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She'd spent several hours walking around and shopping. Mostly it ended up just being her looking at everything. Since she had no where to send the goods or a way to tote them around if they were too heavy, she'd had to pass up on a few things that she'd found interesting. Masika was a bit upset at the loss but figured she could always find it again or simply request it when she had a place to settle down.

As she headed back through the main road of the market she glanced here and there to make sure she hadn't missed anything. Of course it looked like she'd gotten just about every stall that held something interesting. Then close to one stall she'd bypassed earlier she saw a familiar face. Or what she thought was a familiar face. A smile spread and she made her way over to the boy. "You're still looking around, Aeuri?" Masika started speaking to him, unaware she had the wrong brother. Though she thought it odd his hair looked a bit different. "You changed your hair." One blue hand came up so that she could reach up to touch the longer bits of his blond hair. "It looks good on you at least." The hybrid had noticed a few people with hairstyles that looked more bad for their face and style.

When he showed surprise at her touching his hair she pulled her hand away. "Sorry, Aeuri I--." And then he continued and she half leaned back from him. "N-No.. you're right. I didn't mean anything by it. I just.." Masika started to blink a few times before she turned her head away from him. "I just thought your hair looked nice." After clearing her throat she took a step back, feeling like she just did something inappropriate.

A small fluster lit her cheeks, turning them slightly purple. "Its different from earlier. And I didn't think you'd still be at the market." The girl seemed to be nervously looking at everything around him but not directly at him. "Did you not find what you were looking for?"

When he said that he wasn't Aeuri she looked at him finally, a look of confusion taking shape. Then the word brother slipped out and she seemed to understand herself. That didn't make it any less embarrassing! Masika's cheeks colored even more and she brought a hand up to cover her mouth slightly. "Oh! I'm so sorry. I didn't realize Aeuri had an identical twin." It took a bit of looking but as she stood there and really looked she could see the differences now.

"Yes, I see now. I thought you looked different. Er.. he looked different?" She wasn't sure how to fix that to make it sound right. So instead she shook her head slightly as her hand lowered. "Orin. I'm Masika. I've bumped into your brother a few times." She gave a small dip, something akin to a curtsy as she introduced herself.

( I lost the first attempt at this post.. T^T )

"Tr-Triplets?" She went slightly wide eyed at that. Masika had a twin sister of her own but the two looked nothing alike. Not even a little bit. So it had been hard to grasp the identical bit at first. She couldn't imagine if Galene and her shared a similar appearance. Let alone if there had been a third one of them. "Wow.. I'm.. that's amazing." What else could she say to that? Of course when he joked about the sister bit she smiled and brought one hand up, it mostly tucked into her sleeve, to cover her mouth again as she chuckled. If she'd spotted the sister then she may have figured it out a bit sooner though.

When asked if she lived in the area she shook her head and looked around at the market with a fond expression. "I don't." However, the jungle had grown on her. "I used to live in Oba. Sulburi to be exact." She missed it, of course, but there was a slight allure to the jungle that the desert didn't have. "I came to Jauhar to find my mother, but now that I have.. I'm not sure if I should go back or stay." Her shoulders came up a tiny bit and stayed there for a second before going back down.

Masika blinked when he asked what happened to her mother. "Happened? It took her a minute to work through that, a slightly confused look forming before realization dawned on her. "Oh! Nothing." She shook her head as the hand that had been covering her mouth moved out to wave just a little. "No. She went looking for my dad and sister. They went out for training one day and then didn't come back." She looked down and to the side as she remembered the empty feeling of not having her sister around anymore. "Then one world event after happened." She imagined travel and the like was probably hard for her dad and twin, especially since her dad was a gentle person.

Looking back up at Orin she had her soft smile back in place. "I was just worried and came to look. A mistake on my part since I don't handle things all that well." Bugs especially. And there were big bugs in Jauhar.

Masika nodded her head in agreement to his 'tough' comment. It had been but she'd done it! And she was proud of that fact! Even if the bugs were scary and her poor dress was dirty at the hem. His question brought about a brighter smile, however. "Ah, it turns out my mom is here in Jauhar. She's to meet me here. I got a letter from her about two weeks ago." That was why she was wandering the market like she was. Mostly passing the time and waiting. "I'm not sure about my dad and my sister. I was little when they disappeared." The details to that she assumed her mother had.

She turned to look to the right and then to the left, taking in the people as they passed by and shopped nearby them. "Was there something you were looking for? Or just passing the time while your siblings shopped around?" Masika figured she might as well figure out if she'd interrupted him while he was doing something important.

Killing time. Much as she had been earlier. Masika had started her day but simply looking at what all there was to offer then it turned into looked for things she may need. Before she'd spotted Orin she had found several things she'd wanted but hadn't bought.

"I was actually just looking but I could use a new set of runes. Mine are a bit scuffed up from use." And general wear and tear. Poor things were kept in a small pouch when she didn't need them and they jangled against one another. Likely chipping little bits off here and there. Masika moved the fabric of her dress so that she could get said little pouch out and open it. With one hand held flat she poured a few of the runes out onto her hand to show him. "I've had these ones for years. I would hate to actually need them and they not work because they were too broken." It would certainly put her in a difficult spot. The girly hybrid smiled at him with a bit of an apologetic look. "I didn't find any at the jewelry sellers so my next stops were going to be the weaponry ones." When she'd gotten her runes the last time her mother had been with her and had handled the sale so she hadn't done more than pick them out. Masika was hoping to see a set with a jeweler so she felt more within her element. She could bargain with a jeweler or a general merchant. She didn't know how to bargain with a weapons dealer.

His small joke about having the wrong brother, yet again, made her smile widen a little and she offered up a giggle. "Sorry." Knowing that Orin's sister or his brother would know more about rune made her look from side to side. She saw neither and brought her eyes back to him. Masika put her stones back in the little pouch she carried them in and then tucked that away.

"It would be very kind of you to show me. I'm not much of a weapons person so I fear I didn't pay attention to where such a shop was." A bit of an apologetic cringe happened here as she looked at him.