An Exalted Couple, Episode One

[InaVegt]

Episode 1, Scene 1

A sunny day in the wavecrest archepilago, it's the middle of resplendent fire, it is currently Sunday and the moon has lost its state of being full.

Abalone, largest island of the archipelago, is the current location of our two heroes. Gullwing, to be precise. A port city to the west of the island, and most well known for it being a starting point to many expeditions into the deep west.

As it's noon, the port is bustling with activity, ships unloading and loading goods and passengers, sailors going to public alehouses, captains paying docking fees, and all such things.

Amidst this all are our two heroes.

[The_Shaman]

Amidst the bustle of the port town, Kaor looks around as he walks, his eyes never stopping at one place long in a way that befits his nickname. He ambles at a leisurely pace and seems to ignore the din around him. Nothing could be further than the truth - he easily picks out the voices of the children playing around, the sailors shouting, cursing, or whistling a tune (or at a barmaid's rear end), and the merchants' haggling. Among other things, that is.

The lank westerner was a regular at such places from his life... both before and after the Second Breath. He did not seem out of place, either - while his jet-black hair (with two tuffs turned prematurely grey currently being kept under his kerchief), dark skin, and prominent, hooked nose suggested that he might be from further south, any port city worthy of the appelation had some sailors who had been born where the elements held different sway. The open shirt, short slops, and colored sash, as well as the other things he wore on him, were mixed and matched from a variety of places in the west.

Shortly after taking his eyes off a not too unattractive native, he finally found what they were looking for, and for once it held his attention steady. "Weeell, there it is, Aran. Looks like we were told right."

[ScIaDrd]

Aran wandered the East, no longer having any meaningful ties to it. He couldn´t sleep at night and when head did, he heard strange voices, whispering in unknown tongues,the murmur of a busy city and the squeaks of an unknown bird. And he felt an intense curiosity for a person he did not meet once in his life yet he felt some fundamental bond with that somebody.
That night of Resplendent fire, he could not take it anymore. Aran got up, got dressed, and not sure about what he wanted to do, yet singlemindedly firm about his goal, he wandered out from the inn to a clearing away in the forest.
There, under the single eye of Luna, a voice from his heart whispered to him to spread him arms out wide and turned his mind inward. He felt a terrible gaping hole somewhere deep in his heart. What it was, he did not know, but he felt wild winds coming from there. They flew out of Aran´s lips without him knowing their meaning: Kaze no ahau, ine tak gamel, ine tak gamel, Kaaná ta ge tya. CICH IILK IKE! He yelled these last words as golden fire and typhoon winds enveloped him.
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The port city of the West was full of amazing sights. Weaving through the crows of people, and bathing in the noonday sun, Aran let his instincts guide him Finally he saw two men , one swarthy like him with a kerchief, and his associate. His heart soared with sudden excitement at the sight of the other one. Picking up the pace from a leisurely walk he rushed toward him, even knocking over a beggar. He fell onto the the tan-skinned man and Aran finally stood face to face with that special person. As he noticed the feathers in his hair, a name emerged from the Solar´s mind and he blurted it out without thought: Kaor!