Stupid girl, we should be enjoying the festival, not searching for some runaway whore..."
Annoyance seeming to hang in the air as a trio in gaudy looking robes with the hilts of blades sticking out from them looked about the rows of stalls and throng of people who were drifting between them, three stooges in the employ of one of the lesser reputed 'lords' of the realm appeared to scratch their heads and grunt among one another, before hurrying off again at a half jog at the sight of something which they were searching for. Or, in this case, someone.
Don't look down here… Don’t look down here… Luckily for the lass for whom they currently seemed to scour the streets it seeming that she was blessed by the presence of a rather well-timed doppelganger or at least someone who passed for one, Takeyama Tomi found her chest rising and falling heavily as she crouched behind the cover of a trash can in an alley thanks to the sprint she had just indulged to tear through the crowds and get to this out of the way spot, and with a hand over her mouth to lessen the sound of her huffing and purring let those deep violet eyes peek around the corner to see what her would-be pursuers were up to. All the whole as she did so wishing that they might just overlook where she actually was.
“Whew~” It seeming that fortune was on her side as well as those who hunted for her seemed to march past so undignified a resting spot with a mind made absent by their very desire to seize her, the beauty in black silk was afforded a moment of respite by the sight of them seeming to dash off in their hasty search and let loose a breath because of it, before straightening herself up and dusting herself off in a fashion which looked dignified despite the locale in which she had been cowering.
“Unff!” All too quickly seeming to wish to hurry away again as the mouse in this game knew that she was better off seeking more distant ground from the search party, paranoia seemed to keep her head turned as she slipped from the alleyway in which she had concealed herself and dashed into the opposite direction of the unbrainy trinity, though she did not make it far until she collided with something which seemed to stall her escape. The shape of a person in fact, who she had quite rudely seemed to crash into, before sending her stumbling backward unevenly…