Sorry for the delay, I got really sick and couldn't update :(
"That one." Marinette pointed at a lovely gown on display.
"Buy me that one." She repeated.
"You've already bought enough dresses." Adrien argued, realizing all the money he brought is not nearly sufficient for two people.
"We have to budget." He told her.
"After I buy that dress?" She smiled cheekily. He figured that since she didn't need to eat he could sacrifice it. Plus, he couldn't say no to that face.
Adrien didn't like the long process of getting a dress. He thought most of the ones she bought were simple, yet Marinette had to be measured and they would roughly find anything that'd fit her, plus corsets which she always needed magic to tie them up. He supposed that men's fashion was similar, but no where near the frilly, heavy layers and binding that women had to go through.
Marinette didn't like Chloe. Of course, she had never met Chloe and all she knew of her was insufficient to judge one's character, but she just couldn't like this stranger. She wondered why and figured it was simply a gut feeling, ironic to the fact that she didn't have a gut.
After they had purchased the dress they continued traveling in the not too suffocating summer heat.
"Can't you, oh I don't know, teleport us?" Adrien asked, loosening his shirt collar dramatically; he did not take the heat well at all.
"I don't trust my transportation abilities enough to do that." Marinette responded, unfazed in her heavy attire.
"Is it that hard?" Adrien more whined than asked.
"Considering I've never been to the castle, have never needed to teleport much in my existence, and the probability of losing limbs, I'm using better judgement and deciding not to teleport." She said curtly as if scolding a young child. Adrien didn't reply and kept dragging his feet on the dry dirt. It flew up in small clouds along the ground and make the humid air gritty.
"We need to find am inn soon." Adrien complained even though the sun wasn't near setting.
"I suppose." Marinette reluctantly agreed. As if the very gods were listening to their pleas, a building could be seen in the distance. Adrien's eyes lit up, but Marinette frowned. She almost told Adrien that the place didn't seem right to her, but seeing that relieved, hopeful look on his face shut her up. She didn't want to crush him, or is it that she couldn't?
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Puppet Strings
Adventure"My puppet.." the cat purred to the marionette. "No, my Lady...Come with me." She stared with hesitation, hardly knowing him at all...She did know she had nothing to lose and grabbed his hand. They jumped and fell into the depths of a world she had...
