Boston, Massachusetts [Friday Daytime]

[so_hawkward]

Normally Friday is a great day, but this week it means the amount of break time is dwindling, so now is your chance to get all the fall break fun in that you can! The weather was still cool and sunny, and there was plenty to do!

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Bow Market

[so_hawkward]

Bow Market has quickly become a hub for the area's most creative and collaborative. From chefs and comics to DJs and designers, it's a must-stop-spot for the best in small business and local entertainment.

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[onlyajones]

After all the hiking that she’d done yesterday, Jo decided that she didn’t want to do so much walking today and thought exploring the market sounded like fun. Even though she’d done a fair bit of shopping yesterday, she was still finding different things to buy and while some of the items she’d picked were for her friend, she was also picking up somethings for herself.

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[begmetwice]

Irene missed living in a city so acutely it hurt sometimes, so this was exactly the balm she'd needed. She once more opted for a slightly more toned-down look, pairing a cozy cardigan sweater with another pair of jeans and ballet flats that could have probably covered a down payment on a sensible sedan, if sold.

In any case, this looked like a good spot to pick up a few local trinkets for herself. Maybe do a little early Christmas shopping. (Any excuse to shop, honestly.)

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[special_rabbit]

When Amaya spotted Irene browsing around the market as well, she hesitated a moment before offering up a staunch nod in greeting.

"Irene," she said. "Anything in particular managing to catch your eye?"

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[begmetwice]

"Amaya." Irene returned the nod, though not without the slightest smirk at the staunchness there. "You know, I'm not especially dedicated to Boston itself, but there's some lovely watercolors over there I was considering for my flat."

She'd just need to locate one that wasn't specifically a painting of a stadium or a university or a donut shop she didn't care about.

"You?" She dropped her voice confidentially, simultaneously raising her brows. "Is the craftsmanship up to your standards?"

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[special_rabbit]

Oh, but a nice stadium centerpiece seemed to just scream with Irene's aesthetic!

"For the most part," said Amaya, as if she couldn't actually wind up spending all day sorting through all the this-and-that at that Bandana place or inspecting the finer work in the jewelry shop. "Almost enough to make me wonder if what this place isn't missing is a good metalworkers, though..."

It was all very nice, sure, but it gave off the feeling that niche could line up nicely with pricey. And it wasn't like her schtick back in Fandom wasn't niche all its own...

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[begmetwice]

"Oh, but we'd miss you if you decided to become a Bostonian," Irene assured her with a quick smile. "You ought to have an Etsy shop or something, though, if you haven't already."

Seriously, that was where the money was.

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[special_rabbit]

"A what-now shop?"

Oh, sure, Summer, set her up with an Instagram, but not an Etsy? For shame.

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[begmetwice]

Summer, for shame. Though the Instagram would certainly support an Etsy shop and vice versa!

"It's an app." Or, well, you could also just visit the website but who did that anymore? Irene, at least, found it so much easier to just pull out her phone and find the app with a couple of swipes, as she was doing now to show Amaya. "Specifically to sell handmade goods. It's like all this --" she gestured around at the market, "but people all over the world can order things! You'd probably make a killing doing e-commerce, love, honestly. 'Specially with the holidays coming on."

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[special_rabbit]

Look, maybe if there had been an easy way to sell jello shots on Etsy, Summer may have thought about that, but look at it this way: now Amaya got to learn all about it from a sexy British lady who could make her blush, you're welcome, Amaya!

Even if now Amaya was wondering if Summer had done her dirty by not mentioning an app to help her make money.

Consider her intrigued.

"I do like to make a killing," she noted, "especially around the holidays."

Which, around here, meant constantly, because there was a holiday for pretty much anything! But she knew the big ones were coming up...

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[special_rabbit]

As a bit of an artisan herself, this sort of thing was right up Amaya's alley, what with plenty of food, drink, and various goods to explore and somewhat criticize or appreciate on some small level of detail.

And also maybe tickling her brain about maybe one say upgrading to a place like this with a bit more foot traffic than their odd little island, although the market for swords beyond curiosity and collections was probably even less out here on the mainland...

...but still! They did seem to enjoy their rustic and their vintage! And you didn't get much more of either than with Amaya...

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[chef_chocobro]

Oh, it was a hood thing Ignis was doing his best to stick to the itinerary of the school's explorations, because if ue'd had discovered this place sooner, he may have never left. The restaurants in particular, naturally, had his eye and his attention, and his poor fingers had snapped from so many new recipes he might need to pick up a new pair of gloves somewhere around here, too, at this rate!

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[kawaii_complex]

Even if she figured an island would be pretty safe from New England tigers, Sakaki was going to just play it safe and hit up this market place instead. She was hoping to find a shop selling something very cute to bring home with her as a souvenir, because going back without one would be very tragic and sad.

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[sexy_giraffe]

This was a perfect way to spend a day, spending money on non-Kamilah up and coming art.

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[1000yearstoolate]

Seivarden had decided to go explore the market after getting an odd response from the staff in the tea shop when bringing up the historical conflict where people had dumped tea in the the ocean in some kind of protest. About tea. Seivarden had done her best not to be judgemental, but had a feeling she hadn't quite succeeded, and she Breq would have disapproved of that.

Thus she wasn't in the best of moods, but finding a stall which sold jewelry and finding a small brooch improved it, although now she was nervous instead, trying to picture Breq's reaction if she were to actually give it to her. She still wasn't quite convinced by Hannibal's suggestion.