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?”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKOGgctEiD
”No, we’re almost there.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmURVs2gSfY
”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.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9QBZrBMu1
”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.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiTyvf291l
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoH3Zxv3Vq1
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.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82ldVvzJqh
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgm9puRbjb5
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELOOsx7Ycd
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.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LW450Rs6U
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUNP7hg1Nu
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtJ8M4Bhjp
”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. 750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiO5NX1UMd
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.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡze5uj54SFh
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhV8GSDZrS
”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.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UxOm54n3B
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.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqGBoJzoMH
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. 750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KxX8XNTqh
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?”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4DWePf6wR
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjranB3Qba
”Fantastic.” 750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvo8pcDVBKd
”Let’s go, then.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSLHyjbnsU
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXgBB4gWbU
”How should I know?” 750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PNqTaa4On
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WryDqiqTJ
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBpRDURVjE
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHY9579xTdE
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLM9TkqmlKt
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzDxFXXiDS
”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.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ieT2OcQw5
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…”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wwZg4qpId
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyqPl6c5tG
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwq70RMmJow
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhHoz0rlWU
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7ezB5CAH9
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.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUA7HvgEPuY
He paused, eyebrows going up.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEALgO77cEc
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8ZXlF7gOj
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4JdNIBQY1
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0CvhBahcv
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTRIpg47pX
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMXaESsQMp
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgWdX8tgZW
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tqMbHDf9l
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDx4DpWT0Pm
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbmne3cvFA
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsZsV3iqO7
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBRFOWCZsV
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFQMIUTTGj
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTurtt3Qvsq
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqy8ZDG17sR
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGpUVQL3Gl
”Sucks for you.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNULC9lwsS1
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQKKifGcqI
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBnziiObDc
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PfIzIh6U2
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIn2JVliqF
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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.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaCBTETbjl
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. 750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1x9ghFZ4wB
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMoazjtHH5
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.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWxt8c7n0e
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zg2HPffTW
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPqsRHynMB
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwihGVbQLV4
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrsDBqyOuH
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