"160 gil? Hmmm… That's not too bad."

Zack inspected the iron bangle. He removed his own bronze one and sold it to the shopkeeper. He added a few more gil to the pile she gave him and handed it back for the iron bangle. He put it on, doing the same with Cloud's as almost an afterthought.

"Not bad." Zack said in satisfaction.

He led Cloud to the item shop. "Oooh! Materia!"

Cloud walked past the cases of material to the item shelves. He picked up an assortment of potions, phoenix downs, and antidotes. He handed over the allotted gil.

"Thank you." The shopkeeper said politely.

"'Scuze me." Zack walked up with an armful of materia. "Lessie… one fire, one ice, one lightning, one restore!"

Zack happily equipped the fire to his iron bangle. He gave Cloud lightning for his, and an ice and a restore for his sword. In his own, Zack placed the last restore.

They were walking away from the store when Zack saw a glint on the ground. He picked it up and let out a happy noise.

Cloud saw he held an "All" material. Zack placed it beside his restore.

"We better go." Cloud said then.

Zack agreed. "We'll have to pick up more material later- once we've been paid."

"Okay. But until then-"

"I get the point! We're late."

They went off running to the train station.

-T.B.C.-

It was always fun running around, dreadful happenstances going on around you, and you stop to shop.