Fenreil- Thank you for posting your reaction the post. I'm happy to hear that we can relate in that way.
Hahaha, about the fish costume, I'm assuming Pie just took it off before they left the store; if she's like me, she wouldn't have the money to buy it. XD;; The person in the background was originally supposed to be a stock display of a shark, but as I refined it, it kinda just became more of another person... or maybe even simply a shark wandering in the store. >.> I think sharks look really cool so you can expect to see one in the comic once in a while somewhere, seldom, but they're there. =) The outside mall is actually very roughly based on my memories of one just outside Stanford University in California; they have colorful buildings with painted fake doors, etc. =) Inside the store however couldn't be in that shopping complex because there aren't any tall modern looking stores there. Zes is for Zesteria because Tales of Zestiria's been on my mind. D; I don't know if there's a place that rents out fish costumes. =x *looks it up*
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