03-10-2020, 09:52 PM
[font=trebuchet ms]The moon peered over the horizon, lonely in the dark.
Nemhain had left that morning, by Rin's own guidance. The bird had seemed relieved to be able to go explore, someplace away from the violence and stress. Though her research had yet to come up on any leads, at least she could be sure that she was helping Nem. It was the least she could do, after all that Nem had done for her.
Nemhain would be alright, out there. Thoughts of her eyes burning out of their sockets, feathers charred like the fur on Tena's face, occasionally crept into Rin's mind- but she banished them just as quickly, shaking off the flashes of dread. Nemhain had power beyond that of most Elysites. She would be fine.
The water seemed to glow under the moon's light, approaching the shore in small waves. Only as the first wave lapped against her paws did Rin realize that the tide was glowing, small points of green light scattered across its rippled surface. The steady rhythm left pieces of the light on her fur, like... like spatters of paint on an empty canvas, she decided. A beautiful metaphor, to replace the violent one that her instincts had been ready to supply.
A strange calm settled over her, her paws gleaming with nature's cold touch. Bioluminescent plankton were the cause, if she had to guess. A wondrous phenomena, and the gods had had nothing to do with it. It was pure, not corrupted in the way so many other sights had been. How could the gods boast, when nature was so much more on its own?
She cracked a half-smile. Just like the night of the meteor shower.
/tl;dr: the water is glowing with bioluminescent plankton, and Rin's standing in it and half-smiling
Nemhain had left that morning, by Rin's own guidance. The bird had seemed relieved to be able to go explore, someplace away from the violence and stress. Though her research had yet to come up on any leads, at least she could be sure that she was helping Nem. It was the least she could do, after all that Nem had done for her.
Nemhain would be alright, out there. Thoughts of her eyes burning out of their sockets, feathers charred like the fur on Tena's face, occasionally crept into Rin's mind- but she banished them just as quickly, shaking off the flashes of dread. Nemhain had power beyond that of most Elysites. She would be fine.
The water seemed to glow under the moon's light, approaching the shore in small waves. Only as the first wave lapped against her paws did Rin realize that the tide was glowing, small points of green light scattered across its rippled surface. The steady rhythm left pieces of the light on her fur, like... like spatters of paint on an empty canvas, she decided. A beautiful metaphor, to replace the violent one that her instincts had been ready to supply.
A strange calm settled over her, her paws gleaming with nature's cold touch. Bioluminescent plankton were the cause, if she had to guess. A wondrous phenomena, and the gods had had nothing to do with it. It was pure, not corrupted in the way so many other sights had been. How could the gods boast, when nature was so much more on its own?
She cracked a half-smile. Just like the night of the meteor shower.
/tl;dr: the water is glowing with bioluminescent plankton, and Rin's standing in it and half-smiling
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