#[Victor: I don't want it. I DONT WANT IT. I'M NOT LUDGER]

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As expected, the 'plan' for what Yuri wanted to purchase only partially existed. A few definitive items were reserved for his guild members and a future luncheon, but after that? They'd be browsing for whatever Yuri thought would let him upkeep his self-care. Which if he learned from his trips with Elle, those can be bizarre, numerous, and debated at random points in time.

"I predicted we'd be out long enough to stop for a meal, so I already prepared lunch," Victor lifted the lid of his shopping basket and sure enough, multiple storage boxes lined the bottom. Less space meant less room for impulse purchases, so he packed plenty. "You're free to choose when and where we take our lunch break. Or should you choose not to, Elle won't complain about leftovers."

As the strolled the streets of Trigleph, one of the shops' display windows had Bunnykins & Friends merchandise. Dolls, key chains, stress toys... even though Ludger's dimension hadn't caught up to Victor's original time yet, the brand's reaching the height of popularity he remembers.

"..." The whole time they walked by, Victor kept ogling the Bunnykins display until he forced himself to turn away. He's not Ludger-- he doesn't care for dolls. He doesn't want one. He doesn't want one. "--I don't understand how such a simple rabbit doll got so popular. Suppose Elympios is depressing enough to accept anything cute," His remark's to save face, but Yuri wouldn't tell the difference surely.

At first, Yuri was... honestly, a bit shocked to see Victor show up at his door. Even with the call ahead of time, Yuri didn't entirely expect the guy to actually show up. On top of that, the fact that Victor picked him to go with was almost baffling. They weren't enemies or anything, at least as far as Yuri knew, but things could be a little strained because of Victor's... grudge? Really, Yuri didn't know what to call it with how confusing he was.

It was the question of Yuri's shopping list that damn near made his eyes light up. Usual necessity shopping was just the same old shopping, but he'd planned to go out today for... frankly, excess. The "unnecessary" stuff. He tried to hold back though, lest Victor immediately back off. As much as things were a little weird between them, part of Yuri was stubbornly determined to get Victor to stop being so cynical. Probably a losing battle, but once he was gonna be stubborn about it, he would at least do his best to see it through.

"Some of it is picking up stuff for my guild, but otherwise, it's really just, self-care stuff, I guess you'd say? Probably gonna pick up some food or something while I'm out anyway, so kinda just assorted stuff. I'll probably be out for a while, but we can stop and eat somewhere if you want. I know you'd probably rather spend as little time out in public as possible, but I'm gonna get hungry at some point."