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Ren was thoroughly disturbed as Joshua made his declaration of finding 'the chosen one', shrinking back ever so slightly into her jacket as a means of trying not to draw attention to herself. Unfortunately for her, Joshua wouldn't let that happen regardless of what she wanted, or so it appeared. His hands firmly grasped her shoulders, Ren's face lighting up a vivid and cherry red as he showered her with compliments upon compliments. Shyn, on the other hand, took to the compliments quite well, and gave Joshua a confident wink, before looking back over at Pikachu as though to say "See?".

It took Ewan's warning far too long for Ren to process, and just as she was about to step away, Joshua had returned. He offered a rather nice-looking hairpin, and though Ren was hesitant in taking it, his insistence won her over. She also felt that if she complied with him sooner, the whole ordeal would be over with a lot quicker. Though she felt she had no escape, she couldn't help but feel a little more at-ease after Ewan's explanation, his calmness acting as the perfect medium between his eccentric friend and their emotionally inept comrade. [color=lightblue]"I-I would like to go, but... I'm a-afraid I may not have the money... A-and I wouldn't want to burden y-you by making you pay... How much are t-tickets?"[/color] Gingerly, the young woman took the hairpin offered to her and, with hands shaking and face flushed, set the pin so it pulled her fringe to the side, with the flower resting just above her ear. She'd never really used a hairpin before since she didn't usually maintain long hair, and found that short hair was far less troublesome. It was about the only place the pin could go that was both practical and decent looking, at least in her eyes. 

She made sure to pull her hood up some as the surrounding folk began staring...