Around them, there were few people now that they were away from the inn. The only ones in sight were a few kids playing some kind of game. Cináed’s eyes lingered on them momentarily before he turned to Neoma. “Can’t you hurry up?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOp1ODVfL6
”No, we’re almost there.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWOCmexrpk
”Good,” he grumbled. She rolled her eyes and ran a hand through her messy, unbrushed hair, and Cináed resorted to once more glaring holes in the back of her head.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGF7D9u45Bl
”You know the two of you fighting doesn’t solve anything, right?” Luna crossed her arms and looked him dead in the eyes, which amused him.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccBYRHPtdn
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdXb7IpbFn
She sighed, her shoulders slumping slightly. After another few seconds, she got distracted by one of the clouds, and she was smiling once again. Idiot, he thought with a snort.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwUvENZt9J
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Sfz0LhGqF
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYh3dpGM67
Various dresses of different colors stood on display. Most had wide, puffy sleeves, long ones, or a mix of both. All were floor-length. “Out of my area,” he muttered, gesturing for Neoma to actually do something.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYTf9xPKGu
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9Jk7wIgjP
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhstWyqIrLr
”Well, it’s not exactly my favorite way to be spending a Thursday morning.” She walked over to the counter, and Cináed followed, uninterested in examining the clothing. The girl slammed her fist onto the counter, grumbling quietly. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4NQXB74Ug
It took a few minutes for a woman to emerge from the back room, rambling in French and clearly distracted by whatever she was holding. Cináed huffed impatiently to catch her attention.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGHL58djV3
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzKqkZcXMj
”Foreigners,” he said as a quick explanation, grimacing. “Normal for us.” Technically true. She gaped for a moment, looking between the two, then nodded slowly.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFOY2LQaYL
Neoma piped up after a moment of silence, pushing a small bag of coins onto the table. Some fell out with a clatter; strangely, some had turned to French coins. “Dresses.” The shopkeeper looked up at her, then the coins, then slowly nodded, motioning for them to follow. “Luna! Come on.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAR3fiDgzC
Luna lifted her head and made a dash after them. On reflex, he made to step after the three, but after receiving a death glare, he moved back. They entered the back room, and he leaned against the counter. During the time they spent in there, a few yelps, soft chattering, and subdued growls were heard. Meanwhile, Cináed fiddled with the silver ring. It stung every time his fingers brushed it, but as for his other hand… it felt about the equivalent as sticking his hand into a furnace. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6hPHQD8Nq
After a short while, Neoma and luna came back out, Neoma with her arms crossed and Luna practically skipping. He looked up and dropped both hands to the table. “Are you finished with this yet?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwR39sAxrC
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeS7fS6c4X7
”Fantastic.” 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0QxNCfxd6
”Let’s go, then.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpIQS5A53o
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6TzPU8i6a
”How should I know?” 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCb2FxhTb7j
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fEiTX1ZyT
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRxzTBVCQF
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ388ZWO6E0G
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CD6sUuYBF
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsccKzQ7ccy
”That bitch… dunno why she’s even bothering to drag me around.” The shifter started toying with the ring again. The skin under and around was blistering and an ugly red color.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEehX2tnho
She shrugged, looking ahead for a few moments, then at his hand. “The more you mess with it, the more it will end up burning, you know…”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAM7WHNhPj
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7hN1CZf6M
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfLFESj6ke
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYMl0A3lT0
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCiWIuAADq
Neoma suddenly stopped by one of the buildings, and he glanced toward her. After a second, she yawned and went back to walking, but just as suddenly made a sharp turn in his direction. “Hey.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdt5rYDrPaf
He paused, eyebrows going up.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFMrf2pGCO
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYNui8jhT6
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBoZTujRy8
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A4XHqL494
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8PWzvbam2
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFVBF1QGuZ
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUefsuL6q8
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwoICNfcZD
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMbsQ3e6lT
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYoiwRWRc3
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRF6xtwynT
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3s9WRH3Hw
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhhL10FpkR
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NDSTF9ZqG
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykCRgwdhpl
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9dxONXMTu
”Sucks for you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1DcgO19qW
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcms9oiuzy
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QOHW1DC9G
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bWpWqAbsV
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmz93SA1p2x
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Far later in the afternoon, after an extreme amount of boredom (they seriously don’t know how to enjoy themselves? Losers), Neoma walked into the dress shop, looking around for the French woman. She waited, then banged her hand on the table again.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlDel7kRSy
Luna walked over to the door and knocked, causing it to swing open. Cináed flinched a bit when the dresses were practically thrown into their faces, and the shopkeeper opened her hand and held it out. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgOZBBTi0M
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKJoYVvtBE
They headed out, stopping in front of it. Neoma shut the door behind them. “So we have about two hours to get out of here, because about half of those are shadow-made and will dissolve back.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurM2dVlnHf
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPlX0ijUOs
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hKga5Fnc0
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUFmVtcugW
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmsaXjAJhR
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