5 Summer 519 AV
Syka - Morning
Syka - Morning
Abhi knew Syka was out of the way. She knew it was going to take a while to get to the secluded settlement. But no matter how much she prepared ahead of time, she didn’t expect the trip to take over a season’s time. She originally left Sultros early Spring, traveling with merchants who knew their way around outside the kingdom. When she got to Alvadas, she took the Syliras-Zeltiva sea route to Riverfall. There was one stop between the two: Kenash. With both Kenash and Riverfall, though, Abhi hardly got to enjoy the city. Her trip had taken so long, she just wanted it to be over with. Especially in Riverfall, where Syka was only two days away by boat. Abhi was getting impatient. She was traveling to Syka in the first place because she heard they didn’t have a blacksmith. Would they have one by the time she arrived? Hopefully even if they did, she could still work. Smithing was most she knew, aside from research on what was known about Syka in preparation to live there.
She felt out of place the entire trip. She had nothing to do with her hands. Nothing important, at least, meaning smithing. She felt lost and disconnected from Izurdin, which probably was the worst part. She constantly fiddled with her hands, found herself reminiscing and feeling homesick and thinking ahead to her life on Syka. She was eager to make things for the people of Syka. Of course, she didn’t think much about the fact that it would require her to be more social with them even if they weren’t of her people. It was going to bite her in the arse.
She awoke in the morning to the sounds of bells signaling land. It took her a moment to realize that’s what the bells meant, having only only heard it twice before, days apart. But then she shot out of bed, eager to see the land for herself. They were still yet to dock, but already Abhi could see the beauty of the jungle beyond the beach. Buildings scattered the beach, spaced out enough for everyone to have more than enough room for anything they could want. There was also a cluster of small cabins along the beach in one area, and Abhi noted that that seemed more like her style. She didn’t need a lot of space.
When the ship docked and Abhi was able to step on land once more, she held back the urge to immediately run around to explore. First, she needed to get rid of her sea legs. Hopefully this would be the last time she’d have them for a while, as in she wouldn’t have to leave Syka for any reason. She was planning on staying for as long as possible. Once her sea legs issue was fixed, she needed to find one of the leaders of Syka. The Triad, if she remembered correctly. She was told who to talk to when she arrived, a choice from three. With a calm head, steady legs and a set motive, Abhi began to head towards the settlement proper, hoping to find one of the Triad.