[Elektra]

"Well not many children are smart enough to get into the medical practice, I'll give him that." she muttered.  

Her curiosity was really pushing her to untie that mask of his mist to see what was under it, but she held back. At least for the time being.  Perhaps if everything was going well and they had found a suitable amount of eggs, she could spare a moment to find out more about the man.  For now, she was just focused on getting to the shopping district to search for more eggs.  If she didn't get quite a bit more than what she currently had, Elektra wouldn't let her get back to her dojo for who knew how long.

[Remedy]

"Dylan!  If you run off like that again, I'm going to have to get you one of those kid leashes!" Anita joked.  She received a glare in response.  Despite the mocking remark, Dylan obediently returned to her side and plopped a dull, grey egg in the basket.  He grimaced and looked back up at her.

"Why on Evelon must they place those things on the ground?  It's disgustingly unsanitary!" He said in annoyance.  Anita, however, smiled at him and laughed.

"Ha!  Well what do you know!  I guess are good for something, after all."
He glared again, but she knew that if he didn't have that surgical mask on he'd have a small smile on his lips.  Dylan was smart enough to know to take the underlying compliments in her insults.

[Elektra]

It was an interesting turn to see that Anita and Dylan did seem to get along slightly.  Not that Kasumi would have really cared.  She had always hated the kind of person who would flaunt their authority, which was similar to Anita, but the more she hung around the other woman, the more she could see that wasn't really what was happening.  It was more like she was using her silty higher position to keep Dylan focused on the agenda, which wasn't terribly easy to do when you were dealing with someone like Dylan.  

Even Kasumi couldn't suppress a slightly feminine giggle at Dylan's comment about the sanitary state in which the eggs could be found.  She scanned the ground, not noticing anything out of the ordinary, and deciding that she might as well continue on.  Looking at the other two, she pressed the button on the street light, and in a couple of seconds, the walk sign flashed on.

[Remedy]

They carried on in silence for a minute or so and made it to an area where much larger crowds could be found.  Dylan groaned.

"Wow, there's a lot of people here today.  There must be a sale or something." Anita commented as she surveyed the group of people entering and exiting a large shopping mall.  "Hopefully, it'll thin out once we get inside, and then we can look around for some eggs."
She weaved her way through the crowd and entered the building, Dylan trailing close behind.

[Elektra]

Man, it must be one heck of a sale... Kasumi thought to herself as she entered the mall.  The sudden change in temperature for. The warm humid air to a crisp cool breeze flowing from the air conditioners caused the hair in her arms to stand up.  She rubbed them momentarily, and the started to search for any bright flashes of color.  A couple things caught her eye, but they were all just clothing items that had just been out out for the start of spring.

Finally, after moving around a bit to get out of the crowd, she found two eggs under the leg of a bench, and grinned as she moved to scoop them up.  One was a small baby blue color, and the other a bright neon pink egg that was at least twice the size of the first.  She deduced that the eggs hidden here were definitely going to be more of a challenge, but hopefully the difficulty would have deterred other people participating, leaving more for herself and her two companions.

[Remedy]

Anita was having some trouble finding eggs.  When she saw the two that Kasumi found, she realized something.  

"Wow, it looks like the eggs are camouflaged in different places so they're harder to find, like the grey one from outside."  The colors in the room were all very bright, and there were pictures and advertisements all around that were themed in time for Spring and Easter.  She doubted they'd find a dull colored egg in here.

It certainly make the game more challenging, but also fun.  Dylan seemed to actually be enjoying himself; most of the shopping sales crowd had moved along to another part of the mall, and he was free to explore some of the open space in the clothing store.

[Elektra]

Kasumi heard Anita's comment over the various conversations already going on around them, and nodded in agreement.  "Quite the plan, isn't it?" she commented as she tried to focus on the various colors around the room.  If she could get used t looking for the different shapes and shades that would stand out from the rest of the areas, perhaps that would make t easier on her to find any remaining eggs.  However, with all od the children around, they would have to try to work quickly.  After all, no child would resist taking an egg they found lung around so close to the Easter holiday.

Dylan's change in attitude was refreshing, and it seemed that he had a more relaxed side to him, one that Kasumi might be able to get along with better.  Although she was still of the opinion that Anita was much better company.

She decided to leave the outside areas to Anita for the time being, and wandered into a women's clothing store near where she found the pair of eggs moments ago.  Hopefully, seeing as it wasn't a store that sold any sort of children's clothing, the younger ones would t have managed to get their hands on any eggs hidden there.

[Remedy]

Figuring that they were going to somewhat split up around the store, Anita momentarily followed Dylan into a kid's clothing section- why he'd directed himself this way, she had no idea.  However, it became apparent to her when he reached between stacks of clothing and pulled out a small, pink and sparkly egg that had just barely been in view.  Turning to her, he dropped the egg in the basket.

"Kids like stuff like this..." He stated as an explanation before carrying on.  However, a red-eyed man in white scrubs wearing a surgical mask and blue latex gloves wasn't exactly the most inviting view for children who didn't enjoy visits to the doctor.  

After hearing one high pitched squeal that surprisingly didn't originate from Dylan, Anita decided that where they were wasn't the best place to be.  Grabbing his gloved hand, she pulled him out of that section and high-tailed it over to the men's clothing area before security was called.

[Elektra]

Kasumi heard the squeal of a young child from another store, and wondered momentarily if it could have anything to do with Dylan and Anita, but pushed the thought aside. Mod Dylan got into any trouble, Kasumi was pretty sure that Anita could handle it.  And the possibility of Anita being the one in trouble, well, she didn't even have to go there.

The front of the store didn't seem to have much in terms of eggs, so Kasumi started in one direction, going through the different shelves as carefully as she could so as not to cause any disturbances.  She found three eggs by the time she reached the back, and turned to start toward the other side.

[Remedy]

"Maybe men like this stuff too." Anita said sarcastically, letting go of Dylan's hand.  He didn't seem very phased by what had just happened.  There were only a few people around this section, so Dylan distanced himself from Anita and perused through the various racks of clothing.  Looking over at him, she raised an eyebrow when he pulled a shirt off one of the racks and held it up to himself in the mirror.

"I never knew you to be the shopping type," she said, genuinely surprised.  "But pay attention, we're looking for eggs here!  We don't have time to shop right now."  If he wasn't so professional looking in his clothes, she would've called the expression he made as he put the shirt back on the rack a pout.  She kept that newfound trait of his in mind though... a devious smile formed on her lips as she thought about maybe actually spending more time with him in the future.

[Elektra]

The sales clerk gave Kasumi an odd look as she walked past the check out counter, still intent on finding more eggs in the store.  She went past the jewelry section, and then the accessories without much stopping.  If there was an egg, it would have been blatantly obvious among all of the silver and bronze colors that flashed about, so she continued on through the pants section, finding two more eggs hidden within the pockets of s e exceptionally cute shorts.  They were definitely short, but at the same time, tasteful.  If she hadn't been preoccupied with finding eggs before their time ran out, she might have actually tried them on.  

Shaking her head, she put them back on the rack before moving onto the footwear.  This proved to be a bit more challenging, as many of the sneakers and sandals were just as brightly colored as the eggs tended to be.  She only found one egg there, among a pile of neon stripped knee socks.

Finding herself back at the front of the store, Kasumi resigned herself to checking the one part of the store that she had passed by the first time.  The lingerie.  In all honesty, she was hoping that there wouldn't be anything hidden within the different wares, but she just couldn't leave without giv g it a quick run over.

[Remedy]

Collectively, Anita and Dylan managed to find three eggs in the mens's section.  They had searched through every shelf, so they figured it was time to move on to another section.  Crossing the walkway, she realized that they were now in the lingerie section- how awkward.  Glancing over at Dylan, she was shocked to see that he didn't seem phased at all.  No darting eyes, no uncomfortable expression, no nervously adjusting his mask.  Maybe he wasn't exactly as immature as she thought.  

Shrugging, she decided it couldn't hurt to take a look around.  That was when she spotted Kasumi.  With a smile, she waved and headed over.
"Hey, have you found many eggs?" She asked curiously.  "Dylan and I managed to grab a few."

[Elektra]

Kasumi had actually spotted a pretty cute neon green zebra striped push up bra in the corner of the section, and had just put it back on the rack when she hard Anita call out from behind her.  The voice nearly caused her to drop the item in surprise, and she quickly turned around with a casual smile, trying to hide the faint blush on her cheeks.  She normally hated that kind of stuff, but every now and then, she found herself actually wanting to act a bit more feminine.

"I actually found four, and I just figured I might as well check in the places where most people wouldn't think to go before leaving for a different store." she answered, glad to hear that the two had found some eggs for themselves.

She spotted something that looked a bit out of place under one of the basic bras on a shelf to her left, and lifted it up to find a cute little yellow egg under the cup.  Shaking her head at the idea of someone a tally hiding an egg there, she slipped it into her bag before turning back to Anita and Dylan.

[Remedy]

Anita suppressed a laugh when she saw Kasumi drop the bra.  She raised an eyebrow but didn't comment on it, not wanting to embarrass the woman.  

"Guess that's five now.  Nice job!"  She said with a smile.  She looked around to see what Dylan was doing.  He had picked up some lacy panties and were examining them curiously, as if it were something new to him.  For whatever reason, seeing him so interested in them made her uncomfortable.  Blushing, she smacked them out of his hand and muttered, "Well, I guess we should move on to another store while there's still time."

[Elektra]

Kasumi tried not to blush even more than she already was as she heard Anita trying not to laugh.  She wasn't normally this awkward around other women, but for some reason, Anita's calm, intelligent air was a bit unnerving.  Not in a bad way, of course.  In fact, it was quite refreshing to see such a strong woman.  But having said woman find her looking at lingerie was...  Not something she would have liked to have happened.

It was her turn to try not to laugh when Anita slapped a pair of lacy underwear out of Dylan's hand, and she just walked past, heading toward the exit with them.  "It looks like there's less people around the food court, so we could check there and then the shops around that area if you would like." Kasumi suggested.