A-Myst the Forest

[PepsiYuuka]

She counted her steps to the seconds in her head.

Coruscant was modern, certainly, but stifling. She had taken the attempts to renaturalize Japan in her time for granted- the amount of grey, even under the sky of Tier 1, was a pain to the eye when stared at too long. It was a city of conformity. Sure, perhaps it was different below her apartment in Tier 2- but urban crime wasn't her specialty. She was just a normal woman. Even given her hobbies, there was no need to get messed up in dealings more illegal than absolutely necessary.

How this boredom had dragged her here she didn't fully understand herself. Maybe she had just snapped after pounding her head against the library table trying to apply reason to physics intended to be magic. But what she did know was that when information was unreliable, the only way to learn the truth was to find it out yourself. Risk be damned.

And that was, in short, how an unassuming physics major from T2 had found herself here. Well, she had to admit- it sure was more green.

Head snapping upwards to stare into the sky above, Renko paused for just a moment, then wrinkled her nose. It just doesn't add up, she thought to herself. Literally. The time she had counted in her own head and the time that had passed- they were different. Not by much, but just ever so slightly. She had heard tell of this phenomenon before- but as far as she could tell, there was no reason for it to be happening now. It was mere seconds of difference, but it was enough to bother her, who was supposed to always be accurate.

With a sigh she simply kept walking, pulling her hat from her head as she did so to fan herself slightly in the heat. She was beginning to regret her choice of verse to explore a little bit, though she told herself at least it couldn't have been as bad as Ashen or something. Whatever- she had her goal in mind now. She was going to figure out what, exactly, was causing this distortion around her, and she was going to find it. No way around it.

Strangely, it didn't take long.

Renko had at least enough sense to note that it was probably unusual for a girl that much smaller even than herself to be wandering around what was basically jungle. Not to mention that she, too, seemed caught in this time mess. Or perhaps she was the reason for it? She was still unsure.

"Hello," she called as she approached, keeping some amount of distance while still making herself visible through the foliage. It was a short, simple introduction- though Renko was intentionally trying to come off as nonthreatening. Then again, it was very hard to be threatened by just about the most generic, slightly boyish looking human woman ever with no remarkable traits that was carrying nothing but an unassuming briefcase and that seemed just as sweaty and lost as you. "Got a minute? I'm kind of lost."

I'm irresponsible as usual and posting here first.

Renko's full profile is here. Under Renko, obviously.