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?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Qnz5nWbpM
”No, we’re almost there.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsLLtzTEw4
”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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiedqteXZQ
”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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDlThicnLJ
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjf12YGbSP
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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66xfmJmWAK
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93N3AsEbnn
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL2Y9GxYRt
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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhJXWXS2wi
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOddnpwziw
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBglPpuDYjh
”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. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrMnE3DXYd
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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8XaVwDydl
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA5FqXlwNO
”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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEa7n2MAvc
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.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubaVps69KJ
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. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1AUnlsGzi
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?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQeIJVKNVE
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5URqaxCAa
”Fantastic.” 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4qols7GrO
”Let’s go, then.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDUNc7E7Vw
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxoipqVoRT
”How should I know?” 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAonpfLa22Y
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SkmigwH3a
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXrIAwqeMz
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQvyNZpGqg
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGPVOlGdxM
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHfyaQaRPy
”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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEukbv9pFR
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…”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Eynqfjmit
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg20w8ASEQ0
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBWR1DJYPt
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2QJbmdtMd
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzSDodC0UR
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.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fNCggc4Tv
He paused, eyebrows going up.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjl47KphH4l
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IFsOOOgfw
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFG4BdZJXMP
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTESigScWQ
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRxvBropZy
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJsUeYQ61R
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDFGarrwmo
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRTflkDjr4
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYFBql7apo
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTauPSi3EBo
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pNqJo5qBQ
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dSKlDThfZ
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOV8UhIG1B
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygYPPkKmqq
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9b4hUphOSr
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8O2DbZSS2
”Sucks for you.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2qlyzxnMJ
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYU3IJlxif
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJF0rmz1tJ
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkumX5O3wog
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5BPqgoyLT
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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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ctDUgSdEV
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. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2sTf53dvw
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSfSjXa9NF
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.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmLTZLGCqu
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqivspVP7Lu
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabAUGEfJ6j
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HceXWRGiW
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfWTeRaWuY
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