maybe the stars align

Sohalia Lumaris

Oblivious to the newcomer to the Eyes of Vi, Sohalia continued to gather dirt. She turned over spadeful after spadeful until her jar was nearly full, then she pulled out the lid and screwed it on tight. Satisfied with her work, she carefully smoothed out the divot in the ground she’d created, trying very hard to leave minimal signs that she’d been here at all, and then stood, tucking the jar into her satchel and dusting her hands off on her pants.

Then she turned, only to huff out a squeak of surprise - for there before her was a huge griffin, the likes of which she’d never seen. It was part cat - massive, massive cat, with a lion-like mane and lynx-like ears - and part bird, with wings so huge that she felt dwarfed in comparison. ”H-hello?” she stammered, unsure who or what this creature was. She wasn’t familiar with any legends of the Greatwood that indicated that such a beast wandered here naturally, but then she wasn’t an expert. Or maybe this wasn’t a wild creature at all, but some other Attuned? ”I’m sorry - you just startled me,” she tried, on the chance that this was indeed a person who would respond to her inquiry. Hopefully, whatever or whoever it was, they were friendly.