the thmgau rewrite

A Day at The Mall

During the drive to the mall, Spring & Storm had explained to the group why exactly they were on Earth in the first place. Apparently, their father had told the girls about their mom running away to Mercury last night, when nov SHOULD have told them about it 2000 years ago. That was pretty much the gist of it, anywho. Now, Spring & Storm want to have a little fun on Earth before they deal with the divorce.

Cherry pulled her car into the parking lot. As everyone unbuckled their seatbelts, they hopped out of the car.

"Welcome.. to the mall." Cherry said, gesturing at the mall. "Ta-dah."
"Oooh! It's so big!" Spring gasped, in awe of the mall.
"Man, I haven't been to the mall in years!"
"We literally went last month."
"Your point?"
"What are we waiting for?! Let's get in there already!"

The 7 of them walked into the mall. It was massive inside, as most malls are. Shops & stores were lined across the walls, with an escalator leading up to a second floor, with presumably more stores. In front of the group was a map of the mall, labeling where all the stores & exits were.

"Alright, mall time!" Kalani cheered.
"Wait! Before we go anywhere," Nora started. "It's going to be impossible for all 7 of us to shop if we all have to stick together. I think we should form 2 separate groups."
"There's 7 of us, yea? These groups are gonna be uneven."
"I for one approve of this group idea. Even if it's uneven, it'll be fun."
"Ok, fine. We can do groups."

& so, the group strategically split themselves into 2 groups. The first group was Leslie, Spring, & Juniper, while the second group was Cherry, Storm, Nora, & Kalani.

"Alright. Let's agree to meet back at the food court in.. an hour? Is an hour good?"
"We can work with that."
"Alrighty! See you in an hour!"

With that, the two groups went on their merry way.

"So!" Nora clapped her hands together. "What store are we hittin' first?"
"I don't actually know. We only went here because Leslie wanted to get a present for Natalie."
"We could.. go to Dillard's? Have you ever been to Dillard's, Storm?"
"This is literally the first time I've ever left the Castle. I don't know anything about your human locations."
"Yea, that's.. fair, actually."
"I think you'd like it. C'mon!"

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Leslie & Juniper found themselves inside of Old Navy. Juniper had asked where Spring wanted to go, & she spun around & pointed at the Old Navy. Leslie doubted it'd find anything Natalie would want in an Old Navy (it seemed like Spencer's or Hot Topic would be more her style, anyway), but it could use a new pair of jeans anyway.

"Ooh! What's that?" Spring asked, pointing toward a mannequin styling a blouse & a pair of leggings.
"Oh, that's a mannequin!" Juniper said. "People use them to model clothes & all that sorta jazz."
"That's neat!" she hummed. "I didn't know humans had different types of clothes."
"You- You didn't?" Leslie questioned.
"No. The only other human I've met is Betty, & she doesn't talk about what Earth was like often."

Betty.. that name sounded familiar. It was in the list of Celestials that Leslie & the group were reading just a week ago.

To avoid talking about Celestials in the middle of an Old Navy, the group decided to put the topic at rest & ask more about Betty later.

"Oh! These look cool!" Spring ran up to a pair of jeans with a flower embroidered on it.
"Oh, that is cool." Juniper nodded. "If it's in your size, you could probably get it. What size are you?"

Spring turned to look at Juniper.

"Oh. Yeah. I don't think Celestials know what pant sizes are."
"I mean, hey! If they're too big or too small, we could probably get Natalie to fix 'em up. She did make that villain costume herself, after all."
"Well, I've never worn pants before, so this'll be an exciting experience!" Spring grinned. "I'll take 'em!"