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?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrWh3BWJkj
”No, we’re almost there.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmajVI0x7CB
”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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SOpbgF3lf
”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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbz3IkYxDa
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR1YQFOzpz
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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFEglMx1MV
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTizUwYoywi
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4ZM949V7j
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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwEryiGoLI
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHCkqa69S0
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9mewCxfUA
”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. 727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27zBi65h98
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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolhokQapbk
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlHa1nVXt0
”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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYCkyDIIH9
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.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4qgkdeYjL
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. 727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWq853p7ztS
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?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56jXRAlgY3
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnMsykGlvr
”Fantastic.” 727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2TXJe6dDk
”Let’s go, then.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2xPpYGjgO
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mCKW3JCLs
”How should I know?” 727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBKBtH7IVQ
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvNXrOTn4Y
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmzHeAaV8E
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcljLyRPvs
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAykNJMwqN
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihzVQ9UNr5
”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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJ0hCHD12p
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…”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbI3s5xQ2ep
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmQCNyXOl6
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDBmo3THCC
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNTrlWc7dz
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZHljpsOkI
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.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefWYNb175z
He paused, eyebrows going up.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnrlTMLFR4
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGmafOAdca
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfkucmCV1O
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4w8PoHgIB
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJySgTM3Y7W
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhu4GqdAGBo
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8c5Izq6Hzx
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYTLbvCjm5
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSINbKEYuPu
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPaZUo2sus
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGI4vznmOG
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGYfNle4jg
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBYrhjoUKd
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYGnJUEh1O
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MKxZta3hO
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjEQcUN7E5
”Sucks for you.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsJSsQENd4
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKGPwlKOi7
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoHC7gHHtH
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkvoU5F2qB
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkx6LSKPUw
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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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9os6yzUwk
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. 727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlMYCjbUK1
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXownxB4dAj
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.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOkZLWyXYg
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPu9jxskZBG
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LE7RF3aXh
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSW3h6HnOHi
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiC7EDDjP6
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