It had been nearly two months since they'd last seen each other, and both Biscuit and Menchi had changed a little in appearance.
They had brought changes of clothes, more than just one or two outfits, but the clothes they were wearing still showed plenty of signs of damage.
Those marks had probably been left behind by their battles with the Plant Weapon parasites.
They hadn't stopped exterminating the Plant Weapon parasites over the past two months. With the tower as a safe haven, their battles had been relatively easy.
Biscuit had cut her hair short before, and it had grown quite a bit since then. The ends now reached past her earlobes, giving her a fresh, neat look.
Menchi, on the other hand, still wore five braids.
After living in the tower for a while, she'd found the braids bothersome and hadn't wanted to keep them. She'd even considered cutting her hair short like Biscuit.
But Biscuit had gladly offered to help her maintain her look and had urged her not to cut it, so Menchi had kept all five braids.
There was just one catch.
She had to become Biscuit's "makeup doll" whenever Biscuit had nothing better to do—or, to put it another way, a "Barbie doll" for Biscuit to play with.
Biscuit's Nen ability was "Magical Beautician Miss Cookie," and it had a lot to do with her personality.
The beauty-loving Biscuit didn't just want to look pretty herself; she also wanted Menchi to look beautiful and cute—or at least easy on the eyes.
Biscuit used the makeup tools she carried with her, with "Magical Beautician Miss Cookie" helping out, and made a point of doing Menchi's makeup every day.
"Magical Beautician Miss Cookie" could have done the makeup by herself, but Biscuit insisted on doing it