Starlight

[The Future Warrior]

As it turned out, the desert at night wasn't really all that bad. Kinda dark, and a little cold. A little spooky, especially with the unfamiliar surroundings. Then again, that probably had as much to do with the town as much as the desert itself. The sand occasionally blowing about in the chilly breezes and gusts was a minor irritant that made things less pleasant than they otherwise might have been, as well. Thankfully the flowing, loose cloak she'd conjured up, along with the hood and scarf over her face kept that bother to a minimum. The scouter over one eye also helped there. Being in town where the winds were somewhat set at bay by the buildings also probably helped to some degree she couldn't really put her finger on to figure out.

Even with all of that making the place less awful than she had originally anticipated, however...it was still kind of dull. The fact she was bad at searching for things the old-fashioned way didn't really help. Aimless wandering and poking around for several hours had left her a little lost and frustrated. Not to mention she was now, finally, starting to come to a slow realization.

The astronomer she was looking for was from Camelot. The...Kingdom, she thought it was also called. And she was from the Empire. Coruscant. The two were rather very strongly against each other, from what she'd managed to gather and pick up. Some reading and poking around the dataverse, and just general things she'd overheard. Didn't exactly fill her with confidence on the chances of...good odds at managing to do this peacefully. Either have to be really. really convincing, or just...not let on that she was an agent of the Empire. Maybe both. That could work.

...all assuming, of course, she ever found him. At the moment she was really just debating waiting until morning to continue her search. She didn't really need to sleep or anything, so it wasn't like she needed to take the time to rest during the night like most others might, but... A little rest never hurt. And maybe something to eat wouldn't hurt. Not that she needed food, per se, but...well. She still did get hungry just like anyone or anything else that did need to eat.

"...think I packed some stuff before I left to come here," she mumbled quietly to herself, trying to think back over her rushed preparations when she'd set out for the desert, after getting back there and resting for a while after Dante's Abyss. Had all been a bit of a blur, and not just do to her own lack of focus. She was fairly certain she'd remembered to pack some things though. Idly she pressed a hand against her stomach and pushed inward, the cloak parting like water. Clothes and her skin likewise parted, oozing and flowing around her arm as she reached inward. Feeling around her her packed and stored provisions as she idly continued her wandering. "Where did I put it...?"

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