The door chimed as Elizabeth entered, set off by the motion of her body. “Hallo!“ Came the boysterious voice of an older gentleman who was busy rearranging a shelf filled with cameras. “Hello.“ Elizabeth said with a cordial dip of her head and a smile as she moved to the cameras. While her cellular device had a camera, Elizabeth suspected that it would not do the trip justice. She wasn't looking for anything high end, just something better than her phone. “Kann ich Dir helfen?“ He asked as another camera was shifted around, Elizabeth shaking her head.
“I only speak English or French. Apologies.“ Elizabeth said as she picked up a camera and peered through it, after he nodded in understanding. She also spoke very rough Irish thanks to Shamus, but there was no point in announcing that. Chances are the owner of the store didn't speak it, if they did not speak English. After a few more glances into various cameras, Elizabeth turned her attention to the male and pointed to the camera. “That one please.“ The woman in orange and black moved slowly towards the counter as he crouched down to unlock a case and grab a camera that was in a box.
After she made her purchase, Elizabeth made her way back towards the bookstore as indicated earlier. Not seeing him outside the store, Elizabeth glanced inside the window, only to be met face to face with the woman from earlier. Elizabeth groaned softly as the woman frantically waved Elizabeth to come in, to which, Elizabeth cautiously entered, only because she hoped Charles was in there. After a quick glance around before being assaulted vocally by the woman, Elizabeth realized that Charles was not in the bookstore.
“Since the author is going to be here for a book signing, I know you're not her, but...I think it would be really groovy to show her. I swear you two could be sisters, you know, four hundred and some odd years ago.“ The woman started rambling, before Elizabeth sighed and turned to the woman pointedly. “I only came in here to look for my friend. The one looking for atlases. Do you know in which direction he went?“ Her eyes moved to the book on the counter, the very same copy Elizabeth had in her suitcase back at the hotel, before returning an almost exasperated line of vision to the woman before her.
“I think I do...I'll tell you for a quick pick. We could take a selfie!“ The woman bounced away to the counter, clearly not giving up until she got the picture she was wanting. “I was being polite in asking thee, I can find him with or without your help.“ Elizabeth stated as she followed after the woman who had her back turned to Elizabeth while she unlocked her phone. “Where did the gentleman go?“ Elizabeth asked as she stopped a few feet away from the woman, who started shaking her head. “Uh, uh. That's not how the deal works.“ Not that Elizabeth had made a deal, but somehow in this young woman's mind she either did not care, or hadn't heard Elizabeth correctly.
“I see.“ Elizabeth replied coldly, as the woman turned around, and fidgeted with a few more things on her phone. Just as she was lining up the phone for a picture of Elizabeth, the phone on the desk smashed against the front of the woman's face, splitting her lip open as the cellphone went flying out of the salesclerks hand. The woman reeled backwards into the counter, head conking on the side of the counter, before she slumped down to the hardwood floor in the bookstore. The blonde haired telepath bent down and grabbed the phone, tossed it in her purse, then moved around the counter. The cash register was picked up with simple ease, given Elizabeth's vampire state of being, then tossed to the ground, as if to look like a robbery gone astrew. Her blue hues looked for a camera in one of the corners in the store, but found no visible ones.
The book was taken off the counter and placed in the bag with her camera purchase, before Elizabeth made her way out of the bookstore, almost oblivious to the small spot of blood on the orange part of her dress at her left shoulder. With a lick to her index finger, she attempted to collect most of the blood off, slightly smearing the pushpin sized droplet in the process. Not certain where Doc had gone to, Elizabeth felt it best to travel back to the hotel, only because it wasn't smart to be caught loitering around a scene where a crime had been committed.
Surprised to see him in the hotel lobby, Elizabeth glanced down at the barely visible blood smear that blended in with the orange color-almost, then at him. “Doc!“ She exclaimed, before heading over to where he sat, both her hands within the handle of the bag. “Find everything in which you need?“ Elizabeth asked as her eyes stayed fixed upon him. “If so, perhaps on the way to the airport one could assist me with setting up my most recent purchase?“ Time was of the essence now. "Shall we call for a cab?" The sooner they left, the better it would be for everyone.