[Skydracgrrl]

ooc-*insert drumroll here* [img]smile.gif[/img]

ic- A girl, if indeed it is a girl, wandered into the plaza. The youthful creature’s build is delicate and slender, and it is hard to tell if it is either a pretty, effeminate boy, or an even prettier girl. While not having the same beauty as that of an elf, it has a wild beauty of its own that reminds oneself of a sprite or pixie. Its slightly curly, shoulder-length, Renaissance-style hair of a pale yellow-gold hue looks slightly tangled and windswept as it frames the delicate pale face. The slightly large eyes are the main feature in its face, and cause no small amount of discomfort to passerby. The left eye is oddly void of expression and appears to be blind due to its milky white pupil, while the other eye is a vibrant emerald green with pale yellow flecks, reminiscent of the creature’s hair color. This eye is very penetrating and seems to be able to look right through you, which is accentuated by the vacant look of the left. The strange gaze along with the seemingly unisex – albeit beautiful – build makes passerby very uneasy and slightly wary around the being.

A few children ran up to the “girl” to gawk, and she smiled and talked to them eagerly before their worried mothers hurried over and ushered them away. The creature didn’t seem nonplussed by this reaction and continued to make its way among the various stalls while the other passerby made wide berth. Its appearance is slightly unkempt, not due to traveling, but to that of one who does not care much about such matters. It wears a silken, pale yellow shirt that goes to mid-thigh and has flowing sleeves, with a waist-length, comfortable fitting emerald green vest woven of a thicker, more protective unknown cloth over it. Underneath the vest a strong brown rope is looped around the creature’s waist to secure the shirt, and some small pouches are hanging off this at random intervals. Its brown-sugar coloured cloth pants of a warm, coarse material bell out and gather in at the top of its sturdy, cranberry-red calf-high boots, which have a strange furry substance woven into the inside. The eccentric creature’s entire wardrobe seems to be woven of the same material, from its medium-sized cranberry-red rucksack on its back down to its slightly travel-stained boots, and it does not appear to be rich nor carry any weapon – in fact it does not seem to travel with many necessities that one expects of a traveler.

Despite this, the being appears healthy and sound in every way, except maybe in the mind – a rumour is being whispered that it has conversations with the air and other things that most humanoids cannot communicate with, such as squirrels, flowers, and dogs, among other things.

ooc- now switching to my char’s point of view instead of the onlooker [img]smile.gif[/img]

ic- Sive (ooc- pronounced “shee-vah”) wandered about the marketplace. She was still wondering why that woman had rushed up and made the children go away when she was in the middle of telling them a story. She shrugged to herself dismissively and smiled at a frowning middle-aged man who was walking by, who in return frowned more deeply and loped to the farthest side of the plaza. She paused a moment and tilted her head to one side, as if listening to something. “You’re right, I should get something to eat. But this place is so interesting! I don’t want to leave yet,” she whined to the seemingly empty air before drifting over to a nearby food stall. The vendor eyed her apprehensively, and she gave him a genial smile. “I would like some food, please,” she said.

He asked gruffly “Do you have money to pay for it sir… miss… eh, traveler?”

Sive tilted her head to one side and gave him a perplexed look. “Money…? Oh! Those cold disks with the strange scribbles on them. Well, to tell you the truth, no. I was hoping I could get some food in exchange for some information.” she told the hawker with a pleasant smile. He stared at with a mixture of disbelief and suspicion while shifting his feet uneasily. Her gaze was starting to unnerve him, and her presence was scaring off his prospective customers.

“What kind of information did you have in mind?”he rumbled at her with a scowl.

“So you agree then?” Sive asked, brightening.

He gave her an irritated glance. “Yes, yes, anything to be rid of ye!”

The effeminate creature tilted its head to one side again, as if listening. “Well… you have half a day left before your stall collapses around you and your wares. And the lost necklace you bought for your daughter is under the grain sack.” The vendor stared at Sive aghast while she continued. “Could I please have a few apples, a few loaves of bread and milk with honey in it, if you have any?”

The merchant quickly checked under the grain sack and returned with the necklace clutched in his stunned hand. “How ye be knowing this? Nay, don’t tell me,” he said shakily, and gathered the strange foodstuffs she asked for. She wandered away munching on an apple and with the rest of the food in her brightly coloured pack, leaving the vendor to hurriedly collect his wares before the stall disintegrated around him.

ooc- I hope my first post is alright ^^;

EDIT- just changing Sive's font color so its not too much like mistral's [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 01-19-2004, 11:44 AM: Message edited by: Skydracgrrl ]