smash_logs | Fill her heart with jewels and watch the hole eat them away.

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Fill her heart with jewels and watch the hole eat them away.

Characters: Goombella, Nabooru
Date: Aug. 09, 2011
Summary: Goombella seeks to help Nabooru out of her emo rut. It's generally some girl time.
Warnings: Nooooone.

Nabooru finished organising the papers and books along her desk and she paused for a moment, left hand poised at the bottom of her chin. For many moments she did nothing except space out, consider where she was, where she was going, what she had left, and so on. Then she moved to sit on her desk and drew up a jotter to put in her class plans for the upcoming unit.

Goombella would be on her way shortly. It'd do Nabooru some good to actually look remotely normal and not at all as affected by the events of recent as she actually. But chances were that Goombella would be the wiser. Perhaps.

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Goombella already knew something was up with Nabooru. She had a suspicion that it had to do at least with Ganondorf leaving; for all her protestations, she still cared about him, and he meant a great deal to her. But as a friend, she knew that what Nabooru needed right now was company, someone to remind her she's not alone. And this little excursion would be just the thing.

Once her work was done for the day, she peeked into Nabooru's office, rapping on the door. "Ready to go?" she asked.

Nabooru looked up, shut her jotter posthaste, and she scooted off the edge of her desk, reorganising her paperwork one last time before she turned to look at the blonde. She scrunched up her nose momentarily and offered a nod.

"I am." She approached her door and waited for Goombella to back away before she could show herself out and lock up her classroom until the following day. "Did you want to go anywhere in particular?"

"Not really," she said with a shrug, backing up while Nabooru let herself out. "I figure we can go wherever we want. It's a girls night out!"

A girls' night out. Nabooru had never really had one of those before. She nodded once, closed the door, locked it, and then smiled. "Hm. Well, what do you do on a girls night out? I think we should go shopping, maybe grab some food, and if you want to come back to my place, we can do that."

Her eyebrows lifted at her companion, "Does any of that make sense?"

"Makes perfect sense to me!" Goombella replied with a bright smile. "Let's get this party started!"

As they left, Goombella looked to her. "So, what shall we shop for? I'm thinking we can hit a booksto-- a few clothes shops, find some nice outfits," she corrected herself. This was no time to be nerdy.

Nabooru paused momentarily and she cocked an eyebrow in amusement. "A bookstore? Not that I have anything against reading, mind you, but a girls' night out and the first thing you think of is a bookstore. You crack me up, girl."

She shook her head and then when she began to give Goombella's suggestion some serious thought, she fingered her chin affectionately. "Hm... Well, say we did go to a bookstore. What kind of book would you be looking for? When I think about it, we've never really talked about books."

Goombella giggled a bit nervously. "Sorry, force of habit," she said. "I'm a big reader..."

"Oh, I read anything and everything!" she said happily. "Fiction, non-fiction, science fiction, romance, fantasy, mystery... But right now, I'm looking for some good reference books. Exotic islands, mythology... Stuff to give me inspiration for treasure hunting," she explained. "What about you? What do you like to read?"

~~"Pr0n," Nabooru replied simply.~~

"What do I like to read?" Nabooru asked. She fingered at her chin in thought. "I like reading about my homeland's legends. Stories about the Goddess of the Sand. Myths. Folklore. That sort of thing. And magic. Not too long ago, and even before I left I was visiting the library to read up on it."

She offered half a grin, "Weird, right? That someone like me likes reading. That's a secret. Don't go telling anyone. I have a reputation to maintain."

Goombella chuckled, making an X over her chest with her finger. "Cross my heart," she promised. "And for the record, no, I don't think it's weird at all. If only more people did!"

"I think more people do, but like me, they don't want others to know about it."

She tipped her head this way and that in contemplation. Ganondorf liked reading. In fact, Ganondorf liked a lot of things that most people didn't know about. And she imagined that he'd never really let too much of himself be known while he was present. For a few moments, she grew serious, as though momentarily lost in nostalgia.

Then she immediately perked back up. "I'd say we should start up a book club, but I'm not too sure how many people would actually appreciate us doing that."

Goombella looked up at her curiously. "Why not? I think it's a great idea! I'd love a book club!"

"Yeah, but I think that you and I would be the only members. Would you really want the ridicule of being such a nerd, Goombella?"

Nabooru was half teasing, and half not-so-much. "I'll tell you what. I'll bring it up with the rest of the academy. I know you have your hands with the up and coming Treasure Hunting Club, so you let me look into this for us and if we have enough people interested, I'll run it for us. That way you're not taking on too much and neither am I."

She cocked an eyebrow, "What do you think? That sound good?"

A bit sheepishly, she said, "I don't think I need much help there."

She nodded with a smile. "I think it sounds like a good idea! But don't worry about me, I'm looking for things to do as well! I'm happy to help out!"

Nabooru shook her head. "I know you are, but if you do too much, you'll make yourself sick. You're not of any use to anyone if you're under the weather. Besides, I could use a few different things to keep me occupied."

"I guess you have a point," she agreed sheepishly. "But don't forget, I'm here if you need any help, okay?" she insisted. "What are friends for?"

"I won't forget. I'm actually going to guess that I'll need you much more than I'm giving you credit for."

She scratched at her cheek idly. "Thanks for being there, Goombella. I'm not really sure how else I can say it, but I appreciate it like crazy."

She grinned. "Like I said, what are friends for?"

The conversation had taken up enough of their time for them to make the trip to the nearest mall. As they walked through, Goombella looked to Nabooru to see what stores caught her eye.

Nabooru tipped her head this way and that as they passed various stores. She hadn't been looking for anything in particular. Anything would do. Just hopefully something that would keep her distracted. But on the other hand, that was what Goombella was for. And so far, she was doing wonderfully. What more could Nabooru ask from such a close girl friend?

She finally looked over to her blonde-haired companion and tipped her head. "Hm? What's up?"

Goombella shook her head. "Nothing's up!" she said. "I was just waiting to see what you were interested in," she added.

She blinked and paused for more than a few moments. Did she space out? Yes. She guessed that she did. Goombella didn't even really know what was going on or what had happened in the first place.

Her posture straightened and she offered an idle shrug. "I'm not really looking for anything in particular. I was just looking to look." Settling her hand upon her hip, she gestured idly, at absolutely nothing. "You mind if I ask you something? Girl stuff related, in case you're wondering."

"No, not at all!" she replied. "What is it?"

Nabooru thought for many moments on how she was to phrase what she wanted to say. Then she finally decided that the straight forward approach was probably the way to go. She looked over to Goombella and settled a hand upon her hip.

"What do you think you would do if Knuckles suddenly up and left the academy? Without a word to you?"

Goombella stopped for a moment. From her facial expression, it was clear that it was a possibility she either had never considered before, or didn't want to think about. And she answered honestly: "I... I don't know..."

The redhead paused and then she awkwardly nodded. "I didn't think you would," she admitted gently.

Then she reached over with a hand and pointed to the window at her side. "Look. It's a book on archaeology. We should go take a look." And yes, it was her way of distracting her friend.

"I'm sorry, I just guess I never gave it much thought..." But now that the idea was planted in her head, she couldn't just ignore it. What if he ever DID just up and leave? Without even a word? She'd be mad, furious even. But what would she actually do? She couldn't even imagine it. And that worried her.

Grateful for the distraction, she nodded. "Sure thing, let's take a look." They stepped into the store, and Goombella took a deep breath. She loved that new book smell.

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