Alessandra Lyra
The man in the strange attire seemed to look at Alessandra, the lost girl, with pity. She noticed him calculating her every move, it seemed he was just trying to figure how he should go about working with her. He seemed just as clueless and confused about her desperate situation as she and it brought the girl some comfort. When he realized what was causing her fears, the sword sheathed on his back, he quickly understood and went about trying to fix the situation. Slowly, so he wouldn't spook the poor girl, he removed the battered thing from the sheath and raised it up.
To Alis, cowering on the ground, it was seen almost as a threat. As the sword hovered in the air above her, she shrank back and considered running. However before she could, he stuck it in the ground. She huffed out a sigh of relief and pressed her hand over her forehead, trying to chase away the stress-induced headache that she felt coming on. Slowly, she removed her hand from her head and combed her fingers through her loose hair. Normally she'd have it tied up, but it seemed it had been removed between the time she was with her friends to now. To her horror, Alis could only imagine was state it was in.
She had been too busy worrying about her hair that she hadn't noticed that the strange man had approached her. She was relieved to see that he had left his sword in the dirt behind him, though she still panicked as he came closer. He stopped in front of her and held out his hand. Half expecting it to be another attack, Alessandra flinched at the movement, however, a look at his face revealed better motives. Reluctantly, she reached out and grabbed it, using it to help hoist herself up onto her feet.
"I suppose you weren't joking when you asked about Kalistos" he began. Alis still hadn't found her voice and only nodded as she dusted herself off. When she looked up, the man was smiling at her and she took a step back, still unsure of his standing in the whole situation, though he seemed harmless enough. "Kalistos is one of the largest and most important cities in the whole of Taakeira. It's ten minutes or so up the road, on foot. If you really are lost, you should probably head to Kalistos. I can take you there, if you want. I'm Martin, by the way. What about you? Do you at least know who you are?"
Alis sighed, what on Earth was Taakeira? She wondered if she had just stepped into the territory of some strange roleplaying game that she hadn't known about. Taakeira. Taakeira. She searched her mind for any hint of recognition, though she came up blank. She didn't want to appear stupid to the man, though, so she just nodded as if she understood. Maybe it would be best if she just played along. "Kalistos. Large, important city. Got it." She whispered under her breath, trying to commit the information to memory, just in case she'd need it later. He offered escorting her before giving her his name. Alis was shocked and wondered if she should take him up on his offer. A quick search around her revealed that there didn't seem to be many people and the people she did see didn't exactly look like decent characters. It would probably be best to go towards a city, maybe she could find a phone or something there. Or maybe Cole or Winsley were there. "Uh, okay. It would be good to have help finding my way around, thank you." She said, running her fingers through her red mane again, nervously. "My name is Alessandra. Though, my friends call me Alis." She added, quickly. "I've lost my friends, too. Winsley, a girl with long pink hair and tattoos on her forehead and Cole, a boy with brown hair, he's small and kind of girly. Maybe we can find them in Kalistos?" She offered, hope flooding through her, maybe Martin had seen them already.