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A tall male made his way through the crowd that was the Market. He looked nervous, unsure of his surroundings, his blue eyes darting around the place, not sure of what to make of it. He was tall, much taller than most around him, standing at nearly 7ft. For that fact alone he stood out, something he was uncomfortable with. He was already in a place he knew nothing about, but now everyone was staring at him. For a troll he was not very burly, quite the opposite in fact, he was very slight, and as his god had commented often, it wouldn't take much more than a strong gust of wind to snap him in half.

Are you sure this is the right place? He asked, his hands brushing against the centre of his chest.

Sort of. We are close. But worry not and enjoy the sights! Oh, can we go and take a closer look at that stall, they seem to be selling a variety of fluffy creatures...

The god continued to babble in the back of Shaig's mind, something the young troll had gotten quite used to. For the god of Strength, he wasn't exactly what he'd expected.

Tien was a bit less obvious, currently leaning against the side of a market stall people watching. The goddess wore the same mortal guise that she used when dealing with mortals near her home. The look made her less obvious and most people tended to go about their business and think nothing of her. It was far easier to people watch without them being unsettled by her presence. Some people did interesting things when they thought you weren't looking!

She spotted the troll first, given that he was so hard to miss being that tall. Trickery had never seen anyone quite like that around here. Perhaps it was worth investigating, if only to break the tedium. No one had done anything interesting today! So off into the crowd she went, keep in sight of the troll but far enough away to avoid attracting attention.

Xun Jiang never saw his little fluffy passenger coming - tail gave up an involuntary lash when it was grapped, but it seemed to do little to hinder the floox - who was quite happily nesting in his mane by the time the dragon was able to get a hold of him.

"And where do you think you are doing, hmm ?" While the body was female, the voice was... much less so. Still, he knew flooxes - they couldn't talk back, but he knew very well that they understood, in their own way. Therefore, he did not feel silly at all for talking out loud to an animal in the middle of a busy market. "Did you get lost ?"

Shortly after the flooz had settled, a large but young looking troll came into view, he was huffing slightly, after all, it had been a while since he'd moved like that, and the floox was very good at darting about the place.

When he saw that the fluffy pet was nestled amongst the hair of a stranger Shaig became hesitant to approach him. It was the same everywhere they'd been really, the troll, feeling out of place, did not want to attract anymore attention to himself by talking to others but Lunn would have none of that.

Oh come on. Not again. It doesn't look like it will bite. The god prodded, not sure what to call the one that the floox had decided would make a nice home. After all, his body was feminine, but the voice certainly was not.

Fine. Shaig reluctantly made his way over to the purple person.

"Uhmm... sorry," he started, quietly. "It seems our... my pet has somehow managed to make it's way into your hair." The troll scratched the back of his head nervously, hoping the other might not have noticed the slip up in his words. He'd found it best to keep the god host thing on the down low.

Tien ducked into the side of a market stall when the troll stopped. Finally it seemed he found what he was after. A floox? She watched curiously as the critter's new friend handed it back to the troll. The floox had made friends with a woman, or at least what she thought was a woman. Something was vaguely familiar about her...

In any case they seemed to be chatting now, so the goddess moved a little closer to see if she would be able to hear anything over the noise of the market. Taking him to the Pantheon? Well then..that's certainly interesting.

He looked so nervous ! And well... adorable, in a way. It made the fatherly instincts in him surge up quite nicely indeed.

"Over this way, then." He nodded in the direction before he turned to walk there, making sure that the troll would follow him - Xun Jiang would be quite hard to lose, being taller than most - through still shorter than the host.

"The pantheon is open to all, and certainly more so for you... And I." He nodded. "I am one of the gods - there is no need to be careful in my presence." Ti Lung had little issues claiming this in a normal tone of voice - after all, the people of the market were quite used to meeting passing deities by now. "My name is Xun Jiang." He offered, through he held off titles for now - really, better to know what the host knew, and what the god remembered, before causing confusion. "And you would be ?"

"Okay..." mumbled Shaig as he followed the purple person.

"You... are one of them?" He gasped, not expecting to meet another so soon. His god had told him all he could remember about the Fading, and not to expect many to have been reborn. Having met one so soon though was certainly an encouraging sign for Strength.

Lunn was practically buzzing at this news. Shaig on the other hand, became even more nervous than he was before. He was talking to another god! Lunn was... different, he wasn't really around, just a voice in his head. But this was a real, tangible god. That made Shaig very uncomfortable.

Oh for crying out loud, toughen up boy! I told you before it wasn't going to bite, and it hasn't done so yet. When you're quite alright, don't forget to introduce me. The pleasure radiating from the god was almost overwhelming to the host. He was very excited to be back amongst his own kind. The name he did not remember, but he didn't care, it would come back to him eventually. He was just glad to be home.

"I... have one. Here.." he stuttered, pulling down the top of his tunic to reveal a medallion shaped gem implanted in the centre of his chest.

"His name is Lunn, of Rigor and Force." He said, introducing his God to the other.

"Strength," he added quietly as an afterthought, wondering if the other would find it amusing that the God of Strength had chosen such a scrawny host, even if he was tall.

Don't forget yourself. The god prodded.

"Oh, and I'm Shaig," He finished, blushing bright red, embarrassed that hed forgotten to introduce himself to the god.

Wait..wait. The woman has wings, scaly tail...and an oddly deep voice. Some mortals were strange sure, but that was a little too strange by mortal standards. Perhaps this one wasn't a mortal after all? She sped up some to get a little closer, hoping to catch a bit more conversation. It seemed she missed the introduction of Lunn and his host, but was in time to hear the woman's title.

"Huh, one of Tian Yue's brothers." She murmured to herself. That explained the voice at least.