The Warped (2nd Party)

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"We shall." Mortis said walking towards the door. She stepped out and waited for Septar. When she was sure Septar was following, she spoke, "Well, first thing is first, let's get your clothes. Even if the others are hungry, we need to get you blending in first... It should be the first priority. I'd have said that even if they did come with us. The fact that they didn't just makes it easier." She shrugged, not giving it much thought afterwards. "Wonder if we should ask around for direction or just go.." She mumbled under her breath, then decided to just go as she exited the inn, looking around outside for one of the clothing vendors she had seen earlier.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid sighed and turned around, sitting down on his bed. "Fiiine." When Mortis and Septar left, Macid closed his eyes and tried to take a nap, but found himself tossing and turning, unable to go to sleep. He sat up and rubbed his eyes before looking over at Constance sleeping. He watched her for a minute before looking over at Anan lying on the table. His eyes darted back and forth for a minute before he took it up and leaned in close to her, pointing his finger at Constance. "What is your name?"

[[Sov]]

Septar nodded and walked out past Mortis, turning a little bit to face her while walking, "I remember seeing a clothing shop almost immediately when we walked into town. It was full of people," her tone dropped now worried about that part. She was always worried about something, and most of the time it showed in her body language. Though she was trying her hardest to be brave it was hard when she never knew what to expect from the monsters they just encountered, to the bounty hunters everyone has mentioned to her before.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Though unconscious, Constance had still heard Macid using Anon, and having heard it, the finger guantlet wrote out Constance's full name in the air, and her dreams appeared as pictures and dialogue within Anon's pages. The first clothing store that the women went up to was filled with many other beautiful women looking for clothes. However, the prices were more frightening, well over 100 Zeny each.

[Srgntcuddles]

When Anon wrote in the air, "Constance Nightingale" appeared. Images of dark places fluttered through her dreams, though there were some peaceful ones. "Everyone seems so down...I'm trying to be overly happy in hopes it would rub off...I'm scared, too. How are we going to make it two years? Macid's nice...It makes me feel happy knowing he's around. At first it was just because it was another cat...But now...I don't know what I would do if anything happened to him."

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis looked to Septar when they heard their prices and looked down at her bag a bit sadly, not wanting to part with that much zenny. "Wanna keep looking?" Mortis asked, her reluctance to spend that much reflected in her tone. "I mean, it's like regular shopping, right? We can come back if we don't see anything else." She seemed to be questioning to make sure she was right, not ever really having any experience with shopping for clothes. She never really had the money to do so back in her time.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid watched as Anan wrote out Constance's dreams. He sat down on his bed as he read about her thoughts on him. He didn't know how to feel about this new information, did she really like him? He closed Anan, having read enough, and set both the book and the pen on the nearby nightstand as he knelt down next to Constance again and began to stroke her hair as she slept. "Don't worry Constance. It's gonna be allright. Everything's gonna be fine."

[[Sov]]

Septar nodded to Mortis, "Yeah, it's probably best that we keep looking. I think there was another shop that had things that were a little less fancy up that way." She pointed back towards where their Inn was, and took note to three women who were standing in the corner of the shop they were currently in, all whispering to one another, and pointing at her. "Ehh....lets get a move on. I don't want to cause more of a ruckus than I already have here...plus I'm sure the others are hungry." She felt self-conscious about what the towns people could be saying about her, but she was thankful that no one had heckled her, so far.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

After quite a bit of searching, the cheapest clothing that the girls could find were 50 zeny pieces of clothing, still middle-class looking, but not at the least bit flashy, either. Outside of town, there roamed a lone figure carrying a large, metal item more than twice its size. It was Samantha Cunningham (Codename: Constance), the sniper from the 7 Lords, whom the party had seen several weeks prior.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

When they found the cheaper clothing, Mortis fished out 50 zenny and handed it to Septar so that she could purchase her clothing. "I can keep your other clothes in here." She said, patting her bag, "Though I'm not sure what else we could do with them. I wound up tearing up my shirt from back where we're from." She scratched the back of her head a little nervously. "So what did the others want for food again? Any idea? Or does it matter?" She looked around, trying to spot something that smelled good.

[[Sov]]

"This works fine for me," Septar said as she took the zenny from Mortis and paid for the clothing she was now wearing, and had her old clothes curled up into a ball so no one else would see them. After paying she turned to Mortis, and handed her the ball of clothing. "I know that Macid was mumbling something about pretty much any kind of meat, and that works for me too. Then again, the Inn had food there. Shall we just go back?"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

As the girls went back to the inn, they passed by many stalls. Meat was running at 100-250 zeny per pound while vegetables and fruits were running 35-45 zeny per pound. At the inn, there were meals for 50 zeny. Each meal consisted of 6oz of either beef or chicken, 6oz of steamed vegetables, and a pint of lager, no replacements or substitutions.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance suddenly yawned while she lay sleeping. She sat up, oblivious to Macid's actions. She stretched and looked over to see him next to her. "...Macid?" she said softly. "What's wrong? Did you drop something?" she asked, looking about to see if she could find a potentially dropped item. As she looked she rubbed her eyes a bit.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis took Septar's clothing and placed it inside of her bag. It looked swollen now what with all she had inside of it. She kind of wanted to look around for another bag or something that was better than what she had made out of leftover cloth, but she nodded and decided that maybe it was best if she waited. "Sure, we should probably get the meals back at the inn. We probably shouldn't be out in the city too long, anyway. Heaven forbid someone recognize us." she responded, poking her fingers together, somewhat nervously. When they got to the inn, she inquired about the food and ordered four plates, paying the bears for the out of her bag.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid blushed a little as Constance awoke and asked him what was wrong. "Oh nothing, I just... you looked like you were having a bad dream so I... thought I'd try and help you." Macid yawned as he finished, not realizing how sleepy he was now getting. He got up and walked over to his bed, sitting down at the edge of it. "I hope Mortis and Septar return soon with our food. I don't know if I can stay awake much longer." He closed his eyes and began to think about what possible food they would be bringing to them, slowly leaning forward from fatigue.