Storybook Two; [action]

[redroseprince]

[After spending a few days in the welcome center, Jennifer has decided to walk around town and search for Brown try to find some items that might belong to her. Searching through one shop netted her an old leather collar with the word Brown childishly sketched into it. Searching through another left her with her her old outfit, complete with the

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[halgitianpriest]

[And passing by the fountain while running a few errands is a tall, genial, scholarly sort of man with a giant backpack (mostly empty) and a well-worn staff. He glances at Jennifer... keeps walking... glances again... keeps walking... looks up at the sky, shakes his head, and walks the circle back around to her again. Silly priest, you know if you don't ask, you'll feel bad all day.]

Excuse me. Is something the matter?

[redroseprince]

[Jennifer gasps at the sudden voice and looks up to find Eugene. He looks nice enough, and her luck with men has been slightly better than with women, but still, she looks quite nervous when attempting to speak to him]

Oh, um...

[Her voice trails off and she holds her clothes out blankly. No wing holes. ;;

Feel free to notice that she's still in that New Feather dress on a cold autumn day. Sitting outside by a fountain.]

[halgitianpriest]

[Eugene is a very womanly man, but about as polite and helpful as they come, and has indeed noticed her outfit. He looks down at the clothes in her hands and then swings his backpack off and sits down beside her, rifling through one of the side pouches. Honestly, letting New Feathers wander around dressed like that in this weather. For shame, Luceti.

I can help with that, if you'd like. [Dig, dig. Now where did he put that?] I'm Eugene, by the way. [Oh, for the love of- Puts the backpack aside, shucks off his top shirt and holds it out to her. Thank goodness for multiple long-sleeved layers.] Here. You must be freezing.

[redroseprince]

[So I've noticed but Jennifer is kind of scared of everyone. She stares uncertainly at him as he starts to look through his own things, looking up in surprise when she's offer his shirt.]

Um...th-thank you. But I...I don't wish to make you uncomfortable...

[...All the same, she reaches for the shirt. Now that she thought about it, it was quite cold out.]

[redroseprince]

[She is, and she's probably still sitting by the fountain as well, though in her normal clothes this time. Instead of staring at her dress, she now has the collar in her hands and seems to be studying that instead.]

[redroseprince]

[Silly Minato, Jennifer always looks depressed. It is her default expression. She jumps at the voice, still not used to the fact that people here aren't going to try and harm her. She looks up in a vague panic before attempting to calm herself by taking a breath. She looks to Minato, before looking back to the collar in her lap, before looking back at Minato again.]

Ah...I can't find him.