wants and needs

Oh, empty my heart

As day slowly faded into afternoon and a light veil of heat haze wrapped over the sky to dilute the piercing blue, Seren found her way into the Plaza. Her bare feet ached from walking far and long over stone streets and it was with a sigh of relief she found a bench and sank down to sit. There was much to see, even from this spot. The milling crowd was colorful and filled with a pulsing kind of energy that only cities contained. Men, women and children were all going this way and that on their own business, laughing and talking, playing or arguing. But it seemed the square lived up to its name, becase while some of the contentions sounded heated, no one raised a hand to another and even the youngest children behaved. Curious. She wondered what this plaza might have seen in the past to earn its name.

More troubling than the sore feet was the gnawing of her stomach. Up until now the girl had been too occupied with sightseeing to see to such mundane matters as food or shelter, but as the day progressed she started to become aware of the need for them. Once the sun set she would need a place to stay, or be left outdoors while everyone else went home. Though, come to think on it, she had never tried sleeping on a park bench before. It might be an interesting experience?

Pleasant odors of warm food came drifting from the nearby inns, and Seren's stomach gave up a loud roar of a gurgle in response. Blushing she looked around, sincerely hoping that no one had been close enough to hear that.

I've got to make room for this feeling

SEREN

FINN

the spyglass

it is only through mystery and madness

Finn, ever the home bird, finds little reason to be out and about and away from the Tower. The Plaza, too, is too close to the Silk Houses for comfort. Alas, he also needs to ensure that his cupboards are stocked and that he stretches his legs, especially since the fortuitous return of his senses with the water from Frey’s Breath. For once the Spyglass is even dressed for LongHeat; though his pants are still neatly pressed and his shirt buttoned, they are of a much lighter and forgiving material than when he’d walked through the Celestine with Tobi.

The gardens are another reason why he’s here, too. In his hand he carries a paper bag filled with apples, and he hopes to pay another visit to the creature that healed his broken hand with them as a gift. He is almost ready to leave, in fact, when Artemide - the barn owl given to his care by a goddess (and that still baffles him, honestly) swoops down from her position scouting overhead to perch on the back of a bench by a young woman.

Letting out a soft hoot, the owl hops closer to Seren. Finn, thoroughly embarrassed and offering an awkward smile to the girl, calls to Artemide. ”Come, now. It is rude to bother strangers.”

that the soul is revealed

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!