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?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kFHbElczR
”No, we’re almost there.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WgshTAMU4
”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.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkp2lHHeTgj
”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.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBgwFfSbtB
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f5ez56y1U
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.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzWDBwbtjM
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNbqF3CHgG
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbFvCRjRaN
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.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeMdq86uWd
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gzH4BBEu2
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUG3cziZdvs
”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. 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYD4oZuSv3y
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.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCqWZgolRb
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDKCAkxP3h
”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.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7HfZWwzvx
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.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkufSoCCKiF
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. 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDnhdMr8x6
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?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt2Z8XOmc2
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmE6q9kEDuA
”Fantastic.” 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhzZO7vc6K
”Let’s go, then.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsYAgRR45g
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrQ9DhjDH8
”How should I know?” 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVEZdVqwM9
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75tb1hZ78R
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivufTRk2pi
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsm4yCNnIK
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpE7GxJWx8S
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOF4GcJQY1e
”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.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngO3BR1ef7
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…”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdaN4I9kXW
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsS7NSJPD3B
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡng3BCSN8Pa
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiH5j1OeORU
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3WHAuVC3O
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.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ668DJCIM1Y
He paused, eyebrows going up.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwCUFGK6M4
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspVpTdjGeB
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3tHbFO8rY
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxKm4Meati
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHxepbDWNG
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tYLx8vFzt
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmCmulQL9A
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3icdNyG3M3
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8CaMjqay9
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpYsGfKReL
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5q6stvAZY
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnP3h6KvGH
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJu8SVnIWCe
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrD5fhA4WK2
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtwj1HHgXt
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuPpeKr15D
”Sucks for you.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IZJn1UYmG
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgaDDh4CbA
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KDMYtkmCp
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWbMAbRez2
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtwYfELcqQ
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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.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsKy9QlYvS
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. 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MgFYFrgPq
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqSQzmJdQd
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.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbInfWvH20j
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKOr0rgY6M
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQV05YYga4
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDpwC6yovY
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0FgH4aTMJ
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