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Post by squidfishthing on Feb 21, 2023 18:12:04 GMT -5
The market was as alive and bustling as ever on this warm and dry morning in the Zeinav Desert. Brightly coloured stalls with their owners crying out the prices of their wares, chatter in several different languages from the shoppers who clamoured and haggled and chatted in the street. People from near and far came here, all in the name of buying and selling. Humans, Elves, Dwarves and even a few Tieflings and other rare creatures. It truly was a melting pot and melting was indeed the right word, considering how the air shimmered with heat. It was unusually warm even for the climate and none felt it more than Noorh. She had come from the desert. She had walked a long way. The soles of her sandals were cracked by hot sand, and she walked with a dazed half-limp. She had wandered quite far today, all the way into the city, and she was starting to regret it. All that time in the desert had given her a small case of sun-sickness. Her vision swirled, darkened at the edges. Her stubborn feet kept on until she buckled, arms outstretched, and CRASH! She fell into a pile of metal bowls, all her jewelry rattling against the metal and attracting the attention of everyone in the vicinity, including one very annoyed shopkeeper.
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Post by froggy on Feb 22, 2023 7:16:46 GMT -5
Amelia shifted, adjusting the warm clothes she held at her side. Maybe she should have stayed in Frost Gale, at least there she was used to the weather. As she continued to debate if it was right or wrong for her to have left, she nearly missed the stranger falling into those metal bowls. She adjusted her clothes that hung by her side once more, and hurried over, her mothering instincts kicking in. "Oh dear, are you alright?!"Amelia started fussing over this stranger, bringing them to where she was originally placed. "Shoo, shoo, we aren't just made for gawking, are we?" She huffed, gently waving the watching gatherers back to their shopping. She sat the woman upright, leaning against a post. "Dear, are you alright?" She asked again, gazing them over with concerned eyes.
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Post by squidfishthing on Feb 22, 2023 18:12:22 GMT -5
As the crowd scattered from around them, Noorh groaned groggily and forced her eyes to squint open to take a look at who was holding her up. There was nothing in front of her, curiously. She was puzzled, until she looked down, and caught a glimpse of the kindly dwarf propping her up. Her arm throbbed from where a bowl's edge had dug into it, and she clutched her left tricep as she struggled to hear the lady's cooing words despite her pounding head. "I'm... I'm fine, ma'am." She croaked with a throat as parched as the desert around them. She tried to stand on her own accord but stumbled straight into the dwarf's soft furs. She accepted her fate and remained there, at least for now. "I didn't break anything, did I? I need to ... to go and apologize to the Sir whose wares I fell on, he looks really angry... I'll go in a minute, if you'll permit me just one more minute to regain use of my legs. Goodness, your clothes are soft! But you must be terribly hot in that, no?" She rambled on, and her recovery was obvious as her voice became quicker and more animated. Eventually she stood up and grinned at Amelia, offering a hand down to her. "You're a kind soul. You have my thanks, and if I can repay this favour in any way, please do let me know."
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Post by froggy on Feb 22, 2023 18:59:22 GMT -5
Amelia looked over the stranger again. "Well, you certainly look like you should sit down! Apologies, but its true. You look like you've been walking for days, sitting down will do you good" She paused for a moment "And you certainly need some water!" Amelia looked around for a vendor who sold water as one of their wares "Someone be a good soul and get this poor woman some water, she looks on the verge of passing out yet again!" She gently laid this stranger down, letting them sit. Goodness, what had happened to make them this sick? She had warm furs on, and even she was fine! She saw the spot where the bowls, heated by the suns cruel glare, had dug into the strangers skin. She sighed, taking her cloak and wrapping it around the persons arm. "There, we can get that treated soon." Amelia frowned, concentrating on what else could be done. "Hold on, let me get you some water" She gave a grunt as she got up, slightly annoyed none had come forth to bring them any water. She walked to the drink vendor, purchasing some waters and giving them as mean of a look as she could, which wasn't all that mean. She turned with a humph and walked back to the woman, pouring water into their mouth. "Here, this is better right?" She put a caring hand on the strangers uninjured arm, smiling gently "Now, lass, what's your name?" Amelia paused for a moment, before telling hers "I'm Amelia, Amelia Ashfury. I'm from the mountains of Frost Gale, which is why I have all the furs" Amelia thought for a moment, maybe she was overwhelming the lady, but talking was something Amelia struggled not to
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Post by squidfishthing on Feb 25, 2023 19:06:38 GMT -5
Noorh dropped down to sit on the ground, but the sun baked-stone was hot enough to make her jolt back up again. She ended up simply leaning against the pole in a half-standing, half-squatting position, ensuring she kept all her body off the ground except for her thick sandals. Despite the croak in her dry throat, she was eager to chat with the kind dwarf and answered all her questions eagerly once the water revived her a little. "I have been out in the desert, so I have guess you could say that! Thought I could get to the City while it was still cool at night, but some bandits caused a delay... So ended up in the middle of the desert during the afternoon, after something of a... hmm... a little, what's the word... Oh! A little altercation, which in that heat is never a good idea!" She looked down at her injury as the woman wrapped it in her cloak, grinning brightly at the sheer kindness of the act. "The fall did more harm to me than the bandits did. Haha!" She laughed and gently tapped the woman on the arm with her free hand, an affectionate if boisterous gesture of friendship. "I must thank you for all your help. I'd surely have had all my valuables stolen if fell asleep here, or worse..." She gestured to her almost excessive beaded jewelry, adorning her ears, neck, forehead and wrists. "I'm a thief's dream!"
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Post by froggy on Feb 25, 2023 19:47:28 GMT -5
Amelia chuckled. The water definitely did this stranger good. "Good to see the waters doin ya well, lass." She said, still holding onto her warm smile. She pursed her lips slightly as she did a small check over the stranger, looking for any more injuries. "Why don't we head somewhere less crowded, and a bit more cool than out under this boiling hot sun." Amelia held out her hand, offering to help this stranger up.
"Now, could you tell me your name?" Amelia asked as she got up, dusting herself off. She looked around, taking in the market again. "You've been walking in this dreaded heat for so long, and been attacked by bandits, then got a bad fall? Sounds like you need a break." She brushed some more of the ground from her clothing. "And yes, your jewelry does probably make you a target for those annoying, horrid thieves"
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Post by squidfishthing on Feb 26, 2023 18:31:13 GMT -5
There didn't appear to be any other injuries of note, at least nothing that could be seen on Noorh's bare arms. There were a few scars, but they were old and faded. One slender hand reached out to take Amelia's hand, but Noorh rose to her feet without pulling on the dwarf at all, or using support from anything for that matter. She simply rose with her legs, and quite gracefully. Casually too, like it wasn't a feat at all. Then she nodded. "Right. Want to find a lounge where we can get drinks or food? I think where you're from they're called... taverns?"
As they looked around, Noorh was more than happy to continue chatting. While they did, she instinctively began to lead the way to a tavern she knew. She turned back to Amelia occasionally to ensure she wasn't lost to the stream of shoppers. "I'm Noorh!" She called out over the hubbub. "Noorh Vyaktiva. I grew up not too far from here. In Zeinav."
"I guess I could use a little rest. You could use a good cold drink, I feel like. There's a good place, just up here!" She pointed ahead, and sure enough there was a lovely-looking domed sandstone building with an open facade and some pillars marking the entrance. There were about a dozen people drinking coffee or smoking in the late morning, either inside the dark wooden interior or at one of the outdoor tables, which had big sheets of deep red or blue cloth over them, hung up by poles to provide shade. "Where are we sittin', friend?" She gestured Amelia ahead.
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Post by froggy on Mar 4, 2023 1:03:41 GMT -5
Amelia nodded as the stranger got up. "Yeah, lets get to a tavern! I'll see to it that we have a lovely time, my lass." She looked around, searching for a path that could potentially lead to a tavern. Of course, none was obvious. Oh well, they could wander for a bit.
The lass had other plans though, leading them skillfully through the crowded market. "Nice to meet you, Noohr!" Amelia called over the ruckus. "Glad to have an expert on the place, I'm sure not!" She laughed, continuing to hurry after. After a bit of walking they came to the tavern, although it didn't look like an average one. At least, not compared to the ones she knew in the Frost Gale. This one was more open, and had an outside area as well.
Amelia moved forward to one of the outdoor tables, sitting under one with a red cloth blocking out the sun. "Well then," Amelia started, tossing her hand out for a good shake. "Glad to meet ya, Noohr. Lets order some drinks and chat, shall we?" Amelia smiled, nodded to Noohr. "I can go first, tell ya the tale of the time one of our trickster patrons switched all our taverns chairs for mimics! Those nasty little bitin creatures. Heck of a day gettin them out, it was."
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Post by squidfishthing on Mar 6, 2023 4:13:02 GMT -5
"Ooh, mimics?" Noorh inquired as she listened intently, forgetting to let go of Amelia's hand after shaking it, leaving it loosely on hers as she spoke. "I've heard of those. Some adventurers told me that when a rich man dies here, they put mimics in the tomb to protect against bandits and raiders! They think they've found a chest of jewels, then WHAM!" She let go of the dwarf's hand when she exclaimed, bouncing up in her seat and acting out a huge snapping motion with both arms as the jaws. "No more raider."
She sat back down in her chair, looking at the cloak wrapped on her arm as she continued. "I've never seen one. I don't do much tomb exploring, I stay above ground. Plenty of creatures here in the desert too! Big snakes and scorpions, which I have fought, and there are the more terrible monsters which we avoid at all costs, like the Lamia and the Jackalweres. Have you heard of them?"
As she waited for a response, she waved for one of the servers. It was a very different process to ordering with the keep at the bar, but from the way the tall, short-haired waiter nodded in acknowledgement and began to approach them, it was the done thing here.
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Post by froggy on Mar 9, 2023 9:19:42 GMT -5
Amelia nodded in response to Noohr asking about the mimics. "They put them in tombs here? I'd be lying if I said that wasn't a great idea, preventing theft." She chuckled. "Must be one heck of a surprise, thinking your reaching for some riches and them getting your arm bit off."
She listened intently as Noohr spoke, watching her movements and nodding here and there. She spoke up when Noohr asked a question. "Never heard of em, sort of new to this adventuring stuff." She laughed, shaking her head slightly. "Still learning what all there is outside my hometown, my family didn't really teach us about anything outside the Frost Gale." She sighed, shaking her head again, void of the enthusiasm from before.
"Ay, I can say it sure was a surprise when at my older age I said I was taking up adventuring!" She smiled again, giving a loud and hearty laugh, causing some other patrols to stare with annoyance. Oh well, she heard these taverns were rowdy, but surely a good laugh wouldn't cause anything here.
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