Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26989948-20180223141809/@comment-26892768-20180226191755

(Welp, seeing as my new character got approved...)

Hinga just keeps walking down the Xian marketplace, thinking about how her trip's going to go. Upon further reflection, she's fairly sure the Mada Fruit will be enough to sustain her for the trip, so in all honesty she should get going...but she's also thinking of getting emergency supplies...and maybe-

Hinga's train of thought is interrupted when she crashes into someone, falling and dropping the Mada Fruit. She immediately berates herself for not paying attention to where she was going, and gets on her knees to pick up the Mada Fruit.

"Oh - I am so sorry about that, ma'am, I just...do you need any help with-"

"I'll be fine." She means for it to be firm, but reassuring, but some tension ends up leaking into her voice unintentionally. Once again, she berates herself - this time for letting her tone slip and show some of her actual emotions show; she sounded rather harsh saying that, honestly, but her internal scolding is put on hold for the moment as she gets up and sees who she crashed into.

A Ta-Toa around her height, with yellow-green eyes that look at her apologetically (even though it's her fault for not paying attention to where she was going). His body is rather muscular, but lean, and she notices glowing lines running down them. Odd, but she's not going to ask questions. He actually reminds her a bit of her old teammates...but this is just a random stranger, so...

"Again - I am really sorry about that, shouldn't have been rushing in a crowded marketplace, I just - well, it's a long story, but basically-"

"I'm the only one to blame here. Just get on with your life, and I'll get on with mine." And Hinga moves forward.

From a different perspective...

In the crowded Xian marketplace, a red and gold Ta-Toa by the name of Fereain is looking around in desperation.

He really should've asked for directions. He can't tell right from left here...and that isn't good for him; he doesn't exactly want to stay at Xia long enough that he actually needs to get a place to stay, because by the Great Beings, 50,000 widgets for one hotel room!?

But he has to deal with the hand he's been dealt. He'll just have to find a place that sells the proper tools himseow.

Fereain stumbles backward but maintains his balance, allowing him to see who he bumped into - a feminine figure in a cloak, who was apparently carrying some Mada Fruit before he bumped into her. Stupid, stupid, stupid - he should've seen her coming! Come on, he wasn't that distracted...

"Oh - I am so sorry about that, ma'am, I just..." Fereain trails off. No, he's not going to make any excuses. He's just going to help. "Do you need any help with-"

"I'll be fine."

Okay, a bit harsh, but completely justified - she's completely in the right to be annoyed at him. Then she gets up and looks at him. Now that Fereain has a better view of her, he can tell that she's a Toa like him - hard to tell what element she is with that cloak, but if he had to guess, he'd say Water. Her eyes, visible for their glow, are a soft blue...although soft is hardly the term to describe her eyes. More like...hardened. Someone who's been through tragedy. Metal heated up and hammered out into a new shape.

Fereain then reminds himself of the more important thing at hand, and redirects his attention towards the other Toa. "Again - I am really sorry about that, shouldn't have been rushing in a crowded marketplace, I just - well, it's a long story, but basically-"

"I'm the only one to blame here. Just get on with your life, and I'll get on with mine."

And she just walks away like nothing happened.

Fereain blinks, looking on at this odd Toa for a moment. He can't help but wonder what her story is...

But he has other things to get to. Can't worry over a random stranger when there's tools to be bought.