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♬ Weird Friendless Kid - Emiliana Torrini

WHO || Christos La Krail, Primrose Everdeen [Closed]
WHAT || Prim finds a home, when Christos finds a possible connection to his squire's past in her
WHERE || Government-run orphanage in Germany
WHEN || Sometime in April
HOW || Actionspam

[ Veil arrivals are usually left to fend for themselves - to hope to find a kind stranger to orient them to this world or point them to one of the places designed to do so. Even then, they're expected to eventually find their own way. Make a new life here.

Not everyone is capable of that, however, given that the Veil doesn't discriminate by age. Small children, babies, and young adults are as likely to arrive as anyone else, and governments around the world each have their own philosophy with how to treat them.

Prim arrived in Germany, where young amnesiacs with no identification were whisked off to a number of established orphanages, which received very little funding considering the numbers stuffed into them. Prim's life since her arrival has basically been a slightly less hard-knock version of Annie.

Until now. It's lights out by the time the stranger arrives, and the head of the orphanage, Frau Dittrich, ushers them all towards the stairs as there's a knock on the door. Prim's one of the last to head up, and a glance back over her shoulder would give her a look at the arrival: who doesn't look particularly friendly with his hard expression, barely visible below a foreboding black cloak. His skin is an unnatural dark gray, something she still wouldn't have seen up close and personal in this world, even though the orphanage is populated with children of elven, dwarven, or even halfling descent.

She asks him and tells him to wait until all the children are gone, apologizing for the hurry. He says nothing, and his eyes trace up the stairs, landing on Prim. He gives her a long, hard, silver-eyed stare. ]