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The Court had loomed on the horizon, stretching into the sky with high, impenetrable walls, at once both beckoning her closer and making her shy away. What was within? Did this place, this high keep, hold the answers she sought after? Jezanna longed to discover, to look within. Perhaps there, she would find at last what she had been looking for. Life, purpose, hope even. Hope that she would be able to find her place among the inhabitants of this world and no longer be a lost, wandering soul. Jezanna stood just outside the walls, feeling as merely a visitor with no reason to step foot within. She watched the crowd bustling, moving along. But to where, and where from? There was so much she did not know and yet she yearned to know all of it still. It had not been so long ago she had stood on the edge of the lake and spoke with the woman, Aislinn. At least in that she had found some sort of solidarity, a likeness to another which made her feel less trapped. It made her feel as though there was promise, a chance to be more than just another face in the masses as she had feared would happen. Having waited there for plenty long enough debating it, Jezanna took in a breath and stepped past the threshold separating outside from inside. Finally she made her way inward, careful to watch where she was going and yet so curious that she wished she could look everywhere at once. Immediately her senses were overwhelmed by the markets she happened upon, vendors pushing to sell their exotic products and interested parties weaving their way from stall to stall. More than once she’d been forced to stop abruptly or else risk running into another, or paused to wonder about an item. Unfortunately she had no means to purchase or trade with the shopkeepers, and shook her head each time she was asked to buy something with a disappointed downturn to her lips. Still, her inquisitiveness could not be dampened. Everything here was new and exciting, and she wished to experience all of it. Her silver eyes were wide with awe and fascination, child-like in the simple joy she felt from being surrounded by so many new and extraordinary things. For a moment, Jezanna’s guard slipped. Here, she did not fear how her truth would be perceived, whether or not that fear was warranted. She had been watching a pair of young foals romp and run around the street with a smile, forgetting to look where she was going, when she practically ran into another equine. Her eyes flashed in concern as she focused back on what she was doing. “Oh! I am so sorry, please forgive me, I was not watching where I was going,” Jezanna said quickly, bowing her head slightly. Of course she would make her grand entrance by disturbing the peace and sense of belonging here she had desired to find. @Reichenbach What better way to introduce two strangers than through a classic run into each other scenario! |
