Meeting My Brother...Sorta (Nodin)

[Star]

70th Day of Spring. About 45 chimes after the 6th bell. Star sighed and pulled the cloak tighter around her. She had left the bar she had stumbled into, leaving the generous but scary man behind and wandering the streets. She had had to dodge grimy, groping hands several times and actually had to fight her way from a man who had managed to grab her. Only his surprise that such a lonely, feeble looking creature could manage to land a kick to his leg gave her an opening so she could run. She kept looking from side to side and behind her, trying to watch out for danger. She looked to the sky and whimpered, knowing that Leth would give up the sky to Syna soon. Star walked faster as she past an alley and wondered what would happen to her.

[Nodin]

Nodin stared at the sky with a sigh as he walked down the dirty streets of Sunberth. The city was not on that he was fond of, finding the crimes he saw repulsive and heartbreaking. Having to travel from city too city was not a pleasant ventur no matter how trained to survive you were. And Nodin found each time he moved to a city, he arrived drained of energy and a new bruise or cut along with his arrival.

His Strider was left at a stable as he walked with the filth trodden streets. His long hair cascading down his face yet parted so it was visible. It was well kept and despite his rough tools looked pretty nice. His eyes darted from one point to the next, studying all that he could.

He was tall, muscular, and had a slight air of friendliness around him.

He passed an alley, spotting a figure inside it. A painful memory struck him and he shook his head to remove it. He stopped and walked to the alley, peering in. "Hello?" He spoke in Common.

[Star]

Star heard the voice and flinched away from it, tears running down her cheeks. "Please don't hurt me! Please!" she begged, it was obvious by the way she spoke that the city had already dispirited her. She raised her head to look at the man who spoke to her and stumbled backwards, her eyes widening. She fell down on her back as her mind summoned faded, blurry images, broken pieces of memory. A cry of pain, a stinging feeling in her side. A man hitting another man's head against a wall while she lay on the ground. Then a very clear image came to her and she inhaled sharply as she saw the face of the man who had just spoke to her, with a desolate, forlorn expression on his tear stained face. She blinked and shook her head to clear it, feeling a wretched sadness fall on her. "W-who are you?" she stammered.

[Nodin]

The voice from inside the alley was female, and one of a broken spirit. Sunberth did that to those that weren't prepared for its city life of constant filth. And filth wasn't just the trash sprawled all over the floor. The men and women that resided here disgusted him. Some were decent, but the majority were a crowd of rotten scum in his eyes.

"Calm yourself you have nothing to fear from me." He replied holding up a single hand in a motion, as if to try and calm her.

When the female turned and faced him he was surprised to see her stumble and fall backwards. When she asked for his name he replied in a gentle tone. "My name is Nodin. And who may I ask are you?" He held out a hand to help her up.

[Star]

Star took his hand, hers shaking, and stood, staring at Nodin. He was older than in the memory but it was the same man. She reached out and moved his hair from his face so she could see it clearer, whispering, "Nodin..." The name felt familiar on her toungue, as though she had spoken it before. "I'm Star." she said, sighing as she felt the first rays of the early morning sun. Her horns disappeared as her hair turned pitch black and her dark eyes faded to a light blue. She felt herself and the length of her hair shrink, her skin gaining color. "If the memories are those of a past life, will he recognize me?" she wondered.

[Nodin]

Nodin didn't flinch or even move as the horned woman moved part of his hair away, saying his name as if mystified by it. He wondered why she was looking at him like he was some sort of complex puzzle. He couldn't have looked that peculiar. Its all the time a human is seen in a crowd.

When she gave her name he nodded. "A pleasure to-" he stopped as the sun started to shine on her. Her horns disappeared and she seemed to slightly grow. Her hair changed and eyes became familiar. His own eyes widened as his eyes landed on a spot her side had once been bare of. Now a scar appeared in its place.

"You look like someone I know..." he whispered.

[Star]

Star watched Nodin's reaction to her and realized that he did recognize her. She followed his gaze down to her side and saw a jagged looking scar. The memory of Nodin crying came back to her as she looked at it and she felt tears coming to her eyes. She tried to swallow the tears and said, "I...I think I remember you...you were crying..." He looked very simaler to what she looked like now, he had the same color skin and hair. She watched him with a puzzled expression as she tried to figure this out

[Nodin]

Nodin shook his head and locked his jaw. There was no way this was his sister. She was dead, killed in that alley. This was just some stupid coincidence, a girl, possibly in a planned prank or jest. He turned away, preparing to leave when he heard her speak again.

She remembered him crying? He turned back to her and tilted his head in confusion. There was no way this could be her. The God's were playing with him. "What do you remember then?" He asked a bit sternly. He was sure that this was a jest, and he did not take kindly to being the victim of a jest.

[Star]

Star shook her head, tears spilling over onto her cheeks. "I've upset him. But I don't understand. Wouldn't he be happy to see this if I knew him in a past life?" She thought to herself, backing away in case he got violent. "I...I don't remember much of anything. Just a pain in my side and then looking up from the ground to see someone hitting a man's head against a wall and then you crying."