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Vega Echevarría
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Vega
She moved through the market with purpose. Her flowing skirt billowed around her as she moved, her chin up and her eyes scanning ahead of her. Although she was small, people moved and parted for her as if she stood towering over each of them. It may have been the way she moved, or the way she searched out her destination, or the air of all of her that made them move. either way, she was not moving out of anyone's way.

She held a basket tucked in the crook of her left arm, full to the brim with baked goods and various types. In her other arm, bundles of dried herbs and flowers. It wasn't long before she found herself before her favorite fish stand. The wordlessly pointed at what she wanted and the fishmonger scrambled to package her requests. She exchanged the fish for the baked goods and herbs. With a smile, bright and toothy, she turned and headed back toward the inn with her baskets now full of fish.

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The market baffled Cam. Too many people, too many sights -- not to mention smells ... They'd been determined to go out and explore a little, having packed themself off to Torchline for LongNight, but now they wanted nothing more but to be alone indoors again. They were trying to find their way through the crowd back to the inn where they were staying when they bumped directly into a small woman who they genuinely had not spotted moving through the crowd with her basket of fish.

"Oh, sorry," Cam said, looking over to see how severely the collision had been. "Sorry, are you OK?"


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Vega Echevarría
Inn Keeper

Age: 39 | Height: 5'2 | Race: Abandoned | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
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#3
Vega
There is only one person that does not move out of her way. Instead, they crash into her and send the basket of fish from her arms. She could not catch it in time to keep it from spilling all over their shoes. Instantly, Vega's jaw clenches and she barks, "Are you kidding me!?"

Fiery brown eyes move up instantly to the clumsy monstrosity of a human that bumped into her. "Watch where you're going." She all-but snarled at them, bundling her skirt to bend down and salvage as much fish as she can. She looked up as she righted her basket and placed the fish that had only half-fallen out back inside. She recognized the person, then, as someone staying in her inn. If they had any memory at all, they would remember her showing them to their room on the day of their arrival.

"Apparently you didn't want fish on tonight's menu." Her voice is still growling, as her hands gather the rest of the fish.

Cameron Davis
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Cameron turned red at the innkeeper's reaction -- they didn't blame her for being angry, exactly, but she certainly wasn't making this easy for them. "I'm sorry!"

Quickly and somewhat clumsily, they bent down to try to help her return the fish to her basket, unsure how many of the fish could be salvaged. She was going to wash them before she cooked them anyway, right? So it shouldn't matter that much that they had hit the ground briefly. Maybe they could still make this better.

"I, uh, no, I mean, fish are fine, I mean ..." Oh, Cam knew from experience that even their ears would be red at this point. They hadn't realized at first that the woman they'd bumped into was their own host. That made this even more embarrassing than running into a stranger -- they were going to have to live with this shame instead of being able to pretend it would never happen because they'd never see the other person again.


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Vega Echevarría
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#5
Vega
As the person, who's name she didn't even know, helped her pick up her fish, Vega clenched her jaw tighter. She allowed the help, nonetheless, and finally stood with her basket filled again. Her guest--because, ultimately, that's who this person was to her--stumbled over their words and Vega sighed. Her temper had sparked, but there really was no reason to stay mad. She reminded herself of this, and sighed again. "Here." She handed the basket to the nearly-stranger. "Make yourself useful. Help me get the rest of the ingredients for tonight's dinner." While she wasn't really sure she wanted the person who had essentially painted the boardwalk with her fish to accompany her, having more arms would prove useful as Vega continued to shop. Without room or time for argument, the inn keeper pressed onward, wiping her fishy hands on the fabric covering her thighs.
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"Oh, OK." Cam took the basket and followed the innkeeper nervously. They could tell, of course, that the woman was pissed, and that made them want to run away and hide instead of continuing to follow and interact with her -- but she'd asked them to stay, so they'd stick around rather than face her wrath back at the inn. It wasn't like they could escape her.

They'd try to be a little less clumsy this time. They could only imagine what hell this woman would rain on them if they dropped the fish again, so they clutched the basket tightly.

"Um, what are you thinking for dinner tonight?" they asked, just trying to make conversation -- they didn't really care whether she told them.


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