#aprentis

✿           “ooooh,” martel cooed, “coco, what are you looking at there??” martel looked over the girl’s shoulder, an easy accomplishment simply due to the heigh difference between her and the young girl. this place was filled with the most imaginative things, some of which were beyond her imagination. while most may be considered junk... there appeared to be quite a few hidden treasures.

most of martel’s belongings were only distant memories lost over time... but it was still interesting to see what others found among the vendors.

Unfamiliar places, unfamiliar faces. The adeptus, usually quite adept at finding his way around, is lost in the bustling markets of Cotes. He hasn’t mustered the words to voice this to a stranger, so he simply stands with his arms crossed at the edge of the crowd, eyeing his ways out. Other than his brief stint into the forest, he’s been entirely too surrounded by people since his arrival in the city. It’s crowded, loud, and uncomfortable. Fortunately, he also hasn’t seen much danger, either. The people here, in this foreign land, seem to safely at peace.

Finally deciding to try one of the exits he’d been watching, Xiao takes a step into the bustling foot traffic, only to nearly bowl over a young girl moving past that had somehow missed his attentive gaze. He flicks a glance towards the pole that had been creating the blind spot, almost accusingly, before addressing the girl.

“A pleasure to see you again, Coco. I trust you’ve been well, and preferably unharmed by the museum mishap?” Grimm greets the witch, sitting and offering some donuts and muffins he’d bought at the café counter. Someone can’t avoid the sugar.

“Too bad the difficulty’s easy, but I could use the rush.” He hummed, tapping the acceptance. It chirped back at him about the quest being accepted, and he couldn’t help but grin. Looking down over over the distance to the ground, excitement rushed over him before he realized someone else was standing nearby.

Normally this wouldn’t stop him, but it was a kid, and so it gave him pause. While this was an easy-mode quest, and something he was kind of just doing for kicks, it might not be that way for a kid.

“Hey!”

❛  i know, i’m amazing! that was just a little taste of my magic, though. i’m usually capable of a lot more.  ❜