LU 25 - Illios 1

Illios wandered the market at spawn, the annoying ghost child Zinnia in tow. Not too long ago, the mysterious stone Morpheus, the crazed tree spirit and grandchild of Zinnia, had given to them had begun to hum again. In search of anything suspicious they kept an eye on the few people loitering around the mostly empty stalls but it was pointless really. None of them were the ones they had been looking for for so long. They returned to the soup kitchen they had stayed at before. The apartments, as though not much, were much nicer than the little cold hut in the forest after all. Illios proposed to take a walk, instead of going straight back in and so they did. The forest was calm as always, the fresh breeze caressing the leaves. Yet it also brought with it a "rotting smell" as Zinnia put it. They looked around for a bit, only to find themselves in front of an enderians body laying un-moving beneath a tree.

"Is that a boar?"

"... Can I touch it.?"

"No."

Illios stared at the enderian's face before making a decision she'd probably regret later. "Let's get them to the hut." Unsurprisingly, Illios let go of them as soon as possible, letting them fall on the soft sleeping bag tucked away in the corner of her shed-like house. After all, you won't know what heavy is until you dragged a 7-ish foot person as a 5'5-ish tall person.

In a fit of stupidity, she thought it was a good idea to pour water over an enderian to wake them up. Wake them up it did at least. Mira started in a panic, visibly confused about the whole thing. After a quick introduction, things settled considerably, though Mira's confusion remained. The fact Illios kept talking to what seemed nothing (Zinnia was only visible to her, a real problem in the company of normal people) didn't help either. After a while the question of Mira's home came up. In that moment, Illios was sure the enderian would have paled if not for the fact they were quite literally black. "I-I forgot about Jeremy- I should really get going" It didn't take much for Illios to convince them to accompany them home. Something about Mira had piqued her interest and, well, it was not like she didn't have all the time in the world anyways. The journey to Mira's house was a quiet one. Illios would trail behind on multiple occasions to get a chance to answer Zinnia's snarky remarks without getting a weird glance thrown into her direction. The house was as beautiful as it was quiet. Mira had hurridly checked for the alleged "Jeremy" yet noone seemed to be home. So, still curious as ever, Illios stuck around for a cup of coffee. While drinking the hot beverage she couldn't help but ask: "Mhm.. you seem well traveled, Mira.. Where are you from exactly?" They took a moment to answer. "Well I haven't really told anyone this- not even Chizzy but.."

Mira went on to explain on how they ran away from being the next leader of a nation, a nation Illios never even heard of before. With every detail her interest grew. Who exactly was this enderian? They quickly fell into an easy going chat, only interrupted when Illios addressed Zinnia from time to time. (The child was getting increasidly bored after all) A glance outside at the steadily decending sun reminded Illios of the time. She should head back soon lest she'd invoke the wrath of Bruce over unwashed dishes. What a pitiful way to go that would be after more than a millennium of living. Not to long after she stood at the door ready to leave and leave this stranger behind... before hesitating and turning around. "Here, take this-" She quickly scribbled down her contact details on a piece of paper and handed it to Mira. "We should do coffee again some day, if you'd like." Mira accepted it with a small, confused smile and put it away. They watched Illios walk down the path of their house, only turning around to wave a goodbye before vanishing in the tunnels.