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?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNyLi9gCIS
”No, we’re almost there.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ023dEvxAHo
”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.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ0bCplVJd
”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.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNdUmHt2Ty
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWYk3pTPHk
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.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSFw6qgRRu
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OQChAzkU8
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBf3pEo5Bh
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.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FSqZRN6Jk
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIAuUOd94Z
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ848v6jKf2r
”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. 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCwZNWiuWY
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.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDq1Fr7YJU
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHdGmaNQx6
”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.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqPPeiny4C
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.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOgrznOedl
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. 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1Dxs5HSyQ
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?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJPsf3e700
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuIocIyoOI
”Fantastic.” 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRh65N4rRcf
”Let’s go, then.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pmcmx6TuC
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGunZe61mv
”How should I know?” 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjRuD1PcUC
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Opkk3PkuA
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1UCchW56T
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwQ4DLQok2
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8g9aWd7NFu
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtwhH2knKP
”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.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxntY3dS2g
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…”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLlhPbCWKE
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIjpcpYOrm
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxA2f1xDshv
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAkhoTGn6L
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOJ1mgTNU4
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.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwb7Gbl601v
He paused, eyebrows going up.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GWeATO3Q4
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9fkEzLr77
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmuyAaGxaY
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6zl84jopb
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2fpp6uSa7
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5y6cXPFxIH
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuoKTQhvEt
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KMvkFTA8u
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyftLh2D5mi
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEGWk03IRO
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXCUtWaCJX
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnlZk3dSBi
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXKP4bGSjn
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdZAPRXtEO
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAIdQBJ2T1
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdqeuW8ePw
”Sucks for you.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxzATrwgNb
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlAKJ8CjGM
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MFRAmVWin
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TE1I9ztEm
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpQ18r9u36
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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.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xGYZxlVdR
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. 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocqlCHOpPW
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcEdhpLQIB
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.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjO8JQFVj1
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHd3N08snWf
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoSqDQOqFG
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqhjaPYcgT
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxaISwP2GS
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