Waking up, Lumina blinked her moist eyes to see a wooden roof over her head as the feeling of soft, silky covers touched her bare body on this new dawn.
Yawn˜
Stretching, Lumina grabbed the covers yanking them off her body before sliding he legs out of bed. Grabbing a hold of her robe, she wears it before heading out the room and down the stairs to the receptionist. "Morning, I don't think I actually got your name, miss?"
Looking up from the desk to look at Lumina, she smiles before answering "It is Brenda dear, now why don't you go ahead and sit down at a table and I’ll get breakfast for ya?"
Nodding her head, Lumina left the front desk and headed to a table without anyone near it, watching the surrounding people and seeing their form of dress with most of them in plain cloth with a few in what appeared to be leather armour. Perking, her ears, she started to listen in to some of the nearby conversations to see if there were anything important to take not of.
"Hey, what you doing later..." "Mrs Trumsey's figure is becoming larger..." "Did you here, the Sentinels are preparing a small punitive force to sort out..." "Get your fatass over here Jerry!"
Tuning into the sounds one conversation in particular grabbed Lumina's attention, but before she could carry on listening, Brenda came in with what looked to be a tray with mushrooms, meat and bread with a mug of water over to her table. "Here you are dear, the tub is being prepared so once you’re done with this, head back to ya room dearie."
After Brenda left, she tried to find that conversation again but couldn't find it thus chose to dig into the meal. The meat was very juicy and tender tasting like pork while the bread was a little dry therefore, Lumina had it with the juices from the mushrooms and gulping down the water.
Once finished, Lumina went back to her room upstairs and upon entering the room, there was a large wooden tub with steamy water and a soap and towel left to one side. Aw, that's sweet of her. thinking this, Lumina undressed and soaked herself in what can be considered the warmest bath in a while letting herself temporarily relax for the moment. Several minutes passed by as she glided the soap around her body, checking up on any wounds, seeing that they were healing and nearly gone and getting out of the tub to dry herself on the towel.
Ensuring that she was dry, Lumina got dressed again and left the room, back down the stairs and asked Brenda "Hey, where would the market be please? You see I'm new around here."
"Oh, once you leave the inn, turn left and keep going in that direction, there you'll find the market. Meanwhile, if you instead continue up north on the crossroads, that's where you'll find the inner ring where main headquarters are. Hope that helps ya."
"Thanks!" Lumina left this remark as she rushed out the door heading into the markets. Just outside she sees the busily packed streets, a complete contrast to how it looked at night where it was empty. The ground was wet from last night’s rain with a scent of fresh moisture in the air. Following Brenda's directions, Lumina finally found herself at the entrance to the market where everything was busy with many potential customers bustling about.
First order of business, selling my fox fur could increase my potential funds, then clothes are next on the agenda. Thinking to herself, Lumina walked through the crowded streets and found what looked to be a sign that read Hunter's Home. It was attached to a building made of carefully renovated stone with wooden shutters for the windows that are open revealing some of the contents inside.
Walking in, a bell chimed as the door opened and closed behind her. Looking in the room, there were various pelts and furs on shelves while taxidermy animals were hung on the walls. "Welcome, what may I do for you?" An old, withered looking man dressed in smarter looking shirt and trousers stood up, wearing what looked to be steel rimmed glasses with a disarming smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes asked as Lumina stepped towards the counter.
"Hey sir, I'm new around here and just wondered if you could appraise some of the fur that I hunted out in the forest and see what it could sell for." Answering the old man, Lumina reached into her leather bag and brought out the fox furs and placed them upon the countertop.
"Sure, no problem, I would be happy to do that for you." Grabbing a hold of his glasses he wiped them before adjusting them on his face as he muttered under his breath what felt to be an incantation of some variety. looking carefully at the fur he finished his appraisal "First of all, they seem to be furs from an uncommon species of wild fox which would normally go for a higher price, but the quality of the fur brought back seemed to be damaged from what looks to be amateur skills in handling thus lowering the overall price you can get." "It looks like you can only get approximately ten small coppers, however if you sell it here, I will offer fifteen small coppers so what do you say? deal?"
Lumina spent a couple of moments in her own thoughts thinking, fifteen small coppers is better than nothing. Hiding her disappointment at the low selling price she finally answered, "you have a deal."
"Thank you for your patronage miss, if you need anything come backs soon."
Walking out, she checked her bag and saw that she had two large coppers and eighty-five small coppers in there. Hmm, lets head to the armour smith store next. Thinking to herself, she lifts her head and saw the store for armour just sitting diagonally across from Hunter's Home. Walking in, Lumina saw a large brown bear standing by the counter as other patrons were looking at different steel armours in the room. Slightly taken aback, Lumina didn't realise that there was a possibility for other races in this world.
Swiftly changing her expression to one of nonchalance, Lumina walked up to the bear and inquired "Do you have any lightweight leather armour for sale?"
Looking at the smaller woman across from him, the bearkin raised his brow before smiling slightly and said in a low baritone voice that made the room feel like its rumbling "In the box to your left." He then looked away and started servicing some other customers who were starting to line up and order.
"Thanks."
Lumina went into the boxes direction and started picking up the leather armour eventually finding a small set that can accommodate her curves without making her feel tight or breathless, the main armour being forearm guards, knee guards, leather boots, light chest armour and some shoulder pads. After making sure everything fits, Lumina walked up to the counter in order to pay for them.
"That'll be one large copper for everything total miss." The bear came to a rather swift conclusion after making just a swift glance at the armour lying on the countertop. Quickly grabbing the coin out from of her bag, she pays for them and stuffed it into her leather bag which started to become over filled when the bear stepped in and said, "I recommend going to the magic equipment store, they have magic bags filled with various enchantments ensuring everything of a certain size fits in."
Lumina thanked him for his recommendation before leaving the armoury to find the magic store. It was slightly tucked away in a hidden and damp alleyway. Opening the door and stepping in, Lumina found that there were several shelfs filled with different bags with tags on the different enchantments that they had such as increased space, temperature manipulation, time manipulation etc.
Looking amongst the prices, they seem to inflate with increased space and the more enchantments that it has not including the materials that the bag is made of thus, Lumina picked the most basic magic bag which still sets her back another large copper coin leaving her with just eighty-five small coppers for regular clothes.
Eventually finding a nearby shop that accommodated female clothes, Lumina stood hesitantly by the door for a couple of moments. Whew, you can do this! there's nothing to be afraid of. psyching herself up, she finally opened the door and let herself in. Lumina was immediately bombarded with different styles of clothing and some subsections that seemed a little... Risqué causing her cheeks to blush a slight crimson, becoming nervous and drawing the attention some of customers giving her curious looks.
A blond pixie cut elf wearing a rather elegantly dressed suit waltzed towards Lumina before asking in a relaxing, motherly tone "what can I help you with dear?" Lifting her hand to her cheek and tilting her head in a cutesy manner.
"Err- Erm I-I-I, don't have erm sorry Please?" Lumina's eyes darted around as she stammered out a ham-fisted attempt at a response that got quieter as she went on leading her to look down towards the floor and blushing up a storm feeling just like she wants to bury herself into a hole in the ground.
"Of course, dear, just come with me." The elf still giving off that maternal gesture grabbed Lumina by the hand and guided her to the corner of the store started to speak in a hushed tone towards her ear. "This is your first time isn't it˜?" Inquiring in a mischievous tone, the elf laughed as Lumina yelped and backed away.
"Don't tease me!" Lumina exclaimed silently while pouting.
"Ok, but in all seriousness, the fact that you, a 'young lady' seems so embarrassed by just a normal women's clothes store means either you had all your purchases done for you beforehand or... You weren't originally a young lady but rather a man that is now a young lady. Going by your current expression it seems that it was the second one."
Lumina's blushing face started to go pale at the thought that someone else recognised what happened to her and begun dreading what will happen now. "P-please don't jump to conclusions I can explain!!!" Lumina becoming desperate and frantic waving her arms slightly before she felt engulfed by the elf hugging her in a motherly embrace and stroking her hair.
"Shh, don't worry, I'm not judging, relax and breathe for me, ok? I won’t blackmail you, nor am I disgusted, I merely want to help." Slowly coming out of the embrace after hearing the elf's comforting words, Lumina did as she said and took a few deep breaths. "Feeling better now? its ok, tell Sylvia all about it."
Working up the courage Lumina was eventually disarmed by Sylvia's warm, non-judgemental inviting gaze. Of course, she wasn't going to tell her everything but just the most relevant parts. Taking a seat on a nearby stool Lumina started "So you see I... I was a man a month-ish back, but I suddenly woke up looking like..." Gesturing to herself with hand motions "This, and I have only just come to terms that I... I like it but everything is so new to me now and I don't know what to do." speaking like this to someone made Lumina feel much lighter.
"I see, thank you for trusting me with such personal vulnerability." Sylvia smiled before proposing to her "Well to begin with, we will need to measure your chest and body figure to find the right clothes, especially underwear as that is important. I know that this will be embarrassing but if I show you how to do it the first time then you will be able to do it yourself in the future."
Lumina blushed slightly before stammering out "T-Thanks." Sylvia smiled then led her to what appeared to be a changing room and placed the sign please do not disturb as she closed its curtain.
"First we'll start with you taking the robe off, then we can do the measurements for the bust, waist, inseam and hips."
Lumina blushed further as she realised that she will be commando for this before doing as instructed trying to keep her modesty by placing her hands over her sensitive parts.
"Stand straight, no need to be reserved we're both ladies here." Sylvia chided getting into a professional tone while Lumina jumped in panic before doing so very hesitantly still blushing. "Good, first off, for the bust we wrap you around here under the shoulder pits from the shoulder blade to the fullest part and under the bust... It looks to be a 92, 108cm a decent C size. Now for the waist we will do it here, above the belly button... Looks like a 60cm and for your hips you do it just below the waist here... looks to be another 92cm. Got that?"
Lumina who was blushing up a storm nodded and squeaked out a silent yes.
"Good, now for the inseam you do it from here..." Sylvia holding the tape measure at the crotch before crouching down and holding it at Lumina's ankles "to here. Now that you know this, you can do it for yourself in the future no longer having to be embarrassed to do this."
"Now that I know your measurements I'll go find some clothes for you to try on in comfort and confidence so wait here and I'll be back." Sylvia left and came back after several minutes to a slightly nervous Lumina and smiled letting her know it’s alright. During this time, Lumina tried on many styles of clothes, underwear and dresses before finding it most comfortable for now to wear high leg pink panties with a tight sports bra and just over that, some spats before she took out her leather armour and wore that as she put away her robe ready to wash it later.
Of course, Lumina grabbed more than one set and offered to pay but Sylvia refused saying it was okay as she wanted to help, "I want to know, why are you helping me so much?" Lumina feeling a bit guilty asked hesitantly before Sylvia sighed and replied.
"I knew of others who were changed but the outcome... Wasn't that good for them which is why I want to help those like you even more."
Hearing that answer, Lumina apologised before leaving the store ready to head over to her next destination the hunter’s guild in the inner ring to join them.