kills me every time [joiners]

[ninazu]

BURN
BRIGHT

Suffering. Uncountable days of suffering lay behind her, but the memories would not let her leave. They tugged at her, invaded her thoughts with pervasive static. Every step brought agony, and with the agony came yet another reminder of all she endured. Ninazu patched herself and Stryker up the best she could, but the torture left wounds too deep to heal properly in such a short time – especially while traveling, never able to properly stop to rest in case Jervis caught the scent.

Yet she pushed on, despite the pain and the memories. Her eyes gleamed with the same ambitious edge as before; she overcame worse than this before. The woman became the leader of a pack of savage slavers to prevent such suffering from happening again, but she would not give in. Ninazu got even with every monster from her past – from the faces she dared not dredge up to the Roseblood cult that sacrificed her – and revenge motivated her enough to keep going.

Even so, she still felt a wave of relief rush over her shoulders once the Tanglewoods’ border was finally within arms reach. The lioness sat down on one hip, minding the ripped flesh and torn muscle tissue of her right hip. But it almost made no difference – the scar tissue on her left leg throbbed with a dull scream at the awkward pose.

Turning over her shoulder, Ninazu watched for Stryker to approach behind her, worry flashing across her face. Despite their equal time in captivity, she had been the one with the magical advantage. No matter how tired, the lioness managed to summon enough strength for a spark or flame to come to her aid when the torture became desperate enough. She worried for him – even almost felt guilty, of all things, that she might’ve emerged out of all that suffering in a far better place than him.

[member=1738]Stryker[/member]

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