Patty
*Needless to say, no one would have expected the small, wildling to venture her journey through the city, with people hustling and bustling through the streets like there wasn't a tomorrow. You wouldn't think that she would venture here for any reason, yet there she was. The Wood Elf, roughly 5ft in height with long, black hair and pale skin, wandered through the streets with her head low and her anxiety high. Her bright grey eyes stared at the people going past, hating the looks of suspicious gazes looking in her direction. They mostly looked at her, because not a lot of elves have impurities on their faces.

And that's what she had.

Freckles not only sprinkled along her cheeks and nose, but some trailed down along the sides of her neck, her shoulders, disappearing under the green blouse she wore and appearing faintly under the sleeves of her blouse.

Her hands fiddled with the bottom of her corset, incredibly nervous while walking through the city.

Why was she walking here anyway? Was she on some great adventure and needed to head her way towards a building in order to get a top secret mission?

No.
She was lost.

Immensely lost.*
Mark
*Nira, whom had transformed into her human form before leaving her house earlier that day, had been leaning against a small stall filled to the brim with various weapons near an intersection of the roads within the city, a place not to far from where the small wood elf was wandering. Now of course this was the Naga's source of income, she made and sold weapons for whomever wanted to buy em, though that wasn't important right now. All in all, from a distance Nira looked like a regular Macen, about five seven and decently shaped... The thing is, if one was to get closer, they would probably be able to see that the pupil in her one good eye was slitted much like a snakes than circular like a human's. Now through this one eye of hers, Nira had spotted this obviously lost Elf not far away and since she wasn't someone to just ignore those who need help, Nira started to approach to see if she could assistant the wood elf. This naga had also left her bird behind at the stall because she frankly didn't want to hear an earful about whatever it may be at this moment.*
Patty
*The Elf's eyes bounced from body to body before they stopped at the approaching being. She gave a faint, nervous smile to the being, not realizing that this one named Nira was actually coming close to offer assistance.
The Elf wasn't too certain on social norms because, well, she lived a large portion of her life not in the company of Macen beings.

Animals were her forte.

Only recently she decided to come a little bit out of her shell, that was when she decided to take the role as a bounty hunter. Since then she hasn't even looked at the requests of people to find as she doesn't exactly have the courage to do that yet.

So, in actual fact, she was somewhat awkward as the being approached. She just held his weird, nervous smile, but when her attentive eyes caught the appearance of Nira's eyes, a sense of unease brought itself into her body.

She didn't show it outright, but it actually made her stop. Her one-track-mind focused solely on the appearance of Nira's eyes. She wasn't disgusted. She was intrigued.*
Mark
*It didn't take long for Nira to finish her approach, by then it should have been near obvious that this girl couldn't see all too well considering the eyepatch covering her left eye... There was a story to that but that was for another time, one in which she wasn't attempting to help out a stranger.*

"Heya there Miss, I noticed that you seem a little bit lost. May I ask where you are trying to go?" *Besides her eye Nira looked fairly unremarkable, which was what she was going for because she'd rather blend in with the Macen crowd than stick out as a snake person in a city mainly dominated by Macen. It was a little comforting to Nira to see another non-Macen in this city though.*

*As for what Nira thought of this girl? Well she definitely saw her as interesting, considering the whole wood elf in a Macen city fact. She wasn't put off by the other's nervous smile either, she could understand being nervous in a place like this after all, which is more than half the reason why Nira wanted to help this person out a little.*
Patty
*... Oh good lord on whatever's Earth, she's being spoken to.

She immediately snapped out of her trance and she blinked rapidly, her grey eyes still looking at Nira's face before she quickly turned her head away and looked at the crowd rather than at Nira. One would've thought she couldn't speak with her absent answer, but she soon looked to Nira and spoke.

**"I uh... I'm looking for a way out here- Um."** She looked around again, her black hair cascading over her face for a moment before she turned to Nira and moved her long hair out the way. Her voice sounded foreign, but not the Elf kind of foreign. She sounded like she hadn't used her voice in some time, and the little times she has she only spoke a few words at once. 

**"I don't... Know how I came here and can't find way back out to forest"** She now fiddled with her hands nervously, her shoulders tensed up.

She clearly felt out of place. She hadn't seen this many people, at once, in an area.*
Mark
*The forest? That was definitely a bit away from where they were in the city, but Nira knew exactly how to get there... Her cottage wasn't exactly in the city due to a few reasons after all. She wasn't going to lead the poor girl to her house though, that would be weird, but Nira couldn't help but wonder why this elf had decided to wander into the city? Eh, that could be asked in due time* "To the forest... Yeah I can lead you there, it's a decent walk though"

*Nira had also taken note of this elf's cadence, especially how she both sounded a tad bit foreign but also nervous, the girl's body language also reflected this quite a bit which kinda confirmed Nira's suspicion that this elf was essentially a fish out of water... It was now Nira's duty to return this fish to water in a sense.* 

"Well, I guess we shouldn't dawdle, follow me and I'll get you to the forest" *And with that, Nira started to walk down the cobblestone road towards an intersection, she walked slow though as to let the other actually keep pace with her of course. Other than this, Nira hadn't really noticed much else about this elf, though that didn't eliminate her curiosity in her... Though that was to be left unmentioned for now*
Patty
*To say this elf was happy someone would help her was an understatement. She was relieved to finally be back home. As Nira began walking, she caught up beside her and spoke with a voice of relief.

**"Thank goodness, I been out of the forest for days!... I can't remember when last I was home."**

She was out of 'her home' for three days straight, meaning she was lost in the city this whole time. She looked somewhat skinny and the bags under her eyes were visible but not too dark, as though she had missed some sleep but had managed to squeeze in a few hours when she could. 

Her eyes looked up to Nira before she looked down to the floor. She was bad with small talk, again, she didn't quite know what to say, but she'll make the effort nonetheless.

**"My name Thasinia Ratha. It's a pleasure to meet you."** She spoke with a smile, a less nervous smile at least.*
Mark
*Once the two had reached the forest's edge, Nira could tell that the other had eased up... A few more worrying details had also been made clear upon further inspection, but she wasn't going to bring that up, she had no reason to after all* 

*This was also the time in which the elf had introduced herself to Nira, she hadn't really expected this... Probably because she expected the elf to hightail it out of here as soon as she could... But this was a pretty welcome surprise, especially considering the fact that having connections was a good thing in her line of work* "I'm Nira Augsburg, the local blacksmith here, its a please to meet ya as well Thasinia"

*Nira didn't really care for what Thasinia did for work, though she bet that it would probably require some forged tools, what she was interested in was what brought this elf into a city that she was obviously not comfortable in being in... Especially for what seemed like a decent while. There was also the fact that Nira was curious on where Thasinia was from, but that was only secondary right now* "Also I must ask as you seemed a bit anxious back there, what brought you into the city? Also if you don't mind me askin, where are ya from?"
Patty
*Her eyes looked at Nira before she looked back toward the city.

**"Many years I spend in home forest. I came out some time ago to get out my comfort zone. I came out again to explore but on my way home, I got lost. I not find where forest was, I thought forest had moved away somehow."**

Her eyes moved up to meet Nira's gaze again, a faint smile on her face again.

**"City difficult to navigate."**

And a forest isn't?

**"As for where I from, I-... Can't remember name of place."** She scratched her cheek softly and giggled nervously. **"That a bit silly but it truth. Where are you from, Miss?"** She tilted her head now to the side a bit in curiosity.

Like a curious dog.*
Mark
*The way Thasinia spoke was definitely a bit odd, Nira was only now picking up on the fact that this girl may not have had spoke in a little while, her grammar sorta reflected such. It didn't hinder Nira's ability to understand her though, which was good considering the few words that were missing in each sentence. Nevertheless, Nira still had to answer the questions that Thasinia had asked* "Where am I from? Hmm... Well I can't really say I know where I was born, but I do live near here so I guess it could be said that I'm from here."

*Yeah Nira's memory wasn't exactly stellar, she couldn't remember her childhood before the incident in which she lost her left eye... The loss of memory was probably due to trauma, but she wasn't too sure. All that Nira did know that that this city had been her home for a long while and frankly she didn't plan on changing that fact anytime soon.* 

"Before I head out, is there anywhere else that i can lead you to?" *Frankly, Nira was a little interested in Thasinia, she was a little rough around the edges but she seemed like a nice person to become friends with nonetheless. This didn't give Nira any reason to push this notion on the other though and even if the wood elf did look a little tired and a tad bit skinny, she still didn't want to overstep any bounds. Besides, she had only offered to lead Thasinia to the woods, not to a place with food and bed... Not yet at least*
Patty
*She blinked in thought. It appeared like she just absently stared at Nira, but she was definitely thinking in her head.

Did she need anything else? She was tired and hungry. Usually she ate like a horse but with no knowledge of the city, she doesn't know where to exactly go. She looked to the forest for a while, taking in whether or not she'll make it to her little home she built out before she collapses from exhaustion. She should probably eat and sleep a bit.

Her eyes moved to Nira and she looked at her eyes- er... Well, eye.

**"Is there place I sleep and recover? Maybe uh... Eat food? I not have much for days, but if too much to ask I understand."** She brought her nervous smile again. She felt really bad for asking this of anyone.

If she felt right about it she might have asked someone else. Alas, she didn't, but it couldn't hurt to ask this kind woman.

... Or is this the worst mistake she's made in her life?*
Mark
*The more Thasinia spoke of what had occurred the past few days, the more and more empathetical Nira was towards her... It may have been long ago, but there was a time when she too was without food. That's a story for another day though, maybe Nira would get to tell it though that was unlikely* "My home is nearby, it isn't large but it should be a good place for you to be able to recover"

*As for why Nira's cottage was on the outskirts of the city? Well she wasn't a serial killer or any psycho like that, it was simply because there was less a chance that a random person would see her actual form and spread the news that a seemingly Macen blacksmith was actually a naga... That was a kerfuffle that she just didn't want to get into. As for housing Thasinia for a day or so, there was no problems with that, though Nira figured that she would have to refrain from transforming, no biggy to her though.* 

"But yeah, I wouldn't mind letting you stay for a little, it isn't like I have company over often..." *Nira paused a little like she was thinking on saying something, she wanted to bring up the fact that she wasn't a Macen but she was honestly a tad bit nervous about doing so, but the truth had to get out if she was gonna have company over* "Also there is one last thing that I have to tell ya, I may look like a Macen, but I'm actually a naga... This is just a form I can shift to to make things a little easier on the city"
Patty
*Thasinia stared at Nira.

Long and hard.

The stare seemed confusing at first glance but then it slowly became more and more visible... 

She was clueless. She had no idea what a naga is, and it was evident in her face. Her knowledge lies more in nature and animals, she's not too aware of the bi-pedal species that she shares this world with. In her mind, naga sounded like a type of food.

Then Nira mentioned she's a naga.
So Thasinia thought that 'naga' was a term for some sexuality or gender? Which would just confuse her further.

Then she mentioned form she can shift into.
It clicked that the being she is seeing isn't actually who she is. She this came to the conclusion that whatever this 'naga' was, it altered the being's appearance somehow in a drastic way.

**"That sounds fun!"**

She meant 'fine' but that word will do. She hoped that she looked like she knew what Nira meant.*
Mark
*Nira saw that Thasinia didn't understand, and though she expected such, she was still a little exasperated by it. This was because how was she going to explain that she was half snake without freaking her out? Well there was one way and that included just telling and showing, wasn't that hard of a concept right?* "Naga is... Uhh, well, my race. I look half Macen and half snake in my true form... Lemme show you"

*And with that, Nira's legs seemingly phased out of existence and was replaced with the lower half of a red scaled snake. It was also evident that Nira was now slightly taller than before due to how her tail kept her upright, she was now edging closer to five ten instead of her original five seven height. Nevertheless, Her sudden change would probably shock Thasinia a little bit, or well that's what Nira expected at the least... Especially considering how shock is the usual reaction to such a thing* 

*So there sat Nira, her tail coiled up a little, minus the fact that her upper half was upright, as she nervously waited for Thasinia's reaction which she hopped wouldn't be that of fear or anger or shock. Well at least she was getting this done and over with now instead of later*