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?”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8im78hONc
”No, we’re almost there.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFKOsZhpUA
”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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMCMpITftM
”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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuRQ8O29N3
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWmMxhPZl0
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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o1ru2YURB
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UWRkk26ZW
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPfesBTQzm
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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTd8Pu0npb
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDJHbmPxAT
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBCfRmLS4Q
”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. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymKuAtZMUg
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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3wU1rfwya
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmPshM29oI
”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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDfIF9zFaL
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.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPLWwAof9w
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. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ScQ2nwSCg
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?”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNKXrlFPz8
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTCjmlcqoD
”Fantastic.” 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tfm7QYUvz
”Let’s go, then.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQqqVGCfr7
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17AVJKaBAX
”How should I know?” 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqPIlDNDkX
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstkDwhEuqn
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPH7aA2PwB9
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e7sefM841
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtkDXpNWfR
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gpzJUKZuG
”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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxDOlrAzT3
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…”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRh3Z5ivmjW
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTReUmwzXDi
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLCXM1tZYC
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmvrghj3nu
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogrUQ7GYol
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.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJZJQ8kvWA
He paused, eyebrows going up.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kCPlcW7RD
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7vZbm1ee9
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50FtZo1dBb
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuuMtAqBRB
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufsjNpgF2D
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEf3TRbd7gf
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8nIHReVUQ
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o7885ipqa
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsxUVoaqIU
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtecJ9sCXg
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qMvsDPFnx
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9PVPLRA4V
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMz4IiIyue
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVgTid5eCd
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPAQhl570t
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dQ0P7kv5Q
”Sucks for you.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehYtL4c6oF
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdLaPPeRtx
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aqZOLxzzN
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zokZQ3rNf
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmreVHlc94
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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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQSdho4F7n
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. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8yJu6Vew1
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4S5cv5nZjQ
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.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohYnMJjNfk
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeXNAT4fIQ
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Xl6qYcavN
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UDpcBOJoM
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9psVtU346
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