Missing the point

don't
come
back
alone

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Her hair was going along with the wind as she covered her face with her brown coat. She managed to cover it from at least under her nose. It was snowing a bit. Because yeah, it was Valyria. The weather was mostly sunny. Not to mention the season as well. And it was too cold for her to be out anyway. But she just had to get some things. And this time not her stealing something. Because that was a lot of work. She just wanted to buy some things. She wasn't poor either.

She usual didn't like to stay too long in Archeon. Despite her living here, she found the place... Shady. Somehow. Maybe it was her own paranoia. Maybe it was because she was being too careful. But she didn't feel like she could stay here long. It was Valyria after all. The center of whole Fallen Skies. And it was really, really stupid of her for staying in this place. Especially after what she did years ago. Luckily she was good at staying under the map. Remaining silent enough to not appear on wanted papers. And she knew that she had to leave this place whenever she had the chance. She found that two years here would've been enough. And maybe after winter, somewhere around spring, maybe then she could find another place. in Vanaheim, or somewhere she didn't commit any crimes yet.
She wasn't stupid either. She knew that once she found a better place to stay, she was unable to commit any crimes around there. No, she would still have to make a long journey to get to another place. Aella was intelligent to have it al mapped out by now. She only needed the money. And perhaps some help.

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+tag Zuzana Bryant

don't
come
back
alone

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It was already made clear that the young woman wasn't the type who enjoyed company. Sure, sometimes it was okay, when she really needed it to survive or just for the shits and giggles. But her patience was often on a low line, and it would definitely get boring after a couple of hours. That was why she was making her own way to the market. Very busy streets, somehow linked together. And they were crowded, oh yes, definitely crowded. People who lived here, or didn't, were coming here together as if it was the center of the world. And maybe Valyria was literally the center of Fallen Skies. But aside from her claustrophobia, she really despised the place. Where everyone could see her face, could notice her just standing here. Not to mention being pressed together by lots of people. The idea of just going there made her regret her decisions. But still, she had to go. To at least get something to eat. Wandering to another region wasn't an option either, because the female wasn't quite fond of walking in the cold. So that was why buying ome things wouldn't harm anyone, right?

After a while of walking around towards the busy place, just before entering the crowd. Aella noticed a strange presence. She wasn't stupid. She knew that something, or someone was following her. And she honestly had no idea how her brain suddenly came with that statement. But it was clear that, when she turned around, she met with a small girl. Someone around the age of... 10? Perhaps 9? She had no idea. But whoever that little girl was, she didn't seem to have any parents around. And thus concern and suspicion settled in. "Excuse me," she began as she stopped walking. Looking down at the girl, making sure that she knew who she was talking to. "Who are you?"

She usually couldn't give any single shit about who her stalker was or why they were following her. But it was a child, and Aella wasn't well with kids, but she did have a softer spot with them than when it came to adults.