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?”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OelD0O7Om
”No, we’re almost there.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFzD27x9MT
”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.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5R1J9X3iaH
”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.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsIOPVCEmg
”So? Doesn’t need to,” he responded honestly. 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowmlcMjPi9
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.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAu9hoNYHj
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After another few minutes, Neoma stopped in from of a store. “Here we are.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaK3ZkWeaPY
”Finally…” he grumbled. Luna dashed over to the door and walked in, giving a soft giggle. The other two followed, Cináed first, then Neoma.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvlmZcC4VP
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.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69WD84XnLN
”It’s not exactly mine, either,” she noted, looking at Luna, who was already looking at them with sparkling eyes.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHXHagGgpP
”Can we just hurry up?” he complained. “I hate this.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIB0PxCVuy
”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. 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9v0ZF3ie37
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.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjB7abLuch
She stopped to look up and gasped upon seeing his face. “Your eyes?”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl0W2Cm5Gi
”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.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IP894dG8I
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.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wnMGtYUtX
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. 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjr5JCLcFdx
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?”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbwkXBk4qJ
”If we spend the day doing something, yeah, she needs time to actually make the dresses.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKq26Y7pDHB
”Fantastic.” 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkykk5yw4K
”Let’s go, then.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SyGUIizAW
As they walked, Luna looked over at him. “So what should we do!?”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxZqQufyNk
”How should I know?” 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmm7OnNv4E
”I thought you’d have something in mind…” She pouted, looking off to the side.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpziNyNX5K8
”Why’s that?” Curiosity was starting to get the better of him now.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDvNUD9wjO
”I dont know? Neoma’s kinda forcing you around, so I thought you’d wanna do something?”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcpqqoBUKX
”Kinda? What I WANT to do is get this damn ring off so I can go where I want,” he hissed.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBlbLVIyBE
She tilted her head. “I can’t control what Neoma does…”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aRIURKSy1
”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.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBXaHMrbCF
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…”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUF7rOcoxj
He growled. “No shit. Better than having it burn through the skin.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3uvCFbd5Y
”Hm.” She paused. “Maybe when it’s loose enough you can slide it up?”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbfZhPVdbi
”Maybe. Damn, this hurts.” Understatement of the year. He glared at the ring for a minute before dropping his hand.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnL1GqzgdB
”Sorry?” She was looking at the shops now, staring at some food ones. He just muttered a jumbled complaint under his breath.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJEjwQDKcr
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.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCmONj5wB7
He paused, eyebrows going up.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQoZKQah9l
”Someone better have something to do, because this isn’t a thing to do.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbypdAqrCib
He shrugged. “Why don’t you?”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKN8iJO8pX
”I’m not exactly the description of fun ideas.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qYsZYWLuT
”… Really? Never would’ve guessed.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCTEXQwsLl
She grumbled lightly. “Like you should be commenting on that.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMGAVlQ957
”Hey, I’d have a lot more fun if you weren’t dragging me around, screwing with my magic.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq09dzJvOkx
”And I would be too if Earth wasn’t so boring.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWKP02D3xZ
”Eh, Earth can be pretty great.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeB1g662bO
”How so?” She practically groaned. “I mean, you can’t even say magic without someone saying ‘devil!’”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiLjqd1EGN
He paused. “True, for most parts. That’s why you don’t get caught.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvSYXlv2ZN
”I prefer my world.” She pressed one of her feet to the ground, nearly jumping as a stone pressed into her foot. 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxP2xTZUNw
He smirked at that. “Then why’re you here?”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zXAiLNvub
”Need to get to a port home,” she said.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFc4bjKNMd
”You can’t just get back yourself?” 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iCQ4A14l0
She shood her head and sighed. “Not exactly my forte.” 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mtqsdrQYP
”Sucks for you.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuf22DvS8Oc
She snickered. “You too, because you’re stuck with us ‘till we do.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4tiE0YCIy
”Then what? Gonna drag me along there too?” He glared.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FZgplWtH7
”A possibility, we might.” She turned around, starting to walk again.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbuBRG3zCd
”Oh, fantastic,” he grumbled.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS7u3zotuf
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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.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiU0PiH9oS1
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. 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhuhlbFCDl
Neoma shoved the bag on money into her hands, then nodded to the door. “Come on.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6WkdlxHOJ
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.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIEpd547XG
He grinned. “Sneaky. She’s not going to be happy, huh?”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kHBzJcGwJ
She smirked. “She deserves it, do you know how many times she poked us with pins?”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzL5KLOiS8
”She was almost as much of a bitch as you.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1N5aphSlt8
”Thank you, thank you~” She started walking on the path back to their motel. “Let’s get our horse and scram.”831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTe7dtQPQB
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