Gargoyles' 'verse: The Castle: Shopping Trip (Probably Lacking in Doom)

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Guinevere materialized in the courtyard of the castle with a nervous look, afraid for a moment that it hadn't actually worked.  After all, the one courtyard looked pretty much like the other.

Though, truth be told, she'd be nervous anyway.  The very idea of simply going out into public--shopping, Franklin had called it--was beyond strange to her.  She was from a time when her kind were tolerated at best, not unlike some kind of mangy watchdog that the humans kept.  Useful, but not at all important.  And times were not much better several centuries in the future.  Could it all have changed so much here?

And there was the scarier notion that somewhere out there in this universe, there might still exist a Demona.  The one from the universe she now called home was removed from things, forever sealed in sleeping stone.  But here...  could she face herself, if it came down to it?  She did not know.

And then there were her emerging feelings for Franklin...

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"There she is," rumbled his deep voice happily from behind her, in a sheltered corner of the courtyard where he crouched holding a blanket-wrapped bundle under the warmth of his caped wings. "Oh, right, you can't see her."

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She brightened at the sight of him. "Franklin!" she beamed. "Who are you talking too?"

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He stood and walked over to hug her with one arm and wing, his cheek resting on her hair. Safely in the crook of his other arm, a tiny furry face looks at her from large brown eyes. "Jane. She was helping me wait for you."

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"Alien?" He looks down at her quizzically.

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"Sons and daughters are supposed to belong to the whole Clan. Each clutch of eggs has many rookery parents. It is our way. Though my new Clan does things very differently."

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The old one waved and walked away with a chuckle, and Franklin looked down at Guinevere. "So... ready to go?"

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She smiled and put her hand in his. "I am if you are."

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Far below he laughed as he twisted in mid air and swooped upward again, his arms joyfully outstretched. The wind of his passage ruffled her hair and skirt, and then he was falling again in a spectacular roll.

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And Guinevere laughed, enjoying herself all the while as she glided after him. She had not felt this good about, well, anything, in ages, frankly.

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Franklin took the other with a shy grin and a thank you, then bowed his head and murmured for a moment before eating half the slice in one bite.

See Franklin do the chipmunk.

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And Guinevere could not help but laugh. "Forgive me. I should not laugh... but you are simply adorable sometimes."

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((not spam! Lamb *wapself*))

People smiled at her, attracted by the brightness of her hair and skirt. There were a few hostile looks, but the people who gave them were glaring at everyone.

Franklin was grinning in triumph as he turned and offered her three of the skewers. "These are really good. I like the peppers, too. That's the red things between the curled up meat."

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Guinevere took the offers skewers and took an experimental bite of lamb and pepper. The lamb she adored; mutton was a common enough food back in Scotland, and she'd always had something of a taste for it.

The pepper on the other hand, nearly set her mouth of fire. "Oh...!"

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"I'll get you some," he decided. "With the works."

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"The... works?"

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"Have you had pizza yet?" He carefully wiped his hands and face on a paper napkin.

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"Pizza... is the bread dish? With the sauce and cheese?"

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"I like you...." He faltered even as he zeroed in on the sound of her voice. "And Mother wouldn't have said I could hang out with you if it wasn't alright."

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"Franklin, I nearly set myself upon that man just for wanting to take a picture."

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He just sighed and hugged her.

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She returned the hug, leaning into him as much as she could, then abruptly pulled back.

"Franklin..."

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"You'll learn new cuss words," he promised, still grinning.

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"Elisa has been... most instructive in that matter."

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He grinned, then held up the bone. "See? Black."

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She considered it thoughtfully. "Most strange."