Wandering Lost

[Darastrix]

Armida turned this way and that down the streets of Ilyamen, looking for her inn. She'd left early that morning to seek out a bookshop, which she had found, along with several other interesting shops scattered all over the city. Now it was past lunchtime, and she was hot and tired, and wanted nothing more than to take a rest. Unfortunately, she was also quite lost. Sighing, she sank down onto a public bench and looked about, trying to get her bearings.

"Excuse me," she called to the first passer-by she saw, "Could you help me, please?"

[Devon]

Vision walked along the streets of Ilyamen down a path he had memorized from walking with others and getting a fell for his surroundings with his cane. Vision stopped as someone called out to him. Turning in the direction the voice came from he replied, "Um sure I can. What do you need help with?"

[Darastrix]

"I'm new to Ilyamen," she said, standing, "And I'm a little lost. Do you know the way to the Friendly Arms Inn, by any chance?"

[Devon]

Vision smiled and shook his head. "Um I might know where it is, but I've never seen it. I haven't really seen anything since I'm blind. I can take you through the paths I have memorized and you might be able to see the Friendly Arms Inn."

[Darastrix]

"Oh. Oh dear, I'm sorry," Armida said, feeling embarrassed for not having noticed his cane before. "Are you sure it's not going to be a problem? I can ask someone else...." She trailed off, fidgeting uncomfortably. She wasn't really sure how to treat a person like that.

[Devon]

"There is no need to apologize Miss," Vision said. "You couldn't have known until I told you anyway. I'll have no problem taking you around Ilyamen, I've learned the streets well." Vision held out his arm and pat it. "Come now, you can be the first traveler to take Vision's sightless tour. I'm Vision by the way, Vision Ceere."

[Darastrix]

She hesitated briefly, then took the young man's arm. "Vision? That's a cruel name to give--" Armida bit her words off quickly. The man was blind, not deaf. "I'm sorry," she mumbled.

[Devon]

Vision chuckled as he started his walking tour of Ilyamen for Armida. "Cruel? I've always thought it was funny and there is no need to apologize. I was born this way, I could only learn to live with it, or be down about it."

[Darastrix]

"Well, it's good that you can be so optimistic about it," she commented. "What do you do for a living?"

[Devon]

"Ah, I am a bard," Vision replied with a grin. "You don't need to see too well to sing a song, though I also learned to play the lute when I was younger. If you don't mind me asking Miss what brings you to Ilyamen?"

[Darastrix]

"I just wanted a change in scenery, and Ilyamen was the closest land to travel to," she said, keeping an eye out for her inn.

It was partially true, anyway. She hated Reave. Not because of its people or leader, but because of its history--the place where she and her family had fled after Lacuna. She wasn't truly angry anymore, though she preferred to stay away from Fires if she could, but even though Reave was a real city now, it was home to too many bad memories for her taste. And since she and the other Clears could control their abilities now, and had been able to do so for some time, she'd been thinking about leaving for one of the elemental cities.

[Devon]

"Well that is a good reason to travel," Vision said. "I'm originally from Talen'sul, I left purely to see..well to check out the bardic guild in Ilyamen. I wanted a change in scenery as well, not that I could see it." Vision frowned. "I don't mean to keep making so many bad puns about my lack of sight, forgive me."

[Darastrix]

[whisper=munky]Psst. Vision's from Khelek.[/whisper]

"I'm not sure that counts as a pun anyway," Armida remarked idly. "Did you travel here with your family?" Surely he must have come with someone; there was no possible way the young man could have traveled so far alone.

[Devon]

"Oh it was quite a journey," Vision explained. "I'm from Khelek so I had to find someone I could trust and pay them to guide me to Talen'sul. From there I met up with a local bardic group who was coming to Ilyamen and I traveled with them." Vision paused for a moment and added, " Despite how that sounds it isn't so tough being blind, while I can't travel far and wide by myself, over time I am able to learn to navigate the city I live in. "