The sun in the west faded into the flaming empyrean but leaving without a scorch. Instead, it was replaced by the biting cold reminiscent of those nights without a lover's embrace: stinging not only the skin but deep down one's soul. Dotted on the blood-colored sky were silhouettes of the day-time birds leaving Stokbon; definite was the place where they would stay for the night, their wings guided them to their sanctuary. It was akin to the many feet on the clay pavement of the city, but unlike the birds whose eyes were set on the skies as they fly, none of the people took the time to raise their heads and delight in the rarity up above. Most of the glassy eyes were glued on the wooden signages and the glass windows of every edifice which flaunted the best of what they could offer. Lips were busy exchanging desires and prices. Ears heard none of the chimings of the wind but only high-pitched voices of sweet-talkers who only wanted a deal. No one could blame them --- Stokbon has high human traffic that despite the abundance of inns, one would still find it hard to get a space. Hence, why would one take time to pause and do an inconsequential thing? Or, perhaps the reason why none could notice the skies was not because of their fixation on their hunt for shelter and other 'necessities' but due to the towering adobe walls of various tints, if not of moss, that defiled the view. Or both? Amidst the restless souls was a scantily-clad blonde Felin who, like them, never took the time to allow her gold and azure orbs bask in the different colors of the world around her. Though unlike them who explored with their chin up, she only stared at her feet as she mindlessly plodded the crowded streets without a care of the brushing and bumping against the faceless strangers. Slumped. Shoulders heavy of an invisible weight. No cheery greetings or sickeningly sweet cherry smile. A cloud was looming over her head. There was no certainty as to where herself would lead her, but it did not matter. She just needed to keep herself in motion in order to take her mind off things, or rather a particular event.
