Alice gently hugged her arms, feeling a slight chill as she walked around with Hide, the glares of few suspicious villagers made her paranoid but aside from those few, she felt like she fit in at least a bit more than normal. People disregarded her now and never looked with disgust now that she...
She nodded slowly
"Sure" her eyes softened and looked towards the village.
"I wonder...." Alice picked up her bag and looked inside.
"I've um, stolen uniforms from the academy in the city, you think people will treat me differently wearing this?" She started walking back.
Alice stood herself up and handed him back his gun.
"Here...sorry I dropped it." She looked back at the beast which was now slowly turning to dust.
"I don't suppose people praise you for this do they?"
She looked up at him and sighed softly before putting on a smile.
"I suppose...I still think it's a shame that the creature once looked somewhat like me..." she rubbed her arm.
"You won't let me turn out like that right..?" She asked quietly
Lifted the gun and shot, having not been used to the recoil of even a simple handgun it scared her and she lifted her arms above her head- quickly closing her eyes. The beast dropped with a thud about the same time Alice dropped to her knees from shock, she let go of the gun letting it fall to...
It growls loudly and swings it's claw at him in an attempt to injure him, black smoke cascaded around the beast acting as a cloak to hide the attack.
Alice decided it would be best not to get in his way so an injured partner wasn't on the list of concerns, she put her hands together and rubbed...
The creature leaps forward and snarls as it's jaw unhinges and snaps at Hideyoshi, this one is a lot more wolf like.
"Look out!" Alice quickly ran over and shoved him out of the way, causing them to narrowly avoid the attack.
Alice blinked and almost fell forward, she put a hand to her head and grit her teeth.
"O-ow.." Her vision became cloudy.
"Th-there's one t-to the left of us...." She whispered.
She tilts her head.
"You use these to see through the darkness?" She asked quietly while examining the goggles.
"No wonder they found me so easily at night..." Alice sighed softly and sat down on the same rock she was on last night while taking the handgun.
I really don't want to resort to...
Eventually she comes back with a small leather bag around her shoulder, she was now in a fresh change of clothing that looked like a uniform.
"Hey, sorry if I took so long" She smiled softly
She looked around for a bit until finding a small trail she had made with grown vines.
"Oh it's this way.." She ducked through the fields and waved her hand to clear a small path in the brush.
Alice blushed softly and smiled, over time her attitude became a little brighter.
"Thank you for everything.." She finished her food and reached for her mug of coffee, she then carefully sipped to avoid burning her tongue.
She tilted her head.
"Like what? So far all it feels like I've done is take gifts and tag along.." She nibbled at her last piece of toast and looked up at him.
Her eyes dimmed a bit, part of her sensed his regret.
"Is there anything I can do to help you out? yknow...for all you've done for me.." She smiled softly, figuring she would change the mood a bit
Her eyes twinkled.
"Sugar?" She reached for the same packets and cups he grabbed and mimicked his moves.
"This is new for me- sorry I feel like a child.." She laughed nervously and slid her cup to the side to cool down, then went back to nibbling away at her meal.
Alice nodded slowly while trying to hide her embarrassment.
"Thanks.." She reached out and grabbed a fork to start eating.
"I'm not completely illiterate...My kind has it's own language but I never came to learn how to read English characters.." She stated before taking a small bite of toast...
Alice stared at the menu and started blushing, she hung her head after a while and slowly slid it towards Hide. She reached up her hand and pulled some hair in front of her eyes.
"I-I'll just get whatever you're having.......I can't read..."
Alice yawned again and slowly stood up, stumbling a bit once the pain of her injuries returned.
"Oh..r-right..." She rubbed her arm and looked around.
"If we have time- I'd like to go back to the fields and see if I can find something, I have a bag of clothing I've scavenged."