An Interesting Meeting (Abase)

[Raya]

15th of Winter, 512 AV Walking around the city, Raya noticed how beautiful everything was. She loved the way the cool crisp air and the chilly mist from the water hit her face. She was amazed by all the old buildings around her. Many structures had marks of damage but she could tell healing for the land was underway. She loved the way the trees all around the city grew tall and straight. It made her feel safe and she knew she could climb them if she needed a high vantage point to attack others or defend herself.

[Abase]

This place, this city. It was... So much different from what he was used to. The crowds that flowed through the streets, the chattering noise of too many people at once, all of this Abase experienced as he made his way down some street or another.

At close to 7 feet tall the green skinned Akontak could certainly be said to stand out in a crowd, and this he knew all to well, yet despite this he tried his best to act as if all were well and normal in his being in this place where so few of his kind could be found. As he walked Abase tried his best to keep from touching his bare skin to anyone else, lest his gift activate without meaning. It was a bother at times, to always see what every person felt they were best at, and at a time like this when life was confusing already he needed no more addition to the madness.

In his efforts to avoid touching the Akontak found his carefulness to be his downfall, for as he avoided one he found himself bumping into another. Stopping he would turn, raising his hand to smile down at the woman whom he had run into, speaking in broken common tongue, "I apologize. Streets filled and hard move."

[Raya]

Suddenly something touched her. A slight growl began to escape her throat but she cut it off as the man who had bumped her began to speak, "I apologize," he said,” streets filled and hard move." His common wasn’t perfect but she got the gist. Snatching herself out of arm’s length of the man, she realized shockingly that the man was green. Like not an off-putting green, she thought, but an intriguing green rather. She noticed the defined muscles just under his tinted skin. Raya did not know exactly what he was but she knew she could take him in a fight if she had too. Her family had not taught her the different races that inhabited the world, just how to kill them. A few scars decorated his arms. She appreciated some of them knowing the pain he endured to earn them. She was slightly curious as to how they were procured, though not nearly curious or adventurous enough to ask. He looked slightly confused, no... overwhelmed, she thought, but his eyes were still sharp and filled with intelligence. "Um, it’s just a touch, no harm done," she said to the stranger, "these streets are very crowded."

[Abase]

Abase nodded slowly, looking down at the girl before him. Scratching his head he looked around at the milling crowds, "Yes very crowded. It hard to move free." He nodded as if confirming his own thoughts. Returning his gaze to the woman he finally got a good look at her. Dark brown eyes and colored skin. A build suiting one who spent much time outdoors doing more than simply picking flowers in fields. She was, in a word, a very fine woman. Even by human standards. I like them with fight. Thought Irist. Of course Abase knew better than to repeat his darker brothers words, though he did take an interest in this woman. This woman called... "Pardon, but I not get your name. I am Abase, and you?" He bent a little at the waist so that they could almost speak eye to eye.

[Raya]

“Um, you may call me Raya.” He seemed polite, she thought. She watched his eyes carefully. She was half tempted to brush him off and walk away but she knew no one in this city and even if he wasn’t her kind, she could likely still use him for something. She forced a smile on her face and returned his politeness. “Interesting city isn’t it?” she said. “What brings you here? And your name, also interesting, does it have meaning?” Watching his muscles move, she realized he had many more than she first noticed. Talking became easier as she watched those muscles move and her smile became less forced.

[Abase]

"Raya,"he repeated, rolling the sounds on his tongue as if they were a strange treat, "Is strong name for woman. Is very nice." Looking down at the woman Abase rubbed the back of his neck akwardly, a bit at a loss for what to say next, though luckly Raya moved the conversation forward on her own. Nodding he replied, "Is name given by mother to mean 'one who brings hope'." The jostling crowd was beginning to get to the Akontak, so waving his hand he would lead Raya to the side of the street where they could talk a little more easily, "I come here to see world. I travel many places you see." He nodded at Raya, "And what bring you?"