After waking from sleeping in the cold cart Alia finds herself entwined in a ball of fur and Poe.

"Mischief! up!"

Today they would make the bridge in Vienda. She hoped to meet with the doctor there, a man she had heard about on the road from passing travelers. Her mind still foggy from sleep she could not remember his name, Mottoni she thought. He should have things to add to her grimore and maybe even a new technique or two to learn.

"Ahh its neither here nor there, we will find out once we get there"

She looked down at her love and smiled, his face still covered in a cheesy grin. Mischief stood up on the sheets and began to mother Poe's chest. She began fixing breakfast knowing the smell of food would wake Poe. After feeding him and Mischief and tossing some meat to Ghost, she began to pack up their belongings and secure them for the rest of the ride into town. They reached the bridge a few hours after dawn and she took an intake of breath at its size. The river running beneath the bridge reflected on the cool marble. Made by spells from its original granite form the bridge was covered with huts and tents on either side, marring the otherwise flawless beauty of the bridge. The tents were opening up and people were beginning to hawk their wares at her as their cart pulled by two kenser, made its way across the bridge towards the enormous gates. She knew the look on her face said she was a tourist because she was awestruck by the enormity of the gates themselves. She smiled and shook off her enrapture and got back to business, knowing she had work to do today and things dont do themselves.

"Poe my love, hail the guards, ask them where a good place for a healer to set up would be."

One clear thought rang threw Poe's head early upon waking as his eyes crept open and he sat up and the cloth of the cover slid from his form he yawned. The thought grew loud and slid from his lips.
"food"
His eyes where slits all but closed to the light. Letting just a bit of day inside only so he could look for food. He crawled out as he pulled a shirt on. The scent of meats pulled him from his rest. His fingers slid and locked the pistols into his wrist springs. He reached over and pulled a peace of meat to his lips chewing it as it half hung from his mouth. He took his hat and put it on then pulled his vest on himself buttoning it up. He looked over to his lovely wife and fished the bit of meat. A wry smile spread over his lips and he gave a small bow.
"at once my lady"
He hoped up on the back of his moa shadow. Riding down to get some directions from the guards.
"ghost with me"
The large white whice spread its wings and took off after him gliding along side Poe.

After a short ride Poe pulls back and stops looking at the huge metal gates. The huge Iron worked gates seemed to be built on older stone gates. His yellow eyes narrowed as he strained his vision looking over the intricate design. Turning his head to the side he gave a soft smile trotting up to the guards at the gates. His smile was almost too warm and friendly the white bird landed on his shoulder. Looking to the guard he all but closed his bright yellow eyes in the grin.
"Hello there can you tell me where a merchant might set up shop for a bit... like an open market or some such."
He shifted his eyes from side to side taking a closer look at the gate.

((Hey guys, awesome work! Just be a little careful about keeping it in past tense. You're doing great!))

The guard gave Poe and his Moa a bored look.

"There's the Kingsway Market, it's uptown." The guard waved vaguely in its direction. "I'm going to have to ask you to move along, Sir. You're holding up traffic."

The gates were immense and the flow of traffic was slow. There was a clear fork in front of Poe, one leading to a well kept boulevarde and the other leading down into the smokey, unpleasant Soot District. It was obvious that the bored guard was just shuffling Poe along.

Poe smirked lightly and turned shadow about. He clicked his heels and dashed back over the bridge. He hummed a soft tune to himself pulling up to a stop in front of the cart.

"There is a market inside we can set up there"

He cocked his head motioning to his dear one to fallow. Clicking lightly he had shadow move along at a slow trot when she was ready.

Slowly she moved the cart along the bridge. Her moa tied to the back of the cart made noises as Mischief chirped at it from the back of the cart. The birdlike moa seemed disturbed at the large feline's ability to mimic a birds call. Sitting on the half door's ledge that often doubled as a countertop for Alia's sales, Mischief was up to no good. She enjoyed tormenting anyone and anything in her vicinity. Except Alia. At the sound of the osta's mischief Alia smiled. The burgundy creature of fur and purrs reminded her much of Poe when he was younger, full of mischief and up to no good.

She watched children scurry around her cart and the kenser make low calls to thier flighty hands petting them. She moved the cart along the bridge and continued along until Poe returned. He spoke,



his smile infectious she found herself grinning as she picked up the pace and upon reaching the gates turned down the boulevard that led to the Kingsway Market.

Poe looked up at the skies Ghost was darting about chasing bugs and such. He was starting to get bored already. His eyes darted over the buildings a small flier caught his attention. He reached out and pulled the paper from the wall. It stated there was some kind of Wick circus or something happening soon. He handed the sheet of paper to Alia.

“Ey love, look at this. Think I should go. I would have something to do.”

He gave a light smirk. His yellow eyes looked her over gently as his eye brow cocked in curiosity as to her reaction.

"I think that is a wonderful idea, Im sure if there is a circus they could use a healer as well," her mind began to wander as she went down that road inside her head he was used to her traipsing down when she wanted to learn something new.

"I wonder, how they deal with the large animals, if they have a veterinarian, and who handles the inevitable sprains and cuts and burns that probably happen frequently in the circus. Besides I always wanted to see the circus when I was a girl, but you know....we never got the chance."

She smiled at him as she was speaking, knowing his insatiable appetite to show off those trick shots made him damn near "itch" for combat. Perhaps this will blow off some of his steam. Give him something to do besides worry over her all the time. They needed a tribe anyway she thought to herself.

They made their way into the market and began to set up as soon as it was all ready for the days work she sat down at her table to mix up a new concoction she had recently developed.

"I need to find an Ivan Mottoni later love, can you ask around where his shop is, and find out more about this circus thing. I am really interested to see if they have any exotic animals and learn more about the more remote species and their ails and medicines. I will mind shop till dusk, and wait on customers for my wares."

She began to place some antidotes and a new development she had designed called "med kits" on a pull down side of the cart. She placed a sign up that she also supplied poisons for pesky rodents and such and that healing services could be found here.

He looked about slowly. His eyes glancing over people walking by. He did not know this place well. There where a lot of people so as long as he got back before dark everything should be fine.

"All right I think I can do that. Will you be ok with out me for a bit."

He smiled softly down to her from up on shadow. He ran over in his head the things he would need to find out trying to think of where best to start asking.

((thank you thank you, takes a bow, just kidding lol))

After a full day of not one customer, Alia received word that there is another market, on Hollow Street. It was known to deal to the shadier people of this place and would have been more likely to have customers. The Seventen had been giving her dirty looks all day anyway. She also received a note from her love, sent by way of a child, that she should meet him at the B&B, she asked around and found out that was The Book and Bell. Poe sometimes just expected her to know everything. After packing up their stores, and closing up shop she decided to go ahead and pull the cart down onto Hollow Road and make her way to The B&B. She placed "Ladykiller" in her pouch just in case, and set off down to Hollow Road.