Experiencing something first hand is much more different from hearing about it, Lili only knew that this barber shop would be the greatest pass time in the city, she was not so keen on changing her hair style.
The first thing the old barber did was grow Lili a majestic beard and make it look even better than the one Balin had, then he started changing the color and length. The shock faded pretty fast when Lili saw her eyebrows reach her nose and her eyelashes grow so long Lili had to keep her eyes open forcefully. Her turn ended when the barber stopped with her having a chest reaching blue beard and a moss green short hair.
Next up was Reina who put Drogon on the old barber's head and sat on the chair expectantly, her turn was a bit more fun as the old barber only grew the fur on her tail to look like a peacock's feathers with all kinds of shiny colors on it that danced as she waved her tails about, as for her hair he took the liberty to strip away the long fiery hair and leave only some 7 colored stubble and the next person was called in.
The two girls were now standing together like fashion mannequins with the weirdest looking styles. The old man pope was forced on the chair next by his trusted aids who were smiling from ear to ear, and the result was magnificent, the barber transformed the thinning grey hair into a magnificent lion mane, then into a hermits look with long heavy eyebrows as well as the obligatory silky smooth mustache that were as long as the grey goatee. Then he was given the coolest haircut an old man can get which was changed to the most old fashioned hair one can think of.
The final form reduced everyone to gasping for breath and clenching their guts as they laughed so hard, some were already rolling on the floor, the old man had the glossiest hair that even maidens dream about, eyelashes to die for and mud brown armpit and chest hair reaching up to the old man's knees.
The fun time in the barber shop included even the sisters who were also stripped from their habits and were displayed on the mannequin's line along with everyone else before them. The old barber opted for fun this time instead of taking requests and ending the it with a suitable style, he just made the funniest style he could think of for the person and put them on display, to create a most outrageous line up.
The fun was interrupted a few times by those who thought it was okay to force their way inside and threatening the old barber to work on them. The poor guys witnessed what must never be seen by outsiders and while they were still shocked at the outrageous line up, they were beaten to a pulp until they forgot what they just saw and then thrown away like wet socks, strewn up in shapes that should not be humanly possible.
Under the care of the old barber, once everyone had their fun, he made suitable styles for everyone and sent them away glowing like stars. Everyone had enough fun to release the stress of a few years, even the kindly old pope looked more pope than before simply due to the halo of lightheartedness he acquired inside the barber shop.
After everyone separated from each other and went their own way, Yunan took his friends to visit his mother under the light of the sunset, the orphanage was much less noisy than it was and the kids were more agreeable and cute. Probably because Yunan cared about how his mother was feeling.
Sister Theresa was tending to the flower garden with some of the kids helping her here and there. The juniors greeted the sister and sat around her chatting about the events in the barber shop while the mighty valyrian Drogon was reduced to distracting the children who were with sister Theresa and kept them busy enough to allow Yunan some precious moments with his mother.
The family gathering ended rather quaintly with Lili striking a chord with the kind sister Theresa since she is an orphan too, and was chosen by sister Theresa as her newest child and made sure that Yunan took care of her and did not let others bully her, if only she knew how close the 4 have become after facing all kinds of trials she would not even bothered about the motherly signature voice line "take care of each other and don't bully the girls they are my daughters too".
Back at the academy the kids were practicing their appraisal upon the newest loot they acquired last night from helping out with the central base, more precisely them looking through the big amount of data to locate links with other bases and the next stage in the cult chain of command, even though they found nothing in the records they found some hidden treasuries and other useful information about hidden bases and possible links to the cult. Thus their personal rings have been filled with so much valuables they did not know what to do with it other than train their appraisal skill. As for money, they have long passed the point where money had any influence on them.
Not to mention them having enough treasures to live like kings for a decade, they did not have to spend much of it at all, even Balin was not taking any of it for creating and improving items for them because he himself had nowhere to spend the money he got since he was in charge of the treasury department, even though Dustan would seem the best candidate because he loves money,Balin got the position thanks to him being the minister of foreign affairs, thus finance was just lumped in too.
All in all, Debauchery had took a huge step in clearing the threats of The Supreme Cult, as well as inject the church and the guild with a greater understanding of the opposite side and helped them prepare according to the lowest level they found in the chain of command. But what kept Debauchery tense was the meeting with the hearts a week from now, right after the graduation ceremony for the kids.