Open Finished Pondering a New Life on a Pier

"And there you go! Just sign here, there, and over dere!" piped up Tengu as she holds out a clipboard to the funny looking boat captain. Today was but a blur to cybernetic harpy girl, darting off from address to address delivering parcels until at last she finds herself at the pier delivering the last package for today. Must of been an important one too to end on as she had to make the ship captain sign of on a whole bunch of papers! But now that he was signing off on the last page she was officially off of work for today.

"And thank you! Happy sailing to you sir!" chirped Tengu, giving the boat captain a mock salute with her wing. The captain in turn said nothing, instead turning back to hobble on back to his vessel. Tengu presumed that he must of have important matters to attend so she watched as the captain board his ship telling the crew to ready for departure. Tengu thought nothing of it for in her mind he was a satisfied customer since he didn't have anything bad to say about her!

With her own work done, Tengu spun around and spread her wings, the jet engines roar to life as her entire body lifts itself off the ground. As she readied herself travel at past the sound barrier, Tengu at the last second aborted her plans as she sensitive hearing picked up a caw somewhere in the distance. Her head jerk to the direction of the caw, her eyes trying to find the source of the call. With her view obstructed by ships bobbing in their docks, she hovered up to 15 meters in the air, then 30 meters before her mechanical eyes zoom in on a lonesome figure sitting on a bench by the peir with nothing but a few sea gulls overhead.

"Hey conscience? Is that person whom called out to me?" inquired Tengu to her own personal virtual intelligence unit in her head though to an outsider it would look as if she was talking to herself while hovering in the air. She waits for her "conscience" to go through its jargon and informing Tengu that the probability of acoustic disturbance emitted from the caped figure with a 97% confidence. She had... no idea what any of that meant and presumed that it all meant that they were the person whom let out the caw. "Oh thanks conscience! I'm going to ask them if they need help now!"

With her target in sight, Tengu angled her wings, her jet engines spur to life as she quickly darts just next to the mysterious person. Said person would perhaps feel a gust of wind as Tengu zooms just past her. As Tengu then tilts her large mechanized wings to create enough drag to slow herself, taking a few steps past Natasha. Balancing on one leg, she spins herself right around to face them face to face as she plants her other foot firmly to the ground.

"Hello I'm Tengu!" greeted the metal bird lady, whom then leans her head forward and asks

"I heard you call out for help? Cause I head you call out from... over... there-ish?" explained Tengu, reeling her head back as she points vaguely to a boat a notable distance away from where they currently are. Tengu shrugs, glances at the seagulls over head before looking back to the mysterious caped person to ask "Oh where the seagulls harassing you? Cause if those meanies are pestering you I can tell them go away!"

"Ohhhh! Okey! I thought you were calling out for help in crow... MY MISTAKE!" admitted Tengu as she folds her wings back. As they fold back, tiny metallic fingers pop out from her wrists. "I was thinking that the seagulls were up to something but if they are not bothering you... well I guess everything is all okie-dokie then!"

After letting out a boisterous laugh, Tengu returns Natasha's smile with a great big grin of her own to her.

"Oh? Nah your not being a bother! I just delivered the last package of the day to the nice boat captain person not to long ago so I am officially off work as of now. Oh you can actually see him right over there on that ship sailing off. See him see him? The one with the funny old hat!" exclaims Tengu as she points out a ship just leaving harbor. Tengu then waves wildly to the captain of the vessel walking across the stern but the captain either did not see Tengu or ignored her. As the boat sailed off, then looked back to Natasha.

"Well he seems to be sailing off in a hurry. So your name is Natasha? Oh thats just the most wonderful name that I ever heard! Nat-tash-A! Hee hee... its so fun to say! Well my name is Tengu and... oh woops! I already told you that! Sorry bout that! I get really excitable when I meet a new face~"

"It is isn't it!" agreed Tengu after Natasha's admission about how fun her name was to say, before continuing on with the rest of the conversation "Anywho, to be honest... I didn't know! At least until you told me. I was just saying that I just don't recall seeing your face but if your new that might be why I might not have seen you around. Delivering packages all day for years means I get to see all sorts of faces... and while I have trouble remembering... I never forget a face! At least I don't think I do tee hee!" explained Tengu.

It didn't occur to Tengu that Natasha was a newcomer to the island. At least until after she asked Tengu how she knew that was one so that ment the cat was out of the bag! That just meant that Tengu suddenly had a lot more to talk about to Natasha about since newcomers always seem to have a lot of questions... even if they are a bit unsure what to ask and whom to ask.

"Well... since you are fairly new on this island I would guess you have a lot of questions so maybe I can help you with! Questions about me, the island, the fancy academy, the city... anything really! So feel free and ask away! And for whatever I don't know, my conscience probably probably has an answer for you."

Tengu gave Natasha a kind smile, then notice her patting to empty spot on the bench next her. It took a moment for Tengu to process what the gesture meant.

"Oh! Its okey I actually prefer standing." Tengu then twists her body to show off her jet like tail sticking out from her backside, poking out right where her tailbone would have been. She then wiggles her tail somewhat though it would appear rigidly fused to her body. She turns her body right back around and gives Natasha a goofy smile.

"I appreciated your thoughtfulness but I really don't want to accidentally damage another public bench so... heh!"

"A walk?! Oh sure! We can go an walk! I'd be happy to you around the city though if you want to see EVERYTHING... we going to be walking for months. If not YEARS!" exclaimed Tengu, she was not exaggerating that claim either! There was a lot to see in this one city. Sure there were the major destinations such as the park, downtown, and the academy but as you start looking at the nooks and crannies there is always more to see everyday! Even beyond the city, there was till the whole rest of the island to see.

"Rude? Oh not at all! In fact... I ask that question myself sometimes! Ha ha ha!" Tengu let out a chuckle, then paused as a tiny mechanical finger scratches her chin "Well... according to my Conscience, I'm a harpy! You know, a bird person? Not that its easy to tell am something like... 87% of me is mechanical? So I guess you could call me a mecha-harpy or a cyber-harpy?? That's what almost everyone calls me~ Anywho, there is not much left of original me... heck not much left of my original memories either. All really remembered was my name and... thats about it." shrugged Tengu as she goes on to explain what she was. Natasha wasn't the first person first to ask her what she was... and it was something she wasn't sure of herself. She was just Tengu... thats all she knew and all that she needed to know as far as she was concerned.

"Well I wasn't born here... that much I know. Where I came from... errr... your guess is as good as mine! The people who brought me here didn't have much to say who I was and whenever I ask my conscience about me he always says that its classified." Tengu then just shrugged and smiled to Natasha as she takes several steps out to begin their stroll.

"Alright, anything else you would like to say? Its going to be a long walk so keep the questions coming!"

"Oh you know... the little voice inside your head!" chuckled Tengu "Its that little voice of reason that always remind you about the important stuff... like when to take your medication. Or check set up an appointment for a broken part. Everyone's got one of those right?"

Little did Tengu realize that the "voice" she was hearing inside her head was actually a virtual intelligence meant to assist Tengu whom she mistook to be her own "conscience", hence the source of the confusion. It never clicked in Tengu's mind that the voice she was hearing was in fact another entity existing silently within her head... leading to her assumption that everyone had British sounding voice in their heads as well!

"Anyway, whom founded Mantra Carlos you asked? Oh a nice old lady named... ummm her name was... hey conscience? Can you reminded me whom was the one who founded the island?" after a moments pause, Tengu stares blankly forward as she walks along side with Natasha. Her head slowly nods and then looks to Natasha as then asks another question to herself "Oh okey, what about the island? Its been around for how long?"

Another pause, Tengu listening to a conversation that only she could hear until her conscience explained everything that she needed to know.

"Oh thanks conscience! Okey so... technically the island... or islands rather have always been here but they were they were first discovered by pirates in like... the 1400's so who knows whom actually founded the island. The island always had a mysterious aura around it that made it really hard for people to find. It only became the way it has now thanks to a special lady named Cordelia Moor! She was the whom created the Starlight Academy in the 1800's to help those with unique abilities. Then the city then sort of grew around the academy until you see what is here today. So... while Cordelia wasn't the one whom discovered the island per say... she is the one responsible for what it is now. Pretty neat history right? Anyway, the reason why you don't see it on any maps in the outside world is probably because mysterious aura I mentioned earlier. Something about this island that hides its existence from the rest of the world. And the island's government likes to keep it that way too as they have like... secret agreements with the nations on the rest of the planet to keep quite about this place." answered Tengu, rolling her shoulders after giving her lengthy explanation.