<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The Fuchsia Fox and an Artifact Absent</strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rrbvOfC.png)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Nerissa<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>December 26th, 2018 |<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>The Pawnhouse Zaisan<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Toshiro<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong><br/><strong>WEARING:</strong><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Nerissa nodded when Toshiro said that her safety was the most important thing. Despite that it was in a conflict with that they were here and planning to break in the pawnshop to steal something. Considering Az’s blood heritage Nera thought that it probably wasn’t that easy for the old War demon to control his bloodlust once he got started.<br/><br/><em>Not dying long enough…</em>“I like your optimism. Don’t give up on it now! It’s not cocked. If things get that bad you need to shoot, just remember to shoot away from me. Oh. Are you cold?” Nera pursed her lips. She would have given him her jacket, but it was too small for the human man. “Should we go to buy you a coat? Do you have another shirt under that?” She thought about giving him her winter hat, but it had holes for her ears so it probably wouldn’t help much. “You are going to die if you get cold on top of your condition…” The girl mumbled and took her long and cuddly black angora wool scarf. The fox demon raised on top her toes as she wrapped the scarf around Toshiro’s neck. “Feels good against your skin, doesn’t it? Let’s try to be quick so you don’t catch a cold.” She felt genuinely bad for him. Nerissa wanted to help him, but if she started to fuss over it, it would only hurt his pride and turn him against her. More than he was already at this point.<br/>“Hmm… If we happen to walk too close to the statue and the compass starts making too much sound you could always act embarrassed like it was a vibrator. Or then say you got a phone call, because… phones vibrate too.” You pervert. That’s the first thing that came to your mind from something that vibrates? Maybe it really is true that the boring kind are the kinkiest in secret. Nerissa looked at Toshiro like she was suspecting him of something, but said nothing more about it.<br/><br/>“Why do you look so surprised? I’m not telling you that you look like a criminal. I’m asking because I don’t know what you are capable of. Should I just assume that you have no other skills than patching people up? I believe you are much more complex and there are lots of things you can do, but I don’t know of them. I didn’t know you are great at playing guitar and fingering before today. Anyway, I can’t pick locks either so I guess that’s not the way we are going to get in…” They could always try shooting the lock. “I should have brought silencers with me.” The fox demon mumbled. She was on purpose holding her tail higher than usually so she wouldn’t dirty it.<br/><br/>“Yea, I do. I’m not sure about the noise, but we will find out soon…” The fox demon drew her dark blade out of nothingness casually while looking up at the vent and the fan behind a grid. It was high for her. First the girl tried to cut a bolt with her sword, but she couldn’t get enough force in it. So she took a more straightforward approach and hit it.<br/><br/>BANG! BANG! BANG!<br/><br/>The fox demon kept hacking the vent until the grit fell with a rumble on the ground. Nerissa looked at the now open vent and then at Toshiro. Her ears bent a bit on sides, as she waited for praises and (or) head pats from a job well done. This fox hadn’t got a memo of that the fox demons were supposed to be graceful and prideful creatures.<br/><br/>And then Toshiro almost dropped the bomb. When Nera saw that she dashed away from the man without a second of hesitation. She wasn’t going to get vine groped! “Please, be careful with it. It’s not much stronger than normal glass. I think it might need more than that old fan hitting it to break… They are about this big…” She explained and showed with her fingers about two inches thickness. “I would rather not…” go near them in any form because they tend to grab anything that comes in their reach, Nera was about to say when she heard rustling from the door.<br/><br/>Someone was coming.<br/><br/>“Quickly!” She whispered and grabbed Toshiro's hand, pulling him with her to hide behind a large garbage dumpster. They barely crouched in their simple hide when the door opened. Nerissa didn’t want to risk by peeking to see who had come to check who was responsible from all the noise. She just hoped that whoever it was, wouldn’t notice the grit on the ground. The nervous fox demon stayed still, her ears pointing up attentively as she listened to the sounds. The steps stopped at the door and the one who had opened the door just stood there. Nera didn’t even notice how she was squeezing Toshiro’s hand a little tighter.<br/>