Please help me

For @Cain

At first there had been this incredible blinding light, then the world had turned black and suddenly it felt like her whole body was suspended in grey goop. Or at least that was how it had felt. Grey and slimy was the best way to describe it. Then it was like lightning struck through her body, making her crash against something hard. For the first time in what felt forever, everything seemed to be tangible. Her head was spinning, and as she tried to sit up she felt the coldness of a wall against her back.
The world was still spinning, and it was not showing any signs of stopping. In her hand she was still clutching the apple, her most dearest possession. In a slow movement she pressed it close to her, making it shrink in size so it could attach around her neck as a necklace. However she felt a bit disoriented and had to struggle for a bit just to get the chain around her neck.
And here she was. A fish out of water, her head spinning and she had no clue if this had even worked! She just sat there for a while, looking at the forest in front of her. What a strange place to have a house, she thought to herself, but she hadn't realized that she was actually sitting up against the temple for Justiae. In her world, Justiae was not really a god that was worshipped anymore. There was no balance, so why pray to it? All it was when she had left was pure chaos. Moving up to her feet she brushed off her back to the best of her ability, but she probably still looked a mess. Her hair was put up in her classic bun, but it had lost it shape and had a lot of loose ends poking out. She wasn't really in pain, she was more confused, her head still spinning a bit as everything came back to her. A shiver ran down her spine as she felt her eyes water. Shaking her head, she listened to the words her father had always said to her; You need to be strong, there's no time for crying, crying won't help a damn thing. Breathing out through her nose she took a careful step forward, but her legs felt so shaky, leaning against the wall just to stand up.
What she had done shouldn't have been possible. No one was supposed to travel between realities, and yet here she was. However not knowing if it had truly worked, she didn't want to jump to any conclusions just yet. Managing to move around to the front of the building she stopped for a second, seemingly confused and in awe. Was this ... Raleska? But it looked so different. So ... Well kept? Baffling she turned around to look at the building she was leaned up against, her eyes widening as she saw the image of the shrouded deity. Alright, she was a bit more convinced that this was somewhere else; But was it the right place?

The setting sun was placing a nice warm light over the temples, and as Avah stood there, she felt herself in awe. It was just so beautiful. Of course she knew she couldn't stand around here forever, she had things to do, but she felt like she was in some sort of weird dream. She had seen a man leaving the building, but her mind refused to believe what she had seen. Avah hadn't seen a clergy in many years, so many that she was unsure if she had just imagined them ever existing. Then someone spoke to her, and it took her a bit of time to pry her eyes off of the temple to look at the blue eyes that were now in front of her. His stance seemed relaxed, but his eyes looked so surprised. Blinking a few times it was as if she tried to find her words, but she was so stunned that a clergy was actually talking to her. It was like an out of body experience for her.
Frowning she looked down his body, her eyes resting on the book by his hip. Why did she recognize it? Everything felt rather blurred out in her mind right now, but it was simply a side effect of her travel. Suddenly it seemed like she snapped out of it, looking back at his eyes, her face remaining to be rather neutral. "Hiya, I - uh - I don't really know where I am," she confessed, already hearing a scolding in her head by her father, but she ignored that for now. She could trust a clergy, right? At least he wasn't a daemon or gods forbid a seraph. Her eyes darted back to the book, because it just looked so familiar. "What are you reading?" she asked. Maybe an answer about the book would jumpstart her memory slightly.
It was rather disorienting for her right now, because some things were crystal clear, other things were still a muddy mess in her head. Almost as if the grey goop had tried to remove something important in her memories. "Oh, yeah, uhm," her eyes flickered, placing two fingers on the middle of her chest, moving them out towards him. It was a greeting she had learnt at some point, but she couldn't for the life of her know that it wasn't really a greeting in this reality. "I'm Avah, I, uh, I'm not really sure what I'm doing here or how I ended up here," she confessed. Maybe she looked like a mess, but for now she felt like she could trust this guy.

From never really having met a clergy, Avah was actually rather surprised. She had only heard stories about them, how they were willing to take care of others, and this man in front of her displayed it so clearly. "Yeah, I guess I know bits and pieces about them," her eyes straying from the stranger and up to the shrouded deity. Gods and goddesses had always been a weird construct for Avah to wrap her head around. Was she dreaming or having some weird hallucination. Her lips separated, wanting to say something, but her mount just snapped shut as she seemed to regret it. In her world the gods had long abandoned the world, left their creations to their own destructions. However it didn't seem to be the case here, it seemed like a truly holy place, or at least a clear place of worship, not that Avah knew much about that sort.
The talk about the book was brief, but looking in to the stranger's eyes she could almost tell he was holding something back. Not that she was a lie detector, more the fact that his eyes seemed almost remorseful. Or perchance it was just Avah reading too much in to the situation. Opting not to think too much about it, she just nodded, taking the reply as the final answer - for now.
Her gesture she clearly had seemed to want a response on, so when it wasn't, there was a clear disconnect in her body. Tilting her head to the side, she looked as the stranger introduced himself. Cain. Strange name, but she guessed her own wasn't that normal either. Her father had insisted on giving her a name that wasn't common. Her eyes drifted to the entrance of the temple at the clergy's gesture, nodding before she had even thought it through. Something in her knew to trust this man, something she didn't experience a lot. Perhaps because he seemed genuine and she hadn't met a lot of those. Following him, she kept her distance, not a lot, but just enough for her to still be able to see his whole body. It was something that lingered from how she was raised; If you could see all of your opponent, then there was nothing to worry about.
She was quite fascinated as she stepped in. The walls bare, painted in a light grey color, but not a color that made her sad. It was just neutral - very fitting for a god of balance, she thought. Following Cain she looked around curious, but one thing she couldn't shake was the fact that she felt like someone was watching her. "Lineages," she just mumbled, looking at the book he was still holding. Maybe she was just hype fixating on it, but she felt like there was something important she needed to remember. "So ... You're a real life clergy?" she asked.

"Y-yeah, but my mom always spoke well about your kind," she said, a bit surprised by it all. What she could remember was the temples of Raleska literally in ruins. Just seeing a version of it actually functioning was almost mind-blowing. Of course inside the actual temple, there was minimum of decoration, fairly fitting for a god centered around balance. Part of her memory sparked as he led them through the temple until they reached a more quiet spot. It wasn't like deja-vu, it was more of a memory that sparked in her mind.
As he gestured for her to sit down, she looked at the seat, narrowing her eyes a little before nodding, sitting down but keeping her eyes on him. Sure, she could trust him to some extent, but how much was uncertain. "Tea would be nice," she said, nodding a little as he turned his back on her. Her hand moved up to her necklace, playing with the chain as her eyes watched him. Not only that, but she noticed how he didn't even dare to put down the book, which made her smile a little. Had she said something to upset him in regards to it? Or had she given off the vibe that she might take it from him? Regardless, wondering about the different things would lead her to know answer.
"It's so peaceful," she hummed, looking over at the fountain, looking around as she saw very few people in the temple. She got up from her seat, walking over to the silent trickling of water, looking down in the small pond. Her mind kept showing her memories that were slowly coming back to her. Memories of her family, of her friends but then ... Everything went that slimy grey color once more. Closing her eyes, she breathed out, feeling like she got dizzy once more. One thing was for sure, however she had landed in place, there had to be some sort of meaning to it, right? At least she had to trust her former self that this was where she was meant to be. Why she couldn't remember everything was strange, and the world around her just seemed so different from her memories.
Slowly she opened her eyes, looking down at the pendant around her neck, the small round ball that was so familiar to her. Her hand moved up, rolling the small pendant between her thumb and index finger; A habit she had that always seemed to calm her down from whatever was bothering her. At least she knew the importance of this seemingly boring jewelry, it was all she had now. Just her and this apple as she had come to call it. Perhaps because in it's original size it was just about the size of an apple. Either way, she thanked her lucky star that she was somewhat safe right now.
As Cain returned, she walked back to where she had been gestured to sit and did just that. Taking the cup from his hands, smiling at the warmth it gave her fingers, she just looked around a bit before he would eventually sit down herself. The tea was still to hot to drink, she could feel that from the temperature of the cup itself.
"So, clergy ... What do you do exactly?" she asked, before realizing how terrible of a question that might be, shaking her head at herself. "I mean my mom told me a bit, but I'm not really good at remembering stuff - If you haven't been able to tell," it was a simple joke, but there was some truth to it. However lightening the mood right now might be better than focusing on that familiar book in his possession.