Show me what the big city is like! (Bernael) (Closed)

Bernael would just have a very relaxed and gentle smile on his face as he would walk into the city alongside Ayami. When they had first met he promised that he'd take her away from her island and allow her to see the world as it was... alongside the cities and the landscape. Well to say the least, it wasn't going to be a promise that he couldn't keep, as it was finally time to start the part that involved them seeing the world... which this city was apart of, for a start. "It really is quite a wondrous place is it not?" he would say, looking around as he smiled. It was a very interesting prospect to the boy, being able to come here and do this so easily, but it was with someone very happy and excitable so he didn't mind it. "But yes, this is something you've been missing out on. As for where to start? Pick any store, any building... pretty much anything~ There's so much to see and do so you may as well do it all! Though take your time... get to enjoy it all" the demon elaborated as he would feel a hand grip around his wrist and tug him along. He would go easily and openly while just chuckling gently before he was pulled inside of an anime shop, with all of the different accessories and merchandise that one could expect.

The demon boy would slowly move his hand to the back of his neck as it was released from the wrist, heading inside more as well while trying to think up an accurate description. "Well its an animation aired on the television, it uses a variety of different art styles and character types, as well as different plots to send those characters through. Even if some are very similar, no two anime are the same in terms of every aspect, unless it was entirely copied and just renamed. But still, its quite a big media sensation" the boy tried to explain while they were moved inside, before an employee came up to the two of them, as the girl was eyeing all of the stuff everywhere... it was pretty cute to see her like that. However, the girl would grab onto the employee and start shaking him as she was in her excited phase of asking stuff. She was asking to see more anime, Ayami seemed to like it quite a lot and it put a bigger smile on Bernael's face. With that, the employee just talked about it having to be bought, which was of course the way businesses worked... so Bernael would just nod before Ayami referenced herself and him to take all of the anime. The way she stood so proud and the way she was excited it just... brought a bit of silliness.

"Well Ayami... uh, just a thing of conduct, don't lay hands on the employees... they usually don't like that depending on where you're going to but this isn't one of 'those' places... also, I don't think it would be wise for us to buy all of the anime here. However, if you would like, I could pay for some that go into a series... and we can go watch them. Though it'd be up to you which one you want." the boy would calmly try to explain to the Elemi as she would look up at him with puppy dog eyes, staring at him like that. He just gave off a gentle blush that was more of silliness than something he would get from a person he was with intimately or had fallen for. "Well, you can definitely watch more of those colorful stories" he just chuckled lightly at the prospect. "I am happy that you are enjoying all of this though" the demon went on to say as she was looking over everything once more.

Ayami then pointed out a little figure that was sort of like a super hero from one of the anime series, its figurine left there in good condition as Ayami talked about it being a martial artist like them. The employee however looked very scared or worried about everything that the girl was doing, so Bernael decided to do his best to offer some sort of explanation, since it looked like he was the only one who could with how Ayami was acting. "Sorry sir... my friend here, Ayami. She is a little new to all of this, and she is very excitable. Please forgive us as she just wants to check stuff out... we'll be out of your hair shortly." he would say, giving a very gentle nod to Ayami to show he indeed was referencing her. But then she... shoved a figurine in his hands which was very... revealing of the character used.

This time... Bernael would blush a lot more than before. This was instead one that most men would get based on a reaction just seeing something like this! Not to say the character wasn't bad to the looks its just... he couldn't understand why the Elemi would put this in his hands right then and there but she did say something else. "No... No it does not have very many clothes" he would say before putting it back where it was pulled from, shaking his head gently before smirking down to the girl. "Ayami... I'm glad that you are liking all of this but, you may want to stop touching everything alright? We might have to buy the stuff and then you can keep it and even take it home with you. Just tell me what you would like and we can spend more time in here, looking through everything! Though soon enough we can move onto the next store alright?" the demonic human would say, having a very gentle and caring smile and tone like someone would use when speaking to somebody they cared a lot about. His reasoning for it himself was because she was one of his best friends... though who knew how others would take it, the world was quite the place and he had no way to know how people would take his way of talking, but he did it anyways.

[PL: 188,191]

When seeing Ayami light up at the thought of buying some of the anime, the demon boy would just give a very gentle nod, a smile across his face as if firmly saying yes to her questions. "Yes, you can buy any that go into a series. Sure you don't have to get the entire series but... if the anime is complete, may as well get it all so that you don't have to stop~" the demon boy would respond, rubbing the back of his head with a very light gentle. It did suck that some stories had to end... but that was how everything went, eventually current ideas ran out and it was repeating to the point of the story needing to end. But that didn't mean ideas couldn't spark up again and a sequel to fly from it all! It was a very interesting concept to the demon boy but he would rather not think too much into it all to possibly end up confused even with his own mind. Thus with that, he would just wave her off when she went to go look for an anime series that she liked, Bernael looking towards the door to the shop, thinking partially about how the rest of the city would fair if they really did explore through most everything.

But the demon boys thoughts were cut short when the Elemi girl came back with some sort of romance anime. He just gently blushed at the thought of what its plot could be about and how it would play out. Would it be a tragic romance? Or perhaps a very lighthearted one! Bernael didn't know but from looking the box over it looked very colorful and interesting. His mind mused on the thought of getting ideas from it on how to be around girls... he found himself among a lot of people of the opposite gender, perhaps an anime like that could give him a few novice pointers? Well, that didn't matter much but either way it appeared to be what the girl wanted as she even called it perfect. "Alright then Ayami, if its what you desire to get" he would say lowly to himself before taking all of the sets for the series up under his arm to wait till they were ready to pay and go. Bernael would notice the very... confused but understanding employee. He felt sort of bad for the man but he couldn't take it upon himself to turn Ayami away from all of this.

"Yeah, we wont break anything. If we happen to I'll just pay for it, it wont be a problem sir" Bernael would just explain to the employee before smirking gently. Well no matter what the employee was feeling, at the very least he was accepting it, so it was good that he wasn't turning them away or kicking them out. Even if Bernael felt a bit sorry for the man and his clerk job, at least it was exciting? It didn't matter much, Bernael just was thinking on the subject a tad bit before shaking his thoughts away to focus on the current situation. However it was then that Ayami referenced the figure that she passed to Bernael, which he had put back. Asking if women in big cities wore stuff like that often. "Well... not a lot of women do. Some women wear that stuff all the time, some women wear that sometimes, and others wear that stuff never one in their entire life. It all depends on the woman I guess. But... well..." he'd slowly look at her, her smile bright and innocent looking. The curiosity was genuine and he sort of chuckled at it. "Well lets just say that... a lot of people like that sort of outfit. But some would criticize someone for holding one for media... its sort of silly how some people think but you can't argue opinions" the demon boy would gently shrug.

It was then that everything would turn upside down, in a sort of silly way as Ayami would say a very choice set of words... ones that would cause Bernael's hand to almost instantly react by shooting up to block a slight bit of blood that was coming out of his nose at the even mention of what Ayami was pointing out. "A-Atsuko in a bikini huh?" he would ask... slowly coming over to look down at the figure the girl was giggling at and referenced. He was still holding his hand to his nose, stopping that bit of blood as he looked it over... why were his eyes lingering on it that long?! Was he that much of a pervert to the thought of his lover that his eyes would be stuck on something so lewd and perverted such as that! "I-I bet she would love to see it. However I wonder if she would like to wear something like that even more! Like a real life bikini like that! I wonder if she'd wear it for m-... well, I better stop there." he would say, not being able to hold back his comment spree at first but then realizing how it was a little wrong to explode like that, as he stopped nearing the very end. "Well anyways... it could prove... something nice to get" he would explain a bit more before looking back to the Elemi who was talking once more.

It seemed like she was being a bit silly about things... perhaps she understood a bit more than she let on! Well, it didn't matter too much even if she did, it was quite a fun time either way. "Well, if this is all you want... I am ready to get it. I don't really think I deserve anything but... that figurine could be something quite 'interesting' to get as well" Bernael would gently say, as he actually picked up the figure that Ayami referenced before and put it on the counter with the cash register... showing a bit more of a lewd or silly side to his own thoughts as he put the entire anime set up there as well, smirking over to the employee, while pushing forward some Zeni as well. "This is all we would like sir... we'll get out of your hair~" the demon boy chuckled over to the man, slowly waiting for the transaction to be completed before putting everything in a safe bag that would keep everything from being damaged for the time being. With that in mind, Bernael would walk to the front of the store and look back to Ayami. "Alright, what store would you like to go to now? Choose a store any store~" he would say, holding open the front door for her to walk out of like a gentlemen before falling to silence.

When Ayami smiled after the set of anime was taken, Bernael gave a very gentle smirk, nodding to her. "Yeah, you are right. We can go watch the anime together when you are done in the city. I have some places on the ship we can watch it if you are in a light hurry to start it." the demon boy mused on the idea of just having a relaxing time with the Elemi, watching the anime series as they had it all for the time being. It was quite a nice idea, they as friends needed to hang out with each other a bit more. Watching a show together was a better start than any for the two of them, especially if it ended up being long enough to take up time, could provide some sort of bond between the two as they can talk about it a lot more and get into it together. He smirked gently at the thought of it all, while sort of wondering if some others would like to come watch it as well, but shook it off thinking it might be better to be something they do only together, especially considering the genre the Elemi had picked up, there could be a chance people looked at it in a bad light.

"But yes, it is quite normal for friends to watch stuff like this together. Though... with what you picked it might be better for others to watch it with you instead... but I don't mind since it will be your first anime experience. You can learn how it works later" he'd explain a little more before just shaking his head. He felt odd talking about all of this... but he didn't mind, it was something new to her and he wanted her to enjoy it. Though when Ayami brought up liking her own clothes better, Bernael would give off a gentle chuckle, rubbing the back of his head as he would hear her. "Well, I like your clothes a lot better as well. Lets just say this sort of stuff sometimes doesn't fly in public. So it is better to keep more conventional and comfortable clothing in public." he'd say, referencing his own attire which just was a black jacket with white fur on the back where you'd pull it over your head, alongside a pretty loose but conventional shirt that had no designs as it was just a bleak white shirt. There was also his nicely fitted black cargo pants that ended off in his two black combat boots. All of it looked quite conventional and comfortable as well, like something that would work in public while not being offending. "If you're wearing something a little too... open and lacking of clothing. Some people may look at you in a bad light or think of... different things" he would say, coughing into his fist before continuing on.

"That is a conversation for another day in a more... private area though. Probably shouldn't talk about it out and about a city" the demon boy would respond before nodding as they were at the register and Ayami was saying that she was ready. "Well, then we'll get all of this and get out of here" was all the boy would say as they were to head outside, chuckling more at how Ayami was acting towards everything. It was really cute but he had to sway himself from laughing too much, just in case it would be seen as rude. He'd shake his head very gently while looking onward towards Ayami. "Yes, the best friends are coming through~ They better look out just in case you knock into people, don't want them getting hurt haha" Bernael would tease on how excitedly she was moving around. The way she was acting was all just a bit much for the boy to contain some sort of joy from it all. But there was the possibility that some people could get hurt if she wasn't careful with her power and how she was throwing it around with hops. But soon enough Bernael would make his way outside of the anime store, giving a gentle wave to the employee before moving after Ayami who was skipping down the sidewalk to look at the stores.

Though soon enough, it seemed that Ayami found a store that she would be content with looking into for the next stop. But as he looked at it, he would slowly get one of those thoughts that some guys get. 'Great... clothes shopping?' he'd think to himself before chuckling gently. "Well, if this is where you want to go, I have no complaints~" he would say a bit before following in after her and stopping inside the entrance alongside her. "Well then, this place has quite the selection" he'd say out loud towards her, putting his hands in his pockets before starting to move inside. It didn't take him long to start looking over some of the men's stuff, but also looking into the women's section in case he saw something that gave him ideas for the Elemi he was with. There was also the chance of him finding stuff that could work for Atsuko but he sort of doubted that.

His mind sort of mused on the thought of seeing them both in dresses though... even if they weren't like fancy high class dresses, they could look sort of nice. But he felt like he was taking too much time for his own thoughts so he would head over to Ayami to go around with her instead, sort of smirking as he looked around the entire place. "Is there anything that you like? There is quite a lot of clothing here so it may take a bit to find something you could enjoy. However, I don't know if there is anything that can match your looks entirely. Your hair and eyes are so beautiful together, I just doubt you'd find something just as nice to go with it~" he would sort of tease with the Elemi a bit, not holding any ill intent with his words but he said them anyways. But with that he would recede once more into some form of silence, letting Ayami take her own turns at explaining her own sides if she perhaps could.

With seeing the Elemi go a few shades redder, Bernael would start to feel sort of bad, he didn't intend for him to compliment her that much so as to cause her to blush. Once more he was doing something that could cause mistaken intent to others looking around... though perhaps this was just playful friendly teasing that wouldn't need to be explained to others too exceedingly... it was all in harmless fun. But as the girl was reacting shyly, she would speak of perhaps getting a dress... well, it did make sense for the Elemi to get something like that, with what she was saying. Ayami did say that she liked little events like that, a dress could be perfect for attire when it came to special occasions like that! It was a long shot but perhaps he could see the water girl with one on for special occasions that he would try to take her too to show her more of how the world worked, he did promise that, did he not? But preparing her for those in terms of looks and how one should act could get a little hectic... but it was nice nonetheless! "Yes, a dress could be quite nice for you... please do go pick one out that you could like~" he would respond to her gently before following after her but a bit more slowly as they went through the isles.

He would follow her around through those isles staring through a bunch of dresses as well. One thing was for sure... some of these were extremely small and revealing... in ways that he couldn't even imagine girls wearing in the modern times. People in this day and age... there was something to say about them, some of them positive and some of them perhaps negative~ But it was perhaps a little bit based on opinion why he felt the way he did. He just didn't want some shady people coming towards his friends with thoughts of negative events, thinking they would be easily taken or manipulated to do something that wasn't right to be forced or manipulated into! Though, it would probably be better for them if they didn't because of the fact of who they were, anybody in the immediate area would probably be decimated at the single thought of doing anything bad... it was a little sad, really. But he just had to hold high hopes that nobody would do anything stupid to the two of them... or more specifically Ayami. Though he would notice that he was lagging behind, by quite a lot in fact. With that in mind he would rush after her to at least not lose sight of her, even though both of them were open in terms of power for him to just sense after.

When he heard the Elemi call for him, he would go right over to her as she held up a blue dress of sorts... it looked quite nice. He would just give off a gentle smirk as he looked it over, taking in the details as he tried his best to see how it would look on Ayami if she were to put it on. He liked it a lot, it was a good dress. Well at least the Elemi had some good sense of fashion when it came to dresses and how they fit with her looks! But when the question came up, he would just gently chuckle... it was adorable. Not many events had happened with the robot girl Emi, for at least Bernael to see... what was happening here was a little cute when Ayami wondered how Emi would like it on her. "I am sure she would be absolutely infatuated with the idea of finding data on your looks. She would love the dress on you I am sure~" Bernael would speak up as he noticed the blush across the water Elemi's face, even if it was a tiny one. It was quite curious~ Maybe there was more to the entire situation between those two than the demon boy entirely knew about!

Quickly the Elemi tried to explain herself, even though it wasn't entirely necessary... he understood and wouldn't go into it too much for the time being. "Yeah, she has quite a nice reaction to things. Everything is new in her eyes it seems... sort of like with you! Seeing you out here learning about all of this stuff is quite cute, once you learn a little more, perhaps all three of us could come out here and we can show her around as well! Or maybe even you go alone to show her by yourself~" he would tease a little bit to her about the prospect of her and Emi going out on the town sort of like them two were doing right now. If there was a little bit of magic there he wanted to push for it a bit and he also didn't want to have himself apart of it to ruin it... she needed to experience something like that for herself! Though soon enough it seemed like the Elemi was going off of the idea as she laughed it off... oh well, perhaps another time would present itself for him to push for it as well!

Suddenly however, it seemed that he was being pulled along by his wrist again, as Ayami was leading him to the... TO THE CHANGING ROOMS?! "Wait... why are you taking me..." he just said to himself lightly. "I know you want to try it on but... well... oh right you might now know where they are at" he would say before stopping and pointing at one of them as they went by. It seemed he was off the hook then! She could go change in peace while he waited for her to come out... or not?! It came to a surprise to the boy as he was pulled into one of the changing booths along with her. Instantly, his face would turn fully red... why was he in here with her?! WAS THERE SOME ILL INTENT, WHAT WAS GOING ON... oh right... perhaps she didn't know social commentary enough to know that this was sort of wrong. But... now that he was inside the room, how exactly could he leave? If he just walked out of a women's changing booth, with knowledge of a woman inside... what looks would he get? There was no way for him to exactly leave unnoticed... he would have to pull some underhanded tactics to get out of this one unscathed! But as he looked back hearing her words, he would start to see her getting undressed.

A Demon's Heart... is a small but natural boost in power drawn out by a demon having no limitations on their power. Normally, his demonic energies were kept locked unless he forced them out... but ever since he became a Fully Fledged Demon... he had to keep tabs on said power, forcing it to stay down. Seeing something like this... all of his guard was down, he couldn't really keep himself from anything anymore as his entire face flushed with red, his purple aura igniting in a large flicker around him as he would be unable to keep it under lock and key. "A-A-Ayami... y-you can't..." he would slowly turn away, before delivering a fierce precision strike to his chest, winding him entirely as he felt some bones starting to keel over from pressure. He hurt himself... pretty badly in fact, and some blood would rise from his throat as he would feel pain... but at least it wasn't coming out and he wasn't thinking about an undressing girl in the room! That was a plus! "Ayami you uh... how you put it on is... well... it depends on the dress itself but... you need to slip it on over your entire body... look for a strap or a zipper of some sort... once you have it all on, I can help you zip it up or strap it... until then though... just... do that part and tell me when you're covered..." he would say, forcing the blood back from the pain. It was an awkward meeting for him... how did his day come to this?! Well... to say the least, he wasn't having a boring time!

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Transformation Activated: Hybrid Demon Heart x2 = 376,382 PL
Using: [AD]Martial Arts 20% - 75,276 Pl vs Self
Stamina Cost: 0 Stamina
Stamina Pool: 4/4

Within a very short time, Bernael was back to a much more calm and collected composure. Everything was only coming as a quick and sudden surprise to him, so it was understandable at least to him that he had a very confused and possibly negative reaction. The blood that rose from his throat due to the chest jab that brought a rise in pain was receding back down to settle back into his body as it should have been. However, the pain had remained, his chest feeling quite odd as he realized it wasn't just a regular hit anymore... he was pulling off entirely trained attacks that could hurt people really bad, especially if he decided not to hold back. But on the note of holding back, his Demon Heart would also fall into check, his power reverted back to its normal size as he would shake his head gently, smirking to himself just a bit. At least his power wasn't going out of control... like it could if he didn't watch his mindset. But then he would slowly hear Ayami say that the zipper was a little hard to reach, which made him look back over to her to make sure she at least had it on right. Well... at least it was being worn the right way? That was certainly a good part! So with that he would just chuckle. "Yeah... it is a bit unconventional... you usually need someone else to get it" Bernael stated to her, feeling her pat on his back and ask if he was okay.

He would just get a light look of... well... lets just say he had a look of disbelief before he would shake his head. "Yeah, everything is fine Ayami... don't worry about me~" the demonic human would just give the most positive answer that he could... he didn't want to put her down or anything. But even then the girl wanted to him to help, because she needed a little bit of that with how it was put on. She was laughed and he couldn't help but smile and chuckle gently back to her. It was safe to say that... he wasn't really used to this treatment by anybody else other than her so far... not even Atsuko treated him this way. Though that wasn't exactly a bad thing... it meant that there was something new and exciting between those two that could prove quite enjoyable. But just from the way she was speaking and acting... it cleared up his mind... she was entirely innocent of the things wrong with him being in there with her, though that wasn't a bad thing.. it meant that there was nothing wrong with it to her, and there was no intent that he would have to watch out for. It was pretty much like taking a younger sibling into a place to take care of them when it would be inappropriate to be in there with others.

Bernael was also happy that she was so excited and happy about everything, seeing that was very rare, especially in somebody so close to his age that he could relate with in ways of a close friend like this. Even though this was something promised and was going to come about whether or not it was a good or bad time, he was having quite the nice day... and he was very happy that he took her out to the city for that day. "Well then... here you go~" he would say, slowly zipping up the part of the dress that needed it so that it was all the way closed and like a dress should be, he then stepped away, smirking as he would stand back to let her have her little spotlight. Well, she was doing cute poses so she must have liked it in some way... the demon boy couldn't help but let off very gentle chuckles as he would watch her. She looked really nice in the dress, and even though some awkward things for him happened... he was happy that he could see it for himself. Though he supposed if she did indeed enjoy it, many more would be able to as well, once she wore it! He looked forward to everybody being able to compliment her as well. "I like it too, Ayami~ You look very nice in it" he would give her a nice grin when she looked to him with a smile.

Then, it seemed they would go into the next subject for attire! She next needed to replace her shoes if she was to wear the dress... it was true, those shoes wouldn't go well with a dress, even when they would fit in most other cases. "Right, you should probably do something about that~" he would agree with her, before she wanted to go look for something, almost leaving the booth while still wearing the property of the store, which might not have went well with the owners. "Ayami... Wai-" was all he got up, before the Elemi seemed to understand it for herself, saying she was learning and that she better change back. Well she was right... she was learning a bit more about it. He knew that it was his job to unzip the dress so he just did that, chuckling when she giggled to it all. "Yeah, you really are learnin- GAH!" he would just say, turning away as she took off the dress as well. He wasn't ready for her to remove them so quickly mid conversation. But he wouldn't go uncontrolled this time, he just was taken by slight surprise once more. It seemed time to explain it a bit more if she was going to keep doing that. So he would turn back to her before they went out.

"Hey uh... Ayami. I know you didn't mean it or anything but... you shouldn't take your clothes off around people... leaving yourself a bit more revealed. Its... lets just say its not that people wont like it. But perhaps people will like it too much. Now, I don't know if I talked about it but me and Atsuko... me and her are... dating, as we called it. I've yet to lay my lips upon her... something that Emi did to me in front of Atsuko... something I regret a bit. I would... prefer not to lay eyes upon the open body of another, till it is hers that I see. If it ever gets to that point. If you understand my meaning? Sorry its just... I would prefer it that way... and being entirely open, although natural, brings certain desires within women and men alike towards both genders, depending preference." Bernael would explain a bit before shaking his head. "Anyways lets go~" he would say, before walking out of the room and quickly following after her to the section that housed all of the shoes. He felt sort of bad for springing all of that information on her but... she probably needed to be told sooner or later. "Once more... pick out anything you like. I want you to get used to and experience a lot of things!" he would say, referencing the shoes a bit to wait for her to find something she herself liked.

A slight blush would flush across the demon boys face when he finally got to Ayami... seeing her blush and grin at him made him feel weird and then the whisper just sort of tipped him over the edge as he realized what was going on. Well he supposed that it made sense for the Elemi to sort of like the information that he gave her... and he also supposed that friends would congratulate each other on their... advancements among each other. Which... him and Atsuko had made a lot of advancements on the side of what was going on in the conversation, so it made sense for that to come up. But the demon boy sort of felt bad that he couldn't get his point across at all, about what he was trying to tell her about how she was acting around him not being able to exactly fly anymore and how it would work with other people. Though perhaps that was just an outwards appearance for if it was put across at all... Bernael just couldn't see his point actually taking effect at all. "Thank you Ayami... it makes me quite happy to know that it has some sort of support you know?" he would question very gently before shaking it all off. It made sense for him to just move on a slight bit to what she was focusing on now

There were quite a lot of shoes of all kinds... it was surprising how many could be housed in a single store but it made sense for a fashion stand point. There was a lot of different looks only certain people could pull off to success, making it very easy to have an excess of clothing accessories that had no real place in many peoples own homes. But it seemed that Ayami had her eyes locked on a pair of high heels. That was... surprising as well, he didn't picture the Elemi as a high heels person but he supposed he was wrong! Though a quick and excited explanation from the girl would make Bernael chuckle. No... they weren't dagger shoes but... there were technically some shoes with knives out there in the world, its just these high heels were not of that type. However he couldn't bring himself to shutting the Elemi down. "Yeah I bet they really could be~ They sure are expensive for the weapon part though... how about something else~" he would slowly ask a bit more, trying to persuade her away from them because he really didn't want to ruin her imagination more... but if she got them it would be ruined for herself. There was no good answer.

The demon boy chuckled away as she grabbed onto his arm however, as he couldn't help but feel some sort of joy out of the innocence that was being displayed... the world could use some more innocent people like that. Even then though, it seemed he didn't even need to try to persuade her away... as she had her eyes on another pair of much more sensible and less disappointing to the imagination... heels that would made it easier to walk in than the other pair of high heels. He looked them over a little bit before smiling lightly. Well, they looked nice at least! They weren't apart of a set or anything but they still looked nice enough to go with the dress itself. So, when the Elemi turned and asked him about them... he had a slight reason to say they were good. First off... it kept her imagination away from the truth of the disappointing high heels, as well as them looking like they went quite well with the dress that they were getting. "Well Ayami... those are quite nice actually~ I'd say they are indeed a good choice!" the boy would continue on.

Either way however it seemed that the girl was going to decide to get them... well, that was fast to say the least! It would at least stop them from being held up in the store for too long looking through the shoe section. "Alright then, if you've made up your mind~ We can get these two things and we'll have had two stores shot through and raided of their goods!~" he would say, smirking innocently enough like it was a sort of game of how many places they could go to and get stuff that was worth it to get. Just spending time with a friend made the boy feel good about it though... even if he couldn't get her anything it would be a good day in his mind. Though he would instantly follow up to the register to pay up all of the things that they were going to buy there that day, sort of smirking and trying to play it off as a friendly gesture to whoever the cashier was... not trying to be suspicious in any way of what they had done earlier just in case nobody saw. Though if people saw... two stores that day, he would have been seen doing something inappropriate in some ways. Holding the near cloth-less figure and then going into a woman's changing room alongside a girl.

He'd shake it off as it was all rung up though, taking off to follow after Ayami as she was walking down the sidewalks and trying to keep up with the excited looking Elemi. He didn't even get a chance to ask her what she wanted to go to next though, as Ayami doubled back to a store they barely passed up and looked at it. Upon closer inspection it was an arcade... with all of the different noises and lights of course it attracted the Elemi to it! Hopefully it would be fun for her.. so he just would head on inside of the arcade. "Well if you want to... come on inside~" he'd hold the door open once more, before turning his head to look inside of the arcade as he waited. It seemed to be a pretty cool place... good for kids and friends alike. It could prove a good relaxing time as they sat down and ate perhaps, before or after playing around on some of what the arcade had to offer. All of that sounded like a good idea. "So... this one may take quite a lot of attention away. But I hope you have fun~ Lets find something nice!" he would say, before slipping inside if she was already in as well, looking around himself to help her look for something if she was unsure.

Almost instantly after showing her inside, it seemed that the demon boy would be assaulted by excited words that made him chuckle almost immediately once more. He seemed to be doing that a lot more lately in the presence of this water girl, which was entirely understandable from his standpoint, she was so innocent that it was almost illegal! Though of course that was just a phrase he was using in his mind, she wasn't doing anything truly wrong, it was just sort of cute how innocent she was about everything. "Yes, this is an Arcade. Now... this only houses a small arrangement of stationary Video Games that you don't really get to play in the comfort of ones own home with other things. So it is always worth it to come out to these to see what they have and if you can get anything from them. Plus if you do it enough, depending on the place there can be some pretty unique prizes~" the demon boy would muse. He never really got to... play with others in Arcades before. Back when he had free time of that sort he was lonely as nobody would give him the light of day or pay attention to him in any way. As of late he was around a lot of fighting instead of any friends that he felt he could do this with. Now... perhaps with Ayami, he could get to enjoy them a bit more with a friend like most of them are meant to be.

"And yes, they are really bright and flashy~ People take pride in making them look nice and appealing to the eye. I really hope you enjoy it~" was all he could really say before Ayami was already moving to a Machine that caught her eye supposedly. He would walk over with her and look at it from where he was. Well, to say the very least it was a shooting game of some kind which was sort of a safe bet for somebodies first Arcade game. He wasn't against it at all and he sort of smiled when he saw the Elemi start playing around with the controls, as if making sure she understood it somewhat. Most kids would do the same on their first encounter, trying to get to know what stuff meant before getting into the meat of things. It was then that the machine startled the Elemi, so he would quickly just pat her back gently, trying to be considerate. "It's alright... it's registering the fact that somebody is trying to use the machine. Nothing bad is happening" Bernael would try to soothe her with his words a bit if she was still startled from how she flinched.

It... also seemed that Ayami didn't know what the machine meant when it asked her to insert 2 coins to play. She was even asking it where she could put the coins... and how she would gladly give it spare change if it needed it badly, sort of like it was someone in need of a little money. It was so innocent that it pulled at the heartstrings a little bit. But as he watched the Zeni clang towards the floor, he sort of started to feel bad.. was he taking too much enjoyment out of all of this? Perhaps it was rude of him to just stand there and watch. Though soon enough he would start to push and kick the machine. "So adorable..." he would say gently to himself, possibly enough for her to hear but it wasn't exactly meant to be to anybody. The frustration she was taking out was a little sad. "Well.. sure you are being generous... and it isn't about better money its about putti-" but before he could really explain it fully it seemed she was back to pestering the poor machine.

If it had feelings it probably would have fought back or cried a little... but either way, he would just shake his head as she started trying to give the coins that dropped back to the Machine once more, after calling it a dummy. He couldn't really believe what he was seeing as he just continually watched her futilely try to place coins on the Machine only for them to slide off. He felt like it was getting close enough to the time that he should have told her by then but he couldn't bring himself to ruin it for a few more seconds, but the sounds of more zeni coins crashing towards the ground and moving around just made him sigh. It was only when Ayami grabbed onto Bernael's shirt sleeve and started tugging him that he felt even more bad. "Well... its about putting it into the coin slots for the machine. Its not that he wont take your money, its that he has nothing to take them on his own, its all about you. So in essence... He needs your help!~" he couldn't bring himself to tell her that it wasn't sentient... the loss of innocence would break his heart.

He would slowly kneel down and take two of the zeni coins off of the ground, and then look up at Ayami. "Alright... see this?" he would ask, pointing to a little opened bit on the machine that looked like a slot. "You put the coins in here..." he would continue on to explain. It was a pretty simple concept, one that was easy to explain for him and he just hoped that she picked up on it easily as well. But she was a smart girl, he knew she would be able to... least he hoped so. The next second he would insert one coin before holding one up to her. "You put the other one in the exact same way I did alright?" he would ask a bit after holding the coin up to next to her to stretch a little bit. "Then, we can play~" he'd say in a sort of excited voice. This was the first time he'd be able to play a game with someone else... it was getting him a little riled up as well. But with that, he'd get into a position for a player two and wait for her input of the last coin for the two of them to be able to play~