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?”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7RAxABGJQ
”No, we’re almost there.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQC872fQCep
”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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpycm4eG0Oh
”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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cqLxuGNIF
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOt7e9XTuiM
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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhG5ENa4CUh
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHWIjeBj51
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYPJqC3LaR
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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfVcT43uq1
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8FeK3b4xS
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVq9F9YMQPX
”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. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxBe7v36ds
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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZpIMMApIH
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGWKGl9yPN
”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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTmwmK9WoR
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.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUlAFfGZhV
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. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzqsOKy25L
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?”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLo9gslfjk
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIWYdzIdNZ
”Fantastic.” 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU639GbWAaX
”Let’s go, then.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhuKyP4z4W
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2snBomGR1
”How should I know?” 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBKiU8jE3F
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCnVjaxV4j
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaut2DpoGQk
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzEbBzGJ1C
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtZwQDkLq4
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ko1sA0AN2
”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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUHodRebJG
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…”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsF84ld1Y9
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLV2qqqB8nM
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFqgmTkHir
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8cpvy1X1D
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHw5zfMX2m
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.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5zGRTUSg2
He paused, eyebrows going up.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxPtfX9s0N
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypOZps8zb3
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeUQS5IIid
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0suHvP3vAD
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUKo4Auemq
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwrlkY9HP9
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3eSoqU4wg
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsGSssyROY
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdgGFHgjYk
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0Ant3k1WS
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRi5KXVUWJ
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPLDFXZxsN
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFsgIaewJW
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nhRg8FUpD
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzwxADXfGY
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqNzb11iYS
”Sucks for you.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf8xu51uih
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgBltJ48ms
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnsoiMsw6u
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87awIv98CE
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2P4P5MJRkU
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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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHOdgygjMn
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. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoLX1aHhWw
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQojOHZbjdI
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.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSF2qVmACe
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46ZBnUjXhg
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbsoJ6ddKC
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9rV1AIvAW
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHf7IP3eQ8
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