03-05-2020, 03:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-05-2020, 03:28 PM by Warringkingdoms.)
[font=trebuchet ms]The morning was silent.
Rin had slept more deeply that night than she had in a long time. In spite of the incident at the border, the vanishing of Idyllfields, and the knowledge that someday soon the gods would attack again... sleep had come easily, for just a few hours. It was enough for her. Staring out into the cold sunrise, however, she couldn't shake the feeling that something had gone horribly wrong while she was asleep.
It wouldn't have been the first time.
Stepping outside, she swept her eyes over the streets. There were no signs of a scuffle, or at least not any that she could immediately see. There were a few Elysites she could foresee getting into fights outside of the sea town- Lemy, Tena... maybe that was it? She hadn't seen Tena recently. There was a perfectly good explanation for that, of course; Tena was probably, understandably, avoiding her.
Still. It worried her.
Furrowing her brows, Rin walked out into the streets, heading for the tzai shop. Tena wouldn't appreciate the appearance if in fact she was trying to avoid the Magna, but Rin only needed to check for a brief moment. It's probably nothing, she repeated to herself. She couldn't have her paranoia going out of control and bothering Nemhain again.
...Someone was sitting on the roof, Rin could see as she approached. Someone... small. Someone... bandaged, burnt-
blinded.
His one good eye meets her horrified stare, his wings extended behind him, his fangs bared. It's probably nothing? Just like it was all those winters ago? She tries to open her mouth, but no words come out.
He curls his lip. You let her lose her eye. You promised to protect her. His jaws part in a roar. You SWORE to protect her!
She couldn't- she can't steady her breathing, shallow and ragged. His face melts into that of a sand cat's, infuriated, bitter. She feels her psyche splitting a few seconds ahead of time-
-and then she is separated again.
There are bandages on Tena's frame. She has been treated, probably by Lavi if Rin has to guess. Still, the burns will need constant redressing. Aloe, more dressings, probably water too- all of them, Rin can locate and bring here. Simple instructions play in her head as she turns and leaves, without so much as a word.
Taking the necessary supplies from her house, Rin brings them back to the tzai shop and sets them down in front of the door. She doesn't look back up at Tena, who might... ask questions, if she saw the prevalent blankness in Rin's eyes. She hadn't seen the incident with the deer. No one who had any reason to question had seen it.
She has done what she needed to. If Tena grants her permission to enter the house and go up to the roof, she will, but until then she will remain there. Once she delivers the supplies, or Lavi takes them, and she tends to Nemhain (who she knows is impacted by the detachment), then she can reattach and tend to herself.
Rin had slept more deeply that night than she had in a long time. In spite of the incident at the border, the vanishing of Idyllfields, and the knowledge that someday soon the gods would attack again... sleep had come easily, for just a few hours. It was enough for her. Staring out into the cold sunrise, however, she couldn't shake the feeling that something had gone horribly wrong while she was asleep.
It wouldn't have been the first time.
Stepping outside, she swept her eyes over the streets. There were no signs of a scuffle, or at least not any that she could immediately see. There were a few Elysites she could foresee getting into fights outside of the sea town- Lemy, Tena... maybe that was it? She hadn't seen Tena recently. There was a perfectly good explanation for that, of course; Tena was probably, understandably, avoiding her.
Still. It worried her.
Furrowing her brows, Rin walked out into the streets, heading for the tzai shop. Tena wouldn't appreciate the appearance if in fact she was trying to avoid the Magna, but Rin only needed to check for a brief moment. It's probably nothing, she repeated to herself. She couldn't have her paranoia going out of control and bothering Nemhain again.
...Someone was sitting on the roof, Rin could see as she approached. Someone... small. Someone... bandaged, burnt-
blinded.
His one good eye meets her horrified stare, his wings extended behind him, his fangs bared. It's probably nothing? Just like it was all those winters ago? She tries to open her mouth, but no words come out.
He curls his lip. You let her lose her eye. You promised to protect her. His jaws part in a roar. You SWORE to protect her!
She couldn't- she can't steady her breathing, shallow and ragged. His face melts into that of a sand cat's, infuriated, bitter. She feels her psyche splitting a few seconds ahead of time-
-and then she is separated again.
There are bandages on Tena's frame. She has been treated, probably by Lavi if Rin has to guess. Still, the burns will need constant redressing. Aloe, more dressings, probably water too- all of them, Rin can locate and bring here. Simple instructions play in her head as she turns and leaves, without so much as a word.
Taking the necessary supplies from her house, Rin brings them back to the tzai shop and sets them down in front of the door. She doesn't look back up at Tena, who might... ask questions, if she saw the prevalent blankness in Rin's eyes. She hadn't seen the incident with the deer. No one who had any reason to question had seen it.
She has done what she needed to. If Tena grants her permission to enter the house and go up to the roof, she will, but until then she will remain there. Once she delivers the supplies, or Lavi takes them, and she tends to Nemhain (who she knows is impacted by the detachment), then she can reattach and tend to herself.
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