A few hours later Silver was waving goodbye to the other caravan guards that he got to know over the last few months, promising to meet them at a nearby inn later that night. Silver knew it was important to keep in touch with friendly contacts, mostly since he was new foreign looking. But the day was still young so the young man decided to explore the city a bit, maybe get some street vendor food, gawk at the weapon display at the blacksmiths, buy a trinket at the market, and flirt with some cute girls at a public garden…
But after turning a corner the cheerful smile falls off his face as the sunlight bounces off his gold bracelet, reminding Silver of his responsibilities. “Who am I kidding? I’ve put this off long enough.” The swordsman grumbles to himself, rubbing his face with the hand not holding the sheath of his trusty katana. While it was true Silver intended to start a new life in Fiore, he even changed his name to a Fiorian one though kept the meaning for… reasons and he came to this country in particular because it was his mother’s homeland. A homeland where his only living family hopefully was. An overall goal was to find his older sister Mei whom he believed to have survived and moved to Fiore after they had been separated some years back. But that was long term since he had next to no leads on her location.
The more immediate goal was something he’d been putting off. In a town in this country lived his only very recently discovered half-sisters, his mother’s other children. He knew their names, Phoebe and Mary Rainsworth. He generally knew where they lived. He could get there relatively easily. But most of all Silver promised his deceased father on his deathbed and his mother’s memory that he would seek the two out, after receiving the surprising news a few months ago. But getting the guts to do it was another thing entirely. The sixteen-year-old had the daunting job of walking up to two virtual strangers who may or may not know of his existence and… tell them of his existence. Silver wasn’t sure how they would take that but given the fact he also had to tell them that their mother had another family (though once again, he had no idea about what they knew) without knowing their relationship to her or anything about them was… well, daunting was definitely a good word. But the worse part was one fact he definitely knew he had to personally deliver that would be shocking. That their mother had died some years ago, and it was due to Silver for his sake.
Ya, he wasn’t at all eager for that confrontation. But family was important to him, whether they knew or liked him at all. He had a job to do and dammit, the katana wielder was going to do it!
…. But maybe not today. After all, there was a beautiful city to explore! So with a grin easily slipping back onto his face and trusty katana in hand Silver turned another corner, ready to enjoy his family drama free day in it’s full.