[h2]Mihama Nanako[/h2]

She'd never even been inside of a shop like this, so it was an entirely new experience for the brunette.

Nanako recognized some characters she knew among the figures, and she did have to admit they were all well-made... she'd never really considered buying any for herself or anything like that, but at least she fairly quickly understood why someone might want to do so. And Meltryllis definitely seemed enthusiastic. The instant they'd set foot inside the store she was off carefully examining each and every one of the figures at an incredibly rapid pace, sometimes audibly mentioning her analysis of them. She really knew about this stuff! A lot! It was kind of unexpected!

It wasn't very long until the petite purple-haired girl located a target figure, an exquisitely-made figure of a girl in elaborate armor wielding a long, thin sword.

One that cost... over...

... Oh...

Nanako opened her mouth, then shut it, then opened it again.

That price tag... it was... aaah, all that for one figure?! Could she even spend it in good conscience?!

... no... it was the opposite, wasn't it? She'd told Meltryllis she would buy what the Alter Ego wanted. She'd done so in the first place with a desire to improve their relationship, to make things better.

A little bit of wallet pain was nothing compared to having a crossbow bolt lodged in her shoulder, right?

Nanako's shoulders sagged, and she exhaled heavily, before straightening and clearing her throat.

"R-right... that one, then!"

Feeling as if her soul was temporarily leaving her body, Nanako went to the checkout. Soon enough, a box containing the figure was in their possession.

Those payments from the city were [i]really[/i] important now.

But it wasn't over yet. She still had to take Meltryllis to buy clothing, even if she was going to let the Alter Ego pick this time. When it came to something like that, letting her pick out the outfit seemed like the best idea. Hopefully she'd find something she liked that was less...

... Less...

Metal c-string...

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[h2]Yuriko T. Louvyngyr[/h2]

This girl... it was becoming fairly clear to Yuriko that the girl was totally unfamiliar with being flirted with. While in some cases that might have actually been helpful to her goals, when someone was more on the standoffish side it wasn't. Oh well... now wasn't really the time to be flirting, was it? Not when Jack had wandered off like this.

"I suppose so, I can't have her just wandering off like this," Yuriko said finally, as she caught the dango, "I should have been a bit clearer about her staying in sight... Jack, can you come out?"

At the very least, the Assassin listened quite well, so hopefully that would work. If not... well, finding her was considerably more difficult.

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