Private Finished Shopping for Trouble

"Turn left." Said the bland female voice of her map app. Delaney turned left, and Georgette resisted the turn. Nothing dramatic, just a lean against the pressure that signaled her to stop. The blind teen stopped and had a sneaking suspicions that. . . She reached forward and felt a solid brick wall. "Son of a Ding-Dong!" She cursed, her thick southern accent peeking in. "Stupid, useless, lady!" She shouted at her phone because there was no one else to yell at. Georgette was a good girl, and leaned against Delaney's leg to provide comfort. Dela carded her fingers through the long hair atop the dog's head. And did feel a little better.

"Ugh, this is dumb. Okay, so we go left, then right. Down a long alley. . . . then left?" Girl and dog were were deep in the city, away from main roads and community areas. Where the oldest businesses resided with barely marked storefronts. Or she imagined they'd be as much. Just how hard could finding a magic shop on a magic island be? She foolishly thought.

Delaney attempted the way back, guided by Georgette and memory but a turn brought her down a strange smelling alley. She hadn't smelled. . . burning meat? On her way over. "Crap. Crap. Frick. Crap!" She was lost.

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Weird dog lady? Who, her? Delaney looked towards the unfamiliar voice. They asked what her problem was, and Delaney had no qualms sharing. "I'm lost and my dog is not weird. She's a poodle and she' perfect." Dela said, puffing her cheeks in annoyance. Georgette was a good girl, and not weird looking at all! Georgette didn't care about this, the dog focused on comforting Delaney.

But, Dela realized, if someone was asking what the problem was then they wanted to help. "Could you? Help me, I mean." She held up her phone, the stupid map app still open. "This thing is useless and I'm not familiar with these streets. I'm looking for some shop called The Overflow." It was somewhere back here. She's not giving up on finding it!

"I mean, lots of phones have maps on them these days." Delaney said with a small shrug "Maybe you just haven't seen the right ones." She had a nicer one as it had a text-to-speech app and the maps app was handy for the major streets and popular businesses. Juuuuust, not so much for twisty back-alleys and obscure shops. She pocked her phone and smiled towards Ida.

"I'm Delaney, and this Georgette. Nice to meet you." From what she could tell Ida was shorter than her, her voice coming from somewhere just below shoulder height. "Well, I'll follow you then? Just make sure you call out when you turn and which way so I can follow." Maybe between the two of them they can find this place.

No name back? Okay, weird, but Delaney can work with it. She'll come up with a nickname for her little store-finding angel. Heh, that would work! The blind question was expected, so Delaney didn't bat an eye at the bluntness of it. "Yup. Can't see a thing. Unless you count darkness as a thing." She added with a light chuckle. "Georgette here is a trained seeing dog. She helps me get around." Delaney gently shook the lead that was attached to Georgette's bright red vest.

"So, which way first?"

Delaney followed the sound of her little angel's footsteps. Georgette stopped her before she could bump into Ida when she stopped at the intersection. When Ida said, 'that way' and started off towards the right Delaney had to roll her eyes. "I can't see if you're pointing or whatever!" She called after, but was able to follow.

"So, what's a little guardian angel doing wondering the backstreets?" Delaney said with a grin, happy for an excuse to use her nickname for Ida.