Flitting about Nitrozian Plaza (Open)

[Alenias]

Season of Winter, Day 10, 510 AV

Once more Alenias was wandering about Nitrozian Plaza, her dark eyes looking here and there as she wandered seemingly at random. The plazas were a fun place to walk around, with so many people just leaving all kinds of interesting things laying about for the taking. She stuck to the Nitrozian plaza though, as Treanas had told her to stay away from the Dark Delight Plaza, though he'd never said why.

With her rather wild hair, and dirty piece of cloth that served as a dress, the people of the market were giving her two kinds of attention. Either looks of disgust and contempt, as they assumed she was a beggar that would ask them for money, or none at all, ignoring her presence as they would a piece of garbage. Neither really gave Alenias much concern, but the second did make it much easier for her to snatch the various bits people left about.

Normally she would come here looking for something or other that Treanas had asked her to find, but with him having been gone for a while she was mostly here to wander, and to eat some. Her head turning this way and that, she smelled the air, and the faint scent of fresh bread caught her nose. Pausing in her steps she looked for the source of the smell, and spotting it, made her way towards the stall that was selling various breads.

Creeping up carefully, so as to avoid notice, she waited for the merchant to be distracted by a customer before sneaking a small roll off of the table top. Holding tightly to the piece of bread she made her way away from the stall and to a dark corner between two buildings, where she crouched down and started to slowly eat the bread one small bite at a time. Between each bite she would glance left, and then right, her eyes blinking as she kept a watch for anything threatening.

[Tenebrae Adolphus]

Tenebrae was wondering in and out of the stalls around the docks, searching for any scraps dropped by unwary travellers. He hadn't eaten for two days now and barely had the energy to morph into his human counterpart, if he could just find some food.
He could smell fresh baked bread coming from up ahead, the scent signalling a response from his bowels, How should he do this, he couldn't risk being caught and had no energy to run if he were.
Tenebrae stumbled over to the merchant stand being careful to remain hidden behind the myriad of crates and barrels lining the street, now directly under the merchants nose Tenebrae waited for his opportunity, he had to be extrememly careful from here, plotting his course Tenebrae made a snatch at the nearest loaf and took off between the crates as fast as his worn body could handle.
He could hear shouting from behind him and a sudden sharp pain shot through his shoulder, he had been struck by a thrown rock, the pain shot through Tenebrae as he collapsed into a heap on the ground, dropping his meager morsel Tenebrae dragged himself through the dust to hide in the comforting shadows between two buildings.
Lying curled up his shoulder broken and hanging uselessly next to him, Tenebrae had just succumbed to his fate when he noticed a girl with a wild look crouching in the corner between two buildings eating a piece of bread.
With a whimper of pain Tenebrae pulled himself up and started limping toward the huddled figure, front foreleg raised off the ground to avoid further damage.
Maybe this girl will help, maybe she'll throw another rock at him like so many before her, just as he was going to slump down again his stomach panged painfully causing him to crumple to the ground in the middle of the street unconcious, barely breathing.

[Alenias]

The appearance of a large, hungry looking dog was definitely threatening in Alenias' experience, and so as the creature came forward she stopped eating and took a small hop away from it, still remaining crouched.

Just clutching the small roll tightly she stared at the large dog, wondering if it was going to attack her for her food. It wasn't growling, or barking, but whimpering, and then it collapsed on the ground. Maybe it was expecting her to feed it? Did dogs even eat bread? She wasn't sure, she'd always thought they ate smaller animals and other meat, but maybe a hungry one would eat some bread?

Glancing down at the roll, and then back at the dog, Alenias was reminded of what Treanas had told her. Her lips curled slightly into a smile as she heard his voice in her head, "Sharing food is good, because there's always more. Just don't share much else."

Breaking off half of the roll she eyed the dog cautiously, and then did another little hop forward to drop the bread in front of the large creature before hopping back to a safe distance away. Her eyes remained focused on him, ready to jump up and run if the dog did anything dangerous.

[Tenebrae Adolphus]

Tenebrae opened his eyes slowly, for a second forgetting where he was and why he was sleeping. his eyes slowly started to focus on the bread lying on the ground in front him.
Dragging himself off the floor he sniffs the morsel cautiously, not picking up any unusual scents Tenebrae wolfed down the bread before anyone could take it away from him. Looking up he saw the little girl watching him warily with crumbs littering around her feet, lying down again and placing his head on his paws Tenebrae scrutinized the girl wondering what her intentions were, this flitting little creature peaked his curiosity, and had just saved his life, he owed her alot no matter how he came to think about it.
Inching himself forward towards the girl on his belly slowly so as not to startle her.

[Alenias]

Alenias leaned back cautiously as the dog ate the bread in a hurry, and then watched warily as the dog watched her. She wished it was a bird, a bird she could talk to and find out what it wanted. This dog was a different matter all together.

As the dog crawled towards her Alenias tensed her legs to spring away, but it was still not being aggressive. Figuring that the dog wanted the rest of her bread she dropped the remaining bits in front of its nose.

As she waited for the dog to respond she spoke softly, her voice surprisingly musical for her wild appearance, "What is it dog, do you want more food? I'm not food for you, but I could get some more food."

[Tenebrae Adolphus]

Tenebrae watched in astonishment as this girl he knew nothing about placed the last of her food in front of him.

Why? he asked himself, why was this girl not afraid of him? why would she be willing to help out someone she never knew?

It was then that she spoke to him, her voice sounded like the songs the birds used to sing back home. LIfting his weary eyes he gazed into her face, trying to find something...anything that'll let him know her intentions.

Tenebrae looked back at the bread in front of him and pushed it with his nose in her direction, wagging his tail in the hopes of reassuring this blessing crouched before him.

[Alenias]

Alenias blinked as the dog pushed the bread bag and wagged its tail. Did it not like bread after all? Did it think she was hungry and was telling her to eat it? Could a dog even think that much?

Cautiously nudging the bread back with her hand she nodded at the dog, "Eat it. I can get more later. Or do you want meat to eat? I could get that.'

Wondering if the dog would respond her eyes wandered over it, and finally noticed that something seemed to be wrong with one of its shoulders. Not sure what to do about it, she decided to wait and see how the dog responded.

[Tenebrae Adolphus]

Tenebrae couldn't believe it, he couldn't remember when last he'd been shown such kindness. Although it was only bread he was grateful for the little bit of energy it provided him, picking up the piece of bread the girl had given him he tore through it leaving only crumbs lying on the ground.

Tenebrae figured he could trust this girl, maybe she was the one who could finally bring an end to his eternal question.

Stretching out his neck Tenebrae licked the girls hand in thanks before succumbing to the swimming darkness, the pain in his left shoulder finally becoming too much for him to handle.

Tenebrae lay unconcious on the cobbles the vision of the wild girls face slowly fading as he sunk deeper into the dark.

[Alenias]

She watched in silence as the dog ate the rest of the bread, but then jumped back when it licked at her hand. For a brief moment she wondered if the creature was tasting her, but before it could do anything else it collapsed on the ground.

After waiting a few moments, to be sure the collapsing wasn't a trick, Alenias hopped back next to the dog. Frowning slightly, as she was unsure what to do, she lightly poked the dog's nose. When it didn't jump up and bite at her she cautiously crawled forward and looked at the dog's shoulder.

After a few moments she got up and scurried over to one of the nearby canals to fill her hands with water. She didn't know much about treating injuries, but what she did know was that you were supposed to wash them, and then bandage them. Splashing the cold water on the dog's shoulder, she repeated the process a couple more times before she sat down again.

With the dog's shoulder somewhat washed, she sat down and proceeded to tear off the cleanest part piece of clothe she could find of her dress to start making and bandage.

[Tenebrae Adolphus]

Tenebrae could feel something, what it was he wasn't sure. Where was he? how did he get there? these were just a few questions he needed answers for.

In the distance, a tiny little blur formed, the harder tenebrae tried to concentrate the harder it was to distinguish features. The blur got clloser and clearer stretching out until he could make out what was happening.

With a heave he sat himself up and watched the girl sitting there tearing off a piece of her clothes. Sniffing his shoulder Tenebrae knew what was happening, but why? no one had shown him kindnesss over the years.....except master, he couldn't remember alot about her, just that he missed her.

Tenebrae stomach did a backflip, the bile rising up his throat. He couldn't be sick now, time was running out, Tenebrae got up and stumbled into the nearest ally where, morphing into a human, and being violently ill against the wall, tenebrae collapsed against the wall clutching his shoulder the tattoo shining in the sun.