3rd of Summer, 514 AV
Pretty, Nice, Beatiful, Pretty, Pretty. . . Alyra ran her fingers over her options. Before her stood a sea of fabrics, each as elegant and miza-worthy as the last. Unfortunately, Alyra didn't have the mizas that these clothes were worthy of. One day, Alyra thought, narrowing her eyes at the beautifully designed shirt before her. You will be mine.
"Thank you, and I will be back." Alyra struggled through the smattering of Kontinese that she knew. She knew that the pale woman across the stall most likely knew Common, but the Eth enjoyed practicing. She also enjoyed the pained expression that crossed the Konti woman's face as she stifled her laughter. It was a contagious feeling, joy was; Alyra gave a bright smile, giving a slight, polite bow before she moved onto the next stall.
It was a hot day, and Alyra was unaccustomed to the heat. She often basked in Syna's warmth, but never before had she been in a place where it was this intense. The woman had found that all of even her cotton dresses were too heavy for this weather. That, and she had a combat lesson later on that day. She would not add the embarrassment of coming overdressed onto the impending awkwardness. Alyra was expecting Akalak boys in their third year to be fighting better than her.
The next stall was crowded with what seemed like all the denizens of Riverfall. This simultaneously repelled and attracted Alyra. While she wanted to see what all the hype was about, Alyra was also wary of the crowd. Every man, woman, and child in that cluster was larger than her. That, and they all probably had enough "physical knowledge" in them to beat the shyke out of her if she so much as stepped on their feet. I never really liked leather anyway...
As she paced along the marketplace, Alyra could feel herself getting warmer and warmer. The people around her pushed even more heat in her direction, causing Alyra to make abrupt swinging motions with her arms in attempt to cool herself down. Out of the corner of her eye, Alyra spotted a patch of shade. She thanked the Gods, then sped over to the safety of the tree. In her rush, the Eth accidentally tripped over another woman.
"I'm so sorry!" Alyra nearly screamed into the woman's face. She had forgotten to not only control her voice but to also switch back to common.
"I'm sorry, really. It's just...It's just so hot, and I was practicing my Kontinese, and it was so loud over there that I hadn't realized I was yelling, and..." Alyra explained herself frantically as she backed up into the shade. "I promise I'm not normally this . . . weird."
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"Thank you, and I will be back." Alyra struggled through the smattering of Kontinese that she knew. She knew that the pale woman across the stall most likely knew Common, but the Eth enjoyed practicing. She also enjoyed the pained expression that crossed the Konti woman's face as she stifled her laughter. It was a contagious feeling, joy was; Alyra gave a bright smile, giving a slight, polite bow before she moved onto the next stall.
It was a hot day, and Alyra was unaccustomed to the heat. She often basked in Syna's warmth, but never before had she been in a place where it was this intense. The woman had found that all of even her cotton dresses were too heavy for this weather. That, and she had a combat lesson later on that day. She would not add the embarrassment of coming overdressed onto the impending awkwardness. Alyra was expecting Akalak boys in their third year to be fighting better than her.
The next stall was crowded with what seemed like all the denizens of Riverfall. This simultaneously repelled and attracted Alyra. While she wanted to see what all the hype was about, Alyra was also wary of the crowd. Every man, woman, and child in that cluster was larger than her. That, and they all probably had enough "physical knowledge" in them to beat the shyke out of her if she so much as stepped on their feet. I never really liked leather anyway...
As she paced along the marketplace, Alyra could feel herself getting warmer and warmer. The people around her pushed even more heat in her direction, causing Alyra to make abrupt swinging motions with her arms in attempt to cool herself down. Out of the corner of her eye, Alyra spotted a patch of shade. She thanked the Gods, then sped over to the safety of the tree. In her rush, the Eth accidentally tripped over another woman.
"I'm so sorry!" Alyra nearly screamed into the woman's face. She had forgotten to not only control her voice but to also switch back to common.
"I'm sorry, really. It's just...It's just so hot, and I was practicing my Kontinese, and it was so loud over there that I hadn't realized I was yelling, and..." Alyra explained herself frantically as she backed up into the shade. "I promise I'm not normally this . . . weird."
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