Chapter 4: A Day in the Present
Author's Notes: This would have been up earlier today but my internet was malfunctioning.
Kira had allowed a girl that seemed to be known as Karin, to take her to the local bazaar, for her master had requested this. Trade in this time period seemed to be called shopping. Kira had been intrigued by the metal buggies that seemed to move without horses but found them bothersome by the fumes they emitted and the racket they made. She did have to admit that they were useful in travel though.
When they got to large structure that seemed to be called a "mall" the horseless carriage stopped. She was amazed by the size of the place. It was even bigger than the main food hall in Valhalla. Karin grabbed Kira's arm and literally dragged her off to an area that held more clothes than she had ever seen in her life. "Well, let's get started." Karin grabbed several items off of racks and tossed them into Kira's arms before shoving her into a changing room. "Show me how those clothes look." One at a time Kira put on the clothes in sets that had been given to her. One at a time Karin rejected them. The last outfit in the bunch was a White button down long sleeve shirt and a pair of khaki pants that looked almost gold. There was a golden ribbon with the set that she used to put her shoulder length hair into a short ponytail. She left to locks of hair hanging at the sides of her face.
"I love it!" Karin squealed upon seeing her. "Now, we need to get you a dress." "I don't need such frivol…" She was cut off, once again being dragged by Karin, before she could finish her objection. Karin pulled off a dress that looked to be made of gold. She handed it to Kira and shoved her yet again into a changing room. When Kira had figured out how to put it on and came out Karin put a simple fake gold necklace on her. The dress was a single piece that concealed everything thoroughly yet still seeming slightly revealing in the front. The dress went down to just above the ankles and had a slit in the center just over the right leg that stopped about mid thigh. The dress, necklace, and ribbon complimented her golden eyes perfectly. Karin's eyes widened and her mouth dropped when she stepped back to take a look. "I look terrible don't I? I'll just…" Karin grabbed her arm just as she was walking back into the changing room. "I have got to get you this."
The next place they stopped at was filled with lots of small pieces of white clothing, some had lace and were in other colors but she ignored them. "What are we here for? I don't see anyone wearing any of this stuff." Karin looked at her and raised an eyebrow but quickly brushed the comment off. "This stuff is important. You need underwear." She grabbed a few bras off the racks and a few underpants. Once again she was put into a changing room.
In side she took everything off and put on the first bra, it was to small. She went through almost all of them before she found one that fit. Then she tried on the underwear and found one that fit. She started to come out of the changing room to show Karin but was quickly shoved back in. "What were you doing!?" Karin whispered through the door. "I was going to show you. That's what I did with all the others." "You don't do it with this stuff though."
She took of the under clothes and put her earlier ones back on. They went to a counter with an odd box on it. The person behind was called the cashier. The medium that they used for trade was a type of green paper with writing on it. There were also some coins but she figured it wouldn't be too hard to figure it out if she had to. They ended up going back into the first part of the store that they had visited. "What are we doing back here?" Kira asked. "We got you clothes, now were going to get me some."
Karin spent quite a while looking for her own clothes before she found something that she liked. When she came out she had a long red skirt on, a black tee, and a red long sleeve shirt that had a zipper in the front. Her long black hair was left untied going down to about her mid back. "Well, what do you think?" Karin asked. Kira only nodded not knowing what she should say. Nodding seemed to work though because Karin smiled and ended up purchasing the clothes.
Before returning to her master's place, Karin had Kira put on the normal clothes that she had just gotten. They then got some groceries before heading back. Karin stated while they were shopping, "If I don't make dinner tonight Jimmy would probably starve and you, being his guest, would probably starve along with him."
Author's Notes:
The next chapter will be much longer. I'm still working on getting the hang of writing.