Getting Into the Spirit of the Season

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Euphemia took a short moment to think about it, then chose to describe Isabella in the most succinct way possible.

"Well endowed." She said, bluntly. "She seems to prefer clothing that are quite revealing for this reason. I do not think the dresses in this section would quite match that."
 

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Celeste tried not to laugh when Euphemia told her, quite bluntly, that Isabella was chesty. She knew exactly who she meant now. There were a few Isabella's at the Academy. But only one of the girls fit THAT description.

"Yes, you are right," Celeste said seriously, all the while trying to keep a straight face, "these dresses are not her style."

"These over here are probably more her style," she said, leading Euphemia to another part of the same floor and showing her another selection of dresses that were form and body fitting in solid colours like pink, purple, red, gold, black and white. Some dressed were off the shoulder, others long sleeved and others with spaghetti straps.
 

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With a nod, Euphemia began to look through the dresses that Celeste pointed out, going through each of them one at a time with her usual analytical gaze. Despite taking in the details closely, she didn't really have an eye for fashion and was largely trusting Celeste to pick out dresses that looked good. Eventually, she settled on one, a deep purple coloured off the shoulder dress, that was both form-fitting and somewhat elegant at the same time. Euphemia nodded, seemingly satisfied.

She was quiet for a moment as she thought about the other girl again, contemplating something.

"...Ms Forestier," She abruptly asked. "Have you ever been in love before?"
 
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"Yes, I have been in love .. a few times actually," Celeste replied calmly as she looked at Euphemia curiously, taking the dress, they had chosen and placing it with Ebviony's for now.

"Why do you ask?" she asked her with keen interest. "Is there something I can help you with?"
 

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"...Could you described what it was like to me, please?" She asked. Last time they had spoken, Isabella had offered to help her learn what love was actually like. Elisa claimed to had made her experience it with her powers, but Euphemia wasn't sure if that was really it, wasn't sure if some emotion planted into her could really be used as a base to compare to the real thing. Celeste had managed to explain most things to her in a way she understood so far, she thought it was worth asking.
 

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"Oh!" Celeste exclaimed sort of surprised at the rather odd question and peered at Euphemia to see if she was serious or not.

Seeing that she was completely serious. Of course, she was, Euphemia didn't joke, Celeste continued, not sure she could explain it, but deciding to take a stab at it.

"Well, being in love is when you feel excited or happy at the idea of spending time or talking to the other person. And when you do spend time together, it feels really nice, and you often feel like you've known them forever,...and when they have to go, you don't want them to," Celeste explained.
 

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Euphemia quietly listened, her gaze seemed to be focused elsewhere as Celeste talked. The way she broke it down made it seem simple, but it still felt as foreign to the young girl as most other emotions did. She didn't know what it was to feel happy, or excited. In the past, people had fluttered in and out of her life all the time. There were a few constants, like her superiors, but they were always some sort of far off, distant concept. She took their orders but did not concern herself with them, much like how they did not concern themselves with her.

But there was one man, the man who had brought her here, who she didn't want to see leave, who she still thought might one day come back to her. She didn't know if it was what Celeste was describing, but it sounded at least a little familiar.

"...I see." She eventually said with a nod. Euphemia came to the conclusion that love was complicated, and that she had a long way to go before truly understanding it, but at least she had a direction. "Shall we move on to another store? I would still like to find some jewellery."
 

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"Sure, of course, we can," Celeste said, not too surprised by Euphemia's non-reaction reaction to her explanation of being in love. "Let's just pay for this first and then we can go," she said as she leads Euphemia to a cash register when they both paid for their dresses.

Then taking the store elevator up a few floors, Celeste and Euphemia got off on the fourth floor and made their way to the jewelry section.

"What are you looking for?" she asked Euphemia. "Men's or woman's jewelry?"
 

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Carrying the dress in a bag, Euphemia followed beside her. Elisa hadn't actually told her about her use of a genderswap charm, and no one else had informed her either, so Euphemia simply nodded towards the women's section once they arrived.

Euphemia browsed through the selection, passing along until coming to a section containing necklaces. After looking around a bit, she settled on one that was a simple amber pendant hanging on a chain.

"Ms Forestier, do you think this one looks good?" She asked. Considering Euphemia's lack of an eye for aesthetics, its actually a surprisingly nice looking piece.
 

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Celeste put down a watch she was looking at and went over to see what Euphemia was holding.
"Wow, it's very pretty," she stated as she regarded the amber necklace, "Who's it for?" she asked very curiously.