Fragments of a Broken Timeline [Book 3]

Ch.4 Prison Break!

[A\N: All translations will not be accurate because I do not know how to actually speak Japanese, so these are going to be rough translations]

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"Okay, you two, so this place is tighter than, well...tighter than something."

"Your database security?" Rae started.

"Murray's pants?" Sly chuckled, the fox just glaring.

"Whatever, Sly, this is no laughing matter!"

"I've been trying to say that since we started..." Rae commented.

"Look, I've already checked, and there really is no way in except through the front entrance. I think there's only one option..."

"The doorbell?"

Whack!

"OWW!!" Sly bellowed when Rae hit him over the head with her cane. "What the hell, Rae!?"

"You deserved that one." She replied nonchalantly.

"Bentley, a little help, please?"

"Sorry, Sly, but I'm gonna have to agree with Rae on this one, you did deserve that one."

Sly huffed. "Geez... Everyone is turning on me, even my own best friend..."

"Can you blame us?" Both asked.

"Anyhow, as I was saying, you two are going to need a disguise." Bentley then said. "Sly, you're going to need to get ahold of armor from one of those guards, and Rae--"

"A concubine outfit, right?"

"Well, yes and no."

"I'm sorry, what?"

"Get an outfit that could pass you off as a concubine, but it also has to be very elegant as well, which means it can't be very revealing either."

"Why?"

"I'll explain that to you later. For now, find something elegant, but also a bit...revealing, I guess you could say."

She sighed. "Fine." The three then disconnected. "I'm going shopping. I'll be back, so don't go getting caught or heaven forbid, killed, because that opportunity is reserved for me when I gut you like a fish..." The fox then turned tail and took off, not giving Sly a chance to reply.

"Geez... She's in a good mood today..." He muttered sarcastically.

"Don't think I didn't hear that, Ringtail." She called back to him.

He just gave a grumble in response, but Rae was already out of earshot by this point. Why do I need to care about how the outfit looks anyway? I mean, I'm just pretending to be some concubine, as horrible as that sounds, I realize. But still... What is the purpose of finding something elegant, but still fitting for what's the equivalent of basically a glorified slut? Rae pondered over this in her head as she scavenged the area, trying to find some sort of clothing shop at best, but all she found were small village homes around her. The fox began to get frustrated, realizing this seemed rather pointless. Damn... I can't just make the clothes either, because I would need fabric for that, and in this short amount of time? There's no way I'd be able to--

Suddenly, Rae cut her own thoughts short when she noticed something. She saw a woman, who seemed to be some kind of dog of sorts. Rae suspected because this was Japan and based off of how she appeared, she might've been either a Shiba Inu or a Hokkaido breed, though it was difficult to tell because she had a dark cloak on, a hood covering her head. Deciding to be bold, Rae cautiously approached the woman.