Enter Berthier

[darkwater_sis]

She's just an average (but totally beautiful, she insists) girl walking down the street. There's a light laugh at something in one of the window displays, a pretty dress probably. There's a pause by a bakery. Then Berthier comes to a stop at what seems to be a random store, a cosmetics shop

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[kaioh_m]

Michiru had been sensing something a bit odd and her feeling had lead her to this shop. As she enters and glances around, she barely misses being bowled over by two women fighting over...a tube of lipstick? And as she looked elsewhere, others were having similar disputes over similar items.

"Hmm...," Michiru feels there's something curious here as she reaches for a vial of nail polish she sees nearby.

[darkwater_sis]

The arguments don't seem to bother the salesgirl. She looks quite happy as she chirps her sales pitch to some new sucker customer. When she's finished with them and they're looking over a few items, she glances up and happens to see Michiru.

"My my," she smiles, "You have a lovely lipstick shade."

[kaioh_m]

"Thank you," Michiru mumbles as she glances past her to see that she's not doing anything to stop the arguing customers and nor does she see that there's any sort or security in the store either. "I was inquiring about this nail polish, though; I have a recital coming up and I was hoping that it matches my gown" she said hoping the other bought her story.

[darkwater_sis]

Why would she stop her plan going perfectly? Berthier's smile never fades as she agrees right away, "I'm happy to help you with that!"

"Did you bring a sample of the fabric? I won't be able to tell if it will match otherwise."

[kaioh_m]

"Unfortunately no, but the color is close to it," Michiru said as she continued to examine the bottle and noticed the upside down black crescent emblem on it as she narrowed her eyes a bit.

[darkwater_sis]

Without a sample, Michiru will have to just trust her eyes. Which are riveted on the black moon sigil, Berthier notices. Why does everyone coming here today seem to recognize it?!

The nexus is not particularly kind.

"You can try it and if you get home and it's not the right shade, you can bring it back to exchange," she suggests.

[kaioh_m]

"How kind," Michiru smiles. "I'll take it then and no, I don't care for any of your other products today, thank you"

[darkwater_sis]

Berthier rings them up with a smile, and hands the purchases over in a small bag - also marked with a black crescent moon. This store certainly seems to like that trademark. Especially considering it doesn't really relate to the store name. Hm.

"Thank you very much for coming. Please come by our shop again." She makes a short half-bow, still smiling.