[--OC: ....I couldn't think of a good title. Forgive me.
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----- "And one, two, juuump!" Granted, it wasn't as much as a jump, as a leap of faith, but 'jump' was a much more cheerful thing to yell. Sounded less like "I might break my leg when I land," in any event.
----- But the difference between a leap of a faith and a planned jump stopped mattering once Cerena's feet-quickly followed by her knees and then hands- hit the ground. She grinned and flipped onto her back to admire the sky and the rock she had jumped from. "And I thought the mountains had stopped a few miles ago, too." She pouted a little and watched the clouds for a few minutes, ignoring the throbbing in her knees. Her eyes, still lit up from the adrenaline rush, slowly settled to a calm green. "I hope it's not much farther. There's supposed to be a path somewhere, isn't there? I'm gonna go insane if I have to keep climbing rocks."
----- After a few minutes she sat up and pulled herself to her feet. She dusted off the dirt on her legs and resumed walking. Luckily for her, she began to find rocks that were small enough to walk around. The trek to La'marri hadn't been her plan originally, but she had been feeling too settled in Serendipity. So she'd packed up her few belongings and started to walk in a general western direction. She had gone through a forest and ended up walking not over the mountains, but in a small pass between two giant chains. She had encountered another traveler in the area by chance, and they had shared a fire for the night. He told her he was traveling away from La'marri in hopes of finding a nice girl to marry in Ketra. Cerena had wished him luck, and decided on a whim that going to La'marri would be fun. It had sounded nice when the man described it. What was the word he has used?
----- ....Safe.
----- She had found that description strange. But at the same time, after being on her own for as long as she had been, she was tired of having to be constantly vigilant to make sure she wasn't about to be jumped or stolen from. If he had been right about the town, it'd be nice to be somewhere she could rest peacefully in for a while.
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----- She had to walk for another day before making it into the town. Someone took pity on her and offered her a few sips of their water, which she accepted gratefully. She got directions to a place she could stay for the night and places she could get food in.
----- She ended up drifting to a crowded market street and leaning against a wall and watching people shop. She couldn't spot any thieves, but that wasn't exactly surprising as they were supposed to be hard to find. She let herself entertain the thought that La'marri didn't have any thieves before dismissing it as an impossibility. There were always thieves.
----- Despite her misgivings, she let herself relax. She had promised herself she'd stay here for at least a week, she owed it to herself. Mainly to her feet. She closed her eyes for a minute, trying to figure out if she had enough money to afford to rent out a room, or if it'd be another stay with her sleeping on people's roofs or in alleyways. Her coin purse was distinctly lighter than she liked it being, and with a sigh she opened her eyes again and determined she'd be spending the night outside. She looked up at the sky, wondering if the night was going to be cold.
----- At least the sky was clear.
