ESCAPE FROM THIS AFTERLIFE // open, small recovery

[ATBASH CIPHER.]

ATBASH CIPHER

i should've said what i hear
i should have let myself fear

The sound of somebody coming made Atbash jump, lowering her paws from where they covered her face. Her body was unbelievably tense, and it took her a couple moments to register that it was Kirishima who was the first to approach. Of course, it didn't take long for others to join him, and Atbash's black gaze studied each person for a moment, as if trying to figure out if they were real. The she-cat opened her mouth to speak, however pain - actual, physical pain - flooded through her body and she winced, her body shaking once more as she tried to get rid of the burning feeling that went across her. Frowning, Atbash nodded at Kirishima's question, watching as Dimitri came over and laid flowers by her nest. She tried to reach forward to touch his forehead with her nose in a gesture of thanks, but once again her body was racked with pain as she moved.

It was strange, suddenly feeling pain when normally she wouldn't. Is this Corruption? Atbash thought to herself. No, no Corruption was described to be much worse. Corruption was described to be a constant, burning pain, like your entire body was on fire. Atbash knew she wasn't bleeding from the normal spots where Corruption was obvious, so she was just feeling actual pain. It was weird, and frankly, it scared her. Atbash lowered her head to lay it down on her paws and she closed her eyes. "I'm sorry." The telepathic signal she tried to throw out to everybody was almost automatic, as if she had always had this power. And technically? She had, she just wasn't able to use it before now. And although she would normally be excited to get her powers back, right now she was too distraught over what happened to care. She was just glad the was kind of a way to talk without actually physically talking.

bio | female | hailcaller [leader] of snowbound

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