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"Well, [********]. I'm still here."
I heaved a great sigh, and with much effort, reluctantly picked myself up from my comfortable position. Defiant grains played on the loose strands of my hair. I passed my hand through them, and they fell swiftly down to my feet. Suddenly, before the realization that the ugly sun was gone had struck, I was dizzied with all that happened happened in the...what would you call it? We had different time in Nede than that of this land, I knew that much. On my planet, it'd be a ponef (pah-neff). But then, beings of this land had hardly a sense of time. I couldn't blame them. They were scarcely an idea by the time Before was turning its last page.

In any case. My legs forced me down in a swift movement, and I felt as though somebody had swept at my feet and then knocked at my head. The world was refusing to still, and even when I managed to make my lids sheild my eyes from sight, the world shook me about like a rag doll. Finally, it slowed and then halted. My thoughts were shook up too. It took a while before I realized that it hadn't actually been spinning the way I 'd thought. It was just such a shock that now, I was on this world. And no time soon was I going back. Though, at this point, I wouldn't want to had I been offered the chance. I'd have to come back some other time. When I was stronger - and I had others to follow me.

Others - that's something else I hadn't thought about. I hadn't seen another sign of anything slightly intelligent my entire time here.

Which brought up another subject, that I'd mentioned earlier. The ugly sun was gone. I suppose that orb, a feathery cloud holding it safe, must be this planet's excuse to the moon. I can't say it was ugly. But upon sight of Gheidna (Gaid-nuh), only a madman would say that this era's moon was more splendid. Gheidna wove herself of fantasies and pleasures, and even a few lines of what I might suppose to be the very it of time and space itself were hiding as rubies within her.

The heat had slunk off to hide until the ugly sun flew out again, and so I felt it safe to walk out. Grains slipped between my toes as I walked, and no longer burned my feet. As I walked - again, directionless and aimlessly - I thought to myself, and came to a couple conclusions in the meantime.

One - If I were to survive in this burning-at-sun's-time, cool-at-moon's-time land, I would have to find nutrition. Whether it be live or not, I suspected that the grains that snuck between my toes wouldn't keep me alive in the least.
Two - I would have to find a mortal soon (what were they called on this planet? I think I remember Leylana saying I was as stupid as a Hunim once...I think I'm remembering it wrong, though) to guide me through this planet. Geez. I didn't even know the names of half the things I'd come across so far.
Three - As much as I didn't want to, I had to face the fact that wandering around forever wasn't going to get me anywhere. Once I'd had a good moon's-time sleeping, I would HAVE to choose a direction to go and stick to it. I'd watch the imprints I'd made in the grains every now and then to make sure I'd gone straight one direction.

Feeling more sure with myself, armed with these conclusions, I shuffled off with a destination: another shelter to stay the moon's-time in. But where that was, even my mind's traveling got me no help.

heart heart -- Myena;