Demon Marcus, Early Saturday afternoon

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The first order of business was obviously a change of clothes. Formal Aleran robes were all well and good if you had to go to a bunch of boring governmental meetings, but clearly that wasn't going to be a thing here on the island, so Max was shopping for something more comfortable.

Well, maybe even somethings. He had plenty of money, after all, so why not make sure he had plenty of comfortable stuff to wear for, well, however long this lasted. (Please let it be a long time!)

He was over looking at the jeans, grinning as he pulled stuff off of racks. "Oh, denim," he sighed, "how I've missed you."

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[heromaniac]

Momoko still had NO idea what to get Jaime for their anniversary in a few weeks, so she was going to take advantage of being back on Fandom to look in the shops for things that their world didn't have... oooh. Nice ties...

"No no. No ties." Momoko shook her head, letting the tie slip through her fingers as she blushed and moved along, trying to get her mind back on track. "Hmm. Present. Present."

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"Getting a present for your boyfriend?" Cindy asked, giving Momoko a smile. Yes, she still remembered the girl from her student days--it had been awhile, but Cindy was trained to remember faces. "You know, sweetheart, this is an excellent opportunity to get something for yourself instead."

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Momoko smiled back, nodding. "I am! It's our anniversary in a few weeks! I just can't figure out what to get him that won't make him think of the money, too, you know?"

Which was why she was currently staring at the dresses, yes.

"I'm tryyyying to stick to a budget, but I'm not as good at it as I should be. Especially when I come back to Fandom."

Maybe she could try on just a few things...

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"You get the right outfit and I guarantee he won't be thinking of the money," Cindy said. "Though you may be looking in the wrong department."

Cindy was thinking of something a lot...slinkier. Sheerer. Revealing.

[heromaniac]

"The wrong department?" Momoko blinked, confused.

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"Entirely so," Cindy said, going to wrap her arm around Momoko's shoulders to steer her to the lingerie section. "You want to give him a gift that will wow him entirely and keep his mind off of anything other than you? I'm thinking...hmm. Definitely white and pinks."

Sure, the obvious choice was black and red, but with Momoko giving off complete innocent vibes, the trick was to run with that instead of trying to put her into something that would feel fake to the both of them.

"Lace, definitely. And satin."

[heromaniac]

"Definitely pinks and I totally love lace... Wait..."


"Uhm!" Momoko frowned a little at the section they were in. "But this is lingerie !"

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"Exactly," Cindy said, moving through the racks to find something that she thought would look good on Momoko. She'd already sized her up, so it was just a matter of finding something that would be the perfect blend of cute and sexy. "Everyone woman should own at least a little bit of lingerie. Something to make her feel sexy and attractive."

[heromaniac]

but! Lingerie? Uhm... uh... !!!!

"But we're not..." flail time! "We don't sleep together! Well, we do sleep together, but we don't sleep sleep together!"

Though that was a very pretty negligee Cindy had just passed over...

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"Shopping for a present, hmm?" Max said, just coming out of the changing room with reasonable clothes on. He quirked an eyebrow because A) he was pretty sure that was Momoko Akatsutsumi, B) she wasn't his student anymore, and C) she was still totally hot.

[heromaniac]

He was right on all counts, including the reasonable clothes part. Momoko looked up at the voice and flushed a little as the sight of her former teacher in those nice clothes that fit really well. He totally wasn't her type, and she was totally taken, but she could appreciate the... uhm. Taste in clothes. Yes.

"Centurion! Hello! It's been a while; you look well!"

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"Why thank you, Miss Akatsutsumi. You're looking well, yourself. And as cute as ever."

He hadn't had to say that last part except for the fact that he was Max.

[heromaniac]

"Centurion!" Momoko laughed, tsking at him even as her cheeks tinted slightly. "You shouldn't say things like that to your students. But thank you! I do try my best. Except when I'm just being lazy around the house."

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Max chuckled. "You haven't been my student for years," he pointed out with a grin. Yeah. That kind of grin.

"It's good to know you're doing well, though."

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"Centurion!" Momoko blushed at that grin, but chuckled. "I can't tell if you're being serious or teasing me."

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"A man can't do both at once?" Max asked, with a smirk.

[heromaniac]

Momoko kept her very UN-CARNIVOROUS grin and her blush. "And that totally sounds like you're hitting on me." For shaaaame, Centurion.

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"Aww, are you sure I can't convince you into leather instead?" Cindy asked, holding up a pair of leather pants too short to properly be called pants. Okay, they were almost too short to be called shorts or even 'wearable in public' but why should that stop Cindy?

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"Hmm." Max considered the 'pants'. Then grinned. "I could probably be convinced," he allowed. "But I have to admit that just holding them up isn't very convincing on its own."

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"Are you saying you'd need to try them on?" Cindy said, tossing the shorts over to him with a laugh. "Be my guest. In fact, I insist."

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Max caught them out of the air with a laugh. "And what do I get for trying them on? Other than, likely, a wedgie?"

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"My reaction to you trying them on?" Cindy suggested, while pulling a shirt (http://www.theplace2.ru/archive/kristanna_loken/img/017Kristanna_Loken.jpg) off of a hangar and holding it up over her shirt in the mirror. "I might be persuaded to try on a few things myself," she said. "I mean, before we get to the corsets."

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"Huh." Max grinned. "Imagine that. I've found myself oddly convinced." He held up the leather pants thoughtfully. "But I think I might need something to wear with these." He glanced at the clerk behind the counter. "I might get yelled at if I came out with just the pants."

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Cindy rolled her eyes at him. "Still lazy when you want to be, I notice," she chided, finding a mesh shirt that could only charitably be called his size. "Are you going to make me do all the work?"

Yeah, she made that sound dirty. Because she could.

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"What can I say?" Max said, catching mesh and grinning over his shoulder as he headed toward the changing room. "I like to see you in action."

IF YOU KNEW WHAT HE MEANT.