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She was a girl, by the roadside, with a guitar slung over one shoulder, and a travel sack over the other. Kaureerah walked along under the early afternoon sun, a gentle breeze pushing puffy white clouds across the sky and causing the ocean to sigh and crash in the near distance. Carts clattered by along the Godsroad, and others walked it as she did. She twisted about for each, offering a smile and a wave or an extended thumb in hopes of catching a ride into the city. Down by the water, it was not quite warm enough yet for people to frolic among the waves, but that time was drawing near and she was glad of it. She had been a lonely eeaiko in there these past few months, all by herself.

In truth, it was probably still too cold for her present attire: a long, tasseled poncho, seasilk hose, and the sturdy leather boots that had carried her across a good portion of the Twin Continents. She'd been excited, though. The wind bit at her bare arms and caused her light, downy hair to stir like sea snakes about her head, but then came the sun, warming her, and Kaureerah was happy. She unslung her guitar and began to pluck idly at the strings, the beginnings of a song coming to her. She began to strum and hum and the people who always spared her at least a second glance - for many might see an eeaiko only a handful of times in their lives - began to take an extended interest. Then, the song was there, and she poured her particular brand of magic into it.

[color=DEB887]"Hello, Missus Sun, it's nice to see you here.
The world's just not the same without your light, I fear.

For when you glow, my spirit sings,
My eyes are bright with happy things.

The road that I walk is dappled and it's bright.
My worries and my fears fade back into the night.

For when you glow, my spirit sings,
My eyes are bright with happy things.

There are so many more who feel the way I do.
They walk along this road and they walk with me and you.

And when you glow, our spirits sing,
Our eyes shine bright like anything!
I hope you'd like to stay awhile,
And make these many people smile.

Missus Sunnnn!"[/color]

She strummed a big flourishing outro, spinning a complete three-sixty on her heel. That was when she noticed the chorus following her: a dozen or so people humming along, dancing, and snapping their fingers. [color=DEB887]"Ooh!"[/color] she exclaimed. [color=DEB887]"Thenk yoo, frens! Thenk yoo!"[/color] She blinked, bemused but pleased, and bowed. This seemed to happen from time to time: her music connected with people in an odd, welcome, and very intense way. It seemed warmer outside too, and even more so as a handful offered her coins. [color=598527]"You are a very talented young lady,"[/color] one old woman assured her. [color=7bcdc8]"Almost made me [i]want[/i] to go to work!"[/color] laughed a man, and Kaureerah blushed fiercely. [color=7bcdc8]"Almost,"[/color] he assured her, and she snorted in laughter. [color=DEB887]"Noo mejeec es thet stroon, huh?"[/color] 

[color=f6989d]"Sadly not,"[/color] commiserated a young woman behind her, and the eeaiko twisted and smiled.

[color=004b80]"Well, if you crack the case,"[/color] another man - a yasoi - assured her, [color=004b80]"You'll be a rich woman - 'least by yanii reckoning."[/color]

[color=f6989d]"Where ya headed anyway?"[/color] asked the young woman, twirling a little sack around her pointer by its string.

Kaureerah took a deep breath and smiled, ear to ear. [color=DEB887]"I cennaut beleev et,"[/color] she admitted, [color=DEB887]"Baut te beeg peepool aut te Ecedemee hauv enveeted mee theer."[/color] She glanced up at the sky, still not quite believing it, but it was real. She was no more than two minutes from the gates and there was a goodly lineup. She came to a stop at the end of it, along with a few others. [color=DEB887]"Eye praumeess te Goods en te Aunceesters Eye well doo tem praud."[/color]
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