<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/Rt2ECxS.gif)</div>NAME: Kevin Finch<br/>DAY: June 15th, 2021, 11:00AM<br/>LOCATION: Knick Knack Remembrance Shop<br/>TAGGING: Toshiro | Mentioned: Mallory<br/>EXTRA: In Search of a Peace Offering<br/>WEARING: Camos - like always . Including knife and pistol<br/><hr/><br/>"She's worth it. I've always known that." Mallory was the one person who was always there for him, no matter what. The question was to find what it was that reflected that worth. But Kevin had an idea. And once Kevin had an idea, it was usually hard to shake him from it. In this case though, the quarry was hard to find. It hid among hefty camouflage of various chotchkes and knick-knacks, a regular diamond in the rough. "No I'm looking for something Doc. If it isn't here, I don't know where I'll find it."<br/><br/>And there it was. Hiding behind an array of travel mugs and pine cones with googly eyes. It was a scrapbook, about the size of doormat. It was bound with faux-aged leather trim, and carried a good heft, which is what you want in a scrapbook. The paper inside, card stock though it was, seemed to have yellowed with age (though it was really yellowed with industrial processes.) You could imagine dust coming out of it once opened. It even smelled mustIt was, for lack of a better word, perfect. Well maybe not perfect. It was a work in progress. But Kevin knew what he was doing, and more importantly, knew what he was going to do. And that would make all the difference.<br/><br/>Kevin took his prize to the cashier and paid with his own money. This was a gift so it sure as hell wasn't going on the company credit card. He also made sure to get a bag, a relatively formless one, so that whatever may have been inside could have been anything. Kevin wanted this to be a surprise. A good one. Mallory deserved that.<br/><br/>"Needless to say, anything that went on in here Doc, is strictly confidential, right?" Kevin was sure that Toshiro could keep a secret, he probably kept more than a few in his lifetime. Still, this was important in ways it was hard even to imagine. And Kevin still hadn't quite figured out how to get back to a place where he could give Mal the gift in the first place. Oh well. One thing at a time. "Well, at any rate, I found something I needed. So this trip wasn't a total loss. Every now and then, you need a win." And for the first time on this outing, Kevin grinned.