SHAMELESSLY STEALING IDEAS FROM HEDGE

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Fleischheim. It's a bustling medieval metropolis, possibly a port or trade city of some kind, surrounded by massive walls. In the center is a fortress, the home of the ruling authority of the land. It's an old-tech place, one where people who claim to have magic are believed, for they may or may not be telling the truth, alchemists yearn to transmute lead into gold, and guards in chain mail and knights in plate keep the peace.

Your characters are now in this place, as visitors or citizens. If they're not human, they are now. If they're superhuman, then they're merely the stuff of legends here, be it through skills or amazing physical prowess.

Go.

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Kazami wanders through the marketplace, out of armor, snagging an apple and tossing a coin in the direction of the vendor. He eats it as he roams, wandering and wondering at the same time. It's a peaceful place, for now, he believes. Perhaps it's time to join his brotherhood outside of Fleischheim? Maybe...

He finishes the apple, tossing it over his shoulder, and sighs, hooking his thumbs into his belt. By pure chance, he spots a young girl, an Easterner like himself, alone in the crowds. She looks a little down. He watches her for a moment, then turns around.

Once he is properly armed with a pair of sweet buns, he makes his way towards Yuri. "Ho, there." He grins and kneels, offering a roll to her. "This isn't a place for one such as yourself to be alone, child."

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Yuri looks up at the knight, her countryman. The buns make her stomach rumble and she swallows saliva. She can hardly believe it when he holds one out to her.

"Th-thank you, kind warrior." She says in her native tongue before taking a bite almost as big as her small mouth. It takes her a bit to chew and swallow. "I d-don't have anywhere to g-go..."

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He sits down next to her and watches the bustling crowds. Thoughtfully, he chews his own bun. "Don't choke on it." He doesn't have anything to drink on him.

Kazami looks down at Yuri with honest concern in his face. He obviously can't see the little devil on her shoulder. "Nowhere to go? What's wrong? Do you not have family near?"

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Yuri shakes her head and tries to eat more slowly, fighting against the clawing of hunger at her gut. "M-my village was destroyed by oni. I escaped on a merchant ship but they have no more n-need of me..."

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Oni? Demons, in the terms of the lands he now lived in. His own family had been killed by bandits posing as oni. His two elders had aided in killing them all, but... An actual oni?

Kazami stares at her, face crumpling a little as he considers her situation, then loosely loops an arm around her and pulls her close. "Don't worry. I'll help you." He is a knight, after all, with a sworn oath to aid those less fortunate than he. Could he really listen to a story like this and say that he deserved his title?

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That kind gesture is all it takes to open the floodgates and on come the waterworks. In a few minutes, Sir Shiro's hauberk will be soaked with tears, even as Bougu admonishes her about being more careful around strangers. "H-how?" She finally manages.

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He strokes the back of her head as she cries, looking up to try and figure out an answer, even before she asks. It's important for a child to get these things out, he knows.

"Well..." He ponders for a moment. She's too small to be a squire, and there's no place for a girl on the battlefield anyway. But... Suddenly, he grins broadly. "How are you with horses?"

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"I ah, I don't know anything about riding, but animals all like me..." Not so much Bougu, but he could stay home in his box.