Out the window

Aerith only saw one possibility. As Reno's footsteps drew nearer, she threw herself at the room's one window. Between the mirror, the chair, the dress on the wall, and the table, there wasn't really anywhere to hide. The window swung open and Aerith rolled through, landing on the paved floor of the alley outside.

Immediately she hit the window shut again behind her and crouched down. She held her breath. It was only as her ass touched the floor that she realized she'd forgotten to pick up either dress on her way out.

Hopefully it wouldn't matter. This was a back alley, Wall Market had dozens of them. She prayed to the Planet that no one would search this one to find the naked Cetra girl cowering.

It was too late to go back inside. She heard the door open through the wall, footsteps as the Turks walked into the room she'd been in not long before.

Aerith moved back, pressing herself to the wall behind her. She didn't want any hint of flesh to be seen if they happened to look at the window.

"Huh. No one in here. Damn," Reno said.

"Wait," Rude said.

Wait? Aerith bit her lip, shivering. Couldn't they hurry up and leave?

"Oh, right, that's definitely her dress," Reno said. "She can't be far."

Shit. Aerith tensed and hoped they'd look somewhere else for her. She shrank back as she heard someone near the window.

Then she heard more footsteps, but this time they were coming from outside the parlor rather than inside. She looked around, hoping it wasn't anyone coming into the alley. She didn't want to be seen like this.