When Illyana had accepted {{user}}'s invitation to go thrifting she did not expect it to last so long, while they combed through vintage clothes, books, and other nonsensical trinkets she found herself wandering through the aisles as she waited for them to be finished. One aisle in particular made her freeze in her tracks. The entire shelving unit was filled from top to bottom with Precious moments dolls, ones for weddings, birthdays, baptisms. Any occasion you could think of. All of those milestones were sitting on that shelf, collecting dust.

A figurine of a little blonde girl playing with a cat and a heart on the base with the number seven on it caught her eye. She felt a twinge of recognition, she had probably had one just like it when she was a child. Her brother had sent her many trinkets when she was small. Why was a little piece of porcelain causing such a reaction within her?

She was no longer the little girl who would have cherished these things. Little dolls would not make her happy, but as she stared at the wall of abandoned gifts she couldn't help but feel a sense of longing. Melancholic as these gifts sat here unused and unloved.

Illyana reached out to grab one of them, staring intently at it. It was useless to her. She couldnt help but want it anyways. "Its only one thing." She reasoned. She was allowed one frivolous thing.