[RL with Tyki | Where we going, baby?]

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She'd seen him take Kasumi out, and bring her back in that fancy dress and jewelry. Tyki was good for something all right. An ambassador. Some sort of royalty.

A perfect time to see just what he had when he was offering.

Her sister was out somewhere, Nabiki didn't know. Probably with friends from the community or something. So she had Tyki all to herself.

In a nice little shirt and shorts, she waited outside on the porch.

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It was a nice afternoon in Venice, on a gondola, with an Italian man singing in a deep, carrying voice. She was with a charming guy who did what she said (alibet more coherently than the drooling school boys she was used to). he was literally purring at her, with the kind of smile she hardly ever got to see be charming.

This was the kind of life she wanted.

Leaning closer, she smiled, eyes half lidded. "Thanks~"

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Tyki was having a good time, too. He was in a beautiful city he'd only visited a few times, on a boat with a pretty girl in his arms, who even had a braincell or two to rub together.

She was a challenge, and that was even more fun.

He relaxed with her against him for a few minutes, listening to the lapping of the water on the piles, then the gondola bumped gently into a dock. "Ah, here we are," he said. "There's a lovely little shop here that should have everything you need."

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A nice ride and an even nicer destination. She sat up just enough to look over.

The dock...looked like a dock. Not that she was excepting gold encrusted walkways, but that would have been something, at least.

Sitting up all the way, Nabiki waited for Tyki to get out first. A gentleman always went before the lady. And he actually was one.

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Tyki hopped nimbly up onto the dock and then offered Nabiki a hand to help her up. She wasn't wearing a skirt yet, but when she was wearing one the hand would be not just a courtesy, but pretty much necessary.

The habit was all too ingrained for him not to offer the hand, anyway. As Nabiki said, he was a gentleman.

"The shop is just this way," he said, offering her his arm once more as he led her up the the stone steps to the street level and across the walkway to a small and very exclusive-looking boutique.

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Nabiki took his hand and then his arm, admiring the store. Classy place.

The dresses in the window were like something out of a magazine, though the style wasn't anything like the current in Japan. No lace and bright colors but sleek lines and what should probably be called elegance. They had better take orders, or have something different inside, because nothing they were displaying was anything she wanted.

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Tyki brought her into the store, where there were several more dummies showing off fabulously expensive and varied fashions. "See anything that appeals to you, my dear?" he asked, mentally settling in for what was likely a long afternoon of shopping.

DDDDDDDDDD: This took for ever I'm so sorry!!!

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Nabiki took it all in with a critical eye, circling the dummies and their dresses. Everything from rose bud hips (http://english.people.com.cn/200506/04/images/0603_A58.jpg) to low cut and poofy. (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/12/xin_4420704121333171299719.jpg) Nothing there.

But in the back...sleek and shiny, not too bad. (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/16/xinsrc_222080316204142114131.jpg) Nice way to show off the legs~

"Do you have this in a darker color?" That kind of blue was not her at all.

It's OK! I've been swallowed up by RL lately anyway, hahaha

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Tyki stood back and let Nabiki work, giving the odd opinion, but leaving it to the woman to negotiate with the clerk. The clerk went into the back and rummaged around, returning with a gorgeous dress similar to the one Nabiki had liked, but in a deep plum colour.

"How is this, miss?" she asked. "The colour will bring out your eyes, and the colour of your hair."

:D Same same and thank you~

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Nabiki looked it over, felt the fabric between her fingers. "Let's see." She had the attendant bring the dress back to the changing rooms to try it on.

It fell across her hips a little funny, not fully embracing them like the other dresses would have, and the cut wasn't as high as the other. The color was nice, though.

Not nice enough.

She had the clerk bring out another one that was similar. It clung more and wasn't as revealing, chest wise. Admiring herself in the mirror, Nabiki still looked skeptical.

"Put it in the maybe pile," she told the clerk. "Bring another."

It was a little while before she was done, choosing three dresses in the end to model for Tyki. The plum one, a high cut slit at the side to show off come leg, but modest in the neckline, she came out in first.

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Tyki leaned against the counter, comfortable and patient. But he played with a deck of cards in his hands, practicing different tricks in his deft fingers.

He looked up at her as she came out, letting his eyes travel over her figure and take in every detail. "Nice," he purred, "Though I'm curious to see the others."