Bracelets for the soul

With the helmet and jumpsuit in hand, Aberdeen walked up to the counter and paid for their newly acquired cosplay before walking out the front entrance. They thought about Maicy's question, clearly not having much of an answer given they couldn't really eat anywhere. They scratched the back of their head as they gripped the plastic bag before finally deciding on what to do.

"Eh, how about you choose. I can't really eat right now" They chuckled, pointing towards their head. "So pick a place and I'll just get something to go."

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Amil snickered at Alraada's less than cheery greeting to his soulmate being met with an even less than delightful greeting in return. He rolled his eyes as Nace turned away from the girl, Amil leaning towards Alraada's ear and letting out a light chuckle. "Forgive the idiot, he's had something stuck up his ass all day~" He let out another giggle as he backed away from her and gripped Nace's leash tighter.

"Deary, can I talk to you for a moment?" He asked his partner, not waiting for a response as he dragged Nace a couple feet away, attempting to choke him in the process. "Look." He whispered "I said to play nice. That girl isn't even a super. However, that girl IS a potential 'customer' for me, so I'd prefer I don't lose the possibility of striking a deal with her because of your shitty attitude. So just act like a nice guy and I'll let you go on a super rampage later today, deal?" He mumbled before kissing Nace on the cheek and dragging him back over to Alraada.

"So, have you figured out what you're going as?" He asked the girl, looking around the rack before his eyes locked with a particular red cloak-white jumpsuit combo he'd been searching for. "Ah-hah~!" He dropped Nace's leash for a moment to reach up towards the higher parts of the rack and pulled the costume down, an enormous grin on his face as he did so. "Looks like I found what I'M going as~" He chimed, happily. 

Looking around the racks a bit more, he spotted a costume that made him burst out with laughter. He sauntered over towards the frilly outfit and held it up. "And I think I found Nace's costume as well!" He chuckled, showing the two the Hello Kitty Costume. "You'll look absolutely adorable!"

Alraada smirked as she saw Amil drag Nace away.
Nace was acting like a child, and currently seemed to be at Amil's mercy.
When they came back, alraada gave a kind smile.
"Oh, yes, I've found my costume! I meant to just try the clothes on, but I got carried away and got fully ready." she spoke.
Alraada stifled a laugh at Amil's costume choice for the highlighter fucker.
"And There is not offense taken at Nace's behavior. After all..."

"My day has been just SUPER" she chimed
Alraada looked back over to Amil.
"And I bet Nace will look so stunning in that costume it will almost be not NATURAL"
Alraada was trying her absolute hardest to not laugh.
Galystris was....confused.
Did she offend them? If so, how.
This person was becoming more and more of an enigma to her by the second.
She was getting a bit annoyed, despite the fact she knew it probably wasn't their fault.
"It honestly looks a bit like something you would normally wear." she spoke, assuming with whatever step she took, she'd make things worse.
Although still at a loss for what to do, she continued to talk anyways.
"You'd look fine in anything off that rack. People are starting to leave, and I think I have an important call to take soon." Her normal gruffness was seeping out more and more by the second.
It was visible that she did not know how to handle emotions.

Amil snickered at Alraada's puns, the simple words clearly getting to the man albeit with good reason. As soon as those were uttered, however, Nace began hissing something awful in the man's ear to which he scowled at him. You fucking twat. Amil shook his head angrily as Nace stormed off towards the checkout, thoroughly pissed off with how childish his partner was being. He turned to Alraada, trying his best to smile although with clear traces of malice laced in it.

"Well, looks like Nace has decided we're done shopping for today." He growled, the gloves on his arms beginning to bubble slightly. "So I suppose we'll have to catch up later." He spoke through his teeth. "Enjoy the rest of your date~" With that, Amil stormed after Nace, picking up the leash and yanking back on it as hard as he could. His gloves began to open their eyes, peering around the room for their designated task until they locked eyes with their owner and subsequently closed again.

"You are the biggest FUCKING CHILD!!" He shouted at his partner as he snatched the costume out of his hand and slammed it on the counter to the cashier's surprise. The cashier hurriedly rang the items up, which Amil paid for, and the man stormed out of the store, dragging his partner along with him. "I'm tearing your ass apart when we get back to the hotel, swear to fucking god." He growled angrily as he began tapping away at his phone for an uber to pick them up, his gloves leaving amalgamate residue on the screen.

Galystris rushed Cheri along, unknowingly guilting them into quickly pulling the yellow dress of the rack along with it's complimentary wig and accessories. They hadn't even taken the time to try anything on or check the sizing, instead just hurrying over to the counter and finishing the transaction as fast as possible. Once the transaction was finished, Cheri turned around to face their partner, a forced smile on their face. "When we get back to the apartment I'll give the wig some TLC and fix the skirt lining."

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Iksel held up the faux swim suit in his hand. "Who's this?" The shark asked Piami, "I have the same exact suit at home, execpt it's not a costume." If Iksel could get away with just wearing a swim suit instead of embarrassing himself in one of the weird, technicolor costumes in the store he would be more than happy to do so.

    Alti smiled at his partner, allowing himself to be led past the extensive parking lot riddled with cars and vans and into the rather large hardware store. The trip through the aisles ended soon after it began, Alti busying himself throughout the entire endeavor by looking around at whatever seemed interesting, which in this case was a few glittery crystal lighting fixtures. Occasionally, he found himself staring starry-eyed at his soulmate as the other explained some of the skills he obtained concerning the articles of circuitry, but not really contributing much to the conversation. Until today, he was clueless about basic engineering so there really wasn't anything to say, but despite all that, he couldn't help but still be a tad impressed at the discovery of this new "art" his partner seemed to be so seasoned in. Once they made it past the check-out, he moved the bag to one hand while the other arm wrapped around Cyrus' waist and squeezed it. "Pfft, was there ever a time you weren't building stuff?" he chuckled, remembering the anecdote the man shared back at the fireworks. So cute.

    Now out the door, Alti took a brief scan of the area and pointed out the ice cream place according to where he remembered it falling on the map. Within a few minutes, the two were inside the store, Alti taking note of the cooler temperature and colorful decor the interior possessed for future reference. His eyes moved up to the assortment of treats on the store's menu just above the heads of the busy clerks, and then down to the vats of multicolored desserts in the freezers below. Letting go of his soulmate completely, Alti ran up to the glass and dropped to his knees, pressing his hands and face against its cool surface with pure wonder in his eyes. His blood already began to run a bit cold at the ridiculous number of choices, but he tried to shake it off for now. This was supposed to be a good date despite what the colors and topping choices trashing about in his mind were telling him. And he seriously didn't need the scientist making fun of him, so he figured he'd make his own decision this time. "Uhhhh," he finally "said" to the clerk lady, the confused girl looking down at the manchild as he struggled to make a choice, "H.... How many of these are there?" She blinked, somewhat perplexed at the question. Surely, anyone should've known the answer to this simple question, but it wasn't quite in her place to judge. "We have thirty-one flavors...? Uh.... Do you need help choosing, sir?" she inquired back, looking over the counter.

    Thirty-one? he thought, his body tensing up from shock as he processed this bit of information. "No, no, no! I'm fine!" he said with a nervous chuckle as he waved the girl off, trying his best not to embarrass himself even though it was too late to even try. The clerk gave him a quick nod and proceeded to help someone else, Alti taking this as an opportunity to really focus on what he wanted before she came back to ask again(even though he wasn't the least bit familiar with some of these flavors). One by one, he quickly dismissed several tubs of ice cream by judging them on their appearance alone, narrowing the search down to about 9-10 choices. Much better. Alti brought himself up into a low crouch, resting his face on his hands and his elbows on his knees as he stared down the remaining buckets. "Mmm.... they all look so nice...." he moped, the clerk lady finishing up business with another customer before bringing her attention back to the indecisive dummy on the floor.

"Aaaaare you still choosing?" she inquired.

"Yes...." he sighed.

"...."

"Well, and no!" he corrected himself. "I'm stuck...."

"Oh. Shouldn't be too much of a problem! What flavors are you 'stuck' on?"

"Uhh.... these," he said, gesturing toward his select nine choices as best as he could behind the glass. Frankly, enough of them contained enough of the same elements for him to narrow the search down even further, but he didn't want to count them out just yet. The clerk looked at the region Alti was gesturing at, giving him a light, awkward chuckle as she reached for a few small, plastic spoons.

"I assume this is your first time here? We give out free samples..."

    And at this, Alti jumped back onto his feet, leaning forward and staring brightly at the girl. "Ooooh, really?" he chimed, hopping up and down as she nodded and started taking small spoonfuls of ice cream to give to her customer. He tried all of his preliminary choices, eventually slamming his favorites to two flavors in particular; loaded fudge brownie and peanut butter cup. To save him the trouble, the girl let the newbie know that he could indeed pick them both and Alti clapped for joy as he chose the size cup he wanted it in. The choice between cup and cone had to be the quickest decision he made, really; He didn't want to get all that melted ice cream on his hands like how the store's other customers did. Cutting the decision-making process by avoiding the topic of toppings altogether, the lady then brought her attention to the man standing next to him. "And would you like anything?" she said.
    

Once they made their way back to the hotel, Nace quickly undid the collar around his neck and let it drop to the floor, not even bothering to look at his partner as he made his way to the door. "The day is over," He muttered, "so we're done." He went into the bathroom and to take a shower, making a point to kick the bag his dreaded costume was in before slamming the door shut behind him.

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"A lovely date!" Vale said as the two made their way back to their hotel room. He clutched the bag that held his costume happily to his chest, humming Always Look on the Bright Side of Life as they went. Every now and again he made a little 'heehee' sound, clearly enthused with his purchase. He had no idea of the interaction that had transpired between his ex and Alraada, and perhaps that was for the best, as he had finally managed to get himself out of whatever funk he had been in previously. "We should look up events at the con we're going to!" He chimed, a skip in his step. "I want to make sure we hit everything! You pick, then I pick! I'm sure the day will be packed between the two of us~."