The town wasn't as big as Emily thought it'd be. She was used to towns of a few thousands of inhabitants, like the one she and Karyn were living in, but it was hard to think there were even a thousand in this one. Everything looked like it came from the past, like she had traveled in Europe in the Middle Ages, but it wasn't totally realistic either. Everything was way too clean compared to what she thought the Middle Ages would look like. There was no littering, no dirty spots, not even any unpleasant smell, and for that at least, Emily was grateful.
The dirt road soon became paved with cobblestone and as soon as Emily took a step on it, Karyn's face came back to life.
Rather than disappearing when Karyn started to speed up time, her face had become frozen in the sky, like time didn't pass on her side of the screen, which Emily thought made sense.
"Hum, J...Emily? How much time passed for you?" Karyn asked as she looked at Emily's new surroundings.
"I'm not sure, maybe around 20 minutes or so." Emily answered. "And you?"
"I think it was maybe a second. I saw you walking superfast, and you got there almost instantly."
"Wow, that's a big difference!" Emily said. "You think you could see me if I made you a sign while you sped up time?"
"Maybe if you made it for 10 minutes..."
"Well, we can try later when I go back to the house." Emily proposed. "But now, I want to get out of this underwear as fast as possible!"
Emily only had time to take one step when she was stopped by Karyn. "Wait! There a tutorial about the town."
"How is there so many tutorials in a game?" Emily complained as her friend was reading.
"It says your actions and appearance determine how people see you and interact with you. For example, some people might think badly of you if they see you touch yourself or changing clothes in public."
Emily didn't react at first, but it soon dawned on her. "Great... So I have to choose between scratching myself and letting people think I'm a slut or letting the itching worsen like the first time..."
"It says people have to see you, so you might still be able to do it if you hide."
Emily sighed. "Let's hope there aren't too many people in the streets then."
Unfortunately, there were a lot of people in the streets. Karyn led Emily to where her map indicated she could buy new panties, but that turned out to be a marketplace with people everywhere and nowhere to hide.
Emily took a deep breath. "Here goes nothing! Let's try to be as fast as possible." She started walking fast toward the clothing stand, and almost instantly, the itching reappeared. "God damnit!" She said under her breath but continued walking anyway, hoping to be done quickly.
In less than a minute, she was in front of an old woman who stood among diverse clothing. The woman smiled at her. "Hello, dear. What can I do for you?"
Emily was about to answer, but the world around her came to a stop. "What's happening?" She couldn't even move her body, only her head.
"There's a tutorial, it says I can type something while you're in a dialogue and make you say it. But it forces me to do it now, as training..."
"And that's why everything is paused?" She asked,
"Yes, it's to give me some time to type my answer."
Emily sighed, but she began worrying as she noticed something. "Please hurry, the itching is still getting worse even now."
Karyn was struggling with her keyboard. "Sorry J... Emily. I'm going as fast as I can."
Emily had no other option than to wait. She closed her eyes, trying to ignore the sadly familiar feeling between her legs. Suddenly, her mouth started moving by itself. "Good morning madam. Do you have any panties for sale?" She heard herself say and began to blush a little. She couldn't help but feel a bit like a pervert, even knowing she was now a girl and nothing was weird about her shopping for girl's underwear.
The woman simply nodded and began walking toward a wardrobe. "Of course dear." She opened it and took out a white pantie with lace around the holes for her legs and waist.
It was a little too girly for Emily but she didn't want to waste any time negotiating. "That's great." She said before realizing she had talked without Karyn this time. She looked up interrogatively but didn't say anything as it could be heard by the woman.
Karyn seemed to understand as she answered. "It only asked me to do it the first time."
Meanwhile, the woman was approaching Emily again. "Here you go, dear. That will be 1 silver and 50 coppers."
"Oh... Sorry, I only have 50 copper on me." Emily said awkwardly.
The woman frowned a little but soon bean smiling again. "It's alright, though I fear you won't have much choice for so little." She got back to the wardrobe and took out a small wooden box. "These are the only ones I have for 50 copper." She said as she opened the box to reveal two white panties. While they didn't look bad or anything, Emily could say they weren't as good as the previous ones. It looked like the fabric was of lower quality and it could tear easily with a little strength.
But Emily didn't care. She only wanted to replace her current panties as the itching was getting hard to ignore once again. She was going to just buy one of them, but she noticed something. One of them had a small aura of magic around it.
