THIS asshole. a snidy jerk who had looked down his nose at the moment she'd walked in.

"i said money of nothing. Miss." he said in a haughty tone. "i am not in this to trade my stock for the scrap hobos pick up in the desert." he said with a thin smile that made Mary's blood boil.

"I DON'T LIVE HERE!" Mary yelled, finally at breaking point, taking a grim satisfaction in the fact he was suddenly looking worried. "why the hell would I be carrying around money for this shit hole town? I only have so much space....." she stopped and took a long hard breath to stop herself doing something stupid. "you know what? I hope your wig glue makes you impotent!" with that she turned and stormed off, muttering dark threats under her voice and imagining burning his stall down out of spite.

well time to find someone else who could sell her a bedroll or whatever was close. stupid old man. stupid her for loosing her old one. stupid world for existing. She sat down somewhere to cool her head/invent more revenge fantasies. both were good. Some stranger sat down and started talking to her, saying the complete opposite of what she was feeling. "how'd you figure that one?" Mary scoffed before reminding herself this lady didn't deserve that.

"i mean." she tried before just giving up. "hell. maybe. sure." alright no more talking to people until she was relaxed somewhat. she'd end up picking a fight just to work out her aggressions if this kept up.

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    Selina grinned at the woman's response, "The sun is shining, which is so rare," she added with a playful smirk, "And I just got food for the week," she admitted with a genuinely happy smile. Just being able to say that felt like such a privilege. She didn't mind the other woman's temperament at all, as she knew this city wasn't exactly the most optimistic and hopeful. Axios was a hell hole for the majority of the people who lived there, even for Selina sometimes, it just so happened that today was a good day and not much could bring her down from that high. 

    Selina had to survive somehow, and letting herself be unabashedly happy on the rare occasion definitely helped with that, "You don't seem to be having my luck though," she added with a half smile. She was feeling generous today, besides talking with strangers was Selina's bread and butter. She was  social person and she genuinely liked getting to know people... particularly women her age. This particular woman looked like she had a lot of pent up frustration that she needed an outlet for, and Selina was more than happy to provide that.  

    Selina was patient though, and she knew that making an offer this early on would likely end up working against her. 
    

[Mary Forest]

Mary blinked in genuine surprise, "The Week? like all of it?" She asked, having completely forgotten the last time she had held more then two or three days food. Mary gave an impressed whistle, "You really shouldn't be advertising you're that well off you know. Can cause a girl problems." but still this woman was nice enough it seemed, she could hardly tell her not to be cheerful. It was just being cheerful right in her ear that was the bother.

Man whoever this was really was happy if she was lending ears to strangers. "Some jerk wouldn't sell me something I needed." she muttered, having to accept it sounded pretty pathetic to be angry about when phrased like that. "But it was important and now I ain't going to get it for who knows how long! because the guy's a snob." Mary snorted in disgust and clenched her jaw. "ah fuck it. not like you want to hear me bitch and moan over a pillow. Tell me about your shopping or something else meaningless, it'll be as close to a distraction as any other." because that was what her life had come to, asking after a ladies plan to make vegetable soup tomorrow or some crap. That was civilisation for you, always trying to dig its claws in and domesticate ya.

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    Selina nodded, her smirk growing as Mary warned her about advertising her wealth, "Oh I know. The only problem is, that I have this nasty little tendency to enjoy causing problems on occasion," she admitted with a slightly sadistic grin. "Though, I'll admit, I'm not too interested in said problems for the moment," she added with a slightly kinder expression. Selina didn't usually start fights with women as she was far more interested in taking them back to her bed. 

    Selina nodded to Mary, "Can I ask what you needed? I might be able to help you out," Selna offered easily. Besides, she wasn't exactly doing this out of the goodness of her heart... not that Mary needed to know that right at this moment. Selina laughed heartily when Mary told her to offer a distraction, "Well, there are so many ways I could take your mind off your troubles..." Selina replied, her tone suggestive yet teasing. "You really want to limit yourself to hearing about shopping?" she asked with sheer amusement lighting her eyes. 

[Mary Forest]

Mary couldn't help snorting at the admission. "you too huh? ah there's something magical in sitting back to watch anarchy." again thoughts danced of going to burn that old bastards life down. maybe cook some lunch over it. "Yeah I guess. You're the one thinking this is a day nice enough to spoil after all."

At the reasonable question Mary shrugged. "I travel a lot. lost my pillow on a journey and I'm seeking replacements instead of something more interesting." The offer of help was nice, and Mary smile at it. "hell if you know somewhere i'll have to owe you a favour, it's been driving me insane."

Now even though a lot of people thought she was, Mary wasn't an idiot. So she caught the tone in the offer of a distraction. But she wasn't certain she was right, and even if she was. it was no fun to just come out and ask. "Some more fun then others." She agreed with an interested smirk. "I really don't. I just have no idea what else to ask you about. By all means, entertain me however you know how."