A not-so-familiar face (Ireth)

by **Ireth Telemnar** on October 1st, 2013, 5:37 pm

Ireth had no objections to following Xeona's instructions. She glued her eyes to the red buildings on the other side of the bridge, the people going about their business, the cloudy gray sky that sat atop it all. The bridge was stone and firm, not too busy. She recalled that Savio had mentioned the name of an Aperture bridge or too. They were strange, and had stories about them. "Xeona? What is the name of this bridge?" She was bound and determined to get to know this city as best she could, so that she didn't need to bother anyone to be a guide whenever she needed to go about Nyka.

Once upon the ground of the other side of the massive canyon, Ireth let out a sigh of relief. She was more than happy to get away from the Aperture.

As they walked, Ireth thought. A merchant calling out to passerby with a rough, gravely voice caught her attention. "How does one go about getting a job here?" she asked the ghost ahead of her. "In my city, I was a street performer, a musician. I had to... legally become a street musician though, signed a form of some sort so that the city knew about me. Is there something like that here? Who do I need to talk to?"

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by **Xeona** on October 1st, 2013, 8:38 pm

Passing the bridge, Xeona was so relieved about getting away from the Aperture, that he unintentionally missed Ireth's first question. He just simply had too much on his mind to pay attention to anything else at that time. He did, however, hear her second question. "I don't really know about musician, but there is a employment center here, give that a visit if you want a job."

When they had exited the Celestial quarter, they arrived at the Eastern quarter. "Alright, the Eastern Quarter! This part of the city was claimed by Laat, son to the money goddess Xyna. This is, to say, the financial Quarter, and the money around here is named after Laat."

Boxcode by Savio

by **Ireth Telemnar** on October 5th, 2013, 9:10 pm

Except for the fact that she knew that Xeona knew where he was going, Ireth felt lost. There was no way she would know the way back to the Hostel if she had been alone. The twists and turns mingled with the throngs of people about the streets and confused Ireth. She wasn't scared or anything, just a little befuddled. She kept close tabs on the spirit as he wandered ahead of her, attempting to keep his insight and notes clear in her mind. If she was going to be here for the rest of the season, she needed to know it well.

Ireth squeezed between two haughty women and scrambled to follow Xeona. "There's a goddess of money? Strange..." It was as if folk outside of her city worshiped a deity for everything! Sure, Ireth knew about other gods, a few. But she never would have thought of all these other gods that Xeona was mentioning.

"You mentioned before four gods, like they were the deities of the four Quarters of Nyka? Who are they? How do people worship all of them? That seems like an awful lot..."

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by **Xeona** on October 6th, 2013, 7:54 pm

"You're right on that part. As I said, the Eastern Quarter has Laat, the son of the money goddess Xyna, the Southern Quarter has Skerr, daughter of the autumn goddess Bala, The Western Quarter has Xannos, daughter of the earth goddess Semele and the Northern Quarter has Uphis, son of the war god Ruros."

Xeona looked around, trying to find something more to talk about, when he noticed that it was starting to get dark. All the other Nykans seemed to have the same thought as him. "Ireth, follow me back. It's getting too dangerous out here..." It might've sounded like he was being protective, and he was, to some extent. But after what had happened earlier, he was getting freaked out about it as well.

Boxcode by Savio

by **Ireth Telemnar** on October 21st, 2013, 12:48 pm

Ireth hadn't taken into account the time. The sun had soared swiftly across the sky over the course of the time that Xeona had been guiding her around. And although she didn't like to admit it, she could hear a tremble in the ghost's voice. "Okay, yes. Let's hurry."

It was as if something had control over all the people of Nyka. Each person was making their way back to their shelters, to their houses or other places that they slept in peace. Ireth fought through the flow in her need to keep track of her guide.

"Pardon me." "Excuse me." "Oh, I'm sorry."

By the time that they were back in front of the hostel, Ireth was out of breath and rather sore from being jostled. Her boots were scuffed and she thought that she might get a couple of bruises on her arms. The Nykian folk weren't the gentle type, that was for sure. Ireth'd have to be careful, she feared physical conflict with a person raised in the street-fighting culture of this city. A soft rain was beginning to drizzle down from the sky.

"Xeona, thank you so much! I really appreciate you taking the time to show me around, it means a lot to me that you were kind enough to help out a stranger. Will I see you again?"

But when she looked around, the ghost was gone. Ire spun around a couple of times, searching the expansive crowd of pedestrians before the SafeHaven Hostel. But Xeona was no where to be seen. Drops were beginning to dampen her hair, so, with a last smile, Ireth entered the Haven.

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OOCUmm, after a long period of time and no reply, I had to improvise an ending to this thread because it was very important to Ire's Nykan education. I dunno about Xeo, I've sent him many a PM with no reply.

by **Serendipity** on March 27th, 2014, 10:08 am

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