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Prajna watched David storm off, glad to finally have rid itself of the man's dreadful company. The older Nao had expressed a great deal of sensitive irritability lately, mumbling and grumbling over petty things, such as the slight movement of a remote or a small misplacement of shoes, though neither Namini nor Prajna knew why. Maybe it was just a male thing...

Prajna let out a small, inaudible breath as it continued to stroll among the shops. Ribbons of pumpkin orange and midnight black decorated tables, golden letters twinkled store names and an elderly storekeeper was dressed as a quaint little witch to match the holiday quickly approaching. Prajna pulled out a small coin purse and recounted the money Namini had given it: $40. A fair amount of a nice Halloween costume, right? The Star didn't know. The Star, for once, yearned for the girl's affectionate words of encouragement and maternal emphasis. It knew nothing about the holiday except that there was lots of colorful treats and many people dressed as things unlike they would normally wear. Prajna stopped in front of a magnificent looking store, one that looked a little more old fashioned, a little more mysterious and pressed its hands against the cool glass windowpane as it scanned the inside shelves.

Skulls. Black cats. Pumpkins galore.

Prajna sighed.
How was it going to find a costume in all this? The Star played with its hair as it began to reconsider the entire shopping trip.. maybe it should have saved this for another day, an afternoon where Namini was well and not so bedridden...

"Hello?"

Prajna whipped around in surprise, a default expression of irritation on adorning its androgynous features. Just as quickly as the surprise had flared up though, the Star's face seemed to melt back into thoughtfulness. Floating in front of it was a female with crimson locks, beautiful blood-red hair that Prajna would recognize under even the most horrendous of witch hats. Staring inquisitively into Prajna's icy blue eyes was a pair of prominent gold ones, eyes that Prajna would recognize ...anywhere. Instinctively, as if reclaiming a long lost child, Prajna wrapped its arms around the shadow Frei and breathed in that intoxicating perfume. Prajna seemed to be on the verge of crying when it released her, its lips curled up ever slightly and shakily.

"Vyn! Prajna has not seen Vyn in almost a time of life! Is Vyn shop outside today?" Prajna nearly squealed, its wings flapping with a newfound energy now.

Prajna's frosty gaze glanced over the other redhead's underdeveloped body and, for a moment, the youthful twinkle in its eyes seemed to be replaced with an animal-like suspicion, suddenly aware of every movement, every word, every breath Vyn allowed to pass her rose petal lips. This was Vyn right? Prajna regained itself as it found its doubts drowning in the other's captivating eyes. How could one distrust those eyes? Those eyes like stars, so vibrant and distant, so alluring but cold. Prajna could barely contain its excitement and so... it laughed. Softly, it did, but the Star produced a chilling chuckle nonetheless.

"Yes, Prajna is doing the same, out and bout for ...Halloween," the Inverted Flame said with newfound confidence, its eyes returning to the decorated windowpane. Its eyes scanned the store's inside hungrily but selectively once again, similar to a hunter choosing the right doe before the shot. Which was going to be the best for Prajna? As the Star allowed its eyes to wander, it could not help but raise a brow at Vyn's suggestion, a suggestion that represented all of Prajna's previous worries. A shopping companion...Vyn! as Prajna's shopping companion!

Prajna beamed, nodding excitedly, "Yes! Let us together shop! Please, Vyn?"

Upon the "please", Prajna took the situation into its own hands as it reached for the Shadow's slender fingers and intertwined them with its own cold ones. Prajna held its breath for a moment, taking in the feeling of Vyn's soft skin. She was still as delicate and soft and warm as Prajna remembered. It released its breath as it attempted to continue about its afternoon casually. Something about the redhead just made its heart race... Prajna pulled Vyn a bit roughly into the store, attempting to hide its blushing face from the girl.

Prajna entered the store, a little discouraged by the sudden warmth. It wasn't unpleasant but the Star's nerves did not find it very comforting. Prajna wondered if it was because it made its cheeks feel even warmer, but soon, the redhead's attention was directed elsewhere. Upon entering the store, Prajna saw that the quaint little shop was actually quite larger than it seemed from the outside. There were aisles and aisles of costumes, ranging from the traditional ghoul to your more exotic belly dancer, a sea of colorful snacks and party accessories, and pumpkins. Everywhere. Plastic pumpkins the size of a cupcake, glittering, electronic pumpkins as big as a beach ball, orange vegetables of Halloween spirit seemed to adore every inch of the store and Prajna found itself ... overflowing with holiday excitement. As its sapphire eyes shifted from pumpkin to costume to candy to witch hat, it found itself a little more relaxed and capable of responding coherently, "Prajna is not looking for one thing or two in particular. Just something... great, like Prajna. Or maybe something pretty like Vyn."

Prajna did not seem to blush or even stutter at its last statement as it picked up a small space helmet and examined it. The Star knocked a few times on the hard plastic and eventually put it back down, concluding that it would make it too hard to breathe in.

"Prajna is liking Halloween more and more now. Prajna did not do Halloween year previous; was busy. But even if Prajna was not busy, let Prajna and Vyn do not be witches this time. Witch.."

Prajna slipped on a pair of silly, oversized glasses and turned and smiled at its companion.

"are not of suiting Prajna or Vyn. Let's be great, yes?"

Seeing the shadow of a girl blush and smile so tenderly made Prajna drop a toy black cat onto the tiled floor. Hastily, the Star "knelt" down, picked the dark plush up and return it to its shelf as it watched Vyn's movements out of the corner of its eyes. The rose curled her lips to lift and wiggle the fake moustache and Prajna couldn't help but laugh, though the younger redhead was seeming to find the air harder and harder to breathe. Prajna tried to ignore the sudden race of its heart at Vyn's soft, melodious laughter or at the sight of her graceful motions, but the androgynous Frei was finding it hard to keep its eyes off of her. Prajna wished there was a way to look at her but relieve itself of the tightening in its chest. The Star tried to distract itself by playing with strange looking dolls and making faces at ugly masks of ghouls and werewolves.

After discovering and examining yet another spooky looking pumpkin, Prajna heard Vyn shuffle and say, "Do you like pumpkins? You could be one."

Prajna repositioned the pumpkin it had taken and turned. Its icy blue eyes crashed into the vibrant Halloween orange of ...a pumpkin costume.

"It's silly looking...Not great or pretty...But funny."

Prajna's wide eyes seemed to question the vegetable suit like a cat watching fish in a fishbowl. What? ...How? Prajna lifted its gaze though, to meet its companion's and found a hard-to-conceal look of anticipation. Vyn's amber eyes seemed to beg for Prajna's approval or at least participation. The Inverted Flame smiled, remaining silent, as it took the costume from the girl's slender arms. Prajna raised a brow at its floral friend, as if telling her to watch carefully, before slipping into the suit in one swift movement. The moment the young Frei's head popped out of the top hole and its hands wiggled out of the orange sleeves, Prajna reached for a fake cigar and the goofy eyeglasses from before.

"Does Vyn find Prajna funny now? Hmph, Prajna is neva anysching short of sayrious" Prajna stated in a terrible accent, puffing playfully on its cigar as it had seen many villains on television do when going about "sayrious" business. It smirked, hoping its companion would enjoy its little show.

At the rose's sudden outburst of unrestrained amusement, Prajna seemed to float a little higher with pride. Vyn had approved! Breaking out into a soft laugh itself, the younger redhead began restocking the shelves with the items it had taken as it agreed with its companion, "No no, it is not quite for Prajna during this Halloween. We must find something not simple or ...expected."

As Prajna found itself relaxing more and more in Vyn's presence, it realized it was speaking in a more "acceptable" manner. It was a weird experience, feeling words Prajna understood but never really felt the desire to use, slip past its lips in actually constructed sentences. The Star wondered if maybe it should only talk so casually with its closest friends... Its cerulean eyes trailed after its female accomplice. The young Frei's eyes started from the tiled floor before wandering up the wicked-looking ribbon and then they trailed past Vyn's impressive bosom, slowly examining the crimson curls of her hair before flickering back down to her sparkling eyes as they examined masks and colorful boas. Prajna released its breath, not knowing when it had quite started to hold it, before it floated on over to Vyn. Her energy seemed to be dwindling as their search continued and Prajna wondered what it could say to regain her spark.

"Vyn should know..Anything on Vyn will be something special, because Vyn is so special, yes?" Prajna seemed to cough, its cheeks reddening as it attempted a smile. It distracted its hands with some dainty animal puppets, using them to pretend as if an alligator was eating a lion. Prajna chuckled awkwardly, its thoughts suddenly very scrambled. "What does Vyn think other friend and foe will be? Maybe that can help."

Prajna's lips curled ever slightly as it watched Vyn's elephant come to the lion's rescue. The redhead's alligator then moved in and waved to Vyn's other puppet, an oddly colored ...duck? For a moment, the Star's warm expression remained on its androgynous features, decorated with an undertone of curiosity. Prajna tried to figure out just what that purple animal was while listening to Vyn's soft words. The genderless Raevan loved the feeling of being told how 'special' it was, by just about anyone, but lately, the Frei had been starting to understand the difference in hearing the adjective having past a...close friend's lips and a simple stranger's; The word would send this kind of odd electricity through the Star's veins, running all the way to its slender fingertips. Vyn continued and Prajna found itself quickly lost in thought, until Vyn introduced a name Prajna knew all too well.

"Sexy...I suppose Lucia will look very sexy."

Prajna dropped its puppets and stared hard at Vyn. Where was she going with this? Lucia was one of Vyn's friends? If so, didn't that mean Vyn saw Prajna and Lucia as equals then? Prajna felt its temper flare as it pounded its crow-like wings once and then twice, furiously, as Vyn continued a bit sadly. Prajna watched as its companion motioned to her breast and compare herself, unknowingly to the cat-witch.

"She really knows how to 'work' her cleavage. Boys really like her looks."

Did Vyn honestly think so highly of that feline?! Prajna closed its eyes tightly as it removed a hand from an alligator and then ran it through its spiky and discolored bangs. This had gone on too far. What a horrible topic Prajna had introduced! Swallowing the endless questions and outbursts roaring throughout its skull, the Inverted Flame suddenly opened its icy blues and narrowed them at Vyn, a mixed look of disgust and rage on its face.

"Lucia, in the eyes of Prajna, is ugly beyond comparison. Disgusting, like a...a..cockroach! No, like one cockroach sea of thousands! Vyn and Lucia wear both black and yet Vyn says Lucia is almost like a better Vyn?" Prajna stopped to laugh bitterly at the thought. Its head seemed to throb as it recalled more and more of its encounters with the pigtailed cat-soul.

"And, honestly, who cares about breast of Lucia? Boys that like not should be special to Vyn, because clear can see that Vyn is better in..pfft. Everything. If one boy or one girl or one any-body-thing needs to like how one knows how 'work' cleavage, then one is wrong. SO WRONG," Prajna hissed as it pushed the elephant off of its hand and turned to angrily flip through a rack of clearance costumes.

The look on the Star's face seemed more disappointed now than angry. Prajna sighed as it put on a pair of silly glasses and turned to Vyn, hoping the round white lenses with their fake angry eyebrows and squinty eye designs would cover up some of Prajna's intimidating expression. It did not like being angry with someone so close to its heart, but Prajna could not seem to understand Vyn's insecurities, how lightly she touched on them. It was not going to pry either but simply persuade her to see as Prajna saw her. The young Flame let out a sigh.

"Prajna does not like to be angry with Vyn and is not meaning to at this moment, but does not understand," Prajna removed its glasses for a moment and forced itself to meet Vyn's naturally stunning golden gaze. "If one can see the eyes and face of Vyn, then one would not care about breast of Lucia or her clothes or hair or any one thing of someone not Vyn."

Prajna slipped the glasses back on and forced a smile as it shrugged and nonchalantly announced, "Vyn is pretty and sexy, moreso than lots of people. So smile and know so, maiiii bee-ay-oo-tee-ful laydayday."