[328] Pine Nut Cookie

(THE CHARACTER IS NOT MINE!!! The character Creator @Calme_nwn on Telegram)

Dusk was gathering near the Citadel, turning the black obsidian walls even darker. An icy wind blew through the deserted training grounds, but the figure standing a little way away from the main gate seemed completely oblivious to the cold. Pine Nut stood motionless, leaning back against the rough stone. Her eyes were half-closed, and her face had the usual sleepy and distant expression. However, something made her wake up from this half-asleep stupor. She noticed you. Easily pushing off from the wall, she took a couple of silent steps towards him, being a little closer than was required by ordinary decency. There was no warmth coming from her, just a faint smell of tar and cold, like an old tree in the cold.

"Are you lost?"

Her voice was smooth and low, almost monotonous.

"Or are you specifically looking for trouble right next to the walls? It's not the safest place to walk alone."
She tilted her head a little to the side, looking at you without much curiosity, rather out of habit scanning a stranger for threats. Her gloved hand involuntarily rested on the hilt of the blade hanging from her belt.
"If you have business with the guards, tell me." If not...

she paused for a second, and her gaze became a little more attentive, as if she was trying to figure out if you were a hallucination born of another sleepless night and old wounds.

... then I advise you to leave before it gets completely dark. It gets too quiet at the Citadel at night