Flowershop Floristic *closed at the moment*

"Well", Wocky said as he loosened up a little, "I go to high school. I'm on my last year, and I hope I graduate, 'cause my grades ain't so good..."

He then posed proudly and said, "And I'm also the future fifth boss of my family, after Pops retires."

'Ah i see. I didn't go to school at all.' She said.
'So, what is it your family does?'

"You didn't go to school?" Wocky asked, "So I guess you were homeschooled then..."

He then took his hands out of his pockets and said, "Well... We're gangstas..."

For a second Pearl didn't pay attention to Wocky.
She followed Dahlia with her eyes while she walked away.
'Dahlia! Hey!' She called, knowing that Dahlia carried flowers some seconds ago.
'You need to pay for that!' She crossed her arms and sighted. Then she noticed something on the ground.
'And.. you've dropped something!' She said while carefully coming closer to the powder, knowing it was most likely something dangerous.

Wocky looked in Pearl's direction as she walked up to the powder on the floor.

He then rushed to her and pulled her back.

"Stop!" He said, "Don't get near that stuff!"

He'd sworn he'd seen something like it before, since he was in the 'gangster business' after all, but he wasn't sure.

"You oughta clean this up", He said, "Don't want anybody steppin' in it."

Pearl looked at Wocky.
'Do you know this stuff?' She asked pointing at the ground.

"I think so", Wocky said, "Sometimes Pops tells his goons to use it on people we go after... Like puttin' it in their mail or somethin'... Or it jus' could be flour, but I think we should still be careful."

Normallt Pearl would've said it was probably flour.
But she knew Dahlia, so it can be really dangerous.
Pearl wlked out of the shop, looking around trying to spot Dahlia.
'Dahlia?' She actually didn't know if she really wanted her back after she left this stuff.
Pearl couldn't think of Dahlia carrying flour.

"So that girl's name was Dahlia?" Wocky asked, "Do you know her or somethin'?"

Pearl turned back to Wocky, still standing outside.
'Yes, well, Dahlia is my sister actually.' She said.
She looked down the street once more.
'And she just stole some flowers.' She said.
Pearl sighted. 'I guess i have to pay them now. I can't tell the boss that there's something stolen when he comes back.' She said.

"O-Oh", Wocky said as he looked at Pearl.

"She doesn't look like a very nice girl, does she? I mean, she drops a potentially dangerous substance on the ground an' she stole flowers?? Even I wouldn't do that... I would only steal from people I didn't like, y'know? That's how the Kitakis roll."

Pearl looked surprised as she saw Dahlia returning.
I don't think she wanted to pay at all.. she tought.
'Y..yes, you dropped something.. What is it?'
Pearl played nervous with her magatama, not sure if she wanted to know the truth.
But she also knew that Dahlia wouldn't tell the truth. Probably.

Pearl looked at the powder on the ground. She pointed at it.
'That's yours.. isn't it?' She asked. 'I saw you dropping it..'
Pearl didn't feel so well, standing between a ganster and a .. dangerous girl with an umberella.

Wocky stepped in front of Pearl and said to Dahlia, "Jus' what're you up to, anyway? It ain't every day that I see somebody drop white powder on the floor..."

He then looked at the powder closer, and then his eyes went wide.

"W-What... What the hell?! I-Is this... Cocaine?!"

He remembered his father showing him what cocaine looked like when one of his goons brought it to his office one time.

"W-Where the hell did you get this?! It's crack! Pops' goons always steal this stuff!"

"If it's medicine", Wocky said firmly, "Then why're you droppin' it on the floor? Wouldn't you want to save it for her? And yeah, I do pop goo- Wait a minute! I don't pop goons; I was talking about my father! His goons always steal crack."

Pearl looked down.
Iris' medicine.. because.. she's mentally sick?
Pearl now figured it out. Iris isn't sick. And the only medicine Dahlia would give Iris wasn't a good medicine.
'T-that's.. Not medicine, is it, Dahlia?' Pearl looked up.
'I know you.. If Iris was sick, you would never give her medicine at all..'
Pearl looked away. Why did i say that again..? It's kinda dangerous to say those stuff to her..

Pearl didn't believe Dahlia's story at all.
'You need her assistance? I don't think Iris would help you again.. And no one told me she was sick.'
Pearl said. She felt nervous, but didn't want to show it.
So she looked serious, holding her magatama tight.

Wocky just stood there as Pearl and Dahlia were going back and forth at each other.

"This chick is really messed up", He thought, "Pickin' on this girl like that."

He then had a huge impulse to protect Pearl as he lunged at Dahlia with his fist, not caring if he was about to beat up a woman; To him, she wasn't a woman at all, really. It was easy for him to see that she was clearly evil, he'd been involved in the 'business' long enough to know this.

"Leave her alone!" He said after he'd done the deed, causing Dahlia to be knocked to the ground, "You don't pick on innocent girls like this! Sure, I may not be in a 'good crowd' either, but at least I don't do the stuff you do!"

He then went over to Pearl and said softly, "I-I'm sorry Pearl... I jus' didn't like seein' her sayin' that stuff to you..."

Pearl turned to Wocky after Dahlia ran off. She was a bit scared now.
She hoped Dahlia wouldn't do anything bad to Wocky.
'Wocky.. I think you should be carefull with her..' Pearl looked down.
'I hope she's not planning anything..' Pearl looked at the powder still lying on the floor.
'She.. She said she was going to give Iris a medicine, right?' Pearl looked at Wocky.
'I don't want Dahlia to hurt Iris..'