A Corner of the Preserve, Sunday Afternoon

[intraspective]

Ino's comprehension of Christmas didn't run much past shiny presents and such but she definitely had the looking like a kid on Christmas morning thing down pat as she half-danced half-bounced her way into the preserve with Zack after the dishes had shooed them out of Café Fina for the day.

And admiring her shiny armlet with her shinier Thunder materia in it. It wasn't technically a Christmas present, but it was the best present ever.

She was going to get to do magic!

There was nothing cooler than that. Well. Except for the next two weeks, uh huh.

"So," she said, grin evident in her eyes, her voice, her bounce, her face. "How does this work?"

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[puppy_fair]

"More than enough," Zack agreed, chuckling. "A nap will do the trick, anyhow."

Zack, of course, was not a big fan of naps. So he burned through ethers as if they were oxygen.

"Think that's enough for today? Have you got everything you need for the trip?"

[intraspective]

"Just got to grab a different coat," Ino said, looking down at hers. "This is too warm for Konoha--'less you think I'll need it for Midgar?"

It was winter in Konoha, but winter in Konoha meant lots of rain and not much snow.

[puppy_fair]

"You... Might need it for Midgar, yeah." Zack gave the coat a critical sort of look for a moment, and then he shrugged his shoulders. He was standing there in his short sleeves, and the weather didn't seem to bother him one bit.

Which was odd, considering how tropical Gongaga actually was.

"There's probably some kind of vague attempt at snow, right about now. Midgar doesn't get much, but it does get cold enough there that when it does snow, it sticks around for a little while."

[intraspective]

Ino would really like to know how people like Zack avoided getting cold, geez.

"I'll grab my other one just in case," she said, shrugging and grinning. "And meet you down at the Causeway?"

Unless he desperately wanted to come with her, or something. Ino was pretty good either way.

[puppy_fair]

Zack had pretty much everything that he was going to need, but he was easy, and he'd probably take this opportunity to swing by the pond to watch the flamingos doing their little dances on the ice some more, anyhow.

"Sounds good to me. See you then!"