Ashe lifted Grey up and brought him to a corner in the store. Grey looked confused as Ashe sat him down. Ashe explained that she was going to check on the generator and that he needed to stay there. Grey nodded, uncertainly. Ashe smiled, walking to the generator.
As she walked into the room, she coughed. The generator was smoking. Ashe coughed more as she turned off the generator. She left the room and talked to a store clerk named Osu.
Osu was about Grey's age and height. He had red hair and blue eyes. He wore your average store clerk uniform and always seemed to be a chipper, good kid. Osu didn't have the best hearing receptors, however.
"Excuse me?" Ashe asked, poking Osu lightly. Osu turned to look at Ashe, smiling. "What do you need, miss-- oh my! You're Ashe, the first class hunter!" Osu said, fanboying a bit. " Yes, I'm Ashe, and I need some help," Ashe explained, looking at the corner where she left Grey, seeing some woman touching his face. Grey's facial expression screamed, "Can you not?" as the woman continued to touch him.
"Um... is that your friend?" Osu asked, pointing at Grey. "Shit. Yeah," Ashe said, walking over to Grey and the woman, Osu following suit.
Grey, on the other hand, was trying to pull away from the woman's hand, extremely uncomfortable with the touching. Ashe walked up and slowly pulled Grey out of the woman's vicinity. Osu stepped in front of the woman, blocking her from Grey.
"Ma'am, either you do not touch this young hunter, or security will be forced to stay with you," Osu hissed, his hands on his hips. "I was... calming him down," The woman said. "Yeah, well he was uncomfortable!" Ashe retorted. Grey was shaking in Ashe's grip, scared of this lady.
"Was he really that uncomfortable?" The woman challenged. "I was!" Grey hissed. "Oh, hush up, kid," The woman growled. "You bitch, I'm fourteen!" Grey growled back. The woman was too shocked to speak. Ashe patted Grey's head.
"You never mess with first class hunters," Osu said. "Whatever." The woman walked off. Grey held onto Ashe tightly. Ashe ruffled his hair, calming him down. Osu smiled at the two. The trio hoped that the woman wouldn't bother them again.
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Rumblings in the Mist
Mystère / Thriller"May you not have to experience the horrors of the mist..." Something strange happens to Cinq Ville. The whole city is enveloped in a weird mist, in which there are rumbling noises from underground in the areas effected. Now that almost half the cit...
