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?”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIB409aUWMI
”No, we’re almost there.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHX6siCy4mH
”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.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmBrPCZmG3
”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.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8ex1gUrE9
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OnWDYGvn5
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.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQRWKc0bQA
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicWcxwZd7c
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwwl6zEihv
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.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfJ56Mc3TI
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvNrOIhsXp
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSwWziTqxL
”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. 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQGVlp1Z8a
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.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDxdvR1LFo
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyD3B97idLa
”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.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWLTWQtgTy
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.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtSnIZc4xN
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. 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yK8sxF3gh
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?”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cC0XthDCZ
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmUClC1zxA
”Fantastic.” 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypOPS0POAy
”Let’s go, then.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOeSwiUFrU
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiKieySk3n
”How should I know?” 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaGDaoYJhz
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8iOpJUd4X
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBti6mqpP2W
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDvfnCiotB
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9Z1nDTHJC
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZNbEPhSWH
”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.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LL2iJAPEr
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…”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCRwnac6dT
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyEvznlHqQ
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCh20R314FX
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZXghRhPmR
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYBKoW4vt6
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.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQnu8dfQsN
He paused, eyebrows going up.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t2QM2uPqy
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjCJ97pzSL
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UiBmrn23g
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkVl7Md5jd
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKO8IPkxjjC
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL383VC5rLa
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEUF477vKS
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF0doa4Uu9
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmWLwf8cum
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJHVqofv9Z
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdwGS2vFC8
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9M93Fb6aj
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjPZua1y0Q
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeYH8F0lm3
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSL7lUbTVvm
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQ5KRIkavx
”Sucks for you.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UJ9Hs5NaN
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7j68Orf4C
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SHRgJTroV
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsOuD1t4Wj
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtK1Nl6cdqU
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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.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQi5rWC1IZS
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. 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsDVKJuBUr
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogZoRdBy7G
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.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZnxBU5Tnn
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXPTfvQYko
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH20SFnA1Yb
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmuMSjX28U
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPKWtAXtgz
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