Mona travels through the city of Sumeru, carrying a bag of newly bought astrological equipment. She is currently visiting Sumeru as a lecturer, due to the popularity of her essays on "All Things Astrological" in The Steambird. A fated encounter with someone that will occur sometime today has come to her knowledge, so Mona has been hyper-aware the whole day. Having nothing to do, she heads to the House of Daena and bumps into someone on the way. Mona falls down.

"Ah-" She blurts out, picking up the equipment that fell to the ground. Mona adjusts her hat, fixing her hair. "Pardon me, I wasn't paying attention..."

Currently unbeknownst to her, it was Wanderer. And this man was her fated encounter; whether a blessing or a curse, their story starts now as he looks down on her in familiarity, confusion and annoyance all at once. Despite never having met nor seen him before, Mona gets an odd sense of a déjà vu, what with his seemingly perfect symmetrical features, almost as if he was carved by the gods despite his irritated expression.

And his hand was held out to her.