A Traveling Bard...Travels? [Open Travel]

[The Blind Bard]

[Enter]

Lyra had been wandering for a while. She was following her nose, occasionally mapping out where she was in her mind, as to avoid getting lost. Her walking stick, leg holster with 4 kunai, a slot of shuriken and some scribbling paper seemed normal. She wore a white blouse with a little red overcoat. Her skirt was about knee height and she wore a comfortable pair of short underneath. Her matching red beret complemented her black sunglasses. She was outfitted for a trip. Her butt bag was secure on her belt, and her Lyre was fixed to a harness on her belt.

Her Kophesh hung casually on her hip and she was ready for some exploring. She had a PDA on her pack and she held 2 slots of shuriken and 1 slot of Kunai in the bag. She had some snacks and some of her business cards tucked away in the pack as well, just in case she needed to explain that she was a traveling bard. Her headband, mandatorily worn, Was tied casually to her belt. "ugh...so the land of moon, eh? how do I even get there...better yet...where am I?" She asked herself as she wandered, somewhat aimlessly.

Travel to Hi no Kuni?

[Hoarfrost Imp]

Moving to closest location. Moved to Grass~

[The Blind Bard]

The landscape quickly became more marshy and jungle like as Lyra wandered about, not so much aimlessly as she was trying to follow the cobbled roads. Her little walking stick guided her as she passed signs that she could understand. She followed the road in blind faith that she was going, somewhere. Hopefully, wherever she ended up, there were interesting people. The jungle carried on with a deep scent of moisture and mildew that was unique to this land. Interesting, she thought to herself as she carried on.

Move to Hi no Kuni?

[Hoarfrost Imp]

Moving movin movin to Fire Countryyyy

[Titan of Stone]

//enter

The neko followed her nose along the trail above the cobbled path winding through the tall thick trees until she spotted a blip of white and gold ahead and flew a bit faster to catch up before studying the girl. Her only note of presence at the moment being her honey scent while the Tsuchikage floated a meter or two in front of her looking the young woman over.

"Where are you heading?" She spoke while shifting her position so she would be floating while laying on her front with her head on her hands. Her tail lazily shifting back and forth noting that the stick wouldn't bump into the Tsuchikage unless it came up to swipe through her shadowy body. "Youre far from home aren't you?"

[The Blind Bard]

“Oh me? I’m just going on an expedition,” she casually replied to the floating voice that was hovering around her. Her precision hearing pinpointed that the sound came from somewhere behind her, but she didn’t express that she was stopping her stride to address the voice. “And who er ya suppose tah be, Jimminy?” She asked the seemingly disembodied voice. She stopped for a moment as she could smell the sweet scent on what seemed like, honey? Perfume?

“Yeah magic voice, I’m a while from home, but I left a note with our leader, so it’s alright,” she insisted as she waved a hand in the direction of the voice. She wandered for a moment before sitting down by a tree that protruded on the path...after she ran into it. “Hahah I meant to do that,” she scoffed as she took a short rest and caught her breath. The sun was low in the sky, but Lyra was completely unaware of that.

[Used Hell’s Ears (2nd Learning)].

[Titan of Stone]

"What's a jimminy?" She inquired softly slowly floating around the girl watching her curiously. If that was a story she had heard at some point the neko didn't remember it as she hung upside down in the air slightly to Lyra's left. Granted whenever she ran into the stump it didn't exactly fill the Tsuchikage with confidence.

"Is that so? What if they can't read it? The village could be scrambling to find the blind girl that went missing?" She hummed playfully, now that she was found the cat really didn't mind teasing a bit as her tail swishes back and forth.

[The Blind Bard]

“Oh like the little bug guy, that whispers into giants ears or something...like a conscious?” She questioned herself as she rubbed her freshly busted face and regained her composure. She was by no means coordinated, and yet she knew exactly where the voice was and had come to the conclusion that it must be someone that knew her.

“Magic voice that does not touch the floor, have we met each other before?” She asked in a Sing song type way, like poetry. She was hungry and her crooked nose has a trickle of blood running down her face from her previous crash. Pinching her nose, she continued. “Obiously da uchikage ows ow da read” she quacked out through her pinched nose. “Urly, zhe ows where I em,” she continued poorly with a distracting nasel tone.

[Titan of Stone]

"I'd hope not, bugs are a pain to get out of my ears, I'm else less buggy more fluffy." Krystal chided her calm momentarily disrupted as she sat up and ran her nails through the fluff in her ears making sure there weren't any pests before she brushes her fluffy lion-like tail against the girl's cheek casting Healing Hands(moderate) to fix the damage even if it was superficial.

"Surely, after all who could run a village without being able to read?" Her voice raised a bit with a pride before she floated down stepping on the cobblestone path and stretching a few feet away. "Where are you then?"

[The Blind Bard]

The voice seemed to complain about bugs and Lyra felt something, furry?, brush against her face. “Poof” she urged as she blew the fluffy thing away from her face. Afterwards, she felt much better and her little nose bleed seemed to stop itself. Magic furry tail? Imagine that!

“Right? I mean...I can’t talk when it comes to reading and writing, but at least I’d have an excuse.” She chuckled as the thought of an illiterate Kage was unimaginable. How would read treaties? Laws? And other written documents that came with the position. She shuffled to her feet as she could hear the bipedal cat setting down on the ground finally.

“Where am I? I’m somewhere with Trees,” she expressed as she made a comically loud sniff. Her nose still smelled a little of blood, so it wasn’t a pure analysis. “I kinda started walking without thinking...but thus is the way of the bard!” She expressed with Glee as she quickly took her stick and began again on her merry way. “Magic floating cat woman? I’m looking for the land of Moon, you wouldn’t happen to know anything about that would you? I’ve heard of an ancient society elves that use to live there, and I’m interested in studying them,” she told Krystal quite bluntly as she stopped with her stick and tossed the wooden stick aside. She took out her lyre and plucked a few strings as she prepared to navigate the bard way.

Used Hells Ears

[Titan of Stone]

"Well realistically Bal handles the majority of the paperwork." She admitted with a shrug as she decided to stop being evasive before leaning back coming off the stone again as she sat back with her legs crossed like she was on her throne.

"The land of Fire so far, as for Moon I dont know anything about elves but there are witches." She hummed calmly not hiding her knowledge as she watched the girl get up but upon seeing the lyre her ears angled back to lessen the high notes effects on her inner ear. "I can take you, but I wonder why you left without seeing if anyone could point you in the general direction"

[The Blind Bard]

“I guess that makes sense, whoever Bal is I guess,” she shrugged as she strummed on her lyre, despite the cat having sheltered its ears. She was unaware that the music might be caustic to a creature with sensitive ears. She was pleased to hear that she was at least making some progress. She couldn’t see snot, but Adventure was part of the fun.

“Wow, the land of Fire? I’ve come a long way huh?” She commented as she stopped playing for a moment to tap her chin. “So there aren’t any elves...but witches? And you’re going to take me there? Seems a little suspicious,” she commented as she didn’t object to the idea. “That’s why I’ll go with you,” she added, flashing a crooked smile at the odd cat woman. “I figured I’d just cross that bridge when I got there...I wanted to find it myself, I HATE asking people to help me find my way around,” she grumbled as she kicked a stone idly. “But side you’ve offered, I’d love to go with you!” She expressed sweetly as she wiped any remaining blood from her nose with her sleeve, ready for Adventure.

[Titan of Stone]

"Bal runs the tower for the most part he's my assistant." Krystal clarified as she glanced over the girl as she realized where she was, to the cat's chagrin as she rubbed her neck. However when she was called suspicious the Tsuchikage raised her eyebrow with a silent huff in her chest. First she had the nerve to run off and now she was giving her lip, well, children.

"Right, I meant more like, is there water in between, not map directions." She remarked off hand but shrugged and reached down for Lyra's hand guiding her closer. "Is there a way you prefer to be carried? bridal, piggy-back, etc?"

[The Blind Bard]

“Your assistant?” She asked, suddenly putting all the pieces together. It would explain how the voice knew so much, yet the whole thing about the Tsuchikage being illiterate seemed suspiciously specific. ‘Oh no, she really can’t read’ Lyra thought to herself as she stopped in her tracks, but chose not to address that fact.

“Sorry bout the confusion, but I don’t do much reading myself I guess, maps or otherwise” she commented slyly as she thought about how much of a pain it was to be illiterate. “As to being carried, I’m not picky,” she commented as she wondered what this strange y’all voice Tsuchikage would do to carry her.

[Titan of Stone]

"It's fine neither do I." She shrugs and gently pulled Lyra closer as she lift her from the ground taking a moment to settle the girl in her arms before she looked around, her sense of direction guiding her further south toward the thin blue line on the horizon. With her bearings set she would begin to fly off towards the Land of Moon.

"If you want to change position let me know. What are you looking to learn?"

/travel land of moon ᖫᖭØMNÏᖫᖭ

[The Blind Bard]

Lyra was curious as to why she wanted to carry her. Surely they could just walk together right, yet Lyra’s curiosity seemed to always out do her sense for danger. Krystal easily scooped her up, and for the first time, Lyra was getting a good feel of the giant lady. She was y’all, warm to the touch, but also had a smell that reminded her of honey and...cat fur? She was certain that they thing that had brushed her face earlier just have been a cat tail! This person knew the Tsuchikage and was a cat to boot?! So freaking cool, Lyra thought to herself as suddenly a rush of wind battered her as they took off.

They were moving super quickly and she reached her arms around Krystal’s neck, as if that would save her from falling. The scent of Ozone and the ocean welled up in her nose as Krystal asked her about what she wanted to learn in the land of moon. “Oh, well I’m a bard by trade, but I want to study the archeological site’s there.” She told crystal as she clung onto her like a sloth to a tree. “I really want to learn as much as I can, about the fauna and the history of that interesting place. I’d heard stories of all kinds of interesting societies that had made their home there...I’ve even heard legends of Vampires, Druids, and Witches from the Land of Moon.” She expressed proudly as the flew off into the horizon. “But I’m not sure how true those legends are, I mean they are only legends after all,” she expressed her doubt as they traveled to a new land

/To land of Moon Via flight?