Alexandra gazed up at the colosseum with a sick feeling growing in her stomach. She had arrived in Essyrn just that morning after a long journey through the desert. After dropping off her stuff in an inn, she decided to travel around the town a little. It was famed for its beauty and she had always wanted to visit it. Plus, Alexandra figured it was about time she should be allowed to rest somewhere for a while. After all, it was her eighteenth birthday.
But she knew what happened in the colosseums and did not approve of it. People forced to fight animals or even each other? It was horrible. If she had the money, she would have freed every single one of them. But she didn't, so Alexandra lowered her gaze and adjusted her cloak.
In a city such as this one, she knew there were bound to be bounty hunters. Her days of showing off her wings would be suspended until she left. So before she came to Essyrn, Alexandra had bought a big cloak. It would cover her bleached white hair and her giant folded dove wings. While people would definitely be able to tell she had something on her back, hopefully they wouldn't question her. Having wings wasn't a huge deal. Having pure white wings might be. After all, they were her own signature look. And if they found her... well, maybe she would end up in the colosseum as well.
Unsettled by her own thoughts, Alexandra hastily turned around... and ran straight into somebody. She rebounded and her hood fell off. Embarrassed, she quickly pulled her hood back over her hair and bowed without even looking at the person she ran into. "Sorry..." she mumbled, not sure what else to say.
