[b]Zhaojun![/b]

What does she see?

First, it's a formless shape, moving through the sheets of rain. It soon resolves into a person - a woman - young and clutching an oilskin cloak about her shoulders as she cuts a path through the storm. She pauses, noticing you for the first time, glancing along the pathway as if to check for danger, before stepping closer.

You can make out the sword now, strapped to her side. Her clothing is sturdy, boiled leather armour atop a dark green shirt. The way she moves, flowing across the land, rain misting around her like an aura. All of this speaks to training and her station: A Flower Knight, there can be no doubt about it. 

Your eye catches the clasp on her cloak - a dark green brooch in the shape of a Lily. It's only once she kneels in front of you that your eyes begin to track up to her face, taking in tanned features that are both bold and soft; a rounded chin, full lips - misting the air between you with their breath - a few strands of dark brown hair have wisped out of her ponytail, framing high, rosy, cheeks and a well-set nose.

And her eyes, peeking out from beneath long lashes, are the colour of leaves, of emeralds, of [i]life[/i].

The two of you lock gazes for a lightning moment, before she reaches out a hand.

"Hey." she says, voice tinged with concern. "Are you alright? ..."

-===-

For her part, Kalaya hadn't stopped walking since leaving the teahouse. When the rain came, she simply pulled out her cloak, tossed it on and kept marching.

Throughout all of this, her mind kept playing the last few minutes over and over again. Try as she might, she was no closer to a concrete plan than she had been when she'd first stepped out. Her feet just kept driving her onwards, towards Kingeater Castle.

[i]And then what? Try to talk to her? What would I even say? "Hey Ven! So, I heard you like Demons?" ... Ugh, I'm such an idiot.[/i]

The sudden downpour had her sniffling and she was fighting a losing battle against the the humidity due to how quickly she was climbing into the hills. Her boots were squelching as the path turned to mud and she was certain she'd need to change to new socks before long.

Adding to her discomfort, visibility was down to basically nothing. In fact, when she first spotted the person lying by the wayside - she'd assumed it was a corpse and was just about to keep walking when it stirred. She'd glanced along the pathway, sorely tempted to keep going. She [i]should [/i]check up on them, but a delay - any delay - made her anxiety spike.

For what felt like an eternity, she stood there, weighing her vows against this manic pulling inside her.

She sighed, turning away. [i]For now[/i]. [i]Only for now.[/i]

Kneeling, she extends a hand.

"Hey. Are you alright?" she starts. "I'm kind of in a rush - gotta make my way into a demon-held castle, probably going to die when I get there. But y'know how it is. Are you able to stand?"

[Rolling for unintentional enticement: 5 + 6 - 1 = [b]10[/b] - Kalaya will take a string on Zhaojun and she picks one from the entice list.]