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?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhid5oF8UF6
”No, we’re almost there.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDe1p48MHwM
”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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYwnYSFUzp
”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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIoxRCPo68
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe46KrWTmok
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qJSYICzQm
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyNxOaLQBm
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUKy7UmEZA
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgXflxaEVP
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3xG6ND1f9
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDqOA4dNiR
”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. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLVs1hxDYR
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGnCAXxagG
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnofajCrrPi
”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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB3S7AnifC
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.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc7gsHDxzD
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. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWBc8zZzKr
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?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoxNhEgPcF
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZfRpkuV9l
”Fantastic.” 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFSw7oNZzx
”Let’s go, then.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUntZSgjCXj
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvU82UAj9w
”How should I know?” 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPFoLscBJV
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNUnEruRrD
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwC2cgvhtR
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCw4sh0sOdY
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2ag3XPFR3
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vuUjDfXY2
”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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMZLvx0vYR
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…”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2amY3efs8m
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgXeB4uB3J
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe5s4ioEtF
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdL2ciaUPGe
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYUII6afkq
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.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQFWnqOADc
He paused, eyebrows going up.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURQRoLs24u
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgP1Uv96mn
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRfgzZ5QBc
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5GhQexKmq
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuASn3KjDI
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sVD8vQGRr
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1xZpHMpph
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5fXuBRXX1
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStb16ZZqWm
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAppymvAAT
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGg6FgCQAsI
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwZPqRZJCw
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80sxRJj9ql
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft1LqbvkhU
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0M85oY4cxF
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXJelMgdao
”Sucks for you.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxsLp4Dhtz
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2T7Znr04J
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcyy0ZNSI7
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSvz3gGSu0
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBqUFuKxkM
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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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6aMUGzrwv
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. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzBCwArcX3
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLFBaI1Qi0
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.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDltXoAq34
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf23B3L6GOY
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAE0sVrUPf2
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktze2iIjqf
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs88gcLVkri
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