[OPEN] When Will My Life Begin

JIAO

Well, here she was.

The way there had been treacherous and terrifying and she'd nearly frozen to death, the guards had glared at her on the way in, she was shaking from hunger. Jiao had never been happier. The Citadel was new, alive with possibility like she'd never known, so far from her quaint little tree-village. It was everything she'd dreamed.

Walking into town she looked around for somewhere to eat. While she was sure the food here would be alien to her too, she was excited to try it. Then, she had to find somewhere to stay. As thrilling as it all was, she could feel an ache behind her eyes where the hard work and many hours awake were beginning to take their toll.

Standing in the middle of town she slowly turned around to take it all in, looking incredibly obviously like a newcomer, oblivious to the stares she was attracting.

Leave all of my regrets to sink like shipwrecks
Through oceans dark