Post by Marshall (Ankhet) on Feb 22, 2020 21:28:21 GMT
She’d climbed the rigging as soon as they had sighted Port Ffirst, watching as the town slowly resolved from speck, to smear, to the mass of buildings that the crew below were currently unloading into.
Time to move, no use putting it off any longer.
Her long arms helped her move down the ropes at speed, and within moments she was at the side of the ship. Still, she hesitated. Adjusted the badge on her tunic. Took a breath.
And stepped down the gangplank.
And…
Nothing.
No stares, no yanking back of children, no muttering or yells. Not even the double take of seeing a 7'8" mass of fur and claws in a guard’s tunic.
It actually was just like they’d said. Better opportunities for everyone, out on the frontier.
Ankhet stood a little taller, grinned, and then set off purposefully into town.
There must be somewhere she could wash all this salt out of her coat.
Time to move, no use putting it off any longer.
Her long arms helped her move down the ropes at speed, and within moments she was at the side of the ship. Still, she hesitated. Adjusted the badge on her tunic. Took a breath.
And stepped down the gangplank.
And…
Nothing.
No stares, no yanking back of children, no muttering or yells. Not even the double take of seeing a 7'8" mass of fur and claws in a guard’s tunic.
It actually was just like they’d said. Better opportunities for everyone, out on the frontier.
Ankhet stood a little taller, grinned, and then set off purposefully into town.
There must be somewhere she could wash all this salt out of her coat.