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Post by TimePuppy on Feb 9, 2020 21:13:31 GMT
The flashiness of Super Ariana's fight met, no, blew all of Loveline's expectations out of the water. Ariana rushing through the torrential blast was probably the tensest moment of Love's life and the sensation afterward probably the most ecstatic! Her hands shot up and only the volume modulating features of the earpieces saved everyone's eardrums from her "YEEEEAAAAH" of joy. And after that epic clash, Ariana came over to everyone and enveloped them in one giant hug. It took some body manipulation for Loveline to be able to return it.
"Glad to have you back, Riri," she said. "We really need to celebrate after we get out of here. Oh, we could take some meat from your catch. I'm sure your sister will love how cost-efficient we're being."
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Post by Vapovile on Feb 10, 2020 0:21:39 GMT
“Oh, can we? Is whatever that thing is edible?” Ariana excitedly turned to Elyssa, still squeezing everybody tight. Elyssa hugged back as much as her arms could reach. “I don’t really think we should try. Interdimensional monsters might have some crazy bacteria in them, even if you cook it. But you still were AWESOME back there!” Elyssa exclaimed, squeezing once more. “Aw, but I’m so strong now! I bet I could drag like half of it out of here! Ariana responded enthusiastically, Elyssa letting out a light chuckle. “Probably could, honestly. Buuuuuut we are going to need to take those back to the vault. Mind letting me see the trident for a bit?” Elyssa asked, releasing herself from the hug. “Huh? But it’s so useful! I can go on bigger adventures now! And, and I can help people! And- we can’t just lock it up!”
“Hey now, Riri, you look really cool like that, but I don’t think taking weapons like these outside is a good idea,” Love said. “What if they fall into the wrong hands?” “But they won’t! I’m too strong for anybody to take them away!” Ariana protested. “And when you have to sleep? Not to mention I’m not sure yours aren’t the wrong hands to begin with…” Cosmina mumbled. “I’ll keep them in my room when I sleep! And what do you mean by that!?” Ariana let go of her friends, backing up a little. “I mean Spiderman! With great power comes great responsibility! You’re 14 and still recovering from losing your dad! You don’t have that responsibility.”
Elyssa spoke up to try and break things up. “You are a cool person Ariana, but this is a bit too much power for one person. You just killed a giant monster that could probably destroy an island! So how about we just lock it away like everything else, and have some fun at the arcade? I bet I can still beat you at air hockey!” Elyssa joked.
“And I need that power! If somebody gets hurt- if Warden tries to hurt people I care about again I can stop him!” Ariana yelled, tears building in her eyes.
“You don’t need it, Ariana. We can stop him together. We’re a strong group, aren’t we?” Love was starting to get worried. “Give me the trident, please. I think it’s affecting you somehow.” She held out her hand.
“You aren’t always there! Not even if you want to be cause you’re obsessed with me!” Ariana held the trident at arm’s length away from Loveline.
Love was stunned. “I- I’m not obsessed… It’s not like that! You’re being too cruel, Riri… This isn’t like you...” While Love stammered, Elyssa swam toward Ariana. “Ariana, please. Just give me the trident and we can go on as many adventures as you want. You’re part of the team now. Teammates trust each other, right?” She asked, giving a smile and reaching for the trident’s handle. A bolt jumped from the handle to her palm.
“No! I need it! Don’t you get it, with this I can help you guys too! I can help so many people! I don’t want to hurt you, but if you try to take it, I will!” She was backing up, nervously waving the trident.
Elyssa’s eyes widened as her hand recoiled from the shock, rubbing her palm at the pain. Without a word, Elyssa swam over to where Jamie was, and began whispering in her ear. “Hey, do you still have that piece of yourself on Ariana’s shoulder from the void room?” The adventurer asked. The slime had stayed silent until now because her actual experience with Ariana was really limited. But now she nodded.
Meanwhile, Love tried to compose herself. “Ariana, I’m sure you’re thinking about all the things you can do now, about vengeance or all the good you can do, but you shouldn’t let your emotions control you like that. I… I know it’s ironic coming from me, but please. Let’s just put that away and talk about this.”
“Yeah, it is, isn’t it.” Ariana scowled, looking away from Love, but her expression was wobbling. “What’s that tickle…” She mumbled. “Whatever, I’m going! Please come with me... “ Lightning crackled around her body and she tensed her body to shoot through the water once more. An instant later, green goo shot out from under her shoulder armor. It spread quickly, consuming Ariana like it did Elyssa. When Ariana vanished, only her armor and outfit left slowly sinking, the now blue-tinted goo floated over to Jamie. The armor crackled and vanished, the remaining sailor uniform becoming regular clothes in a flash.
“W-what? Jamie, what did you do!? I know she was acting weird, but you shouldn’t have just eaten her! Not when she’s in a state like that…” Love complained, starting to panic. Elyssa shook her head slightly. “I know it is not the best time for this, but think about it. What could we have possibly done to stop her? She had the power of a god. Don’t worry, she’s safe and we’ll see her again soon.” Elyssa tried to reassure the gem girl.
“I know, but… We should’ve convinced her somehow… I can kinda understand how she feels. Especially now that we basically turned on her, I’m sure she feels betrayed.” Love paused. “And if she’s back to her senses now… We really shouldn’t let her be alone now, or everything we did today’s gonna be for naught. Jamie, take me, too!”
“Ya sure, kid?” Jamie said, reabsorbing the part that took Ariana. Electricity started crackling around her body and her body started growing. She was probably a head taller than Elyssa now and her arms gained a bit more definition. Her hair also turned black, but retained Elyssa’s curls. “Heh, brave. I like it!” As Jamie warmed up, Elyssa looked at Loveline with concern. “You sure about this? I could go if you want. I’ve already been there twice.” Elyssa asked the magical girl.
“...I’m sure. I want to be there for her,” Love said. Elyssa smiled and nodded her head. “Nice to have you part of the team, Lovely.” With a salute holding together two of her fingers, Elyssa nodded toward Jamie. The slime flicked her hand and sent a chunk flying at Love. Just like before, the slime spread over Love until the girl completely disappeared and then went back to the main body.
Jamie looked over her new body. She didn’t change height again, but her fake skin seemed smoother and her hair lengthened. She couldn’t see it, but she somehow felt her eyes changed to. They were a mix of two shades of blue with darker specks dotted around. While admiring her new arm, she accidentally made her fingers grow longer without changing back into slime. It took her by surprise for a second, but then she realized she must have absorbed a bit of power from Love, just like she copied Elyssa’s strength. Looking at her swimsuit, the new power gave her an idea. A bit of hip slime spread out into ruffles similar to the ones on Love’s bikini. It had a bit of an off-putting fleshy texture, but aside from that, it was much cuter!
“Oh my god they’re totally going to fall in love for real now!” Cosmina practically sang. “Oh, we should get those!” She pointed to the sinking gemstones scattered among their clothing. Elyssa had already grabbed Love’s bikini and looked down to see the sinking gemstone. “Yeah, we should! You grab Ariana’s stuff, I’ll get this!” Elyssa called over as she swam after the stone.
“Oh come on…” Cosmina swam down to gather up Ariana’s waterlogged clothing, fumbling with the stone. “I have a hard enough time swimming without all this junk weighing me down…” Elyssa waved and dove to grab it for her. “I was just kidding, just wanted to see how fast you could swim with all that stuff. Not too hard, right?” She asked, grinning and holding up the two gemstones in her right hand.
“ You know damn well it was hard! ...hey Elyssa, you think we can use the gems? I can channel magic, you can too, maybe it’ll work out?” Cosmina asked. Elyssa looked at the gemstones with interest in her eyes, but then shook her head. “I probably shouldn’t, last time a Miyata used one of these we got Yamiko. You probably don’t want to deal with that right now, huh? But you…?”
Tossing Cosmina the blue gem of Ariana’s, Elyssa grinned. “Let’s give it a shot!” She exclaimed, tying Love’s bikini to her own, much like what Love had done to her’s.
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Post by TimePuppy on Feb 10, 2020 18:41:30 GMT
“Love!? Did you… come for me? Or did Jamie just eat you to balance out what an idiot I am?”
“I… Didn’t want you to be alone now.”
"Even after everything I said?"
“You were pretty mean, but… It didn’t sound very much like you. Did you mean it?”
"...I don't know. I don't think that trident actually changed me. I just… let the power get to me. I feel like a bully."
“Well… I was a bit of a bully today, too. I think that comes with age.”
"But grownups I know don't act like that… not all of them… I guess they grew out of it?"
“That’s what dad said. Although I’m not sure ‘grow’ is the right word for him.”
"Heh. So, uh, sorry. And thank you for coming to get me even after all that. I didn't want to be alone. Even if it's a little awkward. Uh, thanks for the dress. I don't really do dresses usually, but it beats… not having it. If Cosmina made it… I'd wear it on a date maybe."
“Hehe, thanks. I did my best. I think you’d look very cute in a real version. And I’m happy to be here for you. So, apology accepted. And I’m sorry if I came off as creepy and obsessive.”
"I can't judge you for that after kissing Elyssa without knowing if it was okay first. I get that even smart people like you can be dumb sometimes. I guess that's just… love? Growing up? All this thinking about it sucks! You wanna… just adventure, for a bit?"
“Gladly! We’ve got all the time we need.”
"Awesome! Let's go see if Elyssa missed anything! And, uh, Love? ...wanna meet at that Indian place across the street from my place Friday?"
“I would love to!”
"Great! Whoever finds less cool stuff has to pay for dinner! Let's go!"
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Post by Vapovile on Feb 17, 2020 22:43:49 GMT
“You think they’re gonna be okay? Getting through without Ariana’s powers?” Cosmina asked as she stepped out of the ruin. Elyssa shrugged her shoulders as she looked back. “I think they’ll be fine. Loveline still has her powers, and I’ve taken care of anything dangerous already. How’s the gem?” Elyssa asked, looking at the sapphire she’d given Cosmina.
“Pretty! Want to transform at the same time?” Cosmina was grinning like a maniac, holding up the stone. Elyssa shook her head. “I already told you, I really shouldn’t! Wouldn’t want another weird psycho running around. Unless it was Haruko specific...buuuuuuut I’m not risking it. But I’ll totally watch you!” Elyssa declared, leaning against a nearby tree and watching her niece.
“Well then I’ll do each! Sapphire Sea first! I don’t like the sailor thing, but I think I can make it work.” She held up the gem and channeled mana. With a hum, it glowed, freezing her body into ice. Her body shifted, suddenly dropping nearly a foot shorter before the ice shattered away. She didn’t resemble Ariana’s form in the slightest. She was tiny, 4 feet max, in a bubbly pastel blue and pink dress. A pastel rainbow hat with a wavy ridge and a puffball on the end of a long point sat on her head, and she had no anchor but instead two massive metal clam shells strapped to her hands. “What the heck… this isn’t Sapphire Sea!”
Elyssa smiled and contained her laughter. “Hey, those look like shells! So more like...Sapphire Shell? Bash people with those two shields?” She suggested, examining the form.
“Wait, like Pearl Shell!? I’m actually Pearl Shell! My gem girl name is real now!” Cosmina practically sang, spinning in the air. “I must be super duper tough! And… oh, this is dumb.” She looked at the massive shells, realizing something. She curled her body and pulled them together, becoming a floating clam.
“Ooooooh. I’m sure this thing is impossible to crack!” She boasted, running up and trying to kick the clam shell from below. It was terrible. It was quite possibly the most solid thing she had ever kicked. The shell didn’t budge in the slightest. Having expected a hard surface, Elyssa had angled her kick so that it would easily bounce away...but the surprising lack of give still made the adventurer lean back against a tree and rub her leg in pain.
“Aaaaaaah...ow. Yep, that’s solid alright!” She commented. The shell floated around aimlessly for a while before popping open, dumping Cosmina onto the ground. “I couldn’t see anything in there! And my sonar was useless too! I don’t get it… that can’t be useful.” She scratched her head. Elyssa shrugged her shoulders. “Maybe you’re only supposed to armor up to survive a huge attack? Wonder if that would survive the Kirashi’s water blast…” She stroked her chin thoughtfully. “What about that other gem?”
“Oh! Or maybe it’s like Vanilla Ice! I can smash into stuff real good but I can only see when I come out!” Cosmina suggested. “That’s actually really cool! Not a big fan of being tiny though… I thought I’d get big like Ariana! Yeah, pass me the other!”
Elyssa looked at Cosmina with confusion. “I don’t remember Vanilla Ice smashing anything. But sure, here you go!” She tossed the red gem toward Cosmina. “No, it’s a… never mind.” Cosmina took the gem and with a single motion, turned back and transformed again. There was scarlet light and a piercing blast of organ pipes, and when it cleared she stood, barely bigger than a toddler. “...I’m even smaller!?” She said in a thousand voices. A dozen tiny heads looked around in surprise, realizing quickly they were in multiple bodies, all in a mix of bloodred armor and black dresses. “Woah… dizzy. Having my mind in so many places… is weird.” They all spoke together, moving their hands to their tiny skulls in unison.
“Whoa...you’re like a swarm! Little fire ants or something.” She observed, picking up one of the Cosminas to examine it, then putting it down again. “So you’re what, a hivemind?”
“Wow, I think I am! That’s… weird! It’s like an RTS, but I’m all the troops at once!” The Cosminas admired one another. “I thought the other one was weird, but this one is weird!” Looking at the strange Cosminas, Elyssa got a small pang of interest in trying the gems herself...but then had to reconsider. “It really is! I guess these gems give different powers to different people. We should see what Love’s gem does to Ariana! Think Haruko will let us see what happens to you three with her gem?”
“I’ve asked Haruko for her gem, but she doesn’t let anybody touch it! Says she’s worried it’ll make more Yamikos in anybody who uses it.” Cosmina pouted, some of her versions mumbling their discontent. “I’m gonna stop, this is a headache. But I’m gonna call that… Garnet Legion!” Another flash, and she was one Cosmina of regular size, blinking rapidly as she adjusted to only having a single set of eyes again.
“Hey, that’s super cool! Who knows, maybe one day you’ll have to save the day as Sapphire Shell, or Garnet Legion! That’d be awesome, right?” Elyssa asked, flashing a thumbs up toward Cosmina.
“I wanna be Pearl Shell! It would be just like Sapphire Shell but I wouldn’t have to borrow Ariana’s gem! Oh, it must be so cool to be strong!” Cosmina sighed. Looking on at the different transformations, Elyssa let out an exasperated sigh. “Ok, I can’t hold back. Give me the gems, I want to try them out!” She exclaimed, holding out her hands.
“Yeah! Do it! Sapphire first!” Ariana tossed the blue gem to Elyssa.She grabbed the gem and infused mana into it, a bright flash of blue light engulfing her. In seconds, she stood in a shiny light blue flight jacket and pants, a pair of white wings spread out across her back. Elyssa felt a pair of goggles on her forehead and pulled them down, the blue lenses completely covering her eyes from the outside. “Whooooa...this is awesome!” She beamed, spreading out her wings and taking off into the air.
The sensation of flight was fantastic! Elyssa did two consecutive loops in the air, flying around the island that the Ruin inhabited. “Woooah! All the Gem Girls can fly, so I guess you just fly really good? That’s pretty cool!” Cosmina called from below.
Finally deciding to land, Elyssa beamed at her current form. “I love it! I’ll call it...Sapphire Sky! Only one more to go…” Turning back into her normal form, Elyssa grabbed the other gem and repeated the same process. This time, she was wearing a set of black pants with a rainbow skirt over it, with a black coat over a red shirt with white frills on the front. A small black mask covered her eyes, the white masking their color. Elyssa smiled at the result.
“My my, doesn’t this form just look dashing?” She asked, voice sounding oddly more refined and deeper than normal. Flicking out her wrist, Elyssa pulled a rose from seemingly nowhere, and used her other hand to flare out her colorful, sparkling red cape that was rainbow-colored on the inside. “I do say, I feel like a devilish rogue in this form. Wouldn’t you agree?” She asked, looking at Cosmina.
“Don’t let Ariana see you like that. Love would pop.” Cosmina said. “That’s like 1000% gay. In a good way.” Looking at Cosmina with piercing brown eyes, Elyssa shrugged her shoulders. “How judgemental. But I suppose we wouldn’t want any misunderstandings, now would we?” Tossing her cape dramatically once more, Elyssa reached into her cape and pulled out a long silver saber, pointing it at a nearby tree and slashing, the tree falling over, despite being several meters away. “Why would you look at that? I can remotely cut things with this fine blade.” She commented, adjusting her white gloves.
“Woah! Absolutely do not point that at me!” Cosmina scooted away from Elyssa’s line of sight. She bumped right into Ariana, stepping out of the ruin. To Cosmina's surprise, she was in a dress. Pastel blue and pink, with beads dangling in strings from a frilly skirt and translucent puffy sleeves. Cosmina got it after a second.
"It's a jellyfish dress! Brilliant! Hold still, I'm totally making this for you for real!" Cosmina began taking sonar snapshots, before realizing the dress didn't interact with her sonar at all. "Right. Dang."
"Alright, knock it off." Ariana smiled, fluffing Cosmina's hair. "Don't worry, we're fine. I'm, uh… sorry about before."
Seeing Ariana approach, Elyssa turned back into her normal self and jogged up to her, ready to give a hug...until she heard Cosmina and backed away. "Hey, we all make mistakes, right? Glad to have you back!" She beamed, looping her arm around the back of Ariana's neck. "Not too mad at me and Jamie, are ya?"
"No, you did what you should have. I was being a giant jerk." Ariana muttered, head down. Suddenly, Elyssa pulls her into a hug. "Oh come on, it wasn't so bad! You had the power of a sea god, anyone wouldn't want to let it go, right?"
"It certainly was tempting… Elyssa please don't hug me right now." Ariana squeaked, bright red.
"I got you some dry clothes in my kaspa. You too if you want to dry off, Love." Cosmina waved towels at them. "One at a time please, I don't want any funny business in there."
Hearing Ariana's plea, Elyssa let go and scratched the back of her head. "Right, sorry. Who wants to go first? Either of you I'd say." The adventurer commented.
Love let Ariana say her apologies first, instead focusing on getting the sway of her own red dress as realistic as possible. The sleeveless upper part was fine, but the large roses adorning the bottom part made it look too unrealistic. That was why she didn’t like making up her own illusions without seeing them in real life first.
“Ariana can change first. It’s easier to keep the illusion on her while I know where she is and she could move while I’m in there.” Letting Ariana go in, Love scooted over to Cosmina and whispered, “Don’t worry, I can recreate it for your measurements.”
“Oh, you think I can get her to wear it? I’ll take the challenge.” Cosmina grinned.
“I think she can be persuaded. Oh, speaking of changing.” Love went over to Elyssa, noticing she was holding her swimsuit. She’d tied it around just like Love did with Elyssa’s swimsuit previously. It was kinda cute in a way that made Love smile. “Hey, thanks for holding onto that for me.” She pointed at Elyssa’s trophy. “Mind if I take it now?”
Looking down at the suit attached to her hip, Elyssa snapped her fingers at the realization. "Right! Come on, I wasn't just going to leave them there. Fancy, by the way." She pulled them out and handed the bottoms to Love. She moved her hands to grab the other end of the top though, stretched it out, and tried to snap it at Love's butt. "Surprise whip!" Elyssa called out.
“Thanks,” Love twirled in her dress, giving Elyssa the perfect opportunity to whip her. “Eeek!” Love exclaimed in surprise before it turned into laughter. “You were supposed to be the mature one!” Love said taking the top and trying to return the favor. Elyssa made no attempt to dodge, just jumping a little at the sound and laughing.
"Hahaha! Sorry, it was too good of an opportunity. Not too mad, right?" She asked, smiling.
“Hm, I might forgive you.” Love smiled playfully. “If you give me back the gem, too.” Elyssa held up the red gem and looked at it shine. "Hmmmm...and what if I wanted to keep it? It is shiny." She responded in the same tone.
“I’ll just steal it back from you. I learned a few things today, you know. I’m pretty much a seasoned ruin explorer already!” Love answered, theatrically posing confidently. Elyssa laughed at the gesture. "Confident now? I like it! Come on, let's see if you can." Elyssa held it out at arms length.
Suspicious of the offering, no, knowing Elyssa was planning something, Love jumped for the gem. Eyes widening at the jump, Elyssa teleported the gem into her other hand, grabbing Love before she could face plant and pulling her into a hug. "Surprise hug! I uh, wanted to say thanks for helping Ariana out there."
Blushing almost as much as Ariana did before, Love pulled out of the hug. “A-at least let me put the swimsuit on. But, um, thank you for being thankful? I think?” Love twiddled her thumbs. “What I mean is, I did it for her. And, uh, we had a nice chat over there anyway so…”
"Aw, well that's nice to hear." Elyssa took a few steps back. "She does seem happier now. Oh, by the way."
She held up Love's suit, which had been slight of handed in the hug. "You may want these. Now who is the master thief?" With a grin, Elyssa tossed them to Love who’d grown even redder. “P-perv!” Love exclaimed, grabbing the swimsuit and putting it on until she got a chance to get some dry clothes.
“Who’s a perv?” Ariana asked, jumping out of the kaspa. She was in comfortable dry overalls over a t-shirt. She felt a little ridiculous, but Cosmina was nodding in approval. “Is it Cosmina? I bet it’s Cosmina.”
“Hey! I just gave you comfy, covering clothing! Elyssa’s the perv!” Cosmina protested. Elyssa looked fake offended. "How dare. I would never be a pervert. Right Love?" She asked, chuckling to herself.
“I don’t know… You seem pretty-” Loveline was interrupted by sudden rumbling happening next to them all. Not rumbling. It was more jello violently vibrating. Turning to look at it, she was a large green cube. It looked just like Jamie before she’d absorbed Elyssa. It seemed to be sculpting itself until it came out shaped like a very pouty Elyssa. Or pouty Ariana with Elyssa’s hair? And Love’s body? It was hard to tell, but it was definitely some sort of combination.
“I can’t believe you guys! You didn’t even notice the state I was in after leaving that ruin!” She complained. Elyssa looked on with surprise at the strange amalgamation. "Uuuuuh...Jamie? You alright?" She asked. A small part of Elyssa was dreading the possibility of letting anything in these Ruins out into the real world.
“No, I’m not alright! I couldn’t keep this form after leaving the ruin, but you just played with those gems without even noticing me!” Jamie looked hurt. “And until Love and Ariana left the room, I couldn’t change back even when I tried. And now! Now I feel… Weird… Like I’m not part of that ruin anymore. No connection to it at all. I don’t think you’d get transported even if I enveloped you whole.”
This made Elyssa's eyes widen. "So uh...you might actually kill people if you try that now. If we're going to let you leave, you have to swear not to do that. Ok?" She asked sternly.
“Not even if you just want to make them naked!” Ariana added. Cosmina elbowed her in the stomach, drawing furious grumbling and a confused stare.
“I don’t think it would kill them…” Jamie said, playing with her stretchy fingers. “But fine, I won’t try. Ahem,” the slime cleared her throat and looked slightly more cheery already. “Well, I suppose we’re all out now. What do we do next?”
“Uh, I think I’ll go put on some dry clothes first,” Love said.
“You’ve got one waiting in my kaspa.” Cosmina waved to the door.
“Free dry clothes? That’s generous of you!” Love said, going into the kaspa.
Seeing Jamie agreeing with her, Elyssa let out a sigh of relief. "Well, looks like we can let you out! Thanks for all the help back there, Jamie!" Stretching out her arms, she pulled the amalgamation into a hug. "Not too bad of a first run, eh?"
Being pulled into a hug suddenly, Jamie accidentally spilled over Elyssa. Elyssa was covered in slime for only a few seconds before Jamie could unstick from her, looking slightly more like Elyssa again. “Uh, sorry. I wasn’t solid enough for a surprise hug. But hey, now we know what that does! Nothing!” Jamie went back into the hug, a lot more solid this time. “Yeah, it was pretty good for my first official run. Thanks for taking me with you, guys!”
Happy that there was no residue on herself, Elyssa hugged back. "No problem! But uh, yeah. Don't do that to other people, please. It's like being in the world's weirdest pillow." She commented.
“Won’t do!” Jamie vigorously nodded. She turned her head to Ariana and Cos. “You two wanna join the hug? No sliming, I promise!”
“No offense, but no.” Cosmina shook her head.
“Sure!” Ariana grabbed the pair, squeezing them tight.
“Hey, group hugs need everyone!” Love ran into the hug, dragging Cosmina with her. Elyssa wrapped her arms around as many people as she could. "Alright! Go team!" Elyssa said enthusiastically. Letting go finally she pointed toward the sea. "How about you show us how shopping works, Love?" She asked, flashing a smile to the team.
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