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Kanika - Post 1

There were so many of them.

Kanika’s eyes roamed everywhere, to all the different faces and colors and patterns and crystals and and and…

She took a breath to calm down. She could not get overwhelmed right now, they had to protect Niva. She had to keep her mind on that. Very few sisters had decided to come, her sister had been asked and so had an older sister named Naqenni. They were a small group, hoping to go unnoticed. But Kanika soon realised that they would be noticed, even cloaked they could not hide how different they were to the rest of these… Earthlings. She just hoped that the reaction would not be a violent one because in a sea of monsters there would be no way out.

“I thought our mothers had prepared us…” but this, this was on a whole other level. “But I do not feel prepared at all.” Sure they’d been lectured over and over again by the matron, and their mothers had also tried to stuff as much knowledge into them as they could for their survival. However, being here now, standing amongst them, Kanika was not so sure there ever had been enough preparations for this. She had so many questions she wanted to ask, but remind quiet. It was not the time; she would wait to be back in the quietness of home.

Still… They all looked so different. How was that even possible? All the Elaria looked similar, so did all the Alkidikes. Yet all of these people were all sort of different from the rainbow. Dark skinned beings with the lightest hair she’d ever seen. Blue skin, dark skin, and even skin with three different colors on it! There were even… Alkidike hybrids. Kanika stared wide eyed as one of them walked past her. It was hard to miss the antennas and those black eyes… but the skin color and hair was different.

“Did you see that?!” She whispered to Zayanna. “An Alkidike Hybrid!”

Hargitt - Post One

Despite living in Sauti his entire life this was the first time Hargitt was able to experience the Grand Market. Between his work with the family herd, and hunting with his Uncle there simply hadn't been the time for it. Of course, his parent's attended, sometimes sending his elder brothers in their stead to sell off some of the capramel and trade for goods.

So, really, he supposed he could have gone if he wanted.

Hargitt just never wanted to.

To him it was nothing more than a really large, really obnoxious trader's post filled with far too many people for his liking. He couldn't take two steps without bumping into someone, which was off putting, and was....was that a yaeli?

Kauff
post two

"Long enough," he said in an exaggerated, teasing mutter. "Kidding." He might have preferred knowing that she was exploring and fighting and causing trouble like he liked to think he did, but she had her reasons for staying put and he had no right to tell her to do otherwise. It wasn't like he had been doing much fighting recently anyway. Not without a hammer.

"I may get tired, but I'll still try. They'll have to cut my old, wrinkled legs off to get me to stay in one spot." He snorted, bending over to pick up his familiar when Rawn caught Kauff's boot and dug in his claws. "So, is there anywhere in particular you want to set up? Or we can wander around for a while?" He didn't really care what they did. Just being here was enough for him.

Amarone - 1

Amarone wasn't too far from home, and she was at one of her favorite events of the year. The Grand Market was always full of such great innovations and things for her to discover. The people as well, were so colorful and exciting and she just couldn't handle it. There were Matori and Obans, and she even heard rumors of a Yaeli who was wandering about right out in the open. Oh what a time to be alive!

As Amarone wandered about, she realized through her distraction that she was now in the taylor section of the area, surrounded by colors and fabrics. After a moment of contemplation, she simply decided an adventure really had no bounds, and continued to wander about until she approached a petite matori draped in fabrics. For a long moment she openly stared, before she decided to simply walk up and join Amari where he was.

"I'm sure you'll make some fantastic outfits thanks to all the different fabrics around here!" She greeted cheerfully.

Iriyana Post 1


She looked toward her mother, wanting to roll her eyes, and gave a swift nod of her head. Riya then looked down at the Perzi that stay practically glued to her legs. The poor thing was looking at everyone around them and growling. She was sure he would start hissing and spitting soon. "Calm down Hugs." The young Ice female reached down and scratched the creature's head before she moved along to walk with her brother. Of course she was too late to say anything about him getting ready to run into someone. Or rather, the two of them colliding. So when it happened she just shook her head at him and looked at the other person. Riya almost laughed aloud when she saw that it was Li. "What luck."

Well at least they found someone to hang out with. The perzi at her side moved to stand in the space between her legs and hiss at Li defensively. Since this was the first time her familiar was meeting her friend she didn't expect him to play nice. "Li.. meet Hugs. He's a jerk." Riya grinned and pointed down at her hairless pet.

After that, when her best friend and her brother started to talk about the little thing that Uli had kept in a sling, she turned her attention to the crowd. Her yellow eyes scanned the faces there hoping to see someone familiar or even someone worth getting to know.

Serr
post one

"Yes."

It was all he could manage in that moment, though Serr did squeeze Eziya's hand in his to let her know he wasn't brushing her off or completely lost in his own mind again. He hadn't quite realized just how accustomed he'd become to the crowds in Oba and Matori; how out of practice. It might have been the slim chance that Jyn could somehow show up here that had him feeling additionally addled. It might have also been the shirt. It didn't have sleeves, but it was still almost disconcerting to wear. Whatever it was, Serr's focus was rather scattered, though he was, as always, keeping an eye out for those who might do them harm.

"We should travel more," he said, voice barely audible in the bustle.

Uzumati - 1

His uncle had told him about the event, but even Uzumati wasn't prepared for the ocean of earthlings that moved around him. A gruff sigh of frustration escaped him as he tried to turn away from one earthling to only bump into another. How was he supposed to navigate this place? Surely his uncle was wrong to drag him out here away from his precious woods! It was just too chaotic. Not only that, but he had left him here as well to go and talk to some strangers! Now Uzumati was just frustrated because he had no idea where he himself should go. Instead he was too busy being bumped left and right by strangers...

Truly it made the man clench his fists. His uncle had forbade him though from starting any brawls. Defending himself was fine, but the wild man was not allowed to start any fights. Else he wouldn't get the new arm guards that his uncle had been working on. However, his attention went away from the arm guards to instead focus on something he saw shimmering in the light. At least there were some pretty things here.

Without truly thinking about it Uzumati took a few bold steps towards the booth so he could reach in and hold up a string of pearls. Honestly he was so easily captured by such things that he didn't even realize that getting to the jewelry and sparkling trinkets had resulted in bumping against a female who had been standing there as well...

Jhin - 1

Care of anyone suspicious, Jhin.

Moving through the crowds Jhin could only shake his head. He had agreed to come with his family to help out, but his father's wariness truly put a damper on events. Couldn't they just enjoy this without being worried of someone robbing their stalls constantly? The life of a merchant. He truly was hoping that this wasn't going to be his future...it seemed rather stressful to worry about goods so often.

At least he could take a break from the stall now to wander about the event. Though Jhin had to secretly grin at his own crazy plan. At his hip rested a rather large bag -secretly full of pebbles more than coin- and the boy was making certain to put a show on when he bought food with coins from the bag. There. Perhaps that would persuade someone with itchy fingers who had been eyeing his family's stall to instead follow him. And if not at least he could enjoy the event now that he had persuaded his father that he could keep thieves at bay in his own special way.