Prompt 37a - Sage

[peppermint_shamrock]

Title: Shopping Trip
Prompt: Sage
Author: peppermint_shamrock
Rating: G
Characters: C-3PO
Pairing: None
Star Wars Media Property: Prequels, post-AOTC
Word count: 200
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Summary: C-3PO finds the markets of Coruscant to be quite different than the markets of Tatooine.
Author Notes: N/A
Beta: None, it's just me

 

“Oh! I’m terribly sorry,” C-3PO said after he accidentally bumped into someone, again. He still wasn’t used to this. The hustle and bustle of the market was familiar, of course, but there were so many more beings out doing their shopping than ever would have crowded around the stalls on Tatooine!

And what was for sale could be so different, too. Fortunately, C-3PO had extensive databanks on many culinary traditions, so even though he was in a new place, he was quite confident he could put together ingredients that would please any Coruscanti resident no matter where they originally hailed from. Which, of course, was a much needed skill when Miss Padmé routinely had other Senators over for dinner!

He paused at a stall offering herbs, and examined some of their sage, consulting his databanks against Padmé’s list of guests, and determined that it was non-toxic to the species that would be present, and would add flavor that they would enjoy.

The shopkeeper turned out to be a polite and reasonable being – unlike many that he’d encountered today, who made terribly rude remarks about droids! – and C-3PO was able to make his purchase. Markets weren’t so different here, after all.