"My~ So this is where it went~ Meow-dear, if you wanted some, I would've just given you some! I found a small patch of these blackened herbs being grown nearby! Gosh, you're so mischievous~ hehe!"
"Sheesh, Meow-dear took a lot~ You were really prepared! But why... didn't I seem to notice? Saria! Were ya' properly counting our inventory?! That girl...Phew. Well, I can't even be mad. I thought she was preparing to send some stock to Roy! I've gotta hand it to ya, Meow-dear, nice selection."
"...Hrm? That shield and helm...from Aldis's...?"
"Mraa...I...*Sniff* I'm Sowwy...I only wanted..."
The adults don't look as angry as I expected...?
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CHANCE! Mwahaha! Time for my big eyes to do their job! Fake tears that I meticulously crafted back in adventurer's City while begging for food...activate!
"...*I'm weally sowwy... *Sniff*"
"...Pfft."
"Aww Meow-dear! Don't cry darlin' we're only teasin'! We get it, you must'a missed Roy!"
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"True. Huhuhu~ and here I thought my daughter was the worrisome one. Meow-dear really is cut from the same cloth as Falias. Perhaps you two should catch up to Roy and his pa together? Lord knows how restless that dog's been, despite the brave face they put up these days."
...Are they this foolish? Why...WOULD I MISS THEM?!? I barely got to know 'em, before they got hurt and took off! Well, they were kinda fun, I guess. *Sigh* Mrah, whatever. Let these people think whatever they want. Once I'm outta sight, I can always escape by my lonesome.
"...Why is nobody surprised the cat can talk...?"
"Mmn, because he already can draw in the ground to communicate? Plus we're already used to Fal talking with us."
"Oh! I forgot! Meow-dear, you took off before I can give ya the thing ya paid me to make."
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...? What is this blasted lady talking abo-
"Tada! See? The pendant came out nicely, if I do say so myself."
...Oh. OH! Hahaha!
Haha....
Ha...oops.
I almost forgot my pendant! I just snatched the fishing rod that Lawrence reinforced, away from her shop after she made me a strap and sheathe for it! I completely forgot my pendant!!
"GIMME!"
"Ah!"
I snatch it with intense greed- er. Wi...With intense PASSION for her craft.
"My precious...Nyuhuhuhu~"
"...Meowbo. You're acting weird. Lemme see that!"
*Snatch*
"Ah! Nyo! That's mine!"
"Hm? This part is smudged...*Ptooh* there we go!"
"EW!"
"Calm down hun, it's only a li'l spit-shine~ We all spit sometimes.
What barbaric village IS THIS PLACE??
Dumb moronic fool! Don't SPIT on my necklace! That's gross!
Stupid Rei holds my necklace up to the sun, out of my reach...j-just barely. But something mysterious happens.
Moisture is absorbed into the mermaid scale he spat on, and reflects the sunlight. A particular aura emits off of it and that single scale emits a rainbow shine of energy. it reacts to the nearby energy in the air. It looks really nice.
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...Hm? Why is...everybody reacting like that?
"WOAH! What IS all of this?!"
"Whaa!~"
"*Gasp* My~!"
"How...beautiful!"
...What?
They're looking at the colorful energy streams? From my perspective, the mermaid scale released an iridescent aura outwards, akin to a colorful gale. It radiated until clashing with the streams of flowing energy surrounding, before looking like a magical, palm-sized disco ball. I dunno what it's supposed to mean, but...now everyone's acting strange?
Almost like they can see the energy in the sky?
"I thought nyone of you could see this before? Nyobody reacted to it in the pyast? It always lyooks like this."
"Does it?? Wah~ Meow-dear, you're world is interesting!"
...My 'world'?? Wh...that sounds offensive!
"Let me see this for a second?"
Andel, the strangely tanned Elf takes my pendant away from Rei. Mraa...why is everyone handling my necklace before me?
"These scales are extremely high grade. I've only ever witnessed similar shine from artifacts made of royal mermaid scales, traded to other countries their Underwater Archipelagos have friendly relations to. This one seems to have a reaction between moisture and light, causing a unique-"
"It helped the villagers become sensitive to energy."
"Ohh! If I'm sensitive to energy right now...then...! MELINDAAAA~"
The fisherman ran away. The villagers young and old are all oogling the energy floating around. And honestly? I don't blame them. It's really beautiful. The energy sometimes intertwines like strands of dna, before splitting apart as if the different colors get pulled toward different directions. Almost as if there's an ocean full of that colored energy, individually controlling each strand's ebb and flow. How mesmerizing.
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That makes it perfect for Stealing from them again!
I hobble over to Rei and Rosiel. Both are enjoying the beautiful energies circling around their bodies like a pair of childish fools.
"Mrallo? Mrallo??? MRALLO...!"
"Mmn-? OW!"
"Ow, what the-?"
"SHH!!"
WIll you two fools...wake up already! That's MY necklace! I cans how you anytime ya want to see it again - withOUT spitting on it next time, hopefully. If I try shouting any longer others will notice!
I pull them aside and remind them of our deal - that NOW was the best time for them to start searching the village for a list of items! Unless they wanted to forfeit~
Mwehehehe. Imagine having to follow a cat. Hehehe~
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I take that back, actually. Following a cat is nothing bad! No more beating myself up for being a feline, I'm awesome! Yeah! My power is almost-!
"Aww, Meow-dear, your toy sword is merely a hilt! Was someone bullying you?!"
"...Yes."
Big, fat, ugly bigfoots with dog faces that behaved like a creepy, trained army. I fought really hard, you see.
"Don't worry, I can ask my kids to make you another play sword. Alright?"
...no. Not when you put it like that. I refuse to bring a sword made by KIDS on an adventure!
I want a real sword! I'm breaking into the Headmaster's shop agai- wait.
Did that Hydra thing...have any teeth or claws? Where did the villagers stash its heads? Wasn't it regenerating a ton? If they kept all of its heads, then...mwehehehe.
Mwahahaha!
