The City of Lights

[Glimmerling]

It's raining in Paris. The sun is setting, and people hurry along under the protection of their umbrellas, newspapers, or fashionable raincoats.

A couple sits at a table under an awning outside a little cafe, gazing deeply into each other's eyes. They don't mind the weather. They don't mind much of anything, when they're together. This is a good thing for the hungry little person breaking off a chunk of biscuit the size of her head.

Truni flits back up to her hiding spot, offering half of her prize to her sparrow friend. The bird twitters at her.

"Of course they don't mind."
Another quick series of chirps.
"What? You eat big-people food all the time without asking. It's not stealing, there's lot's left."
The little bird fixes a beady eye on the slightly damp forest sprite.
"Don't give me that look!" There is the tiniest of sighs. "Oh, fine."

As the couple pays their bill and prepares to leave, the woman pauses. A flower petal sits on her napkin, though she cannot see where it could have come from. She picks it up gently between two fingers and places it in her purse. Her good luck will last long after she forgets about the bit of colorful flora drying out in the zippered pocket.

Satisfied with a fair exchange, bird and faerie enjoy their lunch.

[Fox]

A small figure flittered through the rain, landing carefully on the table where the couple had been. Auguste pulls back the hood on his robe, and flutters his wings, shaking off tiny droplets of water. He sets his staff down before sitting down himself. His moon like eyes dart around the place making sure no humans can see him. A sigh of relief escapes his lips when he can't see any humans. His gaze quickly turns up though, spotting the sparrow, though he could not see Truni at the moment. He stood and reached out with one arm in a gentle manor towards the bird. "What are you doing here? I'm sure there must be better shelter for you elsewere. Are you here for the food?" The words past his lips his mind open, listening for the thoughts of others, mostly humans, in case he had to make a quick escape.

[Glimmerling]

A ripple of curious thoughts would meet Auguste's mind. It's fast enough to have come from the feathered creature, but a little too complex.

"Oh! Who are you?" A scrawny sprite peeks from around the bird. "You're like me! Yet not. Well met, I'm Truni. Bernard here is showing me around town a little bit, since I'm new." She grins from ear to ear and waves enthusiastically.

[Fox]

He smiles at her once she comes into view. See-through silken moth wings flutter as he ascends towards her. "Auguste." He points to himself before akwardly bowing to her and Bernard before landing near the bird. "I've seen a few fairies here before, but never one with wings like yours!" He spoke excitedly. It had been a few years since he's seen another fairy.

[Glimmerling]

Truni giggles.

"Well, I've never seen anyone with wings like yours either, so I guess we're even. I'm a forest sprite. All my brothers and sisters had wings like mine, 'cept fancier, a lot of them. Beevi had autumn-y colored wings, I was always jealous. What sort of faerie are you? Did you come from a forest?"

[Fox]

Auguste listened intently, a smile spraled across his face the entire time. "A forest?" He shook his head. "No, I came from the water, surrounded by snow." He pointed in the direction of north.

[Glimmerling]

Truni blinks her enormous eyes in wonder.

"The water? The water itself? Like a Nixie? Or around the water, like a cattail pixie?"

She turns her head toward the north, hair drifting around her face like a cloud.

"I've seen snow once. No wait, twice. But the second time there wasn't very much. It's hard to fly all the way to the cold places safely."

[Fox]

He nodded. "From the surface of the water, when a snowflake hit it." His moon colored eyes watching her every movment. "It's hard to fly to the cold places, especially during winter." He fluttered upwards abit. "When the snow falls. Snow falls here... Sometimes. Not very much though, when it dose." He smiled at Truni happily.

[Glimmerling]

Whirring leafy wings lift Truni into the air, closer to the male faerie.

"I don't know if I'll stay here long enough for it to snow. I like it so far, but I don't think it's Home, you know? What brings you here? I'm just exploring, like I always do. Bernard lives here."

[Fox]

"Hmm... Why am I here?" He spoke aloud, trying to remember why he had come to Paris. "I guess I came here to try to find more of my kind. I've been here a few years, and just havn't left yet." He told her after a moment or two.

[Glimmerling]

Truni smiles, listening patiently before proceeding with her usual quick burble of speech.

"Oh, I see. There aren't many here, at least not in the city. I bet if we looked in parks and woodlands there would be some. That's always the best sort of place to find faefolk."

[Fox]

"Ah, you can help me then?" He asked cheerfully. His silky moth like wings making a barly audible whiring noise.

[Glimmerling]

The little sprite was staring up at the sky, and she's silent for several moments. Just at the point where Auguste may start wondering if she even heard him she turns to beam a smile.

"Of course I can! Not only that, but I will! It's been a little while since I've seen another faerie, which I think I said before but I might not have. Anyway it's even rarer to see a BOY faerie so you're special as well as nice!"

[Fox]

He flashed his own smile at her, seeming to glow with happiness when she agreed.His cheeks turned a light pink color when she said 'boy faerie' and his cheeks turned a darker shade when she mentioned that he was nice. "Thank you" He managed to say after a few moments of silence.

[Glimmerling]

Truni giggles and buzzes into the air, dodging a fat raindrop. "When should we start looking?"

Bernard the bird ruffles his feathers a little crankily as said droplet plops onto his head.