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Mimicking Josh, she touched her lightly aching ear and caressed the detailing of the black star with a small, pained smile on her face. Drawing her hand back to her range of sight, Namini frowned at the ruby droplets glistening on her fingertips. It seemed her ear really was quite sensitive, producing more blood than Josh's, but she merely ignored it and just grabbed a cottonball and dabbed her cartilage carefully. Now a throbbing had begun in her ear and Namini glanced upwards from the hand in her lap to Josh, to make sure he wasn't in too much pain. At his compliment, she broke out into a wider, brighter smile and nodded in agreement, "I hope you like orange." She laughed at the end and then, leaning forward, embraced Josh tightly, her ear hissing in protest as a part of it barely making contact with his neck, but she just ignored it and continued hugging.

Finally releasing him from her appreciative hold, she turned to Natasha who had seemingly disappeared and then glanced over at Devin.

"We did a good job right?" she inquired, suddenly picking up on another's voice. That's when she remembered a few minutes ago, as the teens were piercing, she had heard the welcome-ring echo throughout the store. Curiosity taking over, she continued bluntly, "Who..is that? A customer?"
A chill ran up Namini's spine as she heard Natasha's shrill laughter follow the stranger's voice. She had a bad feeling about the newcomer..

Namini glanced from the enraged Devin to Josh and raised her eye brows in worry, leaning in once again to make sure the crimson, herculean man beside them couldn't hear, "Do you think we should go? Something tells me not to interfere." She shifted away a little and looked Josh in the eye with an apprehensiveness. That's when the dangerously flirtatious voice of Natasha sang out to them, "Deviiinnnn~ Come see who it is!"

Namini felt another shiver run throughout her body at that woman's voice. Something fishy was definetely going about. Natasha called again, but this time, the sickeningly mellifluous tone had dropped dead and was replaced by a tone Namini knew all too well.

"DEVIN. Get your a** over here! Nick and I would like to have a little discussion with you," the she-devil hissed.

Namini cringed at the screams and accusations as Natasha's vocalized anger seemed to crawl higher and higher on the scales, until finally all simmered back down into loving apologies and nonsensical murmurs. Finally, Namini watched with great curiosity as Devin casually rejoined them back in the dark room, a smirk playing across his features, even his tattoos seemed a little happier. Following him was the harpy herself, a little red in the face but smiling all the same. Instinctively, Namini stood up ,making sure to tuck her excess hair behind her newly pierced ear, in hopes for some recognition. But something in Natasha's face seemed to say otherwise.

An incredibly young and charming man then slid in behind the tempermental woman with a defeated look on his face and lit a cigarette, smoking irritably. Natasha introduced him immediately, a cat like grin plastered onto her face, "This is Nick, kiddos. He'll be taking his position back, sooooooo. You can get your butts out of my store and enjoy those earrings as a "I'm sorry" freebie, kay?"

Natasha didn't seem to miss a beat and Namini could tell the woman was ecstatic to get rid of them, though Namini herself felt her heart sink a little. All this, for nothing. The teen gaped stupidly at the white-haired woman, but figuring it was best to avoid conflict, Namini smiled and simply stated "Understood." Grabbing her bag, the disappointed girl left the backroom and walked out the store. It was then that she let her frustrations out.

"That sick...twisted..HARPY! Ugh! I...Frick!" Namini pouted as she reached the safety of outdoors, but then she repeated a procedure she had seen some of David's girlfriends...or ex-girlfriends perform, and so stood there, breathing heavily for a count of ten. After that, she realized something: Josh was still inside. Believing it was polite to wait for him and perhaps exchange numbers, Namini stared patiently at Skin Tyte's entrance, a tranquility playing across her features. She hoped that he came out in one piece.

Namini stared wide-eyed at the entrance as Josh came out, obviously upset and still fuming, and she truly hoped that none of the three misfits from this store had attempted to chase Josh down and kill him. Especially Natasha. Namini could easily imagine Natasha being held back by the brawny Devin, a vein pulsing violently on her forehead as her clawed hands reached for anything to chuck at Josh as he left. Pushing this terrifying scenario out of her mind, Namini broke out into a caring smile as she glanced Josh over, happy to see that all limbs were intact.

"It's all right. I've been to worse interviews," she laughed carelessly as she copied the boy and began rummaging through her bag for a scrap piece of paper. She found the perfect sample and, grabbing a panda pen, neatly wrote out her name and number on the paper and handed it to him. The paper, ironically enough, was the ad she had kept to find Skin Tyte.

"And if you ever need me, here's my number. Let's keep in touch shall we? I mean, we're both associated with Lab 305 and hopefully, one day, we'll both be owners and I'd love for my Raevan to be friends with yours," she giggled. Whatever pain or anger she felt seemed to dissolve immediately as the excitement of making a new official friend overwhelmed her.