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?”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2LhZA2gu8
”No, we’re almost there.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bc5oMmzrN
”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.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfst7gNCkd
”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.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmHGGJCp58
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2sFYZdg7G
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.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfu28pBLH9E
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WpxoYTXNg
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMinzZOttO
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.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChFuIUQcFl
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7y1PzJlux
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcKthKpHPg
”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. 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOdfa5rzEm
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.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTn3x1Y3XsA
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwnO1pZkUe
”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.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNqb3EnXWk
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.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjXfOboAGG
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. 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjk8Xi9OTR
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?”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVQQGKywzt
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOpB4Xo4P6
”Fantastic.” 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zYiIGSaXT
”Let’s go, then.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1bOtw8Bx0
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyTrw0BNoH
”How should I know?” 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZRdxQt3Nv
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNUYAsxcQY
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTl3tbXkT5J
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1OKLLuvTd
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnMTANt43A
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHCJsFesQV
”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.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmxjR6ZEXu
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…”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7F6nmcHPm
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0ah0zHCqd
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlSdAqsU5q
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKu1fslaoP0
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVzzd3RtnM
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.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiHrd88hKm
He paused, eyebrows going up.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0eZdfsYPH
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45DuFZFSkD
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFN3lntCc7
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjrXaAI6Vm
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbgSBPpS8d
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmzhPKquF1
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4I9w999Pg
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos8lfEDARl
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQmIkk222V
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3ZWfGlqbA
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CYHhXAoCa
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFzFc641Pg
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnc9qmgYxql
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyIUyObZ7z
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41XnE59STC
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0K4j302Zxc
”Sucks for you.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Kf4ro1fTg
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjb4NmmdiuI
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORKFxzXFgM
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQ3ImH2fo2
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqcnKXFApv
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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.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvg4SQpCy2P
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. 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqauBBI08KA
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaNJooC9Gp
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.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxm82YoJfj2
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOboKSnFLN
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lxOZRz09M
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1QRFYCAqN
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGUw7odNLo
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