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Chandra got lost A LOT, it was just one of those things she had learnt to accept over the years. That said it never stopped surprising her just how lost she could manage to get herself without even trying - God only knew what she could do if she actually tried!

She had not been living in the town of Nuan for very long, and today she had merely been attempting to find a few essential stores, a tailor, a market, and maybe even a pub for socialising. Yet so far all she had found was a street corner, a tree and some gum that got stuck to her shoe... not exactly inspiring. The streets just seemed to look the same to her, and that paired with her obviously strange appearance made things.... interesting. It seemed most of the people of Nuan where avoiding her leaving her with little room to ask for directions. On her back she had strapped four beautiful feathered wings, upon her head she wore a headband with two more feathered wings. Her kimono was dyed silk, and embroidered with silver stars and stripes of blue for a dash of colour. It was probably shorter than most would find acceptable, but that was an essential feature for Chandra since she liked to run and play and long garments simply didn't allow for such things. The only part of Chandra that would actually get her in trouble if discovered was the silver horn that had been growing from her forehead since she was a child.

All in all Chandra appeared rather ....odd!

"Ok," she pouted as she looked left and right down the crowded street, "...surely I can't be that lost?" Her nose picked up the delicious scent of herbs and fried meat indicating that hopefully some sort of meeting place resided nearby.... all she had to do was find it. Simple enough? Hopefully.

Following her nose Chandra skipped off, the feathers of her costume fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Chandra had been following her nose in the direction of the food when she had watched a stranger walk into a pillar and then fall flat on their arse. Instantly she sprang to life and ran towards the pretty blonde female that was now sprawled rather unlady like on the sidewalk. "Don't worry," she chirped, more to the girl than to those who had gathered around them, "I'm a nurse." As always her words where met with whispers and mumbling but soon enough most of the crowd dispersed, obviously dismissing the accident as nothing of interest. Slowly Chandra placed her hand upon the forehead of the other woman, a gentle smile ever present upon her lips as she went about her work. "Are you ok?" She asked with a slight tilt of her head as she examined the woman's arms and legs for any obvious injuries, certain that the only damage was likely only to only be the woman's pride she pulled her into her arms softly and began to fan her. "You took quite a bump to the head it seems. You really should look where you are going. Hitting your head hurts!" It was a silly thing to say, accidents happened all the time -after all that was why they where called such. But Chandra disliked silence and when there was one she often filled it with her own random comments.

It was a skill that often came in handy for her job, she wasn't a nurse exactly but a midwife, and as such usually worked strange hours with woman who where drugged up or in so much pain that a two sided conversation often proved impossible. Talking to yourself often came in handy.

"Yeah... sorry, I have a habit of that!" She said with a giggle as she helped the poor woman up. "My name is Chandra, Chandra Miakoda." She would say it was nice to meet her, but under the circumstances saying that just seemed, well, wrong.

Chandra was so use to getting stared at that it really didn't bother her anymore. Sometimes she found that only draw attention to her appearance snapped people out of their continual staring contest. "Don't worry, you're not dead and I am not an angel." She smiled softly at the woman who had stumble.

She took a step back from her and looked around, "You wouldn't happen to know your way around here would you?" Around her people continued to go about their buisness, and in all honesty confuse her. She could no longer smell the food though she was sure the aroma was still strong in the air. "I think you should sit down and have a cup of coffee or something, you look tired..... now...." Chandra said as she placed her hands on her hips, "If only I could find a coffee shop."

((One handed typing and sleepy brain, sorry for any mistakes and lack of capitals))

Chandra similed, "Well, I am a midwife, a lot of my patients like my appeareance, it distracts them and usually entertains their older children should they have any. Originally I use to only wear the headband, it's a tradition of my family.... ok, maybe only when they are at work in my families cafe.... but.... well," she giggled softly, "I quite like being different!"

Chandra listened politely and then nodded softly in responce, "I would love that!" She chirped before stopping, staring and then sticking her tongue out her new companion, "Please do not call me that, Ms. Miakoda is my mother. Way too young for that title, granted I could be a hundred and still too young for it in my book. Please call me Chandra! Or Chan." She held out her hand with a smile, "It's nice to meet you, shame about the circumstances but that's life. Oh," she said with a sudden shocked look on her face that swiftly faded to a smile as she spoke again, "please forgive me, I never asked your name."

After a little while she looked left and right and then smiled once more at the woman before speaking once more, "Well, I will tell you about myself and my directional challenged self on the way to the cafe, Lord knows I could do with an Iced bun and a sit down."

Chandra followed the other woman with a slight skip in her step, she was pleased that she wouldn't be lost -at least for a little while- and wondered if she would be able to find this place again without aid again.

"Oh thats a pretty name," she commented lightly as Sera gifted her with her name. There was something in the way that Sera said it that made Chandra a little cautious about the other woman, there was hard cold edge to her voice and a note to it that said Sera was a woman very use to getting her own way.

Shrugging the feeling off as they arrived and where struck by the delicious scent of cakes and tea Chandra simply past Sera and smiled once more before looking at the counter, the woman had said the first round was on her but Chandra knew that the only way she would accept such 'charity' would be to repay her during the second round.

A plump little woman in a white apron approached her asking for her order, Chandra scanned the cakes once more before pointing to the iced buns. "An iced bun and an glass of orange juice please." She beamed before turning to her newest companion, "What about you Sera?"

Chandra watched as her new companion interacted so naturally with the plump woman who seemed to own the store. She was a little jealous of Sera, since Chandra had moved to Nuan she had made very few friends, and even less connections with other people tending to stay on her own lost somewhere. She sighed slightly but didn't say anything as she bowed her head in thanks as Maria brought placed their order on a tray. Chandra picked it up and carried it to a cute little table just behind them.

As the other woman explained about the grandson Chandra giggled softly, "It's cute! At least you know there will always be an offer ther for you should you want it."

"Understandable." She said with a smile as picked up her iced bun and took a bite of it. "I must admit that men can be.... well, pigs sometimes." She sighed softly and watched her new 'friend' as the little plump woman Maria brought Sera tea. There was something kind about the womans eyes and it made her feel more comfortable sitting here.

"Ah... wings." She said with a soft giggle, "Well, my family is from Aerr. My parents opened a little cafe called 'Wings of the Moon'. I thought it was cute for the headbands. So well, we all wore them. Though I must admit I took it a bit futher with the whole wings on the back thing. I just like to be.... different." She said as she stirred her hot chocolate with a spoon. It was true she liked to be different, to stand out. In a way it made her somehow more invisable.

"I trained to be a midwife a few years ago and since then I have been moving around a bit. I came to Nuan because there is a shortage of midwives here. I assure you I am very good at my job." Depsite appearances Chandra was smart, and really enjoyed her job.

After a little while she looked up at Sera and asked with a slight tilt of her head, "Anything else you want to know? What about you?"

"Oh... an architect! Sounds interesting," she said with a smile taking a sip of her hot chocolate and yet another bite of her iced bun, she had to admit it was fresh and delicious. "Are you working on anything at the moment? I'm sure that's not all there is to know. What about your family? Where did you grow up? What brings you to Nuan at this time of year?" Chandra wasn't trying to be nosy, ok so maybe a little, but there was something about Sera that she liked.

At her next question Chandra couldn't help but giggled, "Well that be the logical thing to I suppose... buy a map." She smiled, "truth is... I like getting lost sometimes, you never know what will happen. That said..." She sighed slight, "...it can get annoying as well. If your friend wouldn't mind I would love to take you up on the offer."

As she mentioned a pregnant woman Chandras ears picked up, only yesterday she had gone on her rounds of her newly assigned patients and she wondered if this woman Sera spoke of was one of them. "Truth is, I work for an agency so its likely she is already on my list. We work in teams since sometimes labor can go on a long time..... and sadly complications can also occur." That was the main thing she hated about her job, losing the baby or the both or even worst both. She tried not to think about it as she took another sip of her drink.