•Time: 10 minutes after arriving
Pov: Nhazul
I continue walking through the bustling street (this is so weird; I'm pretty sure I don't understand anything that's written down anywhere, but…)
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???:"Who are you calling a lizard boy!"
"Huh, I mean… uh, sorry."
???:"That's better. Now scram, and don't you ever call any of us demi-humans lizards."
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(He seemed to understand what I was saying… there's also the fact that it takes me at least a second to understand what anyone is saying… almost as if it's translating to English.)
Icontinued walking but stopped, looking at what appears to be an apple.
"Hey mister, what's this?" I ask the seller, who proudly puts aside the thing he was using to dust his shop and says
???:"Of course, young man. These are some of the most flavourful and freshest appas you'll find here in Lugunica!"
(Appas? So the names are similar but with slight differences, so these must be this world's apples) I think while looking at the fruits with slight interest.
"How much are these?" I ask the seller.
???:"You can get 5 of these appas for just 1 silver coin," he says, flashing a smile that seems overly optimistic.
(A silver coin, eh… would a nickel work here?) I take out a nickel from my back pocket and hand it to the seller.
???:"Hmm?" He looks over the coin for a second before his whole demeanor changes.
???:"Hah? Trying to buy my appas with some weird round metal? Nice try, but silver's the only thing that buys you fruit here. If you don't have coin, then move along."
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•Time: 15 minutes after arriving
Pov: Nhazul
(The people here are way too hostile) I think while standing next to a wall slightly away from the main street.
(That guy kept my coin too… what an asshole) I scoff, checking my pockets and finally getting my bearings enough to see what I have on me.
"Oh!" I let out as I find my phone in my pocket.
(I thought this was under the car brakes?… what the hell is going on?)
???:"Thief!"
I hear a yell from the main street as I look up and see a crowd surrounding one point and a yellow blur moving across the roof.
"What the heck," I mutter to myself, pushing through the crowd to check what's happening. As I get to the front, I freeze at what I see.
???:"Hey, wait!"
The girl standing in front of me is wearing a sleeveless white tunic with a high collar and a keyhole opening at the chest. The dress looks to extend into a short skirt at the front but has long, trailing panels at the sides and back, resembling a cape. It also has purple accents.
What captures my attention though, is the long silver hair and long pointy ears.
(An… elf) I think as the girl starts running in the direction where the yellow blur went, so I quickly chase after.
(Why am I doing this? I should be checking what I have, figuring out how to get back, thinking about surviving… but)
"This better have its rewards because I'm tired of making bad decisions in life" I mutter to myself while speeding up and following the girl