12-17-2019, 09:28 PM
[font=trebuchet ms]/tw: blood and injuries throughout
Her heart hammered against her broken ribs.
She should’ve died. He had her pinned, slowly strangling, history repeating. Moments before it all ended, a flash of light- a miracle. Not a literal miracle- the gods were actively out to kill her- but close enough. She shouldn’t have survived, and yet she had.
As she faded in and out of awareness, the throbbing pain in her chest spread throughout her entire body, the adrenaline running dry as soon as the Warrior was felled. Glimmers of gold crossed her vision intermittently as she limped along, one moment after another reminding her of someone different- each one having their own reasons to want her dead. The physical agony did nothing to distract her from the trail of blood behind her, the memories as vivid as the taste of blood on her tongue.
Electricity crackled from his new form, a confused stare in his newly-regenerated eye. Jagged lines defined his shape, but he was the same as ever. She felt freezing cold seep into her frame, her claws grazing against the snow with every step she forced her numbing legs to take.
Her successor stared down at her, coarse fur run ragged by recent events, a haunted look in her youthful eyes. Rain lashed against them, driving them inside. The stinging of reopened wounds, the feeling of fur and feathers pressing against her to keep her going, moving away, away, away…
Her son- could she even call him that, after what she’d done?- stared up at her, hollow, hungry, hurt. The color of his eyes remained bright, but the emotion within was anything but. Empty promises of love and protection, all of which should have died in her throat, where they could do no more damage. She still hadn’t been there for him- one false step and she’d fallen, far past the point of returning home to him.
Maybe he and his real mother- the one who had been there for him- had reunited on their side of the universe.
She would never know.
She wanted to cry. In this state, half-dead, broken, she couldn’t muster the wherewithal to pretend she didn’t- but the tears wouldn’t come, her blank, dry stare pointed towards the rapidly-shifting ground. The pain of her injuries had pushed her directly into survival mode, and survival left no energy for lowering the walls she’d constructed around her heart.
She had to breathe. In, out, refilling her lungs after they’d spent so long deprived of oxygen. Each step brought her closer to home?- no, not home. Elysium was not her home. She had sworn allegiance and she needed to return, but it was not home. The moment she had ascertained everyone’s safety, she would leave, before anyone else got hurt because of her.
One step at a time, though, that was solid thinking. Put one paw ahead of the other. Breathe, in and out. She would stay alive. In spite of the pain shooting through her chest at every movement, she would not stop, and she would not die.
Over the thick scent of blood, she could smell Elysium.
One paw slipped, and she fell forwards, hitting the snow face-first. She wheezed, inhaling and exhaling ragged breaths. If her leaden legs could not carry her any further, she would breathe. She would do something to stave off death, at least until it was time to face the Ferryman in person. Elysium was not prepared to lose a leader.
A harsh gust of wind bit into her wounds, eliciting a pained hiss from her. Once she’d caught her breath, maybe she would ask Eirny to find the others- assuming no one else showed up before then. With her lungs as battered as they’d been, it might take some time before she could muster words.
Whatever the means, she would live.
/tl;dr: Rin got attacked and badly injured by one of the gods, and had to be escorted home by Eirny- now they're both at Elysium's border
/Rin's injuries: missing her lower left canine tooth from blunt force trauma to the jaw, several broken ribs, bruises and shallow cuts along her windpipe and chest
Her heart hammered against her broken ribs.
She should’ve died. He had her pinned, slowly strangling, history repeating. Moments before it all ended, a flash of light- a miracle. Not a literal miracle- the gods were actively out to kill her- but close enough. She shouldn’t have survived, and yet she had.
As she faded in and out of awareness, the throbbing pain in her chest spread throughout her entire body, the adrenaline running dry as soon as the Warrior was felled. Glimmers of gold crossed her vision intermittently as she limped along, one moment after another reminding her of someone different- each one having their own reasons to want her dead. The physical agony did nothing to distract her from the trail of blood behind her, the memories as vivid as the taste of blood on her tongue.
Electricity crackled from his new form, a confused stare in his newly-regenerated eye. Jagged lines defined his shape, but he was the same as ever. She felt freezing cold seep into her frame, her claws grazing against the snow with every step she forced her numbing legs to take.
Her successor stared down at her, coarse fur run ragged by recent events, a haunted look in her youthful eyes. Rain lashed against them, driving them inside. The stinging of reopened wounds, the feeling of fur and feathers pressing against her to keep her going, moving away, away, away…
Her son- could she even call him that, after what she’d done?- stared up at her, hollow, hungry, hurt. The color of his eyes remained bright, but the emotion within was anything but. Empty promises of love and protection, all of which should have died in her throat, where they could do no more damage. She still hadn’t been there for him- one false step and she’d fallen, far past the point of returning home to him.
Maybe he and his real mother- the one who had been there for him- had reunited on their side of the universe.
She would never know.
She wanted to cry. In this state, half-dead, broken, she couldn’t muster the wherewithal to pretend she didn’t- but the tears wouldn’t come, her blank, dry stare pointed towards the rapidly-shifting ground. The pain of her injuries had pushed her directly into survival mode, and survival left no energy for lowering the walls she’d constructed around her heart.
She had to breathe. In, out, refilling her lungs after they’d spent so long deprived of oxygen. Each step brought her closer to home?- no, not home. Elysium was not her home. She had sworn allegiance and she needed to return, but it was not home. The moment she had ascertained everyone’s safety, she would leave, before anyone else got hurt because of her.
One step at a time, though, that was solid thinking. Put one paw ahead of the other. Breathe, in and out. She would stay alive. In spite of the pain shooting through her chest at every movement, she would not stop, and she would not die.
Over the thick scent of blood, she could smell Elysium.
One paw slipped, and she fell forwards, hitting the snow face-first. She wheezed, inhaling and exhaling ragged breaths. If her leaden legs could not carry her any further, she would breathe. She would do something to stave off death, at least until it was time to face the Ferryman in person. Elysium was not prepared to lose a leader.
A harsh gust of wind bit into her wounds, eliciting a pained hiss from her. Once she’d caught her breath, maybe she would ask Eirny to find the others- assuming no one else showed up before then. With her lungs as battered as they’d been, it might take some time before she could muster words.
Whatever the means, she would live.
/tl;dr: Rin got attacked and badly injured by one of the gods, and had to be escorted home by Eirny- now they're both at Elysium's border
/Rin's injuries: missing her lower left canine tooth from blunt force trauma to the jaw, several broken ribs, bruises and shallow cuts along her windpipe and chest
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