Post by Sidonia on Jan 3, 2017 18:06:02 GMT
The big city still intimidated Sidonia and she felt like she would never get use to its busy streets. She had never seen so many people in one place and almost regretted volunteering when the Chief of her town had been looking for people who were willing to sell some goods at the market of Polis. Nevertheless, she still believed in her intitial dream of going on a big adventure, although she'd quickly realized that she had romantizised the capital, there was definitely more filth in the streets than she'd imagined.
There also seemed to be a lot of fowl characters roaming the streets, she thought as she noticed men following her with lustfull glares, some even stepping up to her stand as she was putting her goods up for display – clay pots and jewellery and some breads and other edibles her village had been able to spare. But the stranger standing in front of her now didn't seem interested in any of that as he was scanning her figure with a grin, his tongue flicking over his lips, making Sidonia uncomfortable.
„How much for a bit of fun with you?“, he asked her, his voice sounding sleazy as he still had that grin on his face. The girl wanted to cast her gaze down to her merchandise, but she wanted to seem confident and looked at the man with stern eyes, but struggled to keep her voice firm.
„I'm only selling food and the other items you can see here.“, she responded and busied herself with positioning a stack of clay plates on the table. The man's hand shot forward and grabbed her by the wrist. Sidonia bit her bottom lip as the stranger was holding on to her painfully tight, but then her eyes fell on a boy who seemed to be watching the scene. His appearance suggested that he belonged to the Skaikru, the people new to their world and she managed to put a smile on her face as she looked at him.
„Hey you! Boy! Do you want to try some of these?“, she called out to him, her voice shaking a little, and held a bunch of grapes up for him to see with her free hand. Sure, she'd been taught how to fight, but the man in front of her looked like he was from Polaris and with her being an outsider, the people around her would surely be more loyal to him than her if a fight was to break out.
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