closed starter for marzipan ( @horrorbxby ) location: solstice comics
thalia had about one full hour before froggie and stevie finished their shift. ernie was nowhere to be found, and thalia didn’t want to go anywhere, so she ended up walking around the mall by herself. she was not dumb– there was still enough people around to feel safe, but for that same reason she wasn’t going to her car, no matter how much she wanted to take a nap.
after buying herself a giant icee, something she would not do when the temperature dropped lower, she decided to walk into stores she rarely ever did before. the skate shop was fascinating, but it was clear she did not belong in a place like that when nobody even asked if she was finding everything okay. she was not offended– she just found it funny that whenever froggie tagged along, everybody came to ask, but not herself. they knew her too well, and it seemed it was just by the way she was dressed. she walked out, moved on to the next store, and the next store until she ended up in the comic book store. that one was a new one for her. she wasn’t even sure if tommy was into comics– she only knew superman and wondergirl and stuff like that then, but never actually opened one of those books– magazines? still, thalia wandered inside, looking around mindlessly until a voice called her attention behind her. “oh– hi. sorry, i didn’t see you. i’m just... i was just looking around. never been here before– can you tell?”