"ah mr.fuji i see you went shopping with our new resident"the tall blonde man said in a jolly tone keeping up the harmless appearance in front the boy and girl.
"yeah she was quite expensive not to mention the cookies" ruby face visibly started to redden in embarrassment.
"c-cookies what"trifa knew the girl was a bit childish but to actively try to spend the limited clothes budget on cookies is baffling to the crooked priest.
"yeah i had to limit it to these few small containers"he then pulled out a container of chocolate chips cookies.
Ruby started to stutter a bit; the situation was slightly worsening. She didn't want to come off as childish, despite her excitement for cookies being one of the few childish traits she kept after the Fall, and is one she surely wouldn't let go of so easily.
"t-th-thats's enough of that I finally got clothes now so im not stuck with my cosplay" That was the excuse she had to use to explain why she dressed like this her lies are quite brittle because she didn't settle on the priest and boy meeting.
"yeah before I leave you and the priest behind to go back to the apartments how long are you expecting to be here your visa is going to eventually expire and they'll have to ship you out to America?"
This question had effectively trapped Ruby; she had no idea how long these visas lasted, but she could gather what it was from the context clues.
"2 years or so." so instead of needlessly worrying about short times or overly long she gave a mild answer which in terms gave her a time limit.
"ah you might want to pick a part time job up see ya"the blue haired boy ran as fast he could it was getting dark and hw knew those L.D.O bastards loved to act at night.
"im going to h-"kasumi was interrupted from her self depreciating by the sound of ren openning the door.
Despite his best efforts to keep this world and her actions away from her, he made one mistake; his initial bout with himself, he forgot to wash a piece of clothing that she had worn.
She was about to get up when she heard the voice of a girl with a French accent mixed in with her Japanese. It indicated that Ren had brought a famillar foreign woman home.
to brighten her mood so she could brighten Ren's, she put on the best Kasumi mask she could and crawled through the hole, listening to the conversation.
"marie dont take that off-"he almost tralied off in his perversion before he quickly realized that he wanted to talk about something serious.
"you know hard it is to find those clothes in your size" he quickly came up with and excuse for her not to marie in this state was the classic innocent dumb blonde stereotype.
At that moment, Kasumi decided to crash through the wall door and saw a girl with long blonde hair, a curvy figure wearing a black sweater and a black choker. "Heya Ren,whyd you bring her back home dosent she has a place to stay?" Ren was visibly scared, unlike Marie who looked at the intruder with curiosity.
"I thought I told you to stop coming through that door you and Shirou invaded my room because you felt like playing games which you both could've used the front door!"ren all but yelled at the girl.
Kasumi tilted her head and her brown hair fell to the side. "But that isn't as fun as crawling through the walls." Ren had a vein show up on his forehead, but it quickly dissipated; he just decided to drop the topic before he blew a casket.
"well Marie here she's a bit of airhead who was unfortunately raised in a cult she escaped but she knows nothing of socialization or modern life shes basically a 17th century french girl" he quickly came up with a believable excuse to excuse any weirdness that was marie wrought past the first time.
"I see you took advantage of this poor girl and her unfortunate circumstances again didn't ya" The boy's eye went back to twitching Kasumi was going to paint him like a brute.
Ruby had decided to sneak out of the church
That night, her semblance would help her search for her friends across these groups of islands known as Japan, but one obstacle stood in her way.
"hey rea did you ever sleep?"ruby asked more outta worry more than indignation ruby could never shake the habit of carong for random people.
"i do i just have a bit more energy than normal i guess anyway where are you trying to go i could tell "rea said in her usual cold tone. the white haired seinor was curious about her juniors activities.
Ruby visibly tensed up at the question causing Rea to drop the topic she'd pry later after she went wherever it was easier for her to get information.
"Uh..." Ruby was silenced by the smaller girl placing her index finger on her lips.
"dont worry about just go i wont tell him or lisa"mostly because rea knew that they probably already knew they're both inhuman things of the night for all rea knew she didnt really care because to her they were the closet thing she had to a family.
"Thanks, I'll be back by 3 at the latest," Ruby said as she quickly exited the old church. She had friends, weapons, and a lot of repressed trauma to deal with, but she didn't know it yet.
at the end of the chapter my writing has improved somewhat over the past few months so i decided to come back with a cliffhanger as i replayed the visual novel to get a grasp on certain characters and abilities.
so dont expect an update for a week or two Allright.
i messed up with marie didnt i well crap i had to rewrite stuff ugh.