Going shopping...?

[Rykoyo]

Rykoyo, as seemingly oblivious as ever, found that his wanderings had carried him to the front of the Sunnington Mall. A smile lit his face, for he was sure to find many Butterflies here. Humans, he mentally corrected himself. That was what they called themselves. One of them could be that one of all that was his charge to protect. He could find...her, he was sure, here. Then again, he might find something entirely 'other'. With an inward shrug, he entered the mall. Human or other, he would stay alert.

The mall was crowded, and people flowed past him before he had a chance to imprint their faces in his mind, a thing that bothered him almost as much for the futility of the effort as the fact that it failed in the first place. He walked from store to store, unobtrusively watching his surroundings and those around him.

[Bellana]

Bella arches a brow as she stopped outside the mall. Her sences were on high alert... Thats because of all of the fair "game" That seemed to be walking in the mall as well minding their own buisness. Yes thats right, she was refering to the humans as they meandered about, loooking in here, oggling in there. It was all so tempting to just take one for a snack. She would cause an uproar if she did. So, just for the time being she was going to behave hereself and Just have a look around. Perhaps she would find something that she would find worth having...Other then the light snack. Thats what being a vampire does to you... she guessed.

While looking in this store and that store, she found nothing. Although apparently her alure as attracting some unwanted attantion causing people to stare at her. And she really didn't care for that... Being the get up she was wearing was no doubt the reason for the looks. Mentally shrugging she continued onward. Yet oddly enough she also noticed that others were giving her a rather wide berth. She noticed that when she saw others walk practically right on others heals, where everyone that passed her maintained a "safe" distance.

Yet her train of thought was interupted when she noticed a different person, other then the usual shoppers looking about. This one looked as if he were prepairing for something... Or looking for trouble in her minds eye. Yet she supposed she could continue with the " human' like appearence, minus the stares and what not. Maybe she could be social.... Maybe... So, inadvertainly she walked towards the "stranger" without saying a word.

[Rykoyo]

Since he was doing the next best thing to minding his own business, it was with some surprise that he saw someone walking straight in his direction. He didn't recall ever seeing her before, and a mental eyebrow raised. It could be that it wasn't him she was heading for, so he shifted his stance just slightly in order to see if anything stood out in his peripheral vision. Nothing. He gave her a look of unfeigned polite inquiry as she closed the distance, and in that look took in her appearance and body language in a way that was clear neither passed judgment on nor underestimated her. Still polite, he said simply,

"Hello."

and left it at that.

[Bellana]

Bella stopped in her tracks right infront of the stranger, with an arched brow. He said hi to her. Well that was atleast an acomplishment. Others would just gawk at her. If she weren't in a decent mood, she would have snapped at one or two or three of them for a snack. But she was trying to do a "humanly thing" And shop. That and she was a female, females loved to shop... or so she had noticed... So, what her blender was broken.... she didn't see anything worth shoping for for the present time.

Well best return something...

" Hello...." She stated in a "normal tone" Yet to others would seem like a flitatious hello... but that was just because she was who she was... and vampires were alluring....

[Rykoyo]

His lips curved into a small smile, and he easily made and kept eye contact. There was something about her that seemed to invite what would be considered unwelcome attention, even without the help of her apparel. Her greeting, as well, seemed edged with a tone he had only recently connected with flirtatiousness. In response, his tone kept its own polite neutrality.

"Do you need help finding anything? I'm not an employee, but I can point you pretty much anywhere you need to go."

"There," he thought. "Let her make of that what she will. I can find out her business with me in the meantime."

[Bellana]

" I do not know.... these human things are just a bit detestful for me.... I need... some....."

She stopped in her speal about not liking anything in this mall, when she noticced that she had made a referance to humans and humans. Not acting normal at all with that attitude. Frowning a bit she sighed and started over slightly.

" What i meant... was that I couldn't find anything that i find appealing... I have odd tastes..." She breathed out another sigh as she tried to remain calm.

[Rykoyo]

Rykoyo took this in without comment or other indication that he noticed the slip, though his mental alarms went off instantly. However, his smile became a bit friendlier, as he could sympathize.

"Ah. I can definitely understand that. Mine are a bit eclectic, personally. Is there anything that you need to get rather than want to get?"

His head unconsciously tilted a little to the side in inquiry, though he kept his eyes fixed upon hers, not staring, but with simple courtesy.

[Bellana]

Bella frowned a bit as she went back in her mind with everything that she had seen within the stores that she had been in and couldn't think of anything currently that suited her. Or anything that she currently needed. Only thing that she might need was a snack, but she could wait.

" I'm not sencing anything in this place that would suit/and or help me... I was just blending in..." Again she slipped with the tongue, was she asking for trouble?

[Rykoyo]

He laughed lightly, and though he still smiled, his eyes became serious.

"I see. You, too? What brings you here, then?"

His voice dropped low, and he added,

"And what are you, if not human?"

His smile became wry as he relented with,

"I'm an angel, myself. Fallen, though, so I suppose it's a subjective term."

[Bellana]

Bella never flinched at his inclination of her being anything other then Human. Lets just face it, she was never cracked up to be a human....Hence being who and what she was.

" I see you have noticed.... I was never any good at blending in with these people anyways.... There like sheep anyways...Well... when im thirsty that is. And i have been behaving myself, and not killing when i drink..."

She added mildly before cocking a slight smile.

" And by that im guesssing what had just slipped my mouth, you figured out that i am indeed a vampire. "

Her grin brightened even more at his statement.

" Oh a fallen angel huh? I see. Well thats rather interesting." She winked at him and pretended to look at all the sheep running about, yet all her sences were keen on this one, just because she wasn't looking at you never means that shes not paying any attention to you.

[Rykoyo]

He simply nodded, showing his agreement.

"I thought as much. I must warn you that your nature sets me at odds with you, though. I am reassured that you haven't killed, though."

Without a change of expression, his mind smoothly shifted from relaxed to on alert. His guard, never fully down, ramped up completely. Still, he decided, it helped that she wasn't being actively hostile, and this he added to his earlier statement. As he put it,

"And it does also help your case that you're at least being friendly, I'll grant you that."

[Bellana]

Bella gave a rather unlady like snort at that last statement.

" I know im trying to pul off a good leaf and what not... But do you realize how hard it is to do said nice-ness, when you have people constantly stareing at you? Some giving you the good god monster look... Others apparently want to uh...drool... at the sight of me... and Im lucky im being granted that for being friendly..... I think I deserve a little respect with these people." She spat out before looking back at him.

" I amreally trying here..."

[Rykoyo]

He raised a mental eyebrow at the incongruity her assertion made with his first impression of her.

"Well, I guess it serves me right for judging a book by its cover."

His grin widened, though, and he chuckled a little.

"Well, I stand thoroughly chastised. I think I can help you there. For starters, have you thought of a change of outfit? A blouse and skirt, perhaps? Your current apparel doesn't do much to offset any unseemly attention, I'm afraid. Yes... For respect, that is a good start. It really will do wonders."

[Bellana]

Bella's brow quirked yet again at his statement of her garmets.

" My clothes.... I see nothing that would do good for me from these humans.... Everything is simply dreadful.. I lie the blacks and reds and well simply dark colors to suit my dark nature... Yet alas you may be on to something... I just have yet to find what it is that would work for me...." She frowned as she looked about the mall some more.

[Rykoyo]

He considered this for a few moments before slowly saying,

"Well, sadly I'm no expert. What I can say, though, is that your problem isn't the colours, at least as far as my untrained eye can tell. No, I'd say that it's more a modesty issue, to be frank. There's not much left to a human's imagination. The girls will be jealous for it, and the guys...well, you know their reaction already, I dare say. If you can find nothing here that suits, I know there's at least one seamstress around the working square. She'll be better able to advise you about such things."

He shrugged helplessly.

"What do I know, really? Not all that much."