[3rd POV]
"This is not what I was expecting you to show us" Lucifer said as she stood next to Charlie, who was smiling brightly as she showed off the store that she wanted to show them.
It was a store for dolls. Life sized, really realistic, dolls. The dolls were made of what looked to be some sort of plastic, ceramic, or some sort of metal. It was honestly kind of hard to tell because of the wide and unique variety of materials in the Underworld. This made it hard to really track what it could be. But she assumed it was a ceramic.
The dolls were huge, and were of wide variety. There was also some that were smaller, and were created from cloth, cotton, and other similar materials.
Just from glancing into the window she could see a doll of Charlie in the front window, alongside one of her father, as well as ones of the Sins. Each of them costing a pretty penny, but that was because they all looked to be genuinely really well made.
It was a higher end store so it made sense that it would cost a lot, and that explained why she even knew about it in the first place. Since the store was - from what Lucifer knew - relatively close to her childhood home that she had lived in with her father and mother when she was still around.
"It's definitely...unique" Vi muttered, not really sure what to say to the sight before her. She had never seen a shop like this, and she was beginning to wish that she hadn't seen this shop.
She didn't like dolls.
On the other hand, Powder's eyes were literally sparkling as she saw all the interesting dolls inside of the store.
"Whoa! They're so cool! The details are incredible, and look how realistic they are!" Powder said as she stood in front of the window, looking over the dolls with interest in her eyes.
"You're just interested in them because you think you can use them to make robots or something" Vi said with an eye roll, knowing how her little sister got when it came to making things. She was a maniac when it came to inventing, and absolutely adored creating new things.
She already had more than a dozen plans using the dolls and what they can represent. The new androids, robots, and other interesting things she can create with them. There's literally thousands of things you can make with a doll, and that's just in the robotics side of things.
Magical robotics at least. Or magitech robotics as Powder called it.
"Well duh! I can make so many cool robots with these things!" Powder cheerfully responded, before looking over at her mothers who both looked at her in amusement and gave her a nod.
"Yes honey, we can buy some dolls" Lucifer said as Powder let out a cheer.
At the same time Daenerys was looking at a small dragon doll, which was made of softer materials and was made to sleep with. It was basically a stuffed animal.
Alice glanced at Lucifer when she noticed and Lucifer smiled and nodded. They'd be spoiling Daenerys with some new stuffed animals, since she was already taken with the stuffed dragon toy.
"Do you collect dolls, Charlie?" Bloom asked, kind of curious.
"Sure do! My family is kind of collectors, all three of us. My dad has this...really creepy obsession with rubber ducks for...some reason. My mom loved collecting really old books and scrolls. And I've always loved collecting dolls, stuffed animals, and stuff like that" Charlie replied with a nod, cheerfully leading them inside as she greeted the owner of the store.
It was an older lady, who seemed to be an imp.
'Hmm, seems that the reason why this place is still functioning is because Charlie's dad is protecting it. Probably because she likes this place so much' Lucifer thought, realizing that there was no other way that they would be still open if that was not the case.
The lady running the shop was an imp, an incredibly old one. And while they do not really age or anything, she did seem to be peaceful and not really one prone to violence. And that was not just based off of appearances, but through her literally using her power to gaze into her personality and actions.
She was born in hell, and was actually a rare good soul inside hell.
'She'd have ascended to heaven if she was not a hell born, and if the system was working properly' Lucifer thought, understanding another reason why Charlie liked this place so much.
Charlie chatted with the old woman for a few moments, before beginning to move with the children to other areas of the shop to look over some of the interesting dolls. She was excitedly pointing out some of the dolls to the other girls, who were looking them over with varying levels of interest.
Lucifer could tell from afar that Beatrix was the least interested. While Powder and Daenerys was the most. Surprisingly enough, she noticed that Vi had been repeatedly glancing at a cute dog stuffed animal.
Lucifer decided she would be buying that for her, albeit subtly, since she knew how embarrassed Vi could get when it came to stuff like that.
Bloom had openly grabbed herself a stuffed animal for her bed back home, and this time it was a cute crocodile one. While Beatrix was the only one in the family that looked to not really care too much for the dolls, but she still looked them over a bit.
She was just not really interested in dolls and that sort of thing.
Hope had been standing with Rose, both of them looking at small wolf plushies, and they had already grabbed a couple of cute looking ones that they liked.
Alice had decided to head over to join them in their shopping, while Lucifer walked over to the imp owner.
"This should cover whatever they decide on buying" Lucifer said, as she placed a small bag in front of the woman who looked down at it before at her. Opening the bag, her eyes widened to find quite a few expensive gems, gems that were actually rare and valuable in the Underworld.
"Don't say no to the payment, and just take it, because I am not going to be taking it back" Lucifer said before the woman could utter a word, already knowing what her character was like, and what she was willing to take and not to take.
The woman just stared at her before sighing and nodding in response, deciding against arguing with Lucifer.
At the same time, Lucifer slowly began to turn to watch her family, one thought on her mind as she did so.
'It seems Charlie knows good spots in the city afterall'
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