<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>SOPHE, Second floor balcony > An ATM > A bank<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Toshiro<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>Enjoy from the ride<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>As pictured<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Nerissa opened her mouth, to remind Toshiro of his sorry state and that he should be in his bed resting, not wandering around on the city, but he was ahead of her. “Well… I guess I can’t persuade you to stay behind and rest then, can I? You look so pitiful! It looks like every move you take hurts more than you can handle. Are you sure you don’t have internal bleeding or something like that?” The fox demon looked little flustered when Toshiro spoke about her pay. “Is it really that little…? I thought I’m doing okay… I don’t mean to offend you, but you don’t look that rich either.” Nerissa pursed her lips. She had really thought that she was paid if not plentifully then at least sufficiently. Why he had to trample on her pride like that…?<br/><br/>With a small bow Nera went through the door that Toshiro kept open for her. “Rina sold your statue to Pawnhouse Zaisan. Let’s get some money and go there. I’m sure we can buy it back if we give them more than what they paid for it. How much do you think it’s worth to them?” Nerissa knew how much her sister had got money from it, but it was way less than Toshiro’s estimation of the statue’s worth. $50 000-100 000. That was a lot of money! “This is all my blood relative’s fault so… please, let me help you. If 300 000 dollars is nothing to you, I won’t interfere but it sounds like…” Nerissa really tried not to step on his manly pride with her words. “... like, it would be inconvenient to you.” That didn’t sound any better! To save her from making the situation worse, Nera changed the topic quickly. “I’m just going to get my bag from my room and you should leave Marceline here, so let’s meet up at front!”<br/><br/>The fox demon drove her relatively new, bright red Nissan Juke (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/82/6d/f7826d87b7736c50927a722d64be34b5.jpg) in front of SOPHE to pick up Toshiro. Their first stop was an ATM. By the time Toshiro’s driver stopped near an ATM, the money problem probably wasn’t at top of his mind. Nerissa’s driving skills were below an average driver. Way below. She didn’t have a road rage, but the girl kept forgetting to pay attention. They passed red lights more than once, which wasn’t even the worst part. The worst part at her driving was that the fox was eager to try to zigzag between other cars and shoving her little car in unexisting spaces, blindly trusting that others would make room for her. And Nera didn’t seem to understand that there was lots to improve in her driving. She was her usual careless and cheerful self.<br/><br/>Because her driving didn’t make her afraid for her life it felt like a good opportunity to pick the conversation Toshiro had started at the balcony. “About Rina… I didn’t mean to belittle what she did. I don’t accept any of that and I know it’s wrong, but… talking to her won’t change a thing. Trust me, I have tried to reason with her. I can’t force her to change. All I can do is hope that she will want to change herself, and then I can be there for her. All the things you said… They make me worry. I know that someday she is going to make a wrong person her enemy and then... “ Nerissa sighed. She didn’t want to finish her sentence. They both knew what she meant. “I can only beg for your forgiveness and hope that you won’t be that person. Rina… she has her reasons. There are good and bad ones on both sides. Not all demons are bad and not all humans are good.” She was worried that, what Toshiro had talked about, would happen someday. Rina would get herself killed if things would continue as they were, but what could she do? She couldn’t exactly lock her up somewhere until she would start to behave.<br/><br/>Nerissa wanted to help Toshiro, so she was ready to lend him the needed money. Without an interest and he could pay it back when he could. The fox had brought a backpack with her to put all the money in there, but the ATM refused to give her 300 000$, which Nera thought would be more than enough to get the statue back without problems. Her big ears drooped quickly and her expression became sad. “I don’t understand… I remember my number and all… And there is enough money.” The fox mumbled disappointed before returning into the car. “I’m sorry. I think we have to go to a bank. I thought this would be easier…” It really wasn’t such a big surprise that the amount she could withdraw was less than 300 000 dollars.<br/><br/>Toshiro got a questionable pleasure to enjoy from another short car trip with Nerissa as they headed to a bank. Because she wanted to withdraw so much money at once they were soon guided into a private room, where a neat bank teller in a pencil skirt served them, or Nera.<br/><br/><strong>^How can I help you miss Cavallaro?^</strong>the woman asked with a polite smile when they all were sitting at a table.<br/>“I would like to withdraw 300 000 dollars.” Nerissa said simply and placed her backpack on the table.<br/><strong>^I see. How soon would you need the money?^</strong><br/>“Now”<br/><br/>The woman was clearly surprised and explained all the difficulties and protocols concerning this kind of withdrawal. The fox demon was stubborn and insisted that she wanted her money now. So they began making preparations for it. While they waited another bank clerk brought some refreshments for them to enjoy while they were waiting. When Nerissa signed papers needed for this process Toshiro could notice how much there was money in her account in total. This pink haired fox demon had over 10 million dollars on her account.<br/><br/>“I’m sorry this takes so long. I didn’t know it would be this difficult. I mean… I have the money, so why they make it so complicated?” Nerissa sighed and looked at Toshiro. “Toshiro, if this is big sum for you, let me help you. I have enough money. I can borrow you this. You don’t need to pay the money back. I mean, you can if you c… want to of course, but there are other ways of paying a debt.” Nerissa told with an innocent face as she looked at the beat up researcher.<br/>