Crystal Hot-spot

Just before she closed her mouth on the crystal, a firefly flew across her gaze moving in a fashion that was almost taunting her. She decided to follow it, feeling the other brute's presence beside her but somehow she also felt alone. Were they even on the same world anymore?

She spotted the cloaked figure, watching the same firefly float welcomingly towards him. As she drew closer she noticed the shop he had set up with pictures of mushrooms and crystals as payment. She figured the currency was the random left behinds that the fireflies had left behind before, that made sense.

But she glanced quickly over the few items the stranger showed before her looking back at the completely pitch black face with glowing firefly eyes. She wasn't impressed, and with a very flat voice and expression, "You don't have anything better?" She really didn't have anything the lose, or so she felt.

"Duchess"