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 Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:59 am
As the man had grabbed her wrist Vyn had recoiled, resulting in the man using an iron grip to trap her; a natural reflex for the guard, to prevent her from worming away – though Vyn had no intention of doing that. It was quite forcefully actually and the delicate rose’s eyes glimmered with pain as she glared at her captor. Thus she found it intensely gratifying when Lucia utilised her verbal arsenal to defend her – despite the cat pushing it slightly too far and throwing in a handful of insults. Luckily the quick thinking frei had judged her guardian quite well and had produced an accurate assumption of what Ethan was likely to do if he found this guy manhandling her. Unfortunately Lucia was lacking his name... Well, even if she couldn’t add to the verbal lashing she could help out Lucia in that department. “Ethan.” She stated, feeling the man’s grip tighten somewhat; both in annoyance at her chipping in to aid her mouthy friend and as an almost involuntary action as he realised he could be in trouble.
The man who both the raevans were relying on to aid them in their plight did hear Lucia’s call for help, his conversation with the cat-girl’s guardian had come to a lull, and he peered around the barricade of mannequins with a curious expression. At the sight of his ward being gripped painfully by a muscled older man his expression rapidly soured, first to one of confusion, then to a fuming rage as Vyn's eyes caught his and he spotted a desperate gleam in them. He did not like what he was seeing in the slightest!
“What on earth do you think you are doing?!” He snapped, crossing the short distance to stand by the raevans. As he did so he drew himself up tall, increasing his stature by volumes as he straightened his suit and glared through his glasses. The guard was far larger than him – he was only a short man – but now he was the harsh demon of the business world and the oaf was upsetting his daughter.
“My job!” The man stammered back, the wind utterly knocked out of his sails... Reluctantly he let go of the punk’s wrist. “These girls were attempting to steal this jacket-” he gestured to the item of clothing as if it was condemning evidence, “-I was reprimanding them and was about to escort them to....” He trailed off, all his muscles and bulk cut away as the man’s cold stare made him feel about three foot tall.
Vyn rubbed her wrist. It was sore after the man’s vice like hold on it... In fact there was even some red marks. Ethan gave her a quick glance to check if she was ok and she nodded – a small feeling of pride swelling in her chest. Her guardian had certainly done the trick and hopefully his silencing of the obnoxious man would impress her new friend. “Can we go?” She asked, scooting away from the man and slipping behind her furious parent, finding herself comfortably next to Lucia.
“I can’t-”
“Yes Vyn. Perhaps Ms. Yuurei can take you somewhere whilst I deal with the situation here?”
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:35 pm
Yuurei turned her head as she heard her frei's voice calling her name. Well I guess she figured out what she wants. the woman thought as she followed Ethan to the girls. Her eyes widened as she saw the situation before them: a large muscular gruff looking man accosting the raevans. Ethan's control over the situation was impressive. Jumping in he had the man stammering his response, letting go of Vyn, and defending his actions. Yuurei nodded at Ethan's question. "We'll wait for you outside. Come on girls." She began walking towards the door, leading their way out.
Lucia looked at Vyn's red wrist and pouted. "Sorry" she whispered, feeling responsible for the pain the rose went through. She shouldn't have grabbed the jacket. She shouldn't have fought the guard. She reached out and held the girl's uninjured hand.
They were leaving. Lucia wanted desperately to get the pretty necklace she still clutched in her hand. Vyn and she were going to share it. "Yuu, can we please get this before we leave?" She wanted that connection with this rose raevan. She really liked her. They had stuff in common...
Yuurei looked at the necklace and shook her head. "We don't want to give them any business after how they treated --" Yuurei cut off, looking at the pleading look on Lucia's face. The kitten usually never actually asked for any of the gifts she gave her. Yuurei usually thought it would be something the kitten would love, but Lucia had gravitated towards this necklace right away. And Lucia had called her Yuu. The kitten never referred to her by her nickname, but when she said it, it had the same tone Nana Lucia had when she said it. She glanced at the register and saw the line was empty. It wasn't what Ethan would have done -- she could tell just from his demeanor with the guard -- but she wanted Lucia to have this. Going quickly at the register, Yuurei paid in cash and quickly lead the girls out, handing the black bag to her charge. "Here you go, hun," she said.
Lucia was shocked. After being told no, Yuurei had changed her mind and bought the necklace anyway. She smiled at her guardian for the first time that day. "Thank you!" she said sincerely, pulling the necklace out of the bag and dropping the bag in the trash as they walked past one right outside of the store. She looked at the necklace and took a breath. "You should wear it first!" she said to Vyn, undoing the clasp and handing it to her.
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:47 pm
Floating after her friend and the other guardian Vyn felt the same sensation of disappointment as Lucia. She had been enjoying their shopping trip, comparing styles, making suggestions and even plotting future meetings... Then after one silly mistake things had gone from potentially very good to unquestionably very bad. Of course, the frei didn’t blame the fashionable raevan. In fact, it was a mistake anyone could make. A little overzealous tug was the extent of Lucia’s ‘criminal’ activity. Yes. It was the guards fault for being a complete and utter idiot! She glanced over her shoulder as they moved away hurriedly – shooting him one last look through her dark eyes.
It was because of this looking away that Vyn missed what Lucia had asked her mother-figure to do.. Thus, when the necklace was presented to her the shadow’s face lit up, as if someone had thrown open the curtains of a shaded room. “Yes! I will and then we shall arrange to swap it.” She answered eagerly, taking the jewellery as if it were priceless and placing it around her chockered neck. When it was secure she gave a rare beaming smile.
“When we next meet it will be your turn.” She raised a hand to gently cradle the necklace, lifting it from where it comfortably nestled in her chest. “We could do some...” How had the girl put it..? “Modding?” Again she smiled, though more tentatively now, slightly ill at ease using the language that the other girl used. Some of the words seemed so unsightly but it gave her a little rush saying them; like she was as trendy as the car-eared raevan. “We could buy some sexy jackets in other shops and then meet...”
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:02 am
Lucia smiled, a little jealous, as the necklace was laid in position around her companion’s neck. She reached a hand out gently and repositioned a star charm so it fell right. She grinned and blinked her long lashes. ”That totally looks hot,” she said with a grin, tossing her hair over her shoulders.
Lucia nodded enthusiastically at the mention of switching the necklace to her possession when they met to mod some clothes. ”That would be sweet,” she said with a slight giggle at the rose’s awkwardness with the word. At the mention of other shops, the cat’s eyes lit up and she looked around to see where they would have other posh jackets.
She eyeballed a shop across the way that seemed a little more expensive than the shop they had just been in, but didn’t have the range of unflattering clothes that the former did. The store looked, in a word, hip. ”We’ll be back in a few!” she called out to Yuurei as she grabbed Vyn’s hand and nodded at the shop. ”We should see what they have in there! Yuu will tell your guardian where we are when he comes out.” She smiled and began floating towards the shop.
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:04 am
The prospect of simply bouncing back from their incident in the store by continuing to comb other, notably better, stores pleased Vyn. Normally a confrontation like that would’ve ruined her mood and she would return home with a sour feeling. Now she and her newly discovered fashion accomplice would hopefully be going home with some nice purchases and anything but a bad mood. This new shop that Lucia was directing her into looked much more exclusive and modern and consequently the price tags were much much larger; Vyn glanced at a display in the window as they entered and her dark eyes widened as she saw a many digited figure.
Whereas the previous store had rails of stock clothing, here there was an air of exclusivity as the clothes displayed were in a small number and all exquisitely made and designed. The frei floated forwards to examine the nearest top. Her pale hand gently lifted a fold of the black fabric and she couldn’t suppress a smile as she glanced between the top and the cat-girl. It was an exceedingly pretty off the shoulder number with delicate purple detailing – perfect in the rose’s eyes for Lucia. Better even than the cat t-shirt that had been in the other shop.
“Lucia, what do you think of this?” She asked, taking the hanger off the modern looking rail and holding it up for the other girl to view. As she did so she used her spare hand to examine the price. It wasn’t ridiculously priced, but compared to elsewhere on the high street it was expensive. However, to Ethan money wasn’t an issue and therefore Vyn would be more than happy to utilise her guardian’s wealth to treat herself and her new companion to some flashy garments. Currently her wardrobe was pretty barren containing nothing other than a few boring tees and one or maybe two coats or jumpers. Vyn could tell that if this encounter with Lucia bloomed into a friendship, as she hoped it would, that’d soon change.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:53 am
The kitten grinned as she glanced around the shop. This was much better! While Yuurei had money, Lucia wasn’t sure how much was capital available for spending. But the kitten didn’t care. Usually whatever she wanted she got. As Vyn pulled up a shirt her breath caught in her throat. ”Oh. My. God.” she breathed. ”That is sooooo sweet.” she loved the shirt and flew towards it. She grinned, noticing that it was off-the-shoulder and wouldn’t even have to be modded to fit around her wings. ”That’s perfect,” she said with a silly grin, examining the shirt while Vyn held it up.
Her cat eyes glanced around, piercing into the smaller shop for something perfect for the rose. Across the store were a few racks of dresses and one, with black, red, and grey colors that seemed to catch her eye. Grabbing Vyn’s wrist she floated over to it. These rows of dresses seemed to have a very important display, which would probably make their prices higher, but that didn’t matter. She eyed the dress, pointing it out to her friend. The black and grey fabric of the short dress was screen printed with red “splashes” of paint that fell in the form of roses. A few of them had falling petals that seemed to have a silver shine beneath the red. The seams, including one lying, kimono-style in an arc from the neck of the dress and down across the chest, were trimmed in a ruffled lace. She bit her lip, hoping her friend would like her find.
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:43 am
Pleased that her companion approved of her suggestion Vyn folded the top over the crook of her arm, fully intending to buy it for the cat girl when Ethan returned from lodging his complaint against the brutish security guard. Her pleasure was heightened when Lucia pulled out an item for Vyn to wear. The patterning, the hint of the Japanese style, the colour, the frills, everything was wonderfully suited to her! Lucia certainly had an eye for what suited the rose and Vyn found that had been rendered speechless by the top. Tremendously happy she floated up to the other raevan and beamed. “Let’s try them on.” She glanced at the changing rooms towards the back on the trendy store – manned by two notably less hulking and more welcoming store workers.
Not waiting for her cat companion to confirm the move, since Vyn was certain that the younger frei would agree, the rose glided across the store like fashion seeking wraith and passed into the changing rooms, pausing only to inform the workers of how many items she was taking with her (for security means she assumed). These changing rooms were most definitely posher than what the other store could’ve offered – there were a selection of cubicles with black curtains with swirling white patterns for privacy and two leather sofas in the centre so that customers could lounge whilst their friends tried on the clothes. Vyn was impressed and turned to Lucia trailing behind.
“Who should try on first?” Vyn was indifferent really but thought it best to check with her new friend in case she had any preferences.
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:22 pm
Lucia smiled and followed the rose, but stopped briefly along the way to grab a pair of sexy leather jackets, even nicer than the ones in the store, and not tied down with security devices. Giving the guards, including one particularly cute one with sandy brown hair, a once over, the kitten smiled slyly and chirped, "Hiii boys!" Giggling, she looked around in the dressing room and immediately flopped down onto the couch.
"You go first! I'm waiting here luxuriously!" She smiled and winked at the frei. "Oh!" she said, detaching one of the jackets. "Try this on too!" She smiled and handed the Rose one of the jackets. It provided just as much cleavage, but it was laced up the sides and had zippers and interesting stitching patterns.
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Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:24 pm
The cat’s coy greeting to the two males acting as guards shocked the rose. She could never be so forward and... well... flirty. Socialising was tricky enough with people who she had similarities with, but the ability to greet a total stranger like that totally eluded Vyn. She glanced at them and blushed slightly when her dark velvet depths were met with pale blue – one was watching them with interest. Shaking her head in mild embarrassment she turned back to Lucia who was currently making herself comfortable in the leather sofa. “Yes.. Ok..” She responded, taking the jacket from Lucia and drifting to a changing cubicle, a little nervous about being the first one to model their soon to be purchases.
Inside she hung up the two items and looked at them. Which to wear first? Both were equally pleasant... Though since Lucia had a leather jacket to try also she opted to try the Japanese frilled dress first – that way they could try on the leather jackets at the same time. Delicately removing it from the hanger she slipped it over her head and fitted her arms through the appropriate places.. It fitted quite nicely, though it would need modifications to fit her wings as they were currently bunched up against her back forming rather unattractive buldges in the dress’ fabric. Her ribbon was the only thing that put a dampener on the clothing. It naturally spun quite widely and chaotically and the short dress looked quite odd supported askew by the ribbon. Brushing it down and giving herself a glance in the mirror she bit her lip... Did it look alright or not?
Lucia could be her critic. Bobbing with slight nervousness she drew back the changing curtain and revealed herself to her lounging friend. “What do you think?”
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Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:26 pm
Lucia waited patiently on the sofa watching the door separating herself and the rose intently. As it swung open, she smiled and looked Vyn up and down a little. She paused, consdering her words carefully. She didn't want to upset her new friend, but the bottom looked a little awkward. "I think the top half looks absolutely amazing on you." She floated up and over, taking the bottom of the dress in her hands feeling the fabric. Maybe it could work. She would need a tule or something. Or maybe something else.
"The bottom looks a little awkward, but I bet when I fix some wing holes I could cut the bottom into strips and push them outward with tule or ribbing of some sort to have it flow right into your ribbon." Lucia smiled reassuringly at Vyn. When she was through, the Rose and that dress would look hot.
"Let me try on my top and then we can try on the jackets together. If you want, you can take that off. I'm sure it's kind of hurting your wings." Floating into the adjacent dressing room, Lucia slid into the top, rather than pulling it over her head. Slipping her arms in the holes, the kitten was happy that she wouldn't have to adjust this top at all. Because the sleeves were off-the-shoulder, the top of the shirt rested directly below where her wings protruded from her shoulder blades. She wore the top a little lower than necessary, showing a little more cleavage than necessary, but it looked good.
Exiting the dressing room, Lucia posed like one of those supermodels she had seen pictures of.
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:07 am
It was an unfortunate fact that Vyn felt uncomfortable as Lucia approach and fiddled with the bottom of the dress, however she did not back away or protest because she knew that the girl being in close proximity was necessary and swallowing her dislike of others being in close quarters with people. The cat seemed fairly confident that she could fix the dress to not sit so awkwardly on the rose’s ribbon and as she moved away telling Vyn she could take off the dress Vyn smiled. The feline seemed to be in control of the situation and the shadow was swept up by her confidence. She followed the girl’s advice and shrugged her way out of the dress – it was indeed hurting her wings and when she had returned the clothing to it’s hanger she splayed her wings wide, working out the cramp that had nestled within the leathery black extensions of her body.
When Lucia had changed and strutted out of the changing room Vyn couldn’t help but feel small in comparison. Her companion worked the look like she had been born to wear the top. Whereas she had been shy and a little daunted by wearing the dress Lucia was posing there without a single dent in her confidence. “It looks amazing!” Vyn exclaimed, clapping her hands together and admiring her stylish new friend. “You won’t even need to alt- mod it.”
Putting down the dress she was still holding on the couch she took a leather jacket and held it up. “Shall we?” Not waiting for a response (because she assumed the answer would be a resounding yes) she slipped the jacket off the hanger and fumbled her way into it. There seemed little point in going into the changing rooms since this could easily be worn over her natural clothing – however, it was rather more complicated than the dress; there was a zip to contend with plus she didn’t know how far up she was meant to do the zip... Lucia liked to show a bit of her cleavage, but when Vyn did so she felt a little blush when the exposed flesh was peeping out for all to see. Confidence! She would suppress that little embarrassment and quite literally shadow the sexy new friend’s actions.
“Do I look sexy?” She inquired to her friend, glancing at the guards not to far away... Were they listening in? It was best not to think about that if she didn’t want to go as crimson as the flower on her head.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:49 pm
Lucia grinned after her friend proclaimed the shirt awesome. She spread out her wings and looked in the mirror. Turning one way to the other, Lucia was happy with how it looked. She spun in a circle and plastered her best sexy grin on her face. Vyn was right, she wouldn't have to modify the top at all.
As Vyn held up her jacket, a wide smile spread across the kitten's face. She left the off-the shoulder shirt on and flattened her wings uncomfortably back to her body. She wanted to be sure the jacket would fall right. Pulling the second jacket from the hanger, she slipped her arms into it. The arms fit very snugly. Pulling it further up her body, the kitten arranged it around her torso, straightening the zippers so they were parallel.
Slipping the male end of the zipper into the female, Lucia's fingers deftly zipped the jacket up half way. It was tight, and with the zipper as it was it was pushing together a lot of cleavage. Lucia adjusted her body so the jacket worked to its full potential.
Looking over at Vyn:
"Do I look sexy?"
Lucia grinned as the Rose used a word she was obviously not very comfortable with, but she seemed to be getting the hang of it. "Yes! You do look sexy. Very hot." She giggled seeing Vyn glance at the guards. "Why don't you ask them! They're pretty cute, eh?" Lucia's eyes shone mischievously in the harsh light of the dressing room.
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:52 am
Now that they both wearing the same jackets Vyn felt an extra connection to her trendy companion. She looked in one of the full-length mirrors that acted both as a stylish decoration and practical additions for those trying on the stores wears: both of them looked so different in the leather clothing. They looked rougher, more stylish, the kind of person one would envy for being able to maintain such a cooler and untouchable visage – it was a reflection that the rose wasn’t used to yet she liked it none the less. If her confidence would always be so highly propped up by being in the company of this frei then she would certainly be chasing her for further interactions! Allowing herself to reciprocate the smile Lucia had given her she adjusted thejacket again. Lucia had straightened everything out and it had made her look much sharper and stylish whereas her own donning of the jacket had made it sit a little askew...
At the girl’s suggestion the shadow quivered still. Ask the two boys? That was asking a lot of her. She almost never approached strangers and when she did it was only because it was absolutely nessercary (a mumbled question for directions or advice) never a compliment seeking question like what Lucia was suggesting. Her cheeks swiftly tinted red as a blush blossomed across her face and she raised a hand, nervously biting a nail and glance between the two males and her friend.
“Oh... Really? Yeah, they are nice.” Usually she paid no attention to humans, besides cautiously noting their reactions to her and deeming them attractive – well, that had never even crossed her mind. However, she trusted her newly acquainted friend on her taste in men (after all, the impression Vyn got was that she was more than well versed in the subject) and repressed her nerves from a near paralysing state to a mere stumble of butterflies around her rune.
Trying to mimic the smoky seductive look that Lucia could so easily achieve with her eyes Vyn floated towards the pair, “Hello... boys. Do I look” she paused, fighting back the urge to duct away and avoid their freshly turned stares, “sexy?”
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:37 pm
Lucia wasn't really versed in flirting with anyone other than Rivener. That, for some reason, came naturally to her. But she knew what cute human boys were through her own aesthetics and different pictures she'd seen in magazines. She smirked when Vyn agreed with her statement about the guards being o
As Vyn floated over to the two guards Lucia's mouth dropped open. Oh. My. God. This girl had brass. Solid brass balls. The kitten had been teasing, expecting her friend to blush and giggle. She never thought that the rose would actually go through with it! Lucia lifted up a hand to cover her mouth as she giggled. But she couldn't watch. The kitten sprinted into one of the dressing rooms to hide, but floated up so she could peer at the door over the top of the divisions. What would happen?
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:48 am
Normally the two teenage boys would raise their brows and nudge each other if girls came into the shop that caught their eye – alerting each other of the eye candy. Rich country girls fit from all that horse riding in the fresh air, blond cities girls with more money than sense, daughters of the famous individuals around Gaia – full of scandalous promise! Normally it would remain just at that; something pretty to look at but way out of their reach, after all there was a reason they were employed here and not the customers. However, today when the two girls had walked in the lad’s jaws had dropped for entirely different reasons. They were floating. Two female busty torsos were floating across the store sampling clothing! A stern glance from the manager behind the till quickly made them compose themselves and they managed to keep neutral faces as the first dark eyed ravean passed them and responded with a polite nod to the second girl’s enthusiastic greeting. Once the two had passed they had looked at each other, amazed.
They had never dreamt that they would be approached by one of the girls though. The one with a flower tangled in her wine red tresses moved with otherworldly grace, her velvety black eyes locked upon the boy who Lucia had deemed attractive. Her question struck both of them off guard. “Uh, I..” One glanced to the other, lost for words. If she had been a human chick they would’ve most likely snapped up the chance to puff up their plume feathers and impress with compliments... But this girl certainly wasn’t human. She had wings! Luckily their manager across the shop seemed to have picked up that there was a slight problem arising and was hurried coming to the rescue before either of the adolescent boys managed to drive away a valuable customer- even if that customer was slightly out of the ordinary.
“Sorry, can I help?”
Vyn blushed deep red. The boys hadn’t responded at all – obviously embarrassing. This new woman had come over leaving the rose at a loss for what to say. And finally Lucia was nowhere to be seen and she had no backup plan now that this little adventure had backfired.
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