Wanderlust (TeeJayedee and Chagera)
 

The town was bustling with life, women walking from shop to shop purchasing food and luxury goods as well. Bolts of fabric were balanced on seamstresses shoulders, Baskets of breads in the bakers arms.

Outside one of the fruit stalls stood a dark haired man in a Navy blue tailcoat with gold embroidery along the white cuffs and hems, long dark pants and leather boots that went about to mid calf. His hands were stuffed in his shallow pants pockets as he leaned over the stall flirting with the woman who ran it. Using his charm and wits to get her to drop the price. The results of his effort were a bag of Mangoes that had been dropped far below their original price.

Nyra Geran was the man's name, and he was a notorious womanizer. Rumor had it he left lovely green and blue feathers with those women he really preferred. In reality though the feathers just dropped from his hair during certain seasons. There was nothing he could do about it, those were molting seasons and once the feathers fell from his body he could no longer mask them. For you see, Nyra was not human, and probably wouldn't be anything close to human for a long time yet. Nyra was one of the Geruda clan, a race of half human bird men that had long been forced into hiding with may of the other fae and Mythos in this region.

Nyra liked this town, but when he saw the large group of young men and husbands gathered outside his door this morning he knew it was time to leave. Sure he could take them, but he really didn't feel like causing that much trouble.

And so it was with a small basket of Mangoes that he began his trip in search of a town he hadn't already occupied in the last fifty years. He was on foot all the way through town and then, when he was sure no one was looking, he changed into a large crane sized green and blue bird of Paradise, complete with a crest of silky blue feathers atop his head and a flowing tail.

Those few people that saw the bird flutter from the marsh near the town were confused and quickly went into town to spread the news of their sighting.

An interesting development
 

For a while Nyra flew in silence with the basket in his talons, he was following the stream, because if he ended up sinking at least then he would not need to steer so much.

The flight was relatively peaceful, but dull. Then his golden avian eyes caught a glimmer of something in the stream below him, flickering and creating rainbows in it's wake. A naiad perhaps, but water beasts could be so tricky sometimes, often posing as something else to lure prey in. For a moment Nyra reflected on the lack of honor in tricking something into your mouth instead of just hunting it down.

But as was typical of this man, curiosity got the best of him. Dipping slightly to the left he began to descend, making the occasional correction due to the basket in his feet.

Now he was flying over the water spirit, just a few feet away from her higher leaps, "And a good Marrow to you my good fae" He called, he wasn't sure of the creature's gender yet and did not want to make incorrect assumptions. He'd occasionally drift to the side as he flew, again the cause of this was the basket in his talons.

Mae Govannen!
 

"Ah miss you mistake me for a Delivery bird, this here is my fruit" Nyra chuckled as he did circles around the Nymph so as to stay airborne, "And since I am no real hurry to any such place, I do suppose it would not hurt me to visit with you for a time. After all I do so love meeting new faces."
When she had mentioned having a spring he knew he was safe, she was one of those stationary water folk. Many times they were harmless, it was the ones that moved around that were more dangerous. The mermaids, the water horses and so forth.

A happy meeting?
 

Nyra shook his head as he flew, truly she was a friendly water sprite. He landed on the hill a little ways away, carefully setting the basket on the ground.
He extended his large wings and flapped them, once, twice. Then there was a soft popping noise and a flurry of feathers as the bird doubled in size becoming human.

Nyra shook his head pulling a feather from the loose front part of his hair and adjusting his coat a little before heading towards the spring on foot. He carried the basket in his hand. Then he stopped smiling at her a little.

His smile was one of those ever contagious smiles, "Well this is a lovely spot, you don't mind if I Picnic here do you? I didn't get a chance to eat breakfast this morning."

Nyra bowed his head cordially and smiled "You may call me Nyra" He said as he pulled out one of the ripe red-orange fruits and holding it out to her.

"You do eat this stuff I presume" He asked softly, knowing well that there were some entities that did not eat in the same way that he did. There were some wood Nymphs that fed completely on sunlight, and then there were the darker vampyric types, some actually feeding on blood and others that fed on warmth.

He sat cross legged as he took a small bite from his own mango, licking his lips a little as he did.

Nyra chuckled a bit "Looking for a town I haven't been to in at least sixty years. I'm afraid I caused a few to many young wives to become distracted from their husbands... And so said husbands were at my door this afternoon ready for a fight. They couldn't harm me...but I've no interest in harming them."

He was never shy about his more lecherous habits with those of a similar kind, after all ageless things would eventually discover he lied if ever he did, it was just better to lay it all out in the open.

Aha
 

Nyra smiled and bobbed his head a little in understanding, his mouth full. "I was not propositioning you though miss" He said with that dangerously lovely smile, "I've never actually gone after a woman...I am just a flirt and a Tease it's them that come willing to my bedchambers...though when asked by their husbands they will deny it and say I had bewitched them." He paused for a moment "Which actually I suppose isn't entirely untrue, though not so much in a magical sense"

He finished off his Mango and set the woody pit on the ground before starting to lick his fingers clean. "I knew a Siren once, sort of...though it was not your sister that much is for certain because this one was male. But he is far far on the other side of the continent."

Conversation
 

"Ah, Shan understands. Shan was just bored because she never has visitors at her spring. But now that Shan has a visitor, she doesn't know what to do!" The naiad giggled and stretched briefly. "Do you have any ideas, because Shan doesn't right now..."


(( Wondering where you want to go with this RP... LOL ))

((LOL Initial disinterest is only natural. He has respect for his own...kind))

Nyra shrugged a little and smiled "For me this is no more than meeting and making new friends" He said softly "Better to make allies of those around you, than enemies..."

He scratched his chin "I've an intriguing question to propose though, to my knowledge...Your kind...cannot leave where they are born. Suppose one was to fill a flask with water from your spring though...would you be able to leave with that person."

By the look on his face he was clearly deep in thought about something and he tugged at his braid a little as he did.

Moving along
 

Nyra shrugged "It would just be rather nice to have a companion at times....one of my kind that I could talk too..." He said softly "My friend ...across the continent...well he's a bit preoccupied with his new wife, and I've been alone and friendless for sometime now. Mortals are fine sometime...but I still have to keep so many secrets from them"

Nyra smiled and pulled out a flask, " I was also thinking that it might be nice for you if you could move around freely...it would make you less vulnerable to humans as they are expanding..."

Moving?
 

Nyra pulled out a small canteen and tossed it to Shan, "Can you use this? To hold water to ...reside in?" He asked quietly, "I'm only suggesting making your self mobile for a while, think of it as an experiment..." He said now pulling his knees to his chest and resting his head on them.

"Those fae that are trapped...and bound to their rivers and trees...and mountains, are the ones facing the worst prosecution." he said softly, almost sadly, "I just hate seeing our kind being forced to suffer like this...I just think...that we should explore options to try and help them.... I met a Dryad once. Who carried around a stunted tree...and that was his tree where his spirit was bound. I figure if it can work for a dryad....why not try it with others.."

He smiled that winning smile once again, "and of course you'd be the one in charge of the canteen..."

Travelin' Shan'
 

Nyra nodded a little "I suppose that works to then" He said looking at her with a smile "How long can you go like that though?" He asked, "Is there a limit to how long and how far you can travel?"

This idea intrigued him a little as well, he was a naturally curious man. He knew the basics about most Fae but he'd forgotten just how unique and surprising they could all be.

Travelin' Shan'
 

Nrya shrugged "I had no set destination..." He said quietly "I'm just looking for a place to stay that I haven't stayed at in at least sixty years. " He leaned his head on his knees still. "It would just be nice to have someone to travel with...even if only for a Month. But we can cover a lot of ground in a month..." He said softly.

Boredom claims another victim
 

((Sorry been sick lately))

"Mmmh West...I don't think I've been that way...but there's a desert...can you handle that?" He asked "You won't...evaporate will you?"
Nyra smiled a bit and stretched his legs a little now "I think there's a little town on the other side of it though...and a whole other country...Since I've only ever been here...it can't hurt to check it out right?" He asked.
The Bird man stood up slowly now and dusted himself off a bit, stretching his arms over his head as he awaited Sheena's input.