[ opening mingle ]

[erthkirdir]

[ A seemingly normal day in the city-state of Seihkir - another sunny day in this paradise of monsters.

That is, except for some near the Lake of Life - some who look out of place. Humanoid, even. For people have begun to arrive. Are they confused? Lost? Alas, there's no people here to guide them - human or monster each. By the edge of the lake are a few bags - filled with food and cell phones, alongside small potion bottles and a few ruined scraps of paper. Other then that, the area is a calm split in the forest - a path to the city clear from a long dirt path.

Welcome to Seihkir. Feel free to make your own posts after this, but use this as a mingle. ]

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[leader_of_the_dawn]

[ Minfilia Warde was so very tired. Even before arriving, she was tired. The leader of the Scion simply wandered over to the Lake itself - sitting by it, and beginning to clean her face a little.

Not only because it'd help keep her awake, but because she felt an odd sensation in her body, one she could barely explain in words. ]

[chainred]

( Sitting across the water from her is a younger looking girl who has her cheeks stuffed full of food like a small rodent. Then again, she is small like a rodent. Crumbs gather around the corner of her mouth as she pulls back on something that should be rationed, but it's not as if she knows any better. The land looks like it could provide, but she's traveled a whole five feet thus far.

For a moment, it appears as though she wants to say something, but she doesn't speak. Not the talkative type, it appears. )

[leader_of_the_dawn]

[ She is lucky, then, that Minfilia is the sort to be welcoming. Even after everything she's been though.

And somebody who seems to hoard food like that-- oh dear. She shakes her head. ]

...Are you well?

[chainred]

( Morgiana nods, though she doesn't speak. There is no room for words in her mouth, not even in the spaces in her cheeks. At least she doesn't startle easily..?

Realizing that she's being rude, she'll offer her some food from one of the packs nearby. She... might have eaten from a couple already, oops. Food that's left around like that will spoil, so it's best to eat it quickly in her mind. )

[leader_of_the_dawn]

[ And Minfilia takes some of the food - in the back of her mind, Minfilia feels... odd. But perhaps it's just the tiredness.

She'll eat alongside her, though, waiting for this red-haired lady to have an empty mouth.

But yet, she cannot help but muse out loud. ] I hope whoever left these around are safe.

[ because why is there so many packs just abandoned here ]

[chainred]

( That mused thought out loud seems to catch her attention as she pauses, looking towards the packs. The manner in which they were laid out seemed to indicate they were for taking, not for storing. )

They were left behind intentionally. ( Weren't they? She glances around, as if trying to find some other sign to indicate they weren't. A struggle, a trail of heavy footsteps leaving in fear. Anything. )

[spacetrains]

[Louise may insist that he's oblivious, but Manabu does know how to read people to a certain degree. It's not hard to see how exhausted this woman is, and on the clock or not he's still driven to help.]

Are you alright? [He asks with an edge of concern. It might be none of his business, but he can't help but think they might be in the same situation.]

[leader_of_the_dawn]

[ Of course, Minfilia turns to kindness in her tone - her duty is to take on the burdens of others over her own. Everybody else had so much on their plate, and she... Minfilia doesn't. And so, she shakes her head. ] Simply a little tired.

[ a beat ]

...Are you lost as well?

[spacetrains]

I'm glad to hear it.

[He's not sure that's the whole truth, but he's also not about to pry. Everyone has burdens they'd rather not share.]

Seems like it. [He sighs and flops down nearby.] I'm not sure where here even is, much less how to get back to my crew.

[leader_of_the_dawn]

[ and minfilia will simply lean towards a little, softly. concern peppers her voice. ]

Nor am I - my linkpearl has grown silent, and I cannot seem to return to an Aetheryte. But it does not seem... dangerous.