Seasons Inbox un: madlymewing (possible NSFW in threads)

[madmewmew]

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[lyingheart]

Not even sure they have skirts in this store. Weed probably have to go somewhere else.

( She considers the available inventory -- maybe there are some in black? Nope, the ones she thinks she saw were in fact just really strangely cut up shorts. Huh.

She returns her attention to her companion and the hoodie in her hand. )

Thanks? Then I think this will be so for me from here.

( An oversized shirt, socks, and a new hoodie. Look at her living big! )

[madmewmew]

Mm, yeah you're probably right about that.

[Just shorts and pants of various styles in here!

She does let out a short heh at the thanks and nods as well.]

Yeah, I think I'm good too.

[Just a shirt and a hoodie for her, which is honestly better than nothing, as she moves to head to the counter to check out.]

[lyingheart]

( It's another fairly swift checkout, which suits Annie just fine. Lingering around isn't part of her general plans. Once they're headed back into the mall, she considers where the nearest sign might be. )

Next is finding pants for you. Did you want to wander and see what we find?

[madmewmew]

[Paid and bagged, item get! But back out into the mall itself as Mew Mew adjust the bag on her arm, her dress isn't really tailored for having bags on the shoulders.]

Ah, right pants. Wandering is good? I mean, it's not like we can get lost, right?

1/3

[lyingheart]

Probably not that lost?

( Annie says, since she has a decent amount of directional sense. She's not dived deep into the Underground Mall, but how bad can it be? )

2/3

[lyingheart]

3/3

[lyingheart]

Maybe we should have used that last teleportation node. How did we end up in whole hallways of stuffed animal stores, stationary shops, and model vehicles?!

( Annie, who has finally given up and stopped at one of the vending machines that offers bottled water, proceeds to press her phone against the tap pad with something like a vengeance, mutter: )

Whoever designed the layout of this place was definitely ready to thwart a potential siege.

[madmewmew]

[This is ridiculous, even Mew Mew is feeling worn down and her body isn't even organic! Her tail is twitching in the way a cat's that is annoyed or overstimulated would, as she leans on another vending machine that Annie isn't using.]

It's bigger than back home, it's insane?!

[Annie might mutter her complaints, Mew Mew is not the type to do that.]

[lyingheart]

( Water finally vended, Annie fishes it out, twists the lid off like it's personally offended her and her father and possibly his parents (she really doesn't much care if her biological parents were offended), and takes a swig. Wiping her mouth with the back of her hand, she grunts.

Very eloquently. )

It really is the same damn size as the city and districts above... or at least of Nightwake. Okay. Mission objective: find the nearest teleportation point and get the hell out of here?

( She looks to Mew Mew. Are you in? Or are you in? )

[madmewmew]

[Mew Mew huffs a little, until Annie makes the suggestion of just getting out of here as fast as possible. So she nods in agreement.]

Goodness, yes. I'm sick of this place.

[She is so in.]

[lyingheart]

( She takes another swig from the water bottle, screws the cap back on, tosses it in her bag, then nods.

And takes off jogging, bags tossed over her shoulder, a woman on a mission.

Mission: Get the Hell Out of the Mall. She recalls where the next node was supposed to be and doesn't allow herself to hesitate in tracking that bad boy down like it owes her personally for the inconvenience of getting lost in a uber-mall. )

[madmewmew]

[Mew Mew lets out a soft "geh" at Annie taking off like that, as she does her best to follow. And considering her boots are heeled and most certainly not made for running, she's actually doing a good job of keeping up with the other young woman. She is trusting Annie fully to know where to go too.

Since Mew Mew was not paying that much attention to where the nodes are inside the mall.]

[lyingheart]

( Annie, the small force of single-woman espionage in enemy territory, ends up being right on the nose, slowing down as they hit the larger area with the node standing at ready. No one's in line here, possibly because they're in Collector's Hell, and she slaps her palm on the activation next to the node, bringing up the destination screen. )

It's a longer distance and a bigger drain to get back where we started. Shorter that gets us above ground plops us in Nightwake. Preference?

( Longer means more drained, shorter means less drained. No time difference as far as they'll note. She looks to Mew Mew for confirmation: Annie knows what she'd pick, but she's also not running solo in Operation: Get the Hell Out of the Mall. )

[madmewmew]

[Phew, it's a good thing there isn't a line here or else she has a hunch someone would get hurt. The question though gives her some pause before she answers;]

Outside, I might be used to being underground, but this has gotten ridiculous.

[She is done with the mall for today.]

[lyingheart]

( Annie nods, tapping her finger on the most immediate way out. The node primes itself, and she gestures for both of them to step within its circle, the world flashing away in that peculiar blink and you miss it fashion.

Then they're in the free air above, stepping into a notably different time of day, with a milling group of people walking past on the sidewalk. Nowhere near one of the official gateways down into the whole Underground Mall.

Annie practically leaps away from the node platform and turns her face up toward the sky, so glad there's sky up there to see. So very, very glad. )

I really don't feel like getting stuck underground anymore.

[madmewmew]

[Freedom! Sure, Mew Mew still isn't used to using the nodes so she's a bit off from it but also... Watching Annie look to the sky like that?

Kind of reminds her of when she first went up to the Surface back home... It's making her blush a little as she looks away to not get caught staring at Annie.]

Y-yeah, once you know what it's like to not be looking at a cave roof? You really don't want to go back to it.

[lyingheart]

Mmm. Feels similar to when you see nothing at all. Once you open your eyes again, you never want to keep them closed.

( By the time she looks away from the sky, Mew Mew has been given the gift of time to let her blush fade away. Not that Annie would question it hard, given she has a hair-trigger blush for the few times she's really aware of herself and certain things. )

Now we're that much freer. At least for the time being, right?

[madmewmew]

Mm, yeah. Although I don't think I'll be going back down there anytime soon.

[She means it, if she has to she will find a clothing store outside of the mall or learn to sew herself!]

[lyingheart]

( Annie grimaces, hoping she can end up saying the same. )

Next time, we'll definitely stay above ground. Let's see about finding an airship or something back to the apartment complex?

[madmewmew]

[Poor Annie, even though Mew Mew wants to never go back there anytime soon? She's probably going to end up there sooner rather than later.]

... an airship? Like flying?

[As she will admit later to Annie over text, Mew Mew doesn't look up that often and didn't notice the airships.]

[lyingheart]

( Annie nods, brushing her hair back off her face. )

Yeah. There's a few different types and sizes, but the smallest ones are moving all over Nightwake and out into the other city sections. Then the skies clear up a bit. The longest airship rides take you out into the Segments, from what I understand.

( Also, it saves energy for her personally compared to using another the teleportation nodes to get back to the starting apartments. )

Are you afraid of heights?

[madmewmew]

[She listens to Annie with rapt attention as she explains everything about the airships.]

I see. [It's all very interesting! As to fear of heights whelp.]

Not really? I mean I don't think so? I've never been up really high before.

i have such good ability to word tonight i see

[lyingheart]

( Giving a small shrug of her shoulders, and the bags she's carrying, Annie says: )

One easy way to find out. Shall we?

eh words can be hard some days

[madmewmew]

Right, the worst outcome is I can just walk back myself!

[She means it, she will walk alone back to the apartments just so Annie doesn't have to stick around any longer.]

so true, so true

[lyingheart]

( Annie takes that at face value, taking another look at the sky before she pulls out her phone and slowly, achingly slowly, pulls up a map. At least she started walking before the whole slow process began, based on her judgments and seeing a few of the consistent angles of the airships in the sky, so sooner rather than later, she guides them to one of the smaller airship docking stations. Then it's a matter of paying mooncoins for a ticket on the short shuttle run toward the general Welcome Center area, climbing the stairs versus the lift (Annie doesn't even ask, she refuses to be in a small enclosed space right now), and achieving the docking level, with its wraparound viewing windows and walkway out into the city.

Not high enough for some portions, with the area they're in right now, there's a semi-decent view. )

Looking out not bothering you?