COBA CLASSIFIEDS

[cobanpcs]

Who: Everyone
Where: Wherever you read the news.
When: Day 10. Must be Tuesday, Tuesdays are always kinda weird.

What:

So, you're browsing through the newspaper, either online or a physical copy. And you reach the Personal Ads section.

There are regular ads "lost dog", "free couch", "human male seeks alien lifeforms for science and friendship."

And then there is a blank space with the instructions "WRITE YOUR OWN."

SO. COBA CITIZENS. Write a classified ad, or reply to other people's classified ads.

Comments

[very_elaborate]

[After a while, a reply is scrawled under it:]

Okay, I know that's gotta be a reference to something, but other than 'a detective novel' I have no idea.

[shiroganeheir]

[It isn't long before the shop door opens and Naoto walks in.]

Kanji? Are you here?

[very_elaborate]

In the back!

[He's knitting. Go figure.]

[shiroganeheir]

[Naoto carefully takes off her shoes and goes through the shop to the back. Smiling at Kanji, she sits beside him, and kisses his cheek. There's a book in her hand, for once a Japanese translation of a novel.]

Here's your answer. The Secret Adversary, it's one of my favourites. The two detectives remind me of my parents.

[very_elaborate]

[Bonus Naoto snuggle time? This is never a bad thing.]

Figured it was a book. I'll have a look later.

[shiroganeheir]

[She leans against him, a thoughtful smile on her face.]

Take your time. I actually found a Japanese translation. Generally, I'd insist on reading it in the original, but the story's so good it's worth actually understanding.

[very_elaborate]

Yeah, well, my English ain't that great anyway. I'll probably have questions with this.

[Better to cut that awkward middle step out, then. Either way: Naoto snuggle time.]

[shiroganeheir]

You'll be fine, Kanji.

[She leans against him, a thoughtful smile on her face.]

What're you working on?

[very_elaborate]

More stuff for the plushie bin. They've been damn popular. [It's no longer the surprise it once was.]

[shiroganeheir]

I am completely unsurprised, Kanji. Your things are quite good.

Perhaps you could give a class or two for people who would like to make their own. I would likely attend.

[very_elaborate]

...Yeah, I might. Last one didn't go so bad, after all. People here can't be scarier than the housewife network.

[shiroganeheir]

I think you would get quite a few people here who would truly like learning what you can do. I have considered having some basic electronics classes, actually. Not that I really know how I would do it, but still.

[very_elaborate]

Oh, come on, you'd be fine once you got going. [Biased? Kanji? Never.]

[shiroganeheir]

I will think about it. I do not know if anyone would be interested.

[She thinks for a moment and kisses him on the cheek lightly.]

Perhaps I could show you some things to see how it goes.

[very_elaborate]

Sure. Can't promise I'll be any good at it, but you can practice teachin' on someone who won't judge you, at least.

[In a way, he had the confidence to do that knitting class because he'd already given Souji (and Nanako-chan, since she was there) a lesson in oven mitt puppets.]