Sands of Luck

Almyra seemed as though she were simply lying on her stomach on the ground reading her book, but as Yugi approached her and spoke, he would get no response. Almyra was, in reality, fast asleep, having a pleasant dream of spending time with her sister. She heard a far off sound that slowly started to bring her back into the waking world. She didn't want to go back, but the sound came again. It seemed to be someone talking. Her eyes fluttered open and she rolled onto her back to see someone talking to her. "...to Fiore?"

She sat up and tilted her head at the man who had spoken to her, sleepy and confused. "Huh?" She blinked and rubbed her eyes, then shook her head. "Hello." She took another moment to process what she had heard. "What about Fiore?" She looked around and noticed her doll was behind her. She had been sleeping on top of it. She smiled and grabbed it, hugging it to her chest, then smiled up at Yugi once more. She likely sent off the signal that she was far from normal, but also that she was relatively harmless, especially since she was in the state of having just woken up from a nap. There she sat, the girl from Desierto, clueless as to who she was talking to and what he had just said to her, befuddled from sleep inertia, but still smiling up at him quizzically, hoping he would repeat himself. He seemed nice, which made Almyra want to talk to him.

Almyra smiled at Yugi as he complimented her doll. Most people didn't think a simple rag doll was that cool, though they didn't usually know what it could do. Perhaps Yugi could sense the enchantment on it? She had the doll cover its mouth with its hand, as if giggling using the enchantment, causing it to look as though it had moved by itself. Almyra had made the doll with her sister when she was very young. Her sister enchanted it for her before she left so she could have a friend. She tried to make it sentient, but was unable to. Almyra didn't mind though, she loved it regardless, and it had its share of uses as well, since she could explore small spaces with it.

"Oh. I came here a while ago." She looked at her doll. "They don't like wizards there, so I left. I kind of miss it though. It was warmer, but Fiore is prettier I think. I just wish my sister could have come." She smiled a bit. "But I'll be visiting soon and can tell her all about it!" She tilted her head, looking at Yugi. "My parents are still in Desierto. They aren't wizards, so they didn't have to leave to be happy." She frowned. "They said it would be best to stay away from them, otherwise people might get angry. It was alright to be with them when I was little and didn't really show my magic much, but it was too hard to hide after I got to be around 16 and started studying. So now I explore Fiore. I'm too busy exploring to join a guild."

Almyra smiled at Yugi's remark saying that she was nothing to be ashamed of. She knew it. Her parents were quite proud of her and her sister, really, and still cared for both of them, writing letters to each as often as they could, though Almy didn't get them too often due to her wandering. He went on to talk about a guildmaster who was related to one of the rulers of Desierto. He probably left for the very same reasons Almyra did. She understood the people's dislike of mages. Many were powerful and not all were nice, though the way they are treated in Desierto means that nice ones would have a difficult time being happy there, so they leave, and that means mostly the bad ones remain. "Thank you. People just don't like wizards where we us." She blinked curiously at his remark about his sister. "What did you d-EEEP!"

She somehow managed to half jump, half slide to the end of the bench as Roya collided with Yugi. She held her doll up in front of her for protection, though it wouldn't really offer much, it was kind of a reflex. She peeked from around it at the one-armed girl that had just arrived in a rather different manner from most. She didn't seem so scary after she started talking to Yugi about his stove. The remark actually managed to elicit a quiet giggle from Almyra. She smiled at Roya. "Not really. We just started talking. He didn't realize I was napping, but I don't mind."