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Sam shushed him quickly, glancing from side to side to see if anyone had heard. after doing so, she realized it would've been smarter to have ignored him, or pretended to not know what he was talking about... but she'd had a long day, she was conscious of the fact she was wet, and she hadnt yet found one thing she was looking for.
"How did you know?!" she hissed out between clenched teeth. "Hell, most of the magic teachers dont yet!" She obviously was doing something wrong, but he didnt have to blurt it out...

As she was dragged into a somewhat drier area, Sam decided that she couldnt wait until clubs started- she'd have a reason to carry around a practice blade.
"People are born with legs so that they can walk for themselves." If all of the magic beings in the school were like him, she wanted to go home.

Despite having the cool, and cloudy overcast, the night was surprisingly pleasant, for such a gloomy looking day earlier. As if night provided a splendid transition from lifeless studying to vibrant festivities, the glow of people's faces, and the light chatter of the shopping district floated in the air. Yggdrasil was a booming cavern of bright humans, favorable aromas in the air. Beyond it, was the World Tree, still rustling off droplets of water from its gigantic limbs. The glittering lights of the rest of the shopping district lay in the distance, the shouts of terrific bargains of hot pot ingredients like napa resonated in the distance.

"I hope this time you'll have more vegetables, Masa-kun." Gilly scolded, reminding Masato that as much as Gilly liked less-than healthy foods herself, Masato still needed vegetables and a good diet, especially since he'd been stealing lunches for quite some time now. Turning to Ayame, Gilly gave the woman a smile. "Did Masa-kun eat this badly before? Or has he just been slacking lately?"

Eri was still holding Kairi's hand as she entered the district. Here shops lined up, waiting to be tried. First one on the left was..... a clothes shop! Eri felt like a little kid again. IT WAS TIME TO GO CLOTHES SHOPPING! She loved shopping for clothes. It was one of her few vices.

Ayame, after picking out a table under one of the pavilions over the street, sat down and answered Gilly while Masato jumped up on the seat between them, swishing his tail and sniffing at the "Blindes Huhn" she had. Ayame set his portion down in front of him and took a spoonful from hers. " 'A lot of different foods' is a bit of an understatement. Everyplace we went, from Japan to parts of Europe, America, and the Magic World, we ate anything and everything that looked new to us or we thought might taste good. The food from Southern Hellas and the Elysian continent is especially noteworthy. Most of the best food and ingredients comes from there or passes through those places, although one particularly interesting thing you can get there is "shiftspice," an orange to red-colored powder from Elysium that tastes like anything you want it to with a 'flick' of your volition or can get almost anything to taste the same way if you mix enough of it into our use it to season other foods. Highly-addictive, but not harmful, which is one reason it fetches such a high price among Elysian traders and even more elsewhere. Masa-kun would know. He got hooked and I had to stop him from spending all our money on plain white bread and shiftspice, which he got to tasting like Kobe-beef hotdogs with Roquefort cheese sealed in a Kaiser bun and herbs," Ayame chuckled as she ate another spoonful of her Blindes Huhn and petted Masato while he was eating.

"I'll give you a book I have in my satchel when we get back to my place. It's a history book on Hellas and the southern regions of the Magic World. They were selling copies at the Library of Kings and I managed to get one before they shipped the rest to the Charon School of Magic further north. The pages look blank to anyone who's not magically-attuned or incapable of using magic, but pictures, symbols, and words quickly form as you turn them if you can. It was made that way to further encourage, or should I say, force magic students to focus while reading. However, your heritage alone should be more than sufficient to let you to read it without any effort or trouble. Masa-kun can tell you how to work the symbols on the edges of the pages as well," Ayame told Gilly kindly as she was halfway done with eating. Masato had all but finished with his dish and he licked his chops before Ayame took the napkin that came with his plate and wiped around his mouth. "Are you not hungry yet, Gilly? There's plenty to eat around here and you can get as much as you want. I'm paying," Ayame smiled as she spoke and ate the last of her Blindes Huhn, missing a spot as she wiped her mouth, only for Masato to put an additional napkin on his paw, stand up on his hind legs, and quickly get it for her.

Patting her stomach, Gilly grinned shyly. "Sorry, Ayame-san. Last night's meal was pretty big, and I'm still digesting it. But really, you don't have to pay. If anything, you're more of a guest to Mahora than I am." Gilly pointed out. As much she loved free food, Gilly wasn't keen on eating free from an adult. Ian, bullies, Ian, she'd be fine with that, but Ayame's generosity was too much; Gilly felt as if she was robbing the woman, especially with the amount that Gilly ate, if she had free reign.

"I apologize if this may sound rude, Ayame-san, Masa-kun..." Gilly paused, biting her lip, as if pondering whether or not it was appropriate to ask her question. She shifted a little in her chair, and tapped one finger on the table, a motion she'd always had to relieve pent-up energy or eagerness. In this case, hesitation. "Just how old are you? I mean, you guys have traveled all over the world, you're specialized in combat, you want to get married..." Gilly bluntly said, but her question was rushed, and she blushed slightly. 'I hope it wasn't inappropriate of me to ask that...'

Eri smiled. "Of course." She told, getting dragged into the store. She had no idea what was there. Of course, probably one of them wouldn't like it. Well, the clothes at least. Maybe not the sight....... she thought about going into Victoria's secrets to try on some bras later. For the sight mostly though.....