Welcome to Gaia! ::

The streets bustled with activity, young children running around in the streets, some with their mothers shopping, men trading goods and small talk filled the air. The sun was smiling brightly down on the town with the journey seeking clouds moving along slowly as everyone enjoyed the day. Walking at her own pace, Ember held onto a few plastic bags with groceries in them, smiling as she looked around at different stores. Her next stop was at the vegetable shop. Ember had went by the bread store, the dairy market, a fruit shop, and she still had vegetable shop, a pastries shop, a butcher shop and a meat shop. Ember had a list with her and was glancing down at it, investigating what she had left to get before she headed back to the palazzo. Ember was just thinking about some foods she could cook up for Tomoya, and how they would turn out. If the whole house liked them, she would have to come back for bulk items, but for now was just the right about for everyone to have at least two of the pastries she was thinking about. Ember looked down at her pocket watch and it was just about two o'clock. Perfect. Once I am done shopping, I should arrive back at the mansion and have time to begin cooking. Ember smiled softy to herself and held the groceries close to her face for a moment, her stomach filled with butterflies as she thought of how Tomoya would like it. She felt like this almost every time she cooked for Tomoya, but she held her feelings deep down inside and was reluctant to show her emotions to anyone. Now she was becoming slightly more and more open each day, becoming herself around the family. As Ember made her stop at the vegetable's stand, she say a young boy sniffling, for his balloon had been caught in a tree and he couldn't reach it. Ember looked over from hearing the sniffles and she smiled softly. " Just a moment sir. " Ember called back to the vender as she jogged over to the little boy, kneeling down in front of him and asked. " Did you lose your balloon? " Ember's gentle voice made the young boy look up into her deep blue eyes and nod softly. " I-i-i- can't reach it. " The boy stammered,however, just as he did, Ember lent a hand and smiled. " Would you like me to get you an ice cream cone? " The boy suddenly perked up just as the wind picked up and released the balloon from it's confounded prison amongst the branches. Ember had bought the boy a chocolate ice cream bar and returned him to his mother, who thanked Ember deeply and then took her son by the hand, leading him home. " Thank you, miss!! " The boy shouted back, with ice cream covering his face. Ember giggled softly and waved back. When the two were out of her sights, she turned back around and headed to her earlier destination. Just before she was about to pick some fruit, the vender started conversation. " Oh, that was a kind thing you did, chick-a-dee. " The man was an African American that knew Japanese pretty well to be selling vegetables here. He spoke English to her since Ember was a pale white, so he figured she was also American. Ember looked up slightly surprised and smiled at the man, replying in rusty English. " Why Tank you, sir. Vrery kind of you. "(The French have a hard time with the H and V sound. It says "Why thank you sir. Very kind of you.") The man smiled and gave off this aura of comfort. " You can have whatever you like for free, Chick-a-dee. You helped out a fellow in need, so go ahead and take what you need. " Her face lit soft slightly as she bowed and replied, but switching back to Japanese since she was very rusty on her English. " Thank you so much! Please, take this. " She gave the man a chocolate bar and the man couldn't help but perk up. " My, oh, my, Haven't had this in years. Thank yuh. " He tipped his baseball cap to Ember as she calmly picked out the vegetables she wanted and bowed twice to the man before leaving.

After that, Ember was off to her second stop, then her third, and then her last. She was carrying many bags after that, but had slid into an alley and made herself a brother like mist figure that had gray hair and a smiling face, helping her carry half of her groceries. Being a mist guardian had plenty of advantages. Just as she was checking off everything on her list, she took a glance at some shady looking men that were walking in this direction. Keeping her guard up, Ember put her list back in her pocket and began walking once more, with the men already catching up. They were after her. Ember's eyes narrowed as she took a casual turn around the corner, and bolted after that with the mist made figure, with both of them easily carrying the groceries with the ease of not dropping a single item. Goal: Make it back to mansion without being caught by shady men and not drop a single item, GO! The men turned the corner and were shocked to see Ember so far ahead. They began running as well as one said. " Don't let her escape! " They split up down different alleyways as Ember turned different corner, one where she was able to jump wall to wall to get onto the roof. The men used their flames to boost themselves onto the roof. Ember got a slight look of their rings and gritted her teeth; Zlatá Opice Family. They were a family that took part in the Incident with the Lab back when she was little. They were still after the two man projects. They were a Family founded in Czechoslovakia, which is now Czech Republic. This was one of the most highly trained families that worked on the projects and they were not to waste there money on escaping projects. There name was Golden Monkey for nothing. Ember stopped at the edge of a building, looking back at the men, who were not stopping to let her escape, but it was to late, Ember had used her flame to make her disappear from their sights, with all of them stopping in mid-flight and running around the building, trying to find her. Once again, she had gotten away. About four blocks away from the men, Ember was walking casually home with her helper right by her side, once more thinking about what to make for dinner tonight.

[Word Count:1154]
[Total Count:5515]
[All-in-All:27345]
[Area:Exits Market to Base]