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A Child's Tale
Chapter 3: A Clash of Forces
"Wow! Look at this, nee-chan!" cried Melody, pointing to a brown teddy bear in the window display.
Videl laughed. – We've been at the mall three minutes and she's already added five new things to her Christmas list…and it's only August!-
"Come on, Mel. We'll go there first." Videl said, pointing to a small store to their left.
"K." Melody replied happily, skipping over to the entrance.
"May I help you?" asked kindly, middle-aged sales clerk upon them entering.
"Yes actually. Could you help us find a size 7 in girls clothing for my younger sister," Videl said, pointing to Melody, who was standing behind her, "And a size 6 in woman's clothing for me."
"Of course, right this way." The lady said, motioning for them to follow ,after flipping the open sign over to closed, "Oh, by the way, my name is Neera."
"Mine's Videl."
"I'm Melody; it's nice to meet you!" Melody happily exclaimed.
Videl smiled at the younger girl's giddiness before looking around the store thinking, -Weird…I haven't seen any children's or young adult clothing in this whole store…and the backroom couldn't possibly be big enough to hold that much…could it? And Neera never denied not having them in stock…whatever.-
"Here we are." Neera said, snapping Videl out of her thoughts.
They had entered a medium sized backroom, almost bigger than the main store itself. It had empty circular racks in three neat lines across the room with two huge shelves that stretched across both the east and west wall. What also struck Videl as odd, besides the fact that everything was bare, was that there was a computer built into the north wall, opposite the door.
"But it's empty." Melody pointed out.
"It's empty now." Neera smirked, walking over to the computer.
"What are you doing?" Videl asked curiously.
Neera smiled proudly.
"It's a new Capsule Corp invention. All you need to do is type in the size, type, and style of clothing you want and the room will fill up with them."
"But how do they get here?" Melody asked, looking around.
"They are instantly transported from a huge underground warehouse that, for all I know, stretches for miles."
"Wow." Both sisters said, awed.
"Now…we'll do your sister first. Let's see…," Neera said, typing into the computer, "You said she was a size 7 girls…any particular style."
"Umm, not really, just not to girly." Melody said, thinking, before adding, "And no frilly stuff."
Videl chuckled.
"Alright…anything else?" Neera asked.
"Yah, do you have any gi's?"
"Of course!" Neera laughed, finishing up on the computer.
"Alright, stand back." She said before pressing the enter button.
Just as soon as she did, there was a bright flash of light. After it dimmed, both girls looked around the room awed, for all the shelves and racks had filled up with clothes.
-Wow-
"Amazing isn't it." Neera finally said.
"Yah." They both answered.
"Well, let's get started." Neera said clapping her hands together.
Over the next hour or so, Melody not only found a good 25 outfits for school, but also 5 new gi's, and two new pairs of shoes.
"Wow! This is great nee-chan!" Melody laughed looking at all of her new stuff.
Videl smiled before frowning, "I guess it's my turn now huh?"
"Yup." Melody giggled.
Videl sighed. - great -
"You said you were a size 6?" Neera asked, once again walking over to the computer.
"Yes."
"Anything in particular you're looking for."
"Umm…just jeans and tee-shirts I guess…" Videl said thinking, "You know, nothing special."
Neera nodded, typing it in.
"But nee-chan, didn't you say you needed a new swimsuit." Melody said, causing Videl to glare at her and Neera to smirk
"A new swimsuit, huh?" Neera said evilly, typing it in before pressing 'enter'.
- oh man - Videl thought before the bright flash.
They were walking out of the store two hours later carrying a small bag of capsules, which contained all of their purchases.
"Bye Neera!" Melody yelled back, waving.
"Come back again you two." She smiled, flipping the sign back over to open.
"We will." Videl said.
After losing sight of her through the crowd, Videl turned to Melody, "What do you say to some food?"
"K"
Videl smiled. – Thank dende the clothes shopping part is over. At least I got a good number of clothes. – she thought, looking down at the bag she was holding, wondering just how many shirts and pairs of pants she bought. – But I still can't believe they convinced me into getting that swimsuit…-
She was still thinking about it when she crashed into something, causing her to lose her balance a fall back.
"Ouch…" she said, rubbing her head before looking up, ready to give the person an earful.
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Next Chapter : The First Impression
