Felix traveled through a maze of alleyways, before finally accepting the fact that it was impossible to know where he was going, especially as the drops of rain started to grow heavier and fall faster.

A gunshot rang out, dangerously close, and he ducked down an alleyway, pressing himself up against the wall. Not even luck would save him from a bullet.

The slapping of feet against cobblestones receded, and Felix was safe to move. He was about to let out a sigh of relief, when a sudden chill ran down his back.

There was someone else in the alley with him.

His eyes flicking around, Felix noticed a figure, hunched over a body. Blood pooled on the cobbled stones, mixing with rainwater and trickling through the cracks. Their hands fumbled with a needle, trying to stitch together a wound with shaking hands.

"Hello...?" Felix asked softly.

A flash of lightning illuminated the figure in a harsh light. Felix caught his breath.

---

Not sure what Kimiko looks like, not sure who Kimiko is, but Felix doesn't know either so it all works out! :D 

"Hello...?" 

Fear flashes through me and I panic, dropping the needle onto the barely concious soldier's body. I turn to see the newcomer, and lightning strikes a nearby rooftop, and the streets glow for a moment. 

The newcomer is illuminated for just a second, but I see they're a man--probably a human--close-ish to my age, maybe a little older. His hair is light-colored, and tied in a ponytail. I also note that his clothes are remarkably clean for being in a warzone--definitely not a soldier, then. 

He gasps, and takes a step backwards. There were so many things that could have made him do that--the mud and blood all over me, my metal arm, or maybe my dark hair that clearly hadn't been brushed in the last several weeks. 

"Who are you?" He asks. I don't know, I want to say. I don't remember, and I don't want to remember. 

But instead, I say, "...Kit." It feels better than Kimiko--there's no history tied to the name Kit. Kit is a new person, a new identity. The dying soldier makes a noise and I can feel myself starting to panic again.

"Do you....need help?" 

"Maybe. Yes. I don't know," I say, plainly. My real hand, the left one, is shaking uncontrollably, but my metal hand stays steady. I try to thread the needle, but prick myself and drop it again. 

The newcomer--I realize I never asked for his name--bends down next to me. He winces when he sees the soldier's wound, which is almost completely sealed up, but still gross. 

"I won't blame you if you vomit." My voice is quiet, and for a moment I regret saying it, but then the newcomer flashes a small smile. 

I pick up the needle again. Something about having someone there is comforting and my hands are steadier. I manage to seal up the wound all the way. I notice the soldier's ears--they're pointed, so he must be an elf of some sort.

I turn to the newcomer. "Is there a...hospital, or something? Somewhere we could take him?"

~~~

Kit is Kimiko's new name. I'm going to make a new charrie sheet for them soon, but they use they/them pronouns now. 

~Silverwhisker

The rain soon stops completely, and eventually I see land ahead. It's only a small island, but Goldenfeather swoops higher, her feathers already sky blue. She keeps going over it - the island looks like it's only inhabited by sheep - and we see a couple more islands beyond it. Behind them, misty cliffs rise high above the waves. The Labyrinth Lands. Goldenfeather circles down and lands on the smallest of the islands. The sun is low on the horizon by now, the sky just beginning to turn orange.

~~~

(I'm assuming they'll want to rest before continuing and exploring the Labyrinth Lands.)

omg i forgot something in my last post!

Goldenfeather- 

*this is before she left*

I scribble something hastily on a leaf. 

"I'll miss you, Silver." 

I leave it behind a bush, the one she hid in.