Sunday morning, everyone got up and met in the common room on the girls' floor. John was quite gleeful, telling Ronon about all of the oddball things one could find in this store. Rodney was more interested in the cheap food, however, as was Radek.
They got down all 3 flights of stairs before coming out of Main Hall and heading down the street.
"How far away is this place?" Rodney asked.
"2 blocks, Rodney…I think you'll live." Elizabeth teased.
"If not, can I have laptop?" Radek asked hopefully.
The group laughed as Rodney began to chase his roommate up the street with Radek saying in a high pitched voice, "Ohhh, somebody save me! Big Bad Rodney is after me!"
Once everyone had caught up to them (and Rodney had given Radek a BIG noogie), they went into the store itself.
Rodney's eyes lit up at the 4 aisles of food, while John and Ronon immediately went off to the toy section to see if there were any good things to use for pranks. The girls headed over to the underwear section and Carson went to see if he could get some cheap razors, since his were pretty dull.
Once they'd stocked up on the "necessary" items, Teyla dragged them all over to the clearance bins. "This is where you will find your weird, yet wonderful treasures." she told them with a smile.
As he dug through some of the various objects, Rodney was childishly pleased to find a keychain Rubix Cube. "Mine!" he sang, holding the precious object aloft.
A few seconds later, Radek triumphantly held up one of his own. "Now I have fun in Conducting class!" he said, sounding pleased.
Carson found a bottle of cheap hair gel and had to search for another one for John. Ronon was satisfied with a waterproof watch he'd discovered and the girls were happy with some lipstick and nail polish.
Enthusiastically hitting the last bin. Rodney fought Radek for the t-shirt which said, "Music Major" and lost, but while he was sulking, Kate helpfully found him one that said, "I'm a Musician…I can Handel anything!"
Carson had found a VERY bright tartan scarf while John and Ronon were more partial to the do-rags. Radek also found a fawn colored fedora that, when placed on his head, made Elizabeth suddenly lose her powers of speech. Teyla found a shirt for herself and Laura found a book she'd wanted to read.
Kate looked on in silence until Rodney thrust his hand into the bin and came up with a pen. Not just any pen, but an electric blue feathered pen. "For you." He said, handing it to her with a flourish.
She accepted it shyly, and vowed she would always have it with her. More feathered pens were found and everyone in the group had one.
Declaring themselves almost bankrupt from the expedition, they checked out and lugged everything back to the school. Rodney had about 6 bags so Kate carried a couple of them for him since she'd gotten very little.
Upon returning to their rooms, Radek reached into his bag and pulled out a small box of brightly colored capsules. "Put in water, and turn into different animals." he explained as he took a cup, filled it with some water, and placed a blue capsule in.
An hour later, he had a small foam cow. Fascinated, Rodney went next, sticking a yellow one in and getting a duck. John and Ronon both got green geese with Carson receiving a cow as well.
The boys kept sticking the capsules into the water and getting more of the little foam animals, which amused them no end. John's goose started "talking" to Radek's cow which resulted in all of them goofing around with the little toys. The girls came to get them for dinner and merely stood there in the doorway, enjoying the show that was going on before them.
"Is this some kind of male bonding ritual or are we allowed to play too?" Elizabeth teased.
They jumped to their feet, embarrassed, but Teyla took a goose from Ronon and started "talking" to Carson's cow. The others horked some animals and soon the room was filled with laughter.
