Normality Hits Home

[Min Hyo-rin]

The on-going scratching of heels on stone lingering around ears. Continuous remarks of beautiful clothing displayed in window upon window dizzling the spectators in awe. Handbags shuffling on arms, posed and ready of unleash the delights of labor. Women clustering around boutiques, their partners slipping off to evade the torture of being hauling in behind. Hunted by the classic line 'does my bum look big in this?'

Children weaving through the crowds, running from the boredom of shopping. Flashes of candy merged between dirtied fingers. Ice cream caked around pink chops. Worried mothers shouting desperately hoping for the reappearance of their escapee. Street urchins mumbling depressive engraved in shop crevasses for on lookers to end their suffering. Rags plummeting from bony shoulders as arms stretch out in union in hope for a measly galleon.

Descending from a yellow shop door, the wood mourning the chipped painted which had left it naked. The quirky bell sounding it's alarm as two symmetrical looking purple wedged shoes landed on the shoe patching beneath. The sudden noise exploding in her ears. While she had wondered around the somewhat unusual shop she had forgotten the sound, which blared over the town.

 

[Hollie Ridley]

Hollie wandered through Brightstone Village, looking out for someone she knew fairly well. There were plently of people whom she recognised, but none whom she felt like engaging in a conversation.
And then she saw this girl. She was standing alone and Hollie felt drawn to her. She weaved inbetween the busy crowds until she was standing next to her. At a closer glance, the girl looked like a first year - an unfamiliar face that looked about 11 or 12.
Hollie cleared her throat and introduced herself, ready to achieve her goal of welcoming as many new people as possible, just like Harri.
"Hey," she said, lightly. "I'm Hollie, Hollie Ridley. Are you new around here?" she extended her left hand for the girl to shake, wondering what sort of reply she would get.

 

[Hollie Ridley]

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