Snippet #2613969

Day 21
Belmere

After starting to say she didn't need anything before awkwardly pausing in the middle of it, Florette finally settled on asking for some water. "...huh? Couldn't you just get it from our hosts, though?" Sylphine asked, a bit confused. "Oh...never mind, I'll get it done. I'll be back soon."

Thinking about it, putting her coat in the closet had been pretty pointless, since she was already heading out again. Pulling it on while walking out the door, Sylphine wondered if she should see if the others needed anything just in case. Of course, she probably couldn't carry that much at once, so maybe she should listen to their requests after coming back...but that would probably leave her too tired to do anything. Ah, decisions, decisions.

After a short while, she decided to just get on with it and hurried out the door, back through the streets. The sky was already quite dark, and torches lit all the shops up. It seriously was difficult to believe these merchants ever slept, for they were still trying to market their bizarre and extravagant wares with as much zeal as before.

While Sylphine walked briskly down the street, hoping to get things done quickly so she could have a rest, she tried contacting her familiar to speed things up. Hey, Pirika. Could you help me out here?

What is it this time? Got lost on your way to meet--

Don't even start, Sylphine interrupted, feeling her face go red again. Anyway, I can't fly here without making a scene, and I have to let Bliston know I'll be staying indoors instead, so could you help me figure out which way is quickest to the entrance from which we came in?

Wait, you're staying indoors? Wow, what a shame. So you don't want to babysit the daemon after all. Oh, well, you're still a teenage human, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised at how hectic your lov--

At this point, Sylphine felt like getting hopelessly lost would have been better than being teased this much by her familiar. She picked up the pace a little, trying her best to tune out the insults.