The Untold Truth (Shadows of the past; Book One)

2 - Lusine

My mom had always told me the story of the sun and moon. Whenever Chaya would come over to play, she'd tell us how the moon only lived to view the sun in all her glory. It was truly a beautiful story. Chaya thought it was a tall tale. She didn't believe in living for one person, or being with one person. Perhaps that's why we never pursued a relationship.
__________________________________________
"Chaya, I don't think that's logical."

Said girl pouted, crossing her arms. She had found Lusine after she had walked Dalai to the bridge. She begged her to come with her to the shops. Lusine was too nice to say no.

"It totally is, it could be like a rapunzel type thing. It will work, trust me."

"We won't know, because we're not doing it."

Chaya groaned loudly, making Lusine wonder if she was really younger than her.

"How is that even remotely relevant to Rapunzel???"

Chaya huffed, standing up straight and waving her manicured hands around.

"It just does! You have to trust the mind of master, Lusine."

Lusine cringed and walked into the shop, holding the door open for her odd friend. Lusine sighed in content as she took in the scents of the shop. It was one of her favorite places to be. It had such a 'homey' vibe to it.

"I'm gonna go look around for scale grease, I'll catch up to you in a minute."

Lusine nods as Chaya walks away and looks around. She wasn't looking for anything in particular, just some gifts for the house. She saw a few kitchen utensils with phrases that were popularized by the witches in their area. She picked them up, knowing her mother would like them. She thought it was silly, impractical, but whatever made her mother happy.

"Hi, I've never seen you shop here before, do you need help finding something?"

Lusine turned around to see a woman staring back at her, with a bright, big smile. She had bright orange hair, it matched her face, she looked as fresh as an orange. She had fangs poking from under her lips, they were a little dull, though.

"I'm Lusine, and I'm just browsing, looking for things to spruce up the house a bit."

The girl hummed and walked over to a shelf. Lusine praised every god that she was surrounded my people who had good fashion taste. It was uncommon around there. The woman wore a thigh length black dress, with orange tights and arguably the cutest heels ever. She was so fun looking, Lusine loved it.

"I'm Libitina. Just call me Libi, though. Or Tina, I don't care. My name's too long for my liking. Ooh!"

She grabs a big jar from a shelf she can barely reach, and taps over to Lusine.

"This is a full jar of venom from a gorgon. I haven't heard of any qualities it produces for witches, but it tastes really good."

She inspects the jar and tries to hand it to Lusine, who politely declines. Libitina shrugs and puts the jar bag, grabbing another one.

"I can't show you too much, but we have new things in stock. They're huge bottles of bath mixtures for different types of creatures around here. They're said to have really good properties, but I've only used the kitsune one, and it put me to sleep. Anyways! If you're interested, I can give it to you on the house."