Star vs The Forces of Evil: Unforgettable Getaway

Chapter 17: Shopping Spree

Day 12

Their vacation was winding down. They were going to make the most of the time they had left, no matter what. Today's activity? A shopping spree for souvenirs for their loved ones and/or things for themselves! Marco took Star to the nearest mall - or at least a mall-esque store - for a traditional day of splurging. It was enormous, and it left Star's jaw almost completely on the ground. "I've never seen anything like this before! I don't remember Mewni having anything like it."

"You ready to go nuts and throw money at everything?" Marco teased.

"Am I!?" She cheered. "Metaphorically, right?"

Marco's face went deadpan. "Yes, Star. Metaphorically."

"Okay, good. What? I don't want to make a mess in here."

He rolled his eyes and laughed as they entered the palace of many things, prepared to go crazy & bring home lots of souvenirs. "Alright, let's do this."

The mall was so huge, both of them figured it would take a long time to comb through the entire place just to find some souvenirs. But since this was their activity for the day, they weren't in any rush to finish fast. So they decided to just stroll along and explore the place, seeing what they could find. Their first stop was over by the toys section. There was a wide array of toys to choose from. Not many of them actually piqued their interest, though. "Maybe it's just me, Marco, but a lot of these toys seem to be...too young for me."

"Guess they seem to get a lot of young kids in this store." Marco commented. "Otherwise why carry so many toys geared for that age group."

"Well it's simply supply and demand, Marco." Star explained. "Obviously the higher a demand there is for a product or service the more supply a manufacturer or business will produce for said good or service while charging obscenely high prices for it. Conversely, the lower a demand for a product or service, the less supply and lower prices will be for said product or service. It's basic capitalism." She proudly smiled following her little mini-rant, looking over casually at Marco to see he was almost jaw dropped at having just heard her say that. She snort-laughed and walked over to him. "You don't know everything about me." She said as she kissed his cheek and lightly tapped his rear end. "Come on, maybe there's some more toys over here."

She turned the corner and found some more toys, toys far more age appropriate for the two. What really caught her eye, though, were inflatable dolls that were visible near the back of the aisle. Most of them were the size of Star. She rushed immediately over to these inflatable dolls, reading off the labels that were on the shelf holding them. "Beat 'Em Up Buddy."

"What did you find?" Marco asked finally joining her. He immediately took note of the inflatable dolls she was looking at. "Huh..."

"What are these?"

"They're inflatable dolls." He walked over to one of them and pulled it out, demonstrating how it worked. "See?" He banged into it, and it hit the floor, bouncing around but not breaking. "You can pounce on it all you want and it won't break. And these are the new, longer-lasting ones, to boot!"

His explanation fascinated her. "So...if I wanted to, you know, hit something out of frustration, I could just beat the living snot out of this inflatable toy and it would never ever go back on me?"

Marco's eyes went wide for a moment. For some unexplained reason, that was not a scenario he had even considered. "Wow, I didn't even think of that! Sure, go for it." He picked the doll back up and put it in their shopping cart.

"Wait, really?"

"Why not? I don't think you would've said anything if you didn't think it would help, right?"