City Stroll (Open)[Morning]

Elena's current outfit:

Today, Elena went out of her treehouse and explored more further from the forest for a change. The city, a place where there are many "moving metal capsules" on the road and "houses" that can reach the skies. So, she gathered the most normal-looking clothes in her stash and wore them. "Wow... the city is amazing! isn't it, Ursa?" she asked the bear cub as she contemplated the buildings around her. Ursa would just reply with a light roar. "Ooh ooh! Look at that house!" she pointed at the tallest building. "It can almost reach the skies!" she said in awe. "I hope I can have a treehouse like that" she added. People around her were looking at her, they noticed her strange behavior towards the buildings as well as the bear cub walking beside her.

Weakness:

The duo continued walking in the sidewalk. But, Elena don't seem to know where they're going. Fortunately, they bumped onto a big board that shows the map of the whole place and it has the printed versions too. She approached the map and poked the man that was looking at it. "Excuse me mister, but what are you looking at?" she asked. "What? you haven't seen a map in your whole life?" the man replied with a confused expression in his face. "No, i haven't" she answered. "Strange girl... anyways, you see this red spot here?" he pointed at the big red dot on the middle of the map. "This is where we are right now. and the rest shows the location of notable places here. Take the printed version of the map so you can get lost. That's all, bye." the man left. "Thanks!" she thanked the man with a smile.

Elena took a printed version of the map just like the man said. However, she can't get anything from the map as she can't read letters, she's illiterate. Anyways, she continued to walk. "Whaaaat? I can't understand anything on this map" she said as she turned the map from different angles. "I can't even read..." she added. While she was busy looking at the map, she didn't noticed the big crack between the pavements and one of her heels got stuck into it then she fell into the ground so hard. "Damn high heels!" she sweared. "Gosh, I wish somebody could help me right now" she said with a sigh of hopelessness.

bump.

Aleksandra was out and about again. She noticed the human interaction she had been receiving had effected her adversely, she now found sitting in her apartment doing nothing boring. It reminded her of when she was first built and friendly. She shook the thought off in time to see a girl walking with a map covering her entire field of vision.

As soon as she saw the girl trip and fall she approached. "Are you injured?" she asked, her Russian accent was as prevalent as the eye patch on her face. Devoid of any expression she was holding out her hand to help the other up. "If you're injured I can escort you to the nearest medical facility."

"Oh..." Elena noticed a young girl that spoke to her. "I'm not injured. Just a little trip" she would respond at the girl's question and then she took the girl's hand, accepting her offer to help. "Thank you for your concern but im fine, really." Elena thanked her. "You're so nice, what's your name?" she asked the girl. "I'm Elena, by the way" she introduced herself.

She gave a nod and made sure the other was stable before retracting her hand. "Good, an injury would be unfortunate." She stated, assessing her before nodding, she seemed to have no injuries as far as Aleksandra could tell. "My name is Aleksandra." She introduced herself before giving a curtsy. "A pleasure to meet you."

"It's a pleasure to meet you too" she smiled at Aleksandra. "Soooo what brings you out in the city streets?" she asked as she brushed some dust off on the map she was holding. "If you don't mind, why don't we explore together. You see, im pretty much new in the city so I don't really know anything about here. You might know something so why not teach me even if it's just a little" she added.

Aleksandra was caught off guard by the proposal to say the least. She blinked and then slowly nodded. "Da..." she agreed before looking around, "Was there anything in particular you were looking to find or do?" She asked before assessing Elena. The woman definitely appeared to be wearing normal clothing though she did seem to come from some more rural area or the like judging from her stance and how she acted.

While she did so she opened up a brief GPS link so she could figure her exact location and any spots her new travel companion might want to go. "I'm not exactly from here either, but I'll help if I am able." She promised. She was unsure of the situation at best but felt there could be no harm in showing this poor girl around.

"A particular place to find?" she asked herself, thinking of an interesting place to go. That was when a loud growl filled the scene, it was not from Ursa but from Elena. Elena's stomach just growled, she regretted going out without having a full breakfast. "Hehe... maybe a place where you can eat?" she answered. "Make sure it's vegan" she added, she won't eat an animal again like she did with Void in the other day. Especially when she had her pet bear cub with her.

It didn't take Elena long to decide where to go, again Aleksandra accessed the internet to find places with vegan menus. "Hmmm..." she said "There's one nearby. This way." she said as she memorized the location for later. After a moment she began walking, looking over her shoulder to make sure the girl and her bear were following.

"Your bear cub is cute." she commented as they walked, she was starting to relax and speak a little more loosely. "It's not often you see a bear cub that isn't with it's mother, what happened?"

She would follow Aleksandra as she walked, Ursa followed along. "Thanks again for helping me. I really appreciated it" she thanked Aleksandra again because she was willing to help her rather than the man she asked for the maps, he seems to have doubted Elena first. "What happened to Ursa? Well... I found him crying beside his mother's dying body. It was horrible, the mother bear was full of gunshots and it was breathing her last breath. So, I decided to take Ursa and nurture him. I'm glad that he is a cheerful bear now as if that he had forgotten what happened on his mother" she told Ursa's story.

Aleksandra brought her to a place with a vegan menu after a few city blocks. "You have money right? If not I can buy you something small." she offered. "I don't exactly have a lot of money myself..." She added before entering the establishment. As far as she could tell she wouldn't have to worry about utilities in her apartment and she didn't eat so she had more play money than she initially calculated.

Once they were inside she found a place to sit. "Hello! What can we get for you today? Water or a soda before you order?" a waitress asked soon after they had seated themselves. "No thank you, I'm not hungry." she responded in a respectful tone. "Oh, okay, what about you ma'am?" The waitress asked as she turned her attention to Elena as she handed over a menu. Shortly after she noticed the bear cub. The waitress visibly jumped and moved away from the cub a bit. "I-is that your pet?" She asked.

Elena was even more hungry when they entered the vegan restaurant. It has a few customers since almost everybody hates vegetable. Either way, the place was comfortable and it is really vegetable-themed, Elena appreciated the decorations. "Money?" she uttered as she grabbed something from her pocket, it was a wallet. It was there since ever she stole the pants from a tent. It has an adequate amount of money for whatever the menu will give. "Soooo.... this green roll of paper is money?" she asked as she showed a dollar to Aleksandra. A strange thing to ask but Elena only uses barter as her currency. Like, she cut firewood for the people at a local ranch in exchange for food and water. "You see, We only use barter in my place so money is not really a common thing" she added.

As they sat, Elena quickly took the menu. But she remembered that she can't read. Fortunately, there are pictures in it. So, she can just point it out for the waiter. "Ummmm...." she said as she browsed through the menu, deciding for a food to eat. Then, she was interrupted by the waitress who seemed to be afraid of Ursa's presence. "Yes, he's my pet. Don't worry he doesn't bite, I taught him not to bite people or i will be the one biting him" she answered. Ursa on the other hand, is oblivious to what's happening and just gave the waitress a cute stare. "Anyways! I want this and this one. Plus, I want to try that soda thingy too" Elena has decided what to eat and she pointed it for the waitress. "Mixed Berry Pie and Caesar Salad" the waitress muttered as she jot the order down on a notepad. "That would be 4 dollars maam" the waitress added. Elena knew the thing, she took three more roll of green paper from the wallet and gave it to the waitress. Now, we wait.

(if it's too cheap/expensive, don't mind me. i don't know shit about american currency lol)

The number was different from what was on the menu, the bear likely scared her into giving a discount. "Hmmm..." she murmured before shrugging. She held her hand out to the bear cub to see how it would react as if she were letting it sniff her hand so she could pet it. "In Russia the only bears I've seen are Polar Bears and they're very aggressive." she stated. "Even a cub could maul a full grown man if he wasn't careful."

She looked around the restaurant curiously, the decorum here was significantly different from the motherland. Much more neutral and warm colors, granted she likely only saw cold colors for wall paint because she lived in a science lab for the first two years of her life. She managed to get to live with her Father for the last year before coming here and he wasn't exactly an interior designer.

The cub would rub himself on the robot's hand. But then, it suddenly growled at Aleksandra. "Hey, you're not supposed to do that in front of a nice stranger" Elena scolded Ursa, who would just response with a light growl. "What do you mean, she's not human?" she asked the bear. "Anyways, behave yourself or no berries for you in a month" she added, the cub then behaved himself since he knew the consequences. "Sorry about that, sometimes Ursa can be pretty crazy" she apologized to Aleksandra.

She was about to respond at the bear fact when the waitress arrived again. "Here's your order ma'am, have a nice day" the waitress said as she puts her food on the table then left. "Oooooh! chow time!" she said. She gave the mixed berry pie slice to Ursa and then she ate the Caesar Salad. It was alot so she got stuffed. "Aah, that was delicious" she said. She looked at Aleksandra, who didn't ate the whole time. She must be hungry now since watching people eat makes hungry too. "Are you sure you don't wanna eat?" she asked.

Though she didn't appear to be nearly as nervous at the bear's growl as she seemed when she was talking to people, she was intrigued by this woman's apparent ability to speak with the bear cub, and worried that she was called not human. She didn't say anything however she just folded her hand in her lap and gave a delicate nod in response to the apology.

She then shook her head and smiled. "I'm not hungry, I usually eat before I go out since I'm not the best at talking to people... It's better than dining anywhere nice alone." she admitted before glancing at the bear again. "Since you don't know your way around I could walk you home." she offered. "Unless you wanted to go somewhere else that is."