Finding your way in a brand new world (Rhiiiii!)

[Anonymous]

This world, this nameless land, it was different. Much more than she was used to. It wasn’t a bad thing, though she wished that she could be back in her own land. She had a job though. She was hunting. Some of her children, well, most of her children had decided to leave her, abandon her in a world of strange newness. That wouldn’t do at all for her. No. That was treason, for all she had done for them they suddenly believed they could just leave her where she was. Oh no, that wasn’t going to work at all for her.

It was time they remembered just who she was and how far her hand reached.

That is...

If she could ever find out where the hell they were. Their presences were too scattered for her. She had lost her godly powers, had to give them up so she could travel to new worlds. They were here though, but it was too muddy, too much fog in the way of her vision to see just where they had been. Imprints in the wind, scattered presences and such. She couldn’t tell which was Nexus, who might be Rift, or Vortex, and even Zenith felt weaker than normal. This was not good at all. Though she had descended to mortality many times, she would never become used to it. It was just much too unfamiliar for her.

It just wasn’t fair! They weren’t supposed to leave her.

With an irritable flick of her wrist, shooting the long rope like braid of hair from the front of her body the back the annoyed woman trekked across the streets of town. The name was unimportant to her, it was filled with sinners and do-gooders alike, but she could still smell the horrible taint of the sins that this place had been touched by. She almost seemed to walk around with a permanent wrinkled nose.  Those full brown eyes like sandy beige stared around at people as they walked by her. What, had they never seen a Goddess before? Simpletons!

The woman was an absolute beauty though. She looked young, no more than seventeen or so, but in all truth, she was timeless, her age could not be measured by mere numbers. She looked innocent, adorable, like you just wanted to keep her safe from the dangers, but in truth, she knew much more about the world than most should. Granted, a lot of her Godly knowledge had to be left behind, and she was left with barely a fraction of her true knowledge. She remembered bits and pieces though, hopefully enough to help her get through. The one thing she knew though...was that she had to be careful.

A lot of people were not what they were seemed to be, and she had to ensure that she was not lured by these false faces.

As she passed by a window she stopped to look at herself in the mirror. Hmph. Travellers clothes. How mundane. She wore a tunic of deep lavender, with an overly large belt around her waist, one that looked like it was made for a giant of a man, having to make new holes so she could wear it. Her brother Fenris thought it would be funny. At least he coordinated the colours a little bit. Her hands ran over her slim stomach, feeling the leather vest, frayed and old around the arm holes, the once proud silver buttons all but tarnished to a more bronze colour. She had to look normal. Her! Normal! At least she liked the pants. They were stretchy, like normal satin leggings but just a little less...revealing. She blushed at the thought of the first pair that she had seen.

That was one thing she had to get used to, she noted, as a hand touched her flushed cheeks. Blushing. Humility. Emotions were so new. One she had noted from some other women was jealousy. It was because of something she shouldn’t have been wearing.

One hand graced down to her neck, where a strange necklace was. It was golden string, woven about to look like a rope that was criss-crossed over her soft skin. There was a noose at the end of it with a small artistic eye in the centre of it, the pupil made of a strange sandy gem. It sparkled slightly even in this light.  Her bracelet was very similar to her necklace, well; it wasn’t a bracelet, more like an armlet. The entire thing travelled from her wrist upward to stop just before her elbow. From her earlobes hung a pair of earrings, and of course they matched the rest of her jewellery theme of being little nooses. Honestly, gold looked good against her strange skin; it was pale yet...tanned in a different light. She had an exotic yet familiar look to some people who looked upon her.

Feris didn’t understand that carrying all that gold on her so openly was a bad thing that travellers didn’t really look like this. More so travellers that carried an old large brown knapsack over her shoulders. She shifted, hefting it up again to try and distribute the weight properly. Nor did they wear a simple pair of reed thatched sandals either. She looked rich, yet poor, and then really odd. That was the way of the Lanrete though. All Gods wore simple thatched reed sandals. It did help show off her dainty feet though! Ah she did like her feet for some reason, she thought that besides her tiny hands they were her best feature. Not like she had the bosoms of some women in the towns.

Idly, she thought some resembled cows.

Though there were a few that had beauty that far surpassed her own, and she felt terrible envy.

Shoving that thought aside as she felt her jealousy grow once seeing a few women pass in soft silky looking clothes, she started trekking again onward. Food. She would have to eat, her stomach was starting to rumble, and that meant nourishment was needed. Okay. She could do this. She had some gold coins and stuff she had made before leaving Heiroth. Hopefully they would be enough. She found a cafe of sorts, a quaint little place that had an outside dining area. Taking a seat, remembering only barely to remove her knapsack and place it beside her, she sat down and waited.

Eventually someone came, and she ordered some pastries and a tall glass of fruit juice. Curse her Father, he had gotten her hooked on fruit juice, more so apple fruit juice. Apples mixed with strawberries were probably the best liquid sustenance she could ever ask for, and though she didn’t need to eat or drink when she was a Goddess, she still found herself drawn to it anyways.

Sometimes mortals had really good ideas!

Sometimes.

Her food arrived, and she looked at the woman who served her. “Um. How much do I owe?â€? Her voice was timid, quiet, but it was musical, though it didn’t hold too much courage. She wished she had gotten an idea of currency and economics before she left. Something to remember for next time she thought. “Two silver and a copper please.â€? The woman intoned right back with a friendly smile, trying to reassure the scared young woman. Feris quickly dug around her in small pouch of money. Silver. Right. It was like white shiny...and copper was brown shiny. Alright. Two white shiny and one brown shiny.  She quickly handed the money over to the woman who took it graciously and left Feris to eat in peace.
Finally!

She instantly started munching on the strange little cakes she had gotten. It tasted funny, not a bad funny, just funny. Though, she could feel her strength returning for that matter, and she felt something strange in her stomach...like there was something fluttering about inside. Well, it wasn’t bad, so this...coffee cake would have to be added to the list of delicious confections she could order again!

[Rhindeer]

Unfortunately for Feris, she had drawn some unwanted attention. After all, a weak, skittish woman was to a thief what a limping, bleeding gazelle was to a lion--or, in this case, a Gryphon, technically. Sachi smiled to herself as she watched the woman from a distance, silver eyes narrowed with interest and the tip of her tufted silver tail twitching as she studied her prey. Perfect.

Not that Sachi planned on snapping her up and eating her or anything. Yeah, maybe that analogy was a bit too...violent and messy. Nah, Sachi wasn't interested in her flesh! She was just interested in what was on her flesh, and that was a bunch of gold, expensive, shiny things. At least she assumed they were expensive; for all she knew, they could have just been painted gold, but they were still shiny and shiny was usually expensive. Besides, gold paint tended to crack and flake off after a while and Sachi couldn't see any signs of that.

It was a strange contrast, though, since the woman looked so young and her clothes were so at odds with her jewelry. While her clothes were simple, the jewelry was elaborate. Maybe she was a thief, too? No! No thief in their right mind would be stupid enough to wear jewelry like that, lest they be targeted by other thieves or by suspicious guards. Besides, a thief knew better than to act so...out of place. It didn't matter if you really were out of place, it didn't matter if you really did feel nervous, you still knew better than to act it! Instead, you bluffed. Always bluffed, always acted more confident than you actually were.

No, whatever this strange woman was, she was no thief and she was no noble--well, wait. Actually that might be more like it. Common as her clothes were, it would have made sense. A young noble girl run away from home? Maybe. And here she was, trying so hard to fit in and doing such a horrible job of it! Of course a sheltered noblewoman wouldn't know how to act among commoners, or that wearing her wealth on her sleeve was like pouring honey on her and running through a bear's cave. Ah. That made perfect sense.

She was alone, she didn't know what she was doing...she was the perfect target. And if she was a noble, she probably wasn't that great of a runner, either. Look at those shoes! She'd probably never seen a minute of labor.

Smiling softly, Sachi turned away from the bread some vendor had been selling--and that she'd been eyeing--and vanished into the throng of people, tailing the woman from a distance as she finally stopped looking at herself in a mirror and started heading off somewhere. Hmm...wonder what was in that bag, too? No matter, she'd get her chance soon enough! The trick was just keeping an eye on her and waiting until she got somewhere secluded. It would happen eventually, and Sachi was very, very patient. You had to be patient to be a good thief. It was when you got impatient that you got caught.

Finally the woman stopped at a cafe and sat in the outside dining area. Sachi pulled back and debated over whether to remain out of sight or to go and join the woman. There were pros and cons to both ideas. If she stayed back here she could quietly observe the woman and then go back to following her and waiting without the woman being any the wiser to her presense. On the other hand, if she joined the woman, she could strike up a conversation, be all friendly, win her trust, and then later...steal from her.

Sachi gave a little grimace and an irritated twitch of her tail before turning and heading over to visit some of the nearby sellers. No. That was never her style. She may be a thief, but she had never been needlessly cruel, and if she actually stopped to talk to that woman...no, if she did that, then she wouldn't be able to steal from her, not without feeling like the world's biggest asshole.

So, for the time being, Sachi contented herself with watching the woman from a distance while she laughed and chatted with a woman selling hairbrushes across the way--who seemed to simply adore her hair, which was silver and soft, with a strange sort of texture that was more fine and feathery than human hair. In fact, if one really looked closely, there were feathers mixed in with her hair.

They looked neat and all, but they really made brushing a pain in the butt. If one of those feathers got plucked out--ohh, that hurt. And it usually bled, too.

Which was why she kept her hair short and pulled back in a low ponytail. Less upkeep that way, just like the rest of her look, from her tight-fitting vest to her close fitting breeches, snugly fit yet not tight enough that she couldn't move, which were tucked into a pair of worn brown boots. She liked her clothes to fit her body--it came in handy in a chase, that way nothing got snagged on anything, and it gave a pursuer less to grab for, too.

Sachi's eyes occassionally flicked from the woman she was talking to back to the woman she was tracking. Hmm...seemed the woman was having some trouble with the bill. Heh. So she really was clueless! Excellent! And it looked like she was almost done...ah, she wished she'd hurry.

Right. Patience...

[Anonymous]

Now, in all fairness, Feris wasn't completely clueless. She knew a great many of things, just sadly, she had very little experience when it came to things of this nature. Commerce and economy were her twin's point of study. Not that Fenris was really a twin. She was petite, while Fenris was gigantic and well...crazed in the head. If only Fenris knew how to travel between realms, he might actually find his Avatar. No matter though. She was here to find her lost children and bring them back to her world. They weren't going to get away without a really...really long fight. One that involved yelling, screaming, and a whole lot of foot stomping.

Feris only wished she could appear in her natural form. Beautiful, tall, elegant, b ut she had to use this form, leaving an infinite amount of power behind in Heiroth while she traversed the scary nexus of worlds, following her father who inevitably would have found Nexus.

Her father was always good that way too.

With her cake done and her drink having disappeared quickly, Feris felt a great new energy within her. Oh what should she do now?! She could go shopping! There were lots of people shopping, shopping for all sorts of things, vendors were everywhere and she wanted to pick up new souvenirs for Fenris back home and...Woah. Head rush. Feris had jumped to her feet, her back being slung about her shoulder with this new spark within her for exploring, but she had gotten up just a little too fast. Maybe she should take a few deep breaths. Yes. Then she started off, leaving the little cafe there as she went to browse the market place.

It took all day for her to inspect EVERYTHING. She even chatted with a few people, trying to get some sort of small talk going. She knew she should be polite of course, as that was very good. She even beamed at the order that the marketplace displayed. Absolutely perfect. Feris didn't even notice that the sun was slowly setting, finding herself in a small park on a bench to rest her feet. Slowly Feris slipped her sandals off, wiggling her toes as she put them onto the cool grass. She would need to sleep soon wouldn't she? Probably would need some more food too...Hrm. Where did one sleep again? A bed yes but...she didn't have a house.

Feris stood up and was about to walk off when she remembered her shoes! Oh she couldn't leave those behind, they were special shoes! They were really comfy and they kept her feet from getting wet or dirty. Slipping the reed sandals back on, she nervously ran a hand down the intricate bracelet, looking about. Um.

Darn.

She didn't know where to go. "Oh Father if only you were here, you had much more experience with these mortal worlds." This is why she should have paid more attention to the world below her instead of focusing on things like crime and chaos. It just...darn it. She really had to find a place to go! She couldn't sleep outside, she knew of what dangers might happen to her! There were bad people out here who wanted to bad things to her. That's when Feris took off at a very hurried pace. She needed...she needed to find...somewhere.

She didn't even realize the bad things that could happen when she cut through alleyways, she just wanted to find a safe place that she could eat and sleep. There were many houses, all of them looked similar, and shops that were closed, but places that reeked of alcohol were still open. Her mind reeled as he tried to get a grasp on the situation at hand. Alright, time to try one of these foul smelling places then! Maybe someone inside could help her.

So she went inside.

It was a relatively nice looking place, the floor and tables seemed clean, though the lighting could have been brighter. What did her father used to call this? Ambient lighting or something? Soft, just enough to give off enough light, but not too much. She couldn't quite remember it all, but right now it didn't matter. She headed for the first person that seemed respectable enough, a young man sitting at a table with some people. They seemed a little drunk, buzzed perhaps, and they were all very loud.

"Um. Hi there. Can you help me perhaps?" Feris asked as she looked between the four men sitting at the table. "Sure we can, have a seat." One of them patted his lap and she blinked a few times. He expected her to sit on his lap, like...like...um...one of those furry little creatures that made the cute sounds? That wasn't very logical..."No, I just need some information." She was getting a little flustered, cause every time she tried to get her question off, the young men just seemed to have an answer. "Well, I'm Talz, this is Let, Topper, and Geln. You gotta a name we can call you?" They had weird looks in their eyes, like they were hungry in a way. How odd, they should probably order some food of some sort.

"My name is Feris Lanrete," She responded automatically, remembering her manners. "I just need to know where I can go to sleep." The men all gave a knowing grin as Talz spoke again. "Well you can come sleep with me honey, I wouldn't mind at all." Once more, that just flew over Feris's head as she just looked to her money pouch. "I haven't got much money, is it expensive to rent a room at your establishment?" Talz just kept that same lewd grin on his face. "If you can't pay with money, I'm sure you can pay with something else. I wouldn't mind finding another way." Then he reached over and he actually pinched her! That man pinched her bottom! She gave a surprised yelp, slapping his hand away as a very deep blush burned on her face. How...how rude! He wanted to have...um...

Relations.

Yes. That's it. He wanted to have relations with her! She only just met him! Besides, he looked seedy, and kinda like a bit of a spoiled law breaker. She hated those. Shamefaced, Feris quickly retreated from the bar, getting a few catcalls from the table of young men she was just at. How horrible! So obscene and rude! Feris slumped against the side of the bar, away from the door in case those young men came looking. She gave a soft groan as she tried to figure out where to go. There had to be some place that let people sleep for some money...

Not giving up this easily, she pushed off from the wall, and with a huff she started to walk again, heading down the dimly lit road. Hm. Maybe she could find one of those men in armour...they seemed to be very official. Guards...right...they were guards. They guarded the city. It made sense. They were also very law abiding if she remembered correctly, they had to upload the laws of the city and such. Good! Very very good! They would be perfect to help.

Now. Where to find one. The dimly lit road, only lit by some large torches, wasn't very...inviting, and she just slowed down, trying to listen for anything in particular. Like the clanking of armour. Hearing nothing of that sort, she just...continued to walk. She must have looked like a theif's dream. A young woman, innocent, naive, and loaded down with golden jewellery all over her walking down a dim road. Oh yes. Must have been like seeing heaven itself.

[Rhindeer]

If there was one thing Sachi hadn't counted on, it was for the woman to proceed to lead her on some sort of wild goose chase.

Ah, she should have known that plans like this were always more simplistic in theory than in reality.

Thus, Sachi found herself tailing the woman for the entirety of the day, following her all over the whole bloody town as the woman inspected everything and talked to a few random people. Jeez! Sachi really hadn't expected the woman to have so much energy--didn't noblewomen just sit on their hineys all day drinking tea and nibbling finger-sandwiches?! Maybe she'd really underestimated the woman. Maybe she really did know what she was doing and all that timidness was just an act. Maybe she wore her jewelry out there in the open because she felt that, if she was attacked, she had the means to defend herself.

Maybe she wasn't all that she seemed.

Or maybe she was just a pain in the butt, Sachi thought as she rested against the side of a building to catch her breath, watching from a distance behind the woman, who was resting on a park bench. The sun was starting to set which meant she'd been following the woman all day, and boy, she'd be lying if she said the woman hadn't given her a run for her non-existent money. It was pretty tricky to follow someone for so long without tipping them off that they were being followed--or tipping off other people as to what she was up to. It was all about acting natural and casual, just another sheep in the flock.

Flexing her toes inside her boots, she realized that she really wished she could be doing what the woman was doing now because her feet sure were sore. Her tail, too. Poor thing had gotten stepped on once or twice today, how she wasn't quite sure. All she'd registered was that it hurt. That was the downside of that thing. Always getting pulled on by kids, shut in doors, or stepped on. Wincing, Sachi massaged her bruised tail gently, straightening out the bent silver hairs. Poor, abused thing--oop! She was moving!

She waited patiently until the woman was nearly out of sight before she pushed off from the wall, stretched her arms over her head and arched her back until it gave a pleasant pop, and, with a yawn, she headed off after the woman at a slow, easy pace. Nope. She wasn't following her at all, uh uh. Meandering here and there and rubbing at her eyes, keeping well camouflaged against the few people that were still out at this time (or as well camouflaged as someone with silver hair and a lion's tail could do) she only watched where the woman was going out of the corner of her vision. Ah, if only there were less people! Now the woman finally seemed less...energetic. She seemed lost and unsure again, not all excited like before, and it was starting to get dark. If they were in a more secluded part of town she could have had her shinies by now!

Part of Sachi wondered if she should just give up. Her stomach was starting to growl--she hadn't dared to try and swipe any food, not wanting anything to go wrong--and so far she'd had no luck. The girl had evaded her all day and while she looked a pretty prize she knew that she'd probably passed up a lot of other good targets since she'd been so set on this one. But she couldn't give up now! She'd come so far and...just great. The girl was heading, much to her disappointment, for a tavern. Oh no...she went in there and Sachi would never be able to get at her!

So maybe she was a smart girl...sticking to populated areas, turning in quickly at dusk...sigh.

Indeed, the woman vanished inside the tavern and, for a few moments, Sachi just stared across the street in disappointment at the closed door. All that for nothing. She'd just wasted a whole day for nothing.

Yay.

Well...you win some and you lose some, Sachi thought in an effort to push away the disappointment. No point in loitering now. She was hungry so...eh...guess she should take care of that. Straightening her back, she turned her back to the tavern, ready to cut through a nearby alley, but that was when a sound reached her sensitive ears.

The sound of a door opening and shutting.

Hopeful but not expecting much, she glanced over her shoulder toward the tavern--and saw the woman, leaning against the door and looking none too happy.

And she was alone.

And it was now sufficiently dark, the streets rather empty. Perhaps the woman didn't know what she was doing after all.

It became obvious that she really didn't have a clue when the woman headed away from the well-lit tavern and down a--Sachi couldn't have planned it better!--dark road that was only lit by some meager torches, and after letting the woman get a good head start, Sachi stole off after her down the road.

She couldn't just jump her right away, not while they were still close to the tavern.

No, it wasn't until a good five or ten minutes down the road that she finally decided to act, hazarding that they'd be far enough away by now that no one would hear anything on this deserted road.

Hah, that sounded so ominous. A lot more ominous than what Sachi actually planned.

Picking up her pace a bit, just enough that she'd eventually overtake the woman, she kept her posture casual. Just another woman walking the narrow, dark road at night. Nothing unusual about her at all, though her hand did loosen the dagger at her belt. All the woman's jewelry would be hard to remove by the old "bump and swipe" tactic. The bracelet seemed too tight fitting to slip it off without her noticing, and the necklace would be too obvious. Which left only one option--to be obvious, and that's where the dagger came in. Ugh. It was such a crude method, intimidating someone, and she rather hated it. But hey, that was gold! And she wasn't actually going to hurt the girl.

Just rob her.

Ahem.

It wasn't long before she caught up to the woman, and once she did she threw subtlety to the wind. Picking up her pace, she reached out with one hand to tap the girl on the shoulder to get her attention before stepping around to her front, smiling a little. She probably didn't look very intimidating. Just a young girl, no more than nineteen or twenty, average in height...and with a cute lion's tail that swayed behind her like a cat's.

"Hiya! Sorry if I scared ya, didn't mean to, but I was wondering if you could help me with something?" she asked, tilting her head to the side and hooking her thumbs in her belt. Her eyes, well suited for the night, scanned the area quickly while her ears strained to pick up the sounds of any unwanted visitors. But the street was just as deserted as ever, the area around them silent. "See, I just sorta need, well--all your jewelry," she said casually as, with a metallic hiss, she drew her dagger from her belt and pointed the blade at the girl's chest.

"So take it off, now, and hand it over! I won't hurt ya if you do, so hurry it up!" she ordered firmly, eyes narrowed and voice low in a very no nonsense tone. "Quickly now! And don't even think about running or screaming. Do that and I'll just assume ya don't need your toes or your tongue, and then I'll just help myself to your stuff and...well...guess you'd be stuck out here until someone found you," she added, motioning pointedly with the dagger.

Man, this tactic always sucked, and Sachi felt awful acting all mean--it just wasn't really in her nature, though she could pretend--but hey, she had to eat too, right? And she'd really only be doing this noble girl a favor! Teach her about the dangers of walking alone at night and wearing her jewelry in plain sight! Yeah! Better she do it than some creepy man that'd like...mug her and beat her up and rape her and murder her.

Yeah. This was for her own good! It'd keep her from getting mugged and beat up and raped and murdered in the future!

[Anonymous]

If Feris had known someone was following her around the town, she wouldn't have done all this running around.

She probably would have talked to the person who was following her around.

So now it was just an ordinary day. People looked at her strange once in a while, but she wasn't actually that concerned at this point either. People always looked at her. It was just the same old thing for her. She was enjoying shopping though! There were some neat items for sale, and some very neat shirts and stuff. It was actually quite amusing to see what these people could make. She wished she could make some of the things people could make...but this wasn't her speciality. She had other skills and what not! Oh yes!

Maybe not many she could use here of course but...

She could try!

If only Feris realized sometimes what people were whispering about was the strange woman behind her, with silver hair a little puff ball of a tail. Feris was just too self-centred to really listen. All she did was preen her hair and fix it once in a while, thinking they were only talking about her. How was she to know they would talk about something else! Hmph! How dare they.

It wasn't even like Feris was doing much to try and evade someone. She was just wandering about. There was no rhyme or method to how she was moving around the city...She was just going around, trying to figure out something o do. But then...the day was getting on and she wasn't too sure of what was going to happen here.

The world was a scary...scary place at night. That's when her brother ruled. Darkness...suffering...So much hurt. But she brightened up when she just remembered something. She wasn't on Heiroth anymore! Hah! Her brother wasn't here to be evil at night!

Freedom!

The tavern was a mistake for that matter...There was too many lechours and perverts that wanted to do...stuff to her. Bad stuff. Stuff that involved...things. Bad thoughts, think other things, not those things. They were bad things and would never happen! Not ever!

Outside the tavern she felt safer, even though she didn't realize the bad things that could happen outside as well. Those thoughts just didn't click with her, so she walked on. It was nice out, dark though, and she tried not to get scared by all this. Terrin wasn't here, Terrin couldn't hurt her...things were okay. Yeah.

Something happened though. There was...there was a tapping at her shoulder. Feris gave a start, yelping quietly as she looked to the girl who walked around her, smiling all the while. Oh. Thank her Father. It was just a young girl with...a lion tail. That was odd. Cute though! It looked adorable! And she had silver hair! Ohs he was adorable! Feris was about to hug the girl too before something happened, she was talking. "Sure, I can help you I think. Unless it's directions, I can't help you there." She was new in town, so she hadn't a clue where to...ah?! A knife? She wanted what? Her jewelry?"

Feris looked down to her necklace, her bracelet, and then raised both hands to her earrings. Why would she want them? That wasn't very nice of her! They were hers, not to this theif! Ah!

That's when the old training kicked in. A sinner. A thief. Oh no. That wasn't good at all. This all was...going to be fun. Thieves would not be tolerated. Hm. Maybe she should play this one smoother than simply denouncing who she was, and then whipping the spit out of the thief. She calmed herself, though her strange pure sandy eyes just flashed as she pulled at the bracelet.

"Why do you want my stuff? Do you not have your own? Can I have your tail then? I don't think it would be fair to give you my bracelet for free. I would need something in return. I mean, these were made by my Father, and he would be displeased to know that I just gave them away for no reason..." Then Feris smiled brightly as she suddenly took one of her earrings, the one from her left ear and grinned big. "I know! Here! Put this in your right ear alright? Hum. We need something for your tail though. Oh! I know!" She took her other earring from her ear and suddenly began to remold it into something else. "Okay! Now put this around that adorably fuzzy tail of yours, just at the base of that fuzzy little ball of it 'kay?" Indeed, it was a ring of some sort made from the noose earring.

It was hard to say what tactic she was using her, confusion most likely. Maybe this sinner had a reason actually...and besides, if she did this, probably the woman wouldn't be able to sell the items. After all, how could anyone sell a gift from such a cheery and bubble person. "Though, I think that's the only thing that'll make you look good Miss Thief. The bracelet and the necklace just don't work for you." Feris said as she closed one eye, trying to see just how she would look with all the new items.

"Oh! My name is Feris! Feris Lanrete!"

[Rhindeer]

Of all the things Sachi expected to happen, this wasn't one of them.

It all happened so fast, and all she could do was gape at the woman. Instead of running, yelling, or doing any number of things that Sachi had expected her to do, instead she asked her for her <I>tail? Sachi blinked several times, twitched her tail closer to her body, and without even realizing it she even lowered the knife until it was angled more toward the ground instead of at the woman. What? Er...this woman did realize she was being robbed and that Sachi wasn't asking for her things, didn't she? Yet still Sachi was speechless, stunned by this strange turn of events, and she automatically reached out to accept the earring as it was offered to her. She didn't put it in her ear, though; her ears weren't pierced. Instead, she just held it in her free hand, glanced down at it as though wondering how the hell it had ended up there, and then looked back to the woman.

...Okay. What just happened?

As the woman grinned merrily, Sachi finally remembered to close her mouth before a bug flew into it or something, then she discreetly cleared her throat and pocketed the earring. Well. That was unexpected, but okay. If the woman just wanted to give her the jewelry, that was fine by her she supposed even though it wasn't exactly supposed to happen this way, but hey, who was she to complain? Either she was just really lucky this night or this was just seriously a sign that she was not cut out for armed robbery--what?

Then the next thing she knew and the woman had taken out her other earring, reformed it somehow, and was offering that to her as well. For her tail. Once again, for lack of knowing what else to do, Sachi took the jewelry and stared down at it. For her tail? Well...that was kinda cute...her lips twitched into a small smile as her tail whipped around to her front so she could slip the ring on. "Um, 'kay..." she agreed, threading her tail through the loop. Well, wow, this was actually kind of neat! And she'd never thought about putting stuff on her tail. That was actually a oretty nifty idea, and the gold really did look god against the silver. Huh! This must have been her lucky day or something! Seriously, to actually be given things? This had to be a first, and she wasn't complaining!

"You really think this looks good?" she asked absently when she was done, releasing her tail so it could wave behind her, almost wagging. She couldn't help it, the girl was so...perky, and Sachi had always found such attitudes contageous. "I gotta say I never thought about decorating my tail...oh, yeah, I'm Sachi by the way, Sachi Ayr--hey, wait! Stop that! I'm trying to rob you!" she suddenly exclaimed, snapping back to herself, the slightly dazed, happy expression leaving, replaced by a sharper look. She once again raised her dagger and pointed it back at the woman, frowning and narrowing her eyes. She was really trying her best to look threatening, but if anything she just looked miffed and a little pouty.

"You're not supposed to do that! You're not supposed to be giving me beauty tips right now! This is a hold up! I got a dagger! So gimme your stuff, all of it! Really, I'm not playing around here. Hand it over or I'm taking it! You don't have a choice, this isn't a game!" Then she paused, blinking, and the knife lowered a few increments again. She tilted her head and raised an eyebrow. "...You do know what a hold up is, right? You do know knives can go all stabby on ya, right? You're...um...supposed to be scared and stuff..." she finished lamely, glad for the darkness as she felt her face heat up.

Dear Gods. She was really botching this, wasn't she?

[Anonymous]

Feris wanted things to be different, to show her true powers but...in actuality...she didn't HAVE true powers here. Just a few things that she could do...and that was really about it. There were no true powers for her to use...so she would have to be careful.

She needed to make sure she didn't reveal herself without it being a worthy cause.

This woman was not a worthy cause.

She was adorable though.

Hm, though she did vaguely notice that Sachi didn't HAVE pierced ears, she could always fix that later. Her father disapproved of her getting her ears pierced, and she talked about getting other places on her pierced...but well her father said one thing to her about that. "Unless you plan on showing them to everyone, you will not get it pierced." That stopped her from getting her naval, tongue, and other...areas on her pierced. She was not about to walk around the world topless, not on her life! More so with her subjects being who they were, they might try to take advantage of her and what not. That just wasn't going to work now was it?

"Now we'll have to get your ears pierced here soon so you can wear it, then you'll look just perfect." Feris really wanted her to wear it and see her with some of the jewelry Not the bracelet perhaps, nor her necklace. Oh no she'd have to kill her before she gave that up and it wasn't going to happen. Not in a million years at this point. These were HER pieces of beautiful golden jewelry, and it'd probably be a lot to get them made here.

Feris waited as the woman slowly looped her tail through the golden loop and she smiled happily, clapping her hands together. "There we go! See how good it looks? It contrasts well and plus your tail is fluffy after all so it looks like it's trying to control it. Almost like the golden band is furry. Oh now that would be neat...a furry band..." Feris gave a tap of her chin with her index finger before shrugging that feeling off. "Absolutely! It looks rather distinguished if you ask me." At least the woman was starting to cheer up for some reason. Maybe no one had ever been this nice to her after all. That was fine, she seemed nice really. Feris could see she wasn't really that bad of a sinner...just her path wasn't following the light all that much.

"Well Sachi I'm really pleased to meet-" Feris blinked as the dagger was raised once more and her eye was a bit sharper now. Uh oh. Though...she didn't seem that dangerous she just seemed more...well she seemed a bit pouty actually. Aw! She was so damn adorable! She tried to seem threatening really but she just came off as a little girl who wanted to seem tough and...that wasn't it.

"Oooh look at me! I've got a little dagger! I'm big and bad and scary!" Feris stepped back, pretending to be in fear with her arms up in the air. "Oh whatever shall I do? I'm being robbed!" And then she started to giggle quietly and shaking her head. "You're not scary Sachi...I'm sorry but...the things I've seen...My father created an entire realm, shaped the worlds themselves., created all the good, all the bad, all the good and evil...And besides, my Agents of Justice have done things and seen things far more terrible than you can imagine. Rift once incited Genocide to fix a False Wrong on the Isles of Kallin on the Planet Tiez. Not the proudest moment of course for us but...he meant well I hope. Now." Feris turned her vision upon Sachi, suddenly there was this new power behind her eyes as they glowed brighter, leaking strange streams of what appeared to be a strange sandy magic. It was Order, pure and true from inside of her. "You can either come with me to find a place that I can get perhaps a place to sleep and drink, my treat if you want to come with me, or you can put your knife way and step aside."

As adorable as Sachi was, Feris was in a hurry. She was tired, she was getting to be cranky, a little hungry and dirty as well. She was alone and such so...she was scared of this world.

That's when Feris bristled passed Sachi but then stopped and turned to look at Sachi, her eyes had stopped their glowing. "Well? Are you coming? You've got to show me where I can sleep without being molested by a drunk noble. Hmph. Touch me will he. If my Agents were here they could show him a night of obedience."

[Rhindeer]

Sachi's vision blurred as her eyes crossed. This woman, she was...she was making fun of her! She didn't need to start giggling for Sachi to figure it out, and the horrible thing about it was that there really wasn't anything she could do about it. The knife was there for show, not to actually be used. After all, she did have a conscience and boundaries, and physically hurting someone definitely crossed that boundary. Still she held the dagger steady, though as the woman openly mocked her she began to wonder if maybe she should just tuck tail and split with what jewelry she already had.

Because ineffective or not, the woman had still given her two very golden pieces of jewelry! They could probably fetch a good price.

Maybe the woman just wasn't all right in the head. That seemed like an even better explanation as she started to talk about...her father and realms and good and evil and how he'd made a world and genocide and...oookay. Slowly, blinking in confusion, Sachi lowered the dagger again and tapped the flat side of the blade against the side of her thigh absently, frowning. Agents? Planets? Well, Sachi had an overactive imagination and all but that was just a little too overactive.

That was actually a little creepy. When she got overactive with her imagination she didn't think of genocide and stuff. She thought of nice things!

In any case, Sachi's gig was up, the woman clearly wasn't convinced, and utterly embarrassing as it was to be so completely defeated and even mocked by her own "victim", Sachi did her best to stay calm and save face.

"Uh huh..." was all Sachi said as Feris went on, smiling and nodding slowly and finally lifting the dagger again--but only so she could slide it back into its sheath at her hip. Feris was probably just trying to bluff, and if so, she was as bad at bluffing as Sachi was at intimidation. Yet she'd watched her all that day and she seemed perfectly harmless and normal. Just naive. Far too naive to have seen any of the things she was talking about. Sachi took a small step backwards and pulled her tail in close to her body, then reached around behind her to slip the little ring off so she could stick that in her pocket as well. "That's really nice, lady," Sachi said, still smiling that patronizing smile. "I'm sure your father did do all that! I'm sure you're really a goddess, too, and the princess of Adela! And that you have a pet dragon that's pink and breathes candy floss. That's awesome. But--"

That was when the woman's eyes glowed, making Sachi pause and stare, a chill coursing through her. Either that was the reflection of the light, or--no, it couldn't be that. The moon wasn't full and the sky wasn't clear, there was hardly enough light for that. Which meant...

She likely wasn't human.

Then again, Sachi wasn't either, but still, the fact that she didn't know what kind of non-human she was...that was unnerving. And the fact that she mocked Sachi like that...either she was very naive, very confident, Sachi was just that horribly unconvincing, or the woman was insane.

Sachi still wasn't taking any chances. The request was harmless enough, even humorous all things considered, but it was too risky. She'd just stolen from her! Er, kind of. Held her up at knife point, even! Kind of. If she showed her to a tavern, the woman might turn her in, and Sachi had committed enough petty crimes and she really wasn't itching to go to prison again. Besides, help her? What was in it for her? She had the gold already!

She didn't even wait for Feris to continue speaking. As the woman bristled past, Sachi literally turned tail and took off running down the road in the opposite direction. "Hah, no thanks! Good luck!" she called behind her.

So her intimidation tactics had been put to shame. She still had the gold, though, and it had been pretty much given to her! She could deal with a little humiliation if she got paid for it.

[Anonymous]

Sachi didn't really seem all that pleased by Feris openly mocking her for that matter. Not that Feris really minded of course, this woman was just...well she was small, adorable...threatening perhaps but still...she was adorable for that matter! At least the woman didn't see like she intended to really to stab her or do anything. That was just really nice of her! After all, the woman could just perforate her at this time and be done with it. Of course that might not kill Feris, but it would weaken her considerably and cause her to be in a sort of coma for a little while. She had to rest if she was injured and hope the power within her was enough to heal her. If it wasn't she would end up losing the bonds that held her conscience to the physical world.

She didn't much like having to come all the way back here from Heiroth.

"What? Don't look at me like I'm crazy." Feris told her, her tone was that of a mother, a commanding voice that had that 'I know better than you so don't question me' to it. These mortals were such silly creatures who were always so...well...funny. They sometimes had to be told what to do, because they really didn't know better. Of course, she could tell them what to do, but only when she needed to, like in this instance.

Feris watched as Sachi put the dagger away, and finally she sighed in relief. Alright, that was good. She really wouldn't stab her then, would she? She blinked though, tilting her head to the side. "Princess of Adela? Pet dragon? Candy floss?" These were just silly things really. But after her eyes lit up and she stared at the woman in question, things turned around just a little bit. Fear of the Deities was the first path to knowledge. Heh. It was good now, things were slowly going to be better for her! If she could get Sachi to join her, she would finally have a guide for this world. That's what she really needed. This world was way too confusing and strange. Sachi did seem to want gold, maybe she could bribe her with that?

She'd have to figure out some way to get the woman on her side.

Seduction was out of the question, forcing her to join using godly powers was also not an option, intimidation could probably work, but bribery seemed like a rather harmless action actually.

For a moment, Feris was actually pretty confident that the woman was going to join her now, she seemed like it was actually going to happen. No bribery really needed! Being friendly and positive was great then, it really had people going then didn't it? Excellent! Of course that was the moment that suddenly the woman was off and running. Oh those silly people.

There was still a part of her that she remembered clearly. Training with a certain object. A lasso. Well. Lasso was a nice word. More like a noose. She forged it in her hands faster than the eyes could see, a large golden rope, perfect for grabbing people. People who were running were perfect, for when they ran, the inertia would cause the rope to tighten. The noose was like a whip, propelled by magic and force, it found something to grab onto, a certain running body. The rope went taught as Feris buckled down, her feet changing position and her legs going taught. For Sachi, it would be like just hitting a brick wall.

When Sachi was down, that's when she started pulling her back toward her with a small laugh. When she was finally there, she kneeled down beside her and stared at her pleasantly.

"On second thought Sachi, I don't think I'm gonna actually ask you. You're gonna come with me, and if you do, this golden rope, will be all yours. Do to whatever with. It's pure gold that cannot break. Sure...it can melt...but it will never break, no matter what it is made into." She whispered to her before she stood up, helping Sachi up as well but keeping the rope tied about her.

"I don't care about what you've done, I'm not here for justice. I'm here to find my three...men. They're very special to me, and they're lost here, and I'm lost here. I need a guide. I can protect you, and make you gold...so please...could you just...could you please help me?" Alright, when she needed something from her father, she just turned on the pitiful act. Hopefully it would work with Sachi. Her eyes were wide, pleading, she seemed more demure and almost...helpless. She had no idea if it worked on women, but men usually did what she wanted.

Like Nexus, Vortex, and even Rift. Though...

Rift always had that glint in his eyes.

She was pretty sure if she was human, he would do bad things to her.   Sometimes she wondered if she went the right way with that man. Nexus and Vortex were a little easier to control. Nexus had his rage, she could use that, Vortex was just a puppy who liked his pain, and Rift...he was a different story. The things that motivated him were lust, pain, desire to hurt, intent to kill...monsters had their own strange wants and needs, she really didn't want to focus on them. She would look for Rift last...if she needed him at all.

[Rhindeer]

It was exactly like hitting a brick wall. Except this brick wall only hit her in the gut.

All the air left Sachi's lungs in a loud whoosh as the rope connected and tightened, and she was yanked off her feet from the force of her sudden halt to land hard on her rear--and, unfortunately, her tail. She couldn't yelp in pain, though, because to yelp you needed to have air, and for the moment she was left gasping and coughing as though she'd just been punched in the stomach--which wouldn't be the first time, either. But before she could come to terms with what had just happened, or properly catch her breath, she felt herself being dragged backwards and she gasped and flailed a little until she stopped again.

That was when the woman came and kneeled beside her, and Sachi frowned up at her, red in the face--though in the darkness it was probably hard to see--and still obviously winded, and she didn't look too pleased about it, either.

"That hurt!" she exclaimed grumpily, folding her arms over her sore stomach, her tail curled limply next to her leg, the pretty silver fur looking rather disheveled and dirty now. Ow. It was all bruised, too! Then she promptly gave a start, brough back to herself when the woman said she was coming with her. For a split second, there was a moment of panic. This woman was strong. Was she going to turn her in to authorities?!

That though flew straight out of her head, though, at what the woman said next.

"Gold...?" she repeated as her eyes slowly travelled down from the woman's face to study the rope that was currentlt fastened around her middle. The rope...was golden? Pure gold? GOLD? Her silver eyes widened when she noticed for the first time that it glinted in the meager light in a way that no ordinary rope should. That would also explain why it had hit so hard! Sure, a normal rope would have hurt, too, and she was pretty surprised she didn't have whiplash from that, but...it probably wouldn't have felt quite so much like a punch in the gut.

"Really?! Are ya for real, or are you just fibbing? I really get to keep this if I help you? This is really real gold? And you're not gonna turn me in?" she asked, even as the woman helped her to her feet and she repressed a wince. Ow her butt hurt. And her stomach. And her poor, poor tail. She gave the appendage a small swish, testing it out to make sure it still worked and wasn't all crushed, and then she brushed off her dusty bottom. The fact that the rope was still around her was a little unsettling, but it was also gold! Pure gold! And it was touching her! With a small grin, she reached a hand up to stroke the rope rather lovingly.

Goooold...

All her little bruises no longer seemed to hurt anymore, and for now she didn't even really care if the women was going to turn her in. She was literally wrapped up with gold! It was kind of like a dream come true.

She was snapped out of her happy thoughts when the woman kept talking, and she gave her head a shake to clear her head. "Huh? Oh! Your men? Sure, sure, I'll help ya!" Sachi chimed, smiling genuinely now. She'd make her more, too? Never mind that pitiful look and voice. The gold was incentive enough! "Oh man, lady, if you're for real I'll give you a freakin' guided tour of this whole world! Yeah, yeah, I'll help you! Um, who're ya looking for, who're your men?"

Sure she seemed a few peas short of a pod, but if she was going to reward her this handsomely...oh, she'd let the woman believe she was Goddess!

[Anonymous]

At least she wasn't trying to struggle and plea for her life. That was always most annoying really. Of course, the woman didn't seem to really have the breath to fight or say anything bad against her at this time. Though, she did look like she had gone down pretty hard, and on her tail which probably hurt too. After all, that was an extra appendage that worked and moved and swished and looked so darn adorable. Anything that was adorable usually felt pain.

Of course she was stronger than Sachi, she was a goddess!

In...a way.

She had the light of judgement filling her, giving her strength, giving her the power to be superhuman. It also gave her some unique abilities, though she could not give herself all the powers that her goddess hood could give her. Instead...she had to select the few powers and abilities that she could take with her. The rope making ability had probably been the handiest so far.

"Sorry, but you ran. Running always annoys me. Besides, it could be worse! I could have wrapped it around your neck. I think the force of you running and me pulling woulda snapped your neck in two. So cheer up!" She started to help brush off Sachi calmly, as if this was common place. In truth, Feris had no intention of turning her in, there was no real point to it. In her world, she was the Law and Justice, she was Order, and so, any of the court systems here were completely useless to her, and could never stand up to her own judgement. Besides, criminals could redeem themselves, and if this Sachi was actually willing to help her...she could look past her troubled times of thievery. She couldn't grant forgiveness though.

No.

Her father taught her well when it came to forgiveness. Sins could not be absolved until a person realized what a sin was, and they forgave themselves in the term of the sin.

"Yes. Gold. Lots of gold. I can give you much gold if that is your wish." Mortals were so infatuated with monetary compensation. It always intrigued her really. A community could get along without such things, they could really get along without a bartering system but...for some reason they just...ignored that and use monetary systems. They were odd beings really.

"Yes. I am for real. I'm standing right in front of you aren't I?" Feris asked with an indignant sniff. How could she be not real? "I'm not going to turn you in to some mortal authority system. You have the Goddess of Justice and Order before you, anything they say would be an unfair judgement unto you." Maybe she was just a little...wrapped up in her own self importance, even on a world where she wasn't a goddess.

Feris unwrapped the gold from Sachi and attached it under her jacket, hiding it from sight. She knew if she carried THAT much gold with her, well...people would be all over her, and she really couldn't have that. She couldn't fight off armies or quick strike attacks, she'd end up dead.

"I'm glad you've decided to help me." The woman seemed sincere, this was good. If she wasn't, she would be ended. "My men...they are called Nexus, Vortex, and Rift. Nexus is a tall man with a brown fedora, brown pants, and a brown jacket usually...he is very scarred, most notable is the one along his eye...that reminds me. He has no pupils or iris, they are instead black nooses. Vortex has...erm...I'm not sure how to call it but...it's a wide brimmed hat at the sides, like a fedora, but the brim curves upward at the sides too. His eyes have a feather silhouette...Rift has hourglass silhouettes...they all have chestnut brown hair...scarred...tanned skin...Nexus is called the Thread master, Rift is the Sadistmancer, and Vortex is the particle mage. They are my Agents of Order...and they left me to move to new worlds..." Feris sounded distant as she got near the end. It hurt her to talk about. They had...

They had left her. Ran away from her.

"I have been told they are in this realm, so I must find them...but I am lost here...I don't my way around it...so I will need a guide, which is where you come in apparently. Now, let's go find an Inn to stay at. Take me to one where I won't get groped by drunken men. I hate being groped."

[Rhindeer]

Sachi couldn't help but give a little snicker at the Goddess of Justice and Order bit, but she clamped her teeth down and willed herself to silence. She'd met some loonies before with delusions of grandieur and all, but this was just ridiculous. Still, bring on the gold and she'd go along with pretty much anything.

For the time being. She didn't honestly plan on leading the woman on a guided tour of the world because hey, believe it or not but Sachi actually had a life! It was a bit disappointing to see the gold rope go, though, and Sachi looked after it longingly as it was hidden under the woman's jacket. Heh. At least she knew where it was hidden, though. That could come in handy.

While the woman described the people she was looking for, Sachi listened--and repressed a snort. Oh, jeez, did she know how many people fit those descriptions? There were a bajillion people with chesnut hair, scars, funky hats and that liked the color brown. Plus the way she described them it was like she expected them to never change their clothes. Hoo boy. Was she serious? She scratched the back of her head, one eyebrow raised at the woman who clearly had no idea what she was doing or how many people were in this big, beautiful world of theirs--much less in Ketra itself. It wasn't exactly a small city!

About the only thing Feris described that could distinguish the men were their eyes. That wouldn't really help much on a crowded street in bad lighting. Eyes weren't exactly the first thing you saw when looking at someone from a distance, and that wouldn't really help much if they were standing at an angle where seeing their eyes was impossible. Even then, how the hell were you supposed to make out tiny shapes from a distance? They'd probably just look like they had beady black eyes unless you were to peer at them up close...unless Feris expected to go running up to every man with brown hair and funny hats...

Sachi tilted her head and gave a bright smile. "Alright, neat! That helps a lot!" she said with a nod. "I'll keep all that in mind. Now about that inn. Uhm, well, lady it's pretty obvious you don't get out much, eh? 'Cause like...there ain't an inn on this green Earth that fits that description. Sorry. But we'll just not go to the one you came out of, 'kay? And if anyone tries to grab-ass, I'll smack 'em for ya, yeah?" She winked and lashed her tail, then spun on her heel and motioned with her hand for the woman to follow. "We're goin' back into town. You'll have better luck ding your searching there, and the inns aren't quite as shady. You sure know how to pick 'em, lady."

Then she slapped her forehead. "Oh duh! Well heck, we can totally get a nice ritzy place with the money you got pouring out of your pockets. Shoot, hurry up. We're going to the reaaally nice part of town..."

[Anonymous]

It was probably best she didn't laugh. Feris wasn't used to these sorts of things, and she really still firmly believed she was in control of things like  that. Of course, not here, not in this world, but what could she do? Except of course MAKE people think she was. She still had her thoughts on it all, opinion and what not, just now things might be a little more...different for her.

She believed that finding the triplets would be no problem. Though she could barely sense them, she could still sense her little ace, Zenith. Ah yes, Zenith was very close to someone right now, very...very close. She wasn't sure which of the Savaros men it was, but it didn't matter. She would do exactly what she needed. Hopefully that would be convince them to return to her, or just knock them out and tie them all up. Hopefully she wouldn't go rogue...that would be...most disappointing.

"Thank you, your efforts will not be in vain, you will be rewarded well." This wasn't difficult at all. This woman wanted money, and that was something that she could conjure up really. Oh yes...that was surely something that she could make as much as she needed to. Of course, she would be careful not to make the woman rich. No no, that would be wrong. However, payment would be made.

"I see...well if that's how it has to be done then I suppose you can be my body guard, guarding my body from drunken fools." She started off with Sachi, following after the woman. Why did she have a tail anyway? What sort of species might she be? It wasn't like it was a bad tail either! Very lion like. Rowr.

"That sounds acceptable. If it stops men from trying to fondle me as I walk by, then whatever part of town we need to go is where we should head." For Feris, the word Ritzy held little meaning, but the part about money, made her think it was a richer part of town. Maybe justice needed to be visited upon all these people.

Not now. Not when she was weak.

She would wait for when she had her agents back. "I am going as fast as I need to. I cannot continue following their trail till tomorrow." It was getting dark, she needed rest and food, then she could lock onto the scent and continue on their way. "I will need a map, if you have any idea where to get one that'd be...er...fantastic." The last word was uttered with a little bit of disgust. Her brother. Foolish idiotic God of Chaos. His avatar was here, the little creature he made in his own image and imbued with his own power. The dumb git had no clue how to transcend to the mortal plane, he hadn't even explored that option. Instead he made some monstrosity.

Filled with chaos indeed.

[Rhindeer]

Sachi was only half listening to Feris, focused on leading the way down the road toward one of the better parts of town. Not the best place but it wasn't in the slums so that was something. It wouldn't take long to get there, either, and she hoped the weird, delusional lady wouldn't complain too much. She still couldn't believe she thought she was a goddess or something and the thought kept making her want to giggle--but she kept that to herself. Major delusions of grandeur there. Then again, Sachi's religious beliefs were close to non-existant and any exclamations on her part that included deity names came more out of habit than actual belief.

She thought it was all kind of screwy but just didn't really care one way or the other. She didn't believe in groveling before real life people like kings and stuff, so the concept of groveling before invisible people was just hilarious. Heck, even if a real life god or goddess were to just magically pop up in front of her, you think she'd bow and scrape for them? You bet your bottom she wouldn't. So they created the universe. Big whoop.

Those were her thoughts as, before not too much longer, Sachi turned off the road and lead the way into the city. It was dark out but the district was lit up by enchanted streetlamps and the area looked clean and safe. Not quite fancy enough to be a place where nobles lived, but it wasn't the slums, either. Had good pickings, though. The people here were fairly well off, enough that she didn't feel guilty stealing from them. Yes, she had her own little code of honor. She'd never steal from people in the slums--unless she didn't like them--but if they looked like they could survive a cut purse they were fair game.

Maneuvering easily through the streets, for this was a place she was fairly familiar with--it was kind of her home town from yeeears ago, back before she'd ever officially joined the Thief's Guild, back before she'd met her late husband and gotten involved with Serendipity...man, that felt like forever ago. Yeah, she knew her way around, and she lead Feris right up to an inn in the center of town, pausing before the door. "This place'll do," Sachi announced, beaming over at Feris, tail swaying relaxedly behind her.

Reaching out for the door, she grabbed onto the door handle and swung it wide open. "After you."

[Anonymous]

Feris was still coming to terms with the fact that people here didn't really believe in her. In her own realm, if she told the people there that she was a goddess, she just had to do one thing, one little...miracle that even a Royal Mage couldn't do, and they'd believe her. Besides, she also had her own followers, her own people, and she made sure that there were statues and pictures of her for the people to recognize her with. Active Goddess and all that. In this realm, it wasn't hers, and they didn't have active Deities it seemed. That just bothered her. So quiet. Not even a whisper or a murmur.

Feris was focused now however on the smell. There was that. It was her children. Two of them to be precise. One was very old. That was Nexus. It lingered here and there, the other was Vortex of course. Rift's was no where to be found in this place. Apparently he hadn't come this way looking for his brothers. A shame really, she would have liked to have had all their trails in one area, but then again, she'd have to choose who she wanted to follow. This way was better, considering that Vortex no doubt would follow Nexus, and Nexus would be...

She wasn't even sure WHAT Nexus was doing. He had given up the path of Justice long ago, so he could be hurting innocent people.

She shivered at that thought. Nexus would never do that. Rift would do that in an instant and never feel a pang of guilt. The other two at least had a sense of guilt to them, it didn't appear all the time but it was still there. That's all that really mattered in the end.

She almost bumped into Sachi as she stopped, lost in her own little world. "Hm?" It was all she could say as she looked the building over for a moment. Well it did look respectable enough now. It wasn't shoddy, it was well kept, just like an inn should be. Her smile was large as she looked to Sachi. "Alright, thank you." She gave a small bow of her head before she continued inside. Made it safely! Hopefully her behind would be free of groping from some of the more inebriated individuals.