american boy + open, contemplation

[vellichor]

Maisie wasn't sure what to think of this place quiet yet. She supposed it was significant that her spirit hadn't been whisked away yet and she knew there must be a reason that it'd remained here. Usually if she landed on a shore and didn't see Mary after the first few nights of waiting, she was gone. Yet it'd been nearly a week and here she was. Sometimes she wasn't sure if she triggered her departures or if someone else, something much bigger than her little spirit, did the work for her. Most of the time it felt like she was dropped anywhere at random, stayed for a few days, and then was forced away fro whatever reason. So why was there a break in that pattern? What purpose did she have to stay if Mary wasn't here? Maybe she was here, maybe Maisie just hadn't found her yet. It was hard to know but what she did know was that she didn't know how to leave. So, with that on her mind, she decided to wander around and get some bearings of this new place. She'd never been anywhere quite like it before and this new animal form intrigued her. She wasn't sure if she'd been an animal for. She didn't think so but maybe she had. Sometimes she didn't stay in one form for too long, sometimes she stayed in the same one for years. There wasn't much sense to her afterlife but she'd grown used to it by now.

She'd just been wandering about when she came across an unfamiliar woman with her ear on the ground. The spirit's eyes widened and she hurried towards the group in a cloud of mist, as usual. "Oh dear! What's happened to your ear?" She was new here, too new to know about the situation between Snowbound and the Typhoon or to know all that'd occurred between Pincher and Guru. "Oh! I'm sorry, it isn't polite of me to ask about such things without even proper introductions. My name is Maisie Perdita, it's a pleasure to meet you. I just arrived recently," she explained in a flustered manner, a light smile on her maw, although the glint of concern never left her light eyes.

★ and cruel was the ship that bore my love from me━