Starting Fresh

[Shoolie]

OPEN RP TO ANY MAIN CHAMPION. SET A BIT IN THE PAST.

Starlie is a young alien on her own on the road, having left her adopted family and home to try to sort out her newly blooming super powers for the first time. Though aliens are not unheard of, they are still quite uncommon, and Star is having a hard time finding a place where she feels like she can belong. After a year of wandering without success, she has made her way to a prominent city - Verity.

((Additional information: Star is about 17 years old at this point. She has just recently decided she feel more comfortable presenting as a girl (something her family tribe was supportive of), but is more androgynous in appearance at this point and will still be mistaken once in a while for a boy.))

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"Sorry for startling you!!! But taking things that don't belong to you is wrong!!! And- ah!" the young alien stopped her small lecture when the portal she forgot about behind her sparked loudly and fizzled out. The couple men who she caught stealing a young lady's purse were already scrambling away in fear, screaming about a pink space lunatic. "Oh, sorry again!! Stay out of trouble now, okay?!" Star called after the retreating figures, until she was left in the quiet city alley, alone.

Rubbing her hands together, the alien turned to the leftover portals from the scuffle to wave them away. Star still didn't fully understand how it all worked, how she really made the portals appear where she wanted them and also how to get them to stop malfunctioning, but at least she managed to snag the stolen item back today. She barely even knew what species she was, supposedly a Jurralk? It was a still... a little frustrating. But, she wasn't going to let it get her down!

After finally cleaning up her mess as best she could, she was left with the rescued purse. Not really knowing how to find the owner (she had also run off a long time ago), Star left the purse in the spot she last saw the lady with a little note reading Do not touch if this does not belong to you, Please! The young girl then took a deep breath - hugging her arms to herself softly - and moved on, wondering where it was she was going to sleep that night.

[Mona Tavon]

Mona walked down the street coming from the local herbal medicine shop and exchanging some of the plants from her garden for something to help her feel a little less nauseous while in the city.
Passing by a pizza shop next to an alley way she heard a softer voice call after two men who ran out of the alley way.
"Oh, sorry again!! Stay out of trouble now, okay?!" She looked down the alley way to see a large woman with a tail clutching a purse to her chest, not sensing any ill intention from the woman Mona watched as she wrote a note and placed the purse just down the street. It was then Mona decided, it would be a good time to talk to the other woman. Walking up behind her she took a glance at the note and let out a soft chuckle knowing that she meant well but a note would not be enough to keep people from taking the purse again. The woman jumped slightly and turned around wide eyed to look at Mona, to the purse, then back to Mona again.
"Good evening, I was wondering if you needed any assistance returning this purse to it's owner?" Mona said softly as to not make the girl jump.

[Shoolie]

"Oh!" Star jumped softly as she heard the chuckle behind her. It was a bit later in the evening and this part of the city just wasn't that busy, so she was surprised that she hadn't noticed the person so close behind her.

When asked about finding the purse's owner, Star took another glance at the set-up she had left on the ground for the lady to find. The alien blushed slightly - a deep mauve colour - suddenly seeing the problem. People in the city were not very truthful, very unlike the family she was used to back on the reserve. Star generally wanted to think the best of everybody, and did not think twice about only the owner being the one who would pick the stolen item back up.

Scratching the back of her head, Star replied "Ah, yes, I suppose just a note may not suffice in this case..." Shaking off her slight embarrassment, she went to retrieve the bag and took a step closer to the kind stranger. She paused, now noticing the individual's appearance. They certainly did not have skin that belonged to a human, it looked more like delicately interwoven bark and plant matter. Star suddenly smiled brightly at the other woman, realizing she might not be as alone in this city as she thought after all. "Thanks so much for the offer to help me, miss...?"

[Mona Tavon]

"Most people call me Mona, now how about we go and find the purse owner or hand it over to the police for them to take care of it?" She started walking into he direction of the police station. Looking to cross the street to cut through the park she gave small waves to the people around her every once and awhile looking back to make sure the other girl kept up with her.
Stepping onto the grass in the park Mona physically relaxed feeling slightly safer than on the concrete streets. Around her she listened to the animals chatter, mostly nonsense but some of it rather interesting such as the oppossom that adopted a squirrel baby that fell out of its nest.
Soon enough hey were back on the concrete streets and making their way to the station, once they arrived Mona once again turned around to the other woman and asked her "would you like me to take care of this, or would you like to come in and make a statement? It would help the officers very much to find the men that attacked that poor women if you give descriptions."

[Shoolie]

The tall alien smiled gratefully as the other woman began to lead the way. "Thank you, miss Mona." Starlie let herself be led through the city by the nice Mona, who set a brisk and directed pace. As they traveled, it became clear that this person was well-liked by the people of the city, and by association Star also felt welcomed. Over the past year of traveling, many who looked her way would stare at her unusual appearance, and it never felt very nice. So walking with Mona felt... refreshing.

They passed through a park on their way, and the alien noticed the other women visibly relax. It seemed that she was more at home on the grass, and Star felt that she could even understand what the small animals around them were chattering about? What an unusual and interesting individual who has found me! Star mused.

Finally they arrived, and Star began to feel nervous. She has had only a handful of dealings with the police before. Even with her boundless optimism though, Star couldn't rightfully say those dealings had been pleasant for her. The authority figures on Earth seemed distrustful of her even though she had been nothing but co-operative for them, and she knew that many of her family back home have had even worse experiences as well. She really didn't know why that was.

Star breathed in carefully and gave Mona a shy glance as they stood just outside the front of the station. "Actually... if you could come in with me I would be very grateful. I do want to reunite that young woman with her belongings. But, I'm actually a little nervous when it comes to things like this..."