There were so many new and interesting people in the town, it had taken Ruby a while to get around town and meet all of them. All the new shops she had to see, and new people with new stories she had to learn. She had met Mufasa in his book shop, and a young man who was also a dragon out in the woods. It had been an exciting few days, that's for sure. But now she was going to look at the new fireworks shop in town, and to meet it's owner, even though she had seen him around town a few times. It was a bit hard not seeing the people in town when you worked at the only diner in town, but she hadn't really spoken to him yet.

Fireworks had been something Ruby always loved, even back in the Enchanted Forest. Though as a wolf her ears were a bit sensitive to such loud noises, but the colors were always beautiful. So of course she was excited to go see what the shop had to offer, not that she had anything to use fireworks for, but looking couldn't hurt at all, could it?

She stepped into the shop with a bright smile on her face as she looked around, it seemed very colorful and bright, and it made Ruby feel happy instantly. She walked around between the shelves and looked at everything, wondering what it would look like on the night sky, and if it would be as magnificent as the fireworks she had seen in the Enchanted Forest.


@mushu

The fireworks business was not ‘booming’ at this present moment. But when had that ever really mattered in Storybrooke? When it came down to it, money was not something that was altogether important when the residents of the town rarely crossed the town barrier, you could easily get by using a tab in the many shops of the town. And so, Mushu wasn’t concerned. In fact it was nice actually, quiet really.

But actually, why would anyone in this town need fireworks? No one needed them. It was Mushu’s speciality, and Kay had just felt drawn to the bright colours, and the sparks of light - one thing that reminded him very much of home.

Hearing the bell on his door ring, he gave a grin. A customer. And when he saw her. Well…an attractive customer. But actually that wasn’t a surprise either, he’d always been a charmer no matter what. But…Kay had already found himself intrigued by the ice queen. She was the antithesis of him, and she’d piqued his curiosity. He only had to work out how to meet her again.

”Now, can I help you?” He grinned. Kay’s hand grabbed a couple of sparklers from the shelf, and creating sparks, he blew onto them gently setting them alight and passing one to the brunette standing before him.

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Once Ruby had found the quiet of Storybrooke boring and almost suffocating, that was back when they were all cursed the first time. She had been so young and adventurous back then, and she had no idea what she had done in her past. But now, Ruby was pretty happy about the quiet of the town, or as quiet as a town full of fairy tale characters could get. When you had a town will with sorcerers, dragons, dwarfs and a werewolf, you couldn't really hope for too much peace and quiet, could you? But it was a good change of pace from the Enchanted Forest, there had been so many things and people she had to fight. Now she was just happy to be home, in the relatively safe town.

She knew there was little need for fireworks in Storybrooke, why would you need to buy them when there were so many people with magic who could just conger it for you? But still she wanted to explore the shop, if not only to meet the owner of the place. Ruby didn't have any magic, so she might actually need to buy the fireworks for herself, if she ever needed them. At the moment she didn't think she needed fireworks for anything, but maybe that would change at some point.

Ruby smiled brightly when the owner came to greet her, and when he handed her a lit sparkler, her smile grew even brighter. It wasn't often she got to experience anything like that, so she took her time to watch the sparkler, before she answered the man. "I'm just out exploring the town anew since I came back from the Enchanted Forest not too long ago, and I wanted to say hi to all the people I haven't met before." She told him before she held out her hand to him. "I'm Ruby."

@mushu

He held onto a sparkler himself - the tiny sparks flying and hitting his skin gently. It was peaceful, easy to watch, something that kept Mushu centred. Any sort of fire or sparks helped Kay not to want to simply become a dragon again now that the town had magic once more. Life as a dragon had been far easier he theorised, but here in Storybrooke, dragons weren't always exactly welcomed.

The Enchanted Forest? It had been too long since he'd ventured back there. And even longer since he'd been brave enough to unite with the Fa dynasty. It had been longer than he could have imagined since he'd seen Mulan, and he felt a tiny pang in his chest at that realisation.

"Nice to meet you Ruby." Kay took her hand and rather than shaking it, pressed a kiss to it. "I'm Kay. Kay Flint, and I own this lovely establishment - obviously."

"Now, you said that you just came back from the Enchanted Forest, right? Any chance you saw a fearsome warrior...by the name of Mulan?" Just to hear how she was doing would be something. He'd let her down all that time ago, and he could never really expect to make it up to her, but knowing she was okay would ease a little of the guilt. And that would be something at least.

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