Of Spirits and Souls [Private Social, Almy/Aiyana]

It was a sunny day, rather warm still, despite the summer approaching its end. Almyra stepped off the train to Hargeon. This city as well, it seemed, had been attacked by the Priory of the Worm, and was heavily damaged, just like Magnolia, and Almyra herself. Carefully with her crutch, she stepped off of the train. Her leg was still the worse for wear, her arm was still in a sling, and her jaw still wired shut in order to heal, but she still bore a small smile on her face. She was injured, sure, but happy and doing well, given what she had been through. She began hobbling along, looking for a place to stay the night, since it was late. She would look into finding the money to book passage to Desierto in the morning, though in the meantime she was hungry. She needed food, yet had spent the last of her money on the train ticket to Hargeon. She wandered the streets now, looking for some scraps of food that she could grind up and mix with water in order to eat. She was still happy, though, excited to be returning home soon. Her injuries didn't bother her much, they were more of a way for her to be creative in how she fed herself. It was like a puzzle, though her lack of ability to open her mouth did upset her in one way: She could no longer nibble on things; a common habit of hers. Perhaps her sister could remove the anchors in her jaw and heal her, or someone else could do that here maybe.

The small woman went along, picking out food from the trash and going to find water to mix it with to soften it enough to drink. The food seemed clean enough, though any passerby would clearly see it had been picked out of the trash and was half-eaten.

Hargeon town looked so much different in the time she had left it. Maybe it was just the familiarity being gone, or the fact that she was in a different guild and no one recognized the new body. Using this to her advantage the young woman made her way through the town without anyone stopping her to chat. After all, who wanted to do anything other than just stare at the nine tailed fox coming through. Most were too in shock at what they saw to think about using words anyway. It wasn't long before she got to her most well known part of town, the area where most of the pubs and restaurants were. She slowly walked passed all of the places, her new nose picking up scents differently than her old body's had.

Said nose would suddenly pick up the smell of food, with garbage slightly permeating it. A head would turn as fox ears perked up in confusion as to why the two would be mixed without a dumpster within sight. That was when she saw the girl walking in the opposite direction of her, injured and mouth sealed, carrying the half-eaten food that was obviously trashed beforehand. A need to help overcame her, the same she felt when taking the kinds of jobs she did. The socialite made her way over, her normal strut still ongoing even as she carefully looked at the girl, before she spoke up. ”Hey, should you be walking around like that? I'm a mage, and can help if you don't mind.”

Almy had a smile on her face as she walked along, as though she barely had a care in the world. She looked down at the food in her hands again, checking it over. Yup, perfectly clean and good to eat! Someone must have ordered too much food! It's good Almy found it, otherwise it would have gone to waste. She stopped when someone walked over to her, a woman with nine fluffy tails and a pair of fluffy fox ears. She had certainly never seen anyone like this woman before. She tilted her head, curious as to who she was and where she had come from.

She asked if Almy should be walking around like 'that'. She wasn't sure what the woman meant. She felt fine, despite her appearance. The woman also mentioned that she was a mage and offered help. "Walking around like what?" Almy asked. Her voice was a bit muffled and speech somewhat garbled as she spoke with her jaw clenched, moving only her lips and tongue. "I'm a mage, too. I was hurt on a job with someone and they couldn't heal me then. If you have any healing magic, I suppose you could try to help." She responded.