A Mall on the Mainland - Sunday

[flamesburned]

It had been a very long and tiring week and Liz knew she still had a few more days to get through, when it eventually came to the anniversary of her family’s death. On Tuesday it was 14 years since her parents and brother had died in that first fire and she had been so tired and miserable, she knew she had to push herself, to keep going.

Liz had been so exhausted after Friday and the worry about the fires, even though they weren’t real, that she had finally fallen asleep Friday night and had slept for most of Saturday.

She was feeling a bit more alert but she was still rather tired.

Liz had been finding that her normal clothes were starting to get a little tight on her, she had definitely been noticing it in the last couple of weeks as her stomach had started to form a little bump. So arrangements had been made with Summer and Dr. Lecter to take her maternity clothes shopping on the mainland, especially to help keep her distracted while everything had been going on with the different anniversaries.

She really didn’t know a lot about shopping and fashion but she knew Summer and Dr. Lecter did, actually they were the only people she knew who knew anything about fashion.

“There’s, there’s a lot of people here,” she couldn’t help but remark as she looked around the mall, it had been a while since she had last gone shopping and had been around this many people.

She was still rather nervous about maternity clothes shopping but she knew it needed to be done, especially since her clothes weren’t going to fit her much longer.

{for the two who are with her on this trip! NFB due to distance!]

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[sharp_man]

"Unfortunately," Hannibal agreed. "But that is one of the reasons you have us with you. Protection."

Because he was tall and better dressed than anybody else in the mall, with a glare to stop anyone, and he imagined Summer had very sharp elbows and probably at least one weapon.

He would have preferred going to a nice quiet tailor, but he was aware that wasn't exactly Liz's speed.

[flamesburned]

Liz gave a small smile at that, “thank you,” she said quietly, “for coming with me,”

She looked around the mall to see if she could spot a maternity clothing store where they were.

[sharp_man]

"Of course," Hannibal said, offering her his arm. "Stay with us and you'll be fine. We've found the stores, so the first one should be this way."

[flamesburned]

Liz reached out to take his arm, grateful for the additional support, “okay,” she said, moving in a bit closer when the crowd did start to spook her a bit, “which way do we need to go?”

[sharp_man]

"Over here." Hannibal led her, following Summer to whichever store is first. "Do you have an idea of what you'd like to look for? I'm afraid leather is unlikely in the current climate."

[flamesburned]

“I had been wondering about that,” Liz admitted as she let herself be guided in the right direction, she had hoped that her style didn’t have to change that much.

“I …maybe something in darker colours still?” she suggested, “maybe blacks and dark blues?”

[sharp_man]

Hannibal nodded. "And what is your stance on overly cutesy slogans?" From what he'd seen while researching, they seemed to be rampant.

[flamesburned]

"I've never really worn anything like that before," Liz admitted, "most of the time everything it s just plain," and black and leather but Liz figured that was probably obvious with what she liked to wear, "but I mean ... maybe it could be fun for something a bit different?" she considered.

[sharp_man]

"Believe me, I would never push you into it," Hannibal clarified. "I'm just trying to get your feelings on the types of clothes we're most likely to encounter. I'm aware things like business or formal wear are most likely out."

[flamesburned]

"Maybe something like a dress, at least while it's still a bit warmer?" Liz considered, "it might be more comfortable, even though we are heading into the colder months, so I should probably make sure there's a lot of different warmer clothes as well, likes pants and jumpers,"


It's why she never really bothered changing up her own style after all these years, there were so many different options to go with it was easier to stay in a leather ensemble all year round.

[sharp_man]

"A dress or two in a medium-weight fabric, and you can layer it with a sweater and leggings if you want to keep wearing it when it gets cooler out," Hannibal said.