02-24-2020, 02:32 PM
It was a cold and miserable day. Though Zora could hardly feel the chill through her fiery pelt, it was more the lazy mood the weather brought about. The solitude wasn’t helping, either. It pressed insistently in her mind and refused to leave her. It stayed after she went through her box of belongings, reminiscing on the past. It remained even after she told herself that Isaac would be around soon. He was never away for too long. Despite this comforting thought, the oppressing loneliness lingered, and the fairy could not do much to fight it.
Unless she could.
She didn’t have to be alone. Isaac had mentioned before how she could join Tanglewood. Though she’d initially worried over the safety aspects, he reassured her. Besides that, it would be nice to live with him. He wouldn’t leave me anymore! And there was the fact of other people. She could make friends, so she could be around people even when he was busy.
The idea of it was appealing.
It did not take her long to make up her mind once she gave it serious thought. Nothing like a cloudy day to motivate someone. Zora packed up her few belongings- gifts from people long dead- and started off. The travel was not hard, and walking was something she was very used to. And it gave her time to think. How would Isaac react? Would he be pleased? Surprised? Angry? Please don’t let him be angry.
Gradually, the scent grew more familiar. It was something she had come to expect along with Isaac’s floral smell. She paused where the scent grew the strongest, craning her neck to scan the trees and ground and sky for a glimpse of familiar feathers, or perhaps a flash of white from that dreaded mask he wore. Not seeing him immediately, the fennec fox sat and shook out her glowing pelt. She could wait.