Aurelia
I never had a chance to be soft
I was always bloody knuckles and shards of glass
I was always bloody knuckles and shards of glass
Aurelia's discomfort and anxiety was only slightly eased by the fact that he was the governor. She could not mirror his smiling, playful demeanor and his charm was soon lost on her. Yes, she had found who she was looking for, but that didn't mean everything would be fine. He made no promises for giving her answers and that was surely a disappointment. She nodded in understanding anyway. She would be grateful that he had the grace to humor her.
Her eyes scanned across the room to the staircase that he gestured towards. She let him lead the way through the throng of people that have gathered for the fights. It was an office, his, judging by the way he so comfortably sauntered in. She hesitated in the doorway, examining the details. Her eyebrows raised at the sight of his pet, catching its dark eyes. She'd seen creatures similar to it but, when she'd met them they were not nearly as polite. They would've sooner eaten her.
Still, Sunjata signaled for her to take a seat and she obliged, uncertainly eyeing his companion as she did. She sat rigidly. Even in her own city she was never in such fine company; she did not fit in with this setting and she knew it. Still... she had never seen a governor with such an array of scars. They were normally the politician type but... he seemed a bit different.
She met his stony gaze at his question, "I'll just start from the beginning. I've been telling everyone that I'm a hunter, but that's not entirely true. I'm a bounty hunter. I live in an underground city called Oreville, where magic is illegal. I was on the job with my partner. We were trying to capture a particularly powerful mage. An archmage is what we call them. He cast some kind of spell on me, and before I knew it I was here. I think he put me here, and I have no idea how to get back," she leaned forward, the desperation and exasperation all too clear as she went on, "but I have to figure out a way. 'Impossible' is not an answer I can accept. I have younger sisters at home who have no idea what's happened to me and apparently I have no means of even communicating with them! Our parents are gone and they've been relying on me. I don't know what will happen to them now," she fell back against the back of the chair in defeat, bringing her thumb up to her teeth and biting the nail. She glanced over at the griffin and then back at Sunjata, "I can't just stay here."
Her eyes scanned across the room to the staircase that he gestured towards. She let him lead the way through the throng of people that have gathered for the fights. It was an office, his, judging by the way he so comfortably sauntered in. She hesitated in the doorway, examining the details. Her eyebrows raised at the sight of his pet, catching its dark eyes. She'd seen creatures similar to it but, when she'd met them they were not nearly as polite. They would've sooner eaten her.
Still, Sunjata signaled for her to take a seat and she obliged, uncertainly eyeing his companion as she did. She sat rigidly. Even in her own city she was never in such fine company; she did not fit in with this setting and she knew it. Still... she had never seen a governor with such an array of scars. They were normally the politician type but... he seemed a bit different.
She met his stony gaze at his question, "I'll just start from the beginning. I've been telling everyone that I'm a hunter, but that's not entirely true. I'm a bounty hunter. I live in an underground city called Oreville, where magic is illegal. I was on the job with my partner. We were trying to capture a particularly powerful mage. An archmage is what we call them. He cast some kind of spell on me, and before I knew it I was here. I think he put me here, and I have no idea how to get back," she leaned forward, the desperation and exasperation all too clear as she went on, "but I have to figure out a way. 'Impossible' is not an answer I can accept. I have younger sisters at home who have no idea what's happened to me and apparently I have no means of even communicating with them! Our parents are gone and they've been relying on me. I don't know what will happen to them now," she fell back against the back of the chair in defeat, bringing her thumb up to her teeth and biting the nail. She glanced over at the griffin and then back at Sunjata, "I can't just stay here."
I wanted people to be afraid of hurting me
