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?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8iehgOzex
”No, we’re almost there.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1vKCPXl5z
”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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmV4U7aM5m
”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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6qmR4EflH
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSVyI2tb2k
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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlSowBH91G
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQRS37jo1f
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9uf7fwcy9
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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0ZPgdyNtW
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPvW33ZTdw
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xAmO2xz7v
”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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ922G6uktHY
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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoLWy1AGV4
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibhCzwYWAh
”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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1v109BlfBx
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.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FYmI2zEPk
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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisrLA7Mi7b
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?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06bBY0gO82
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfykRKf0z2
”Fantastic.” 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kJRXij4zP
”Let’s go, then.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlqcB3PyJi
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUesdo09a2x
”How should I know?” 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWrQe0dbuR
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwSq8e3juG
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErgnN0G0CI
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJjK6KVJnM
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBan6x7BrA
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsbniM6DnY
”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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTqTl1YNAJ
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…”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcZtPCQgdC
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVp55QDKkv
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLHdhuXwAj
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedVOl4IXrX
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfisQHZRavx
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.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0icB5C15zV
He paused, eyebrows going up.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMhqExWP5W
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CnE1vZbKE
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWpLJKEQOx
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcje70wNxdI
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmx1WJq580e
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjZLsKlHi8
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ec2i2yDwZ
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNBfAPEcU8
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCyljAk0cU
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXCR8I0Kvh
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK9fAuoN1b
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ190tP4aI6P
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1f9EYn8YHN
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNoqLJrdq6
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnm9cBtGI9M
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqghiZRKJ1
”Sucks for you.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAhof9a8YD
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSdtA2yBqQ
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvji3WKn2j
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUKZYuJiZl
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYK3ousuq8
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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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlfAaup13u
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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9HvrYkNFF
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCD6DYBl1u
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.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOJjp5qGod
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtGOBO8t68
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWY4va6xzEe
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaDvGk3rOP
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzCzTDrmeU
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