CANDY CLOUDS OF LULLABY || Ghosts!

[ATBASH CIPHER.]

ATBASH CIPHER

is someone else in me,
waiting to break free?

It was a rather normal afternoon in Snowbound's camp, with the wind blowing about and occasionally picking up snow wherever it could and place it elsewhere. It was clearly becoming colder, as evident by the fact that Atbash could see her breath whenever she breathed or talked to anybody. There was something that was bothering the Hailcaller, however, hence why she was out and keeping an eye on everybody in camp. Maybe she was being too overprotective and had no reason to be worried, but with everything that happened recently, didn't she have a reason to be so high-strung?

Winter could be harsh, Atbash knew that much. While she hasn't been on Earth very long, she read books about how blizzards were a thing and that they could devastate entire cities. And with winter coming soon, the demoness was anxious about the upcoming season. It would be her first time leading Snowbound through such a season and she hoped things would go alright. If things go horribly wrong, surely somebody would be able to alert one of their allies and seek help? That's what Atbash was praying for, at least.

Movement out of the corner of her good eye made Atbash look over harshly at her shoulder, blinking at the faint outline of a creature that walked by her. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't -" The she-cat stammered out quickly before realizing that the creature she saw wasn't... physically there. The being was a faint outline, almost see-through entirely, and although they were close to Atbash, she couldn't feel them. The creature blinked at her once with glowing, faint green eyes before it disappeared into what was seemingly thin air.

Atbash stared at the spot the strange person disappeared, before glancing around quickly and realizing there were multiples of the creatures, all with varying species. The savannah's mouth was agape, clearly surprised at what she was seeing. Surely this was a trick of the light? A hallucination, maybe? Maybe this was something she was seeing because of her only having one eye; after all, how was one supposed to get used to seeing out of one side whenever they were used to seeing out of, well, both? "Is-is anyone else seeing faint animals?" She called out, praying that she wasn't going insane.

//Word Count: 381

bio | female | hailcaller [leader] of snowbound

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