Snippet #2675729

Nuelle sluggishly raised herself back to her feet and gave one final look at the sunken tower. There were questions she wanted yo ask the strange bird man, but it wasn't looking like he was up for much talk at the moment. What was this party all about, and what guests? For all she could tell, she and the bird were the only people around, if he could be considered a person. Oh, but that is rather racist isn't it? What is racist, anyways?

As she fumbles with her thoughts she finds herself wandering along the riverside, head cast down watching her feet and feeling the grass pressed under them. She finds it peculiar that she has no form of footwear, not that she ever remembers wearing any. In fact, it did not seem she was at all properly attired for a party. She turns and looks back, in hopes to ask if Abdown had clothes to spare, but found the lake was now miles away.

"Oh," she mutters, somewhat astonished. She had sworn she only took a few steps, but perhaps she zoned out in her thoughts. It was a bit disconcerting that she had lost track of time. To anyone watching, she had in fact teleported forwards a few times along her stroll. Casting her face back down, she turns back to continue her stroll but freezes in place upon hearing a voice cry out. It was that of Collin, not too far from where she stood. What she saw, however, was the ground, and the first thing to come upon her path on the ground was a rather long bright blue snake with green eyes and feathery scales upon its back and at the tip of its tail. Fearlessly she kneels down and pokes its back to get its attention. It turns to her and rises up in response.

"You are lost, but here you are found," she says in a matter-of-fact tone to the serpent. It simply cocks its head in confusion then slithers off into the river without even a sign of gratitude. She scratches her head. If the snake wasn't the one who called for help, then who did? She slowly lifts her head to see four hooves, those attached to four legs, then a horse's body, and then... then a human torso?

"Ah, I'm so sorry I-" she exclaims all of a sudden, flailing her arms causing her sleeves to flop about. In her panic she loses her balance and falls upon her rear end. "I didn't see you."