the weight of what we owe // open, awakening

[Hope Arcanium]

She had been ambushed. Well, it could be considered an ambush as she hadn’t been expecting these hostile gods to actually try and attack her and Elysium by extension. The large wyvern was a tough opponent, but she managed to hold her own. But this battle left her... forever changed. Or had it always been there to begin with? She had always been told that she was something beyond the ordinary- that her energy was incredibly powerful, unique, and yet no one could get a precise and accurate telling of what or who she is. But this event... it had awakened her. And somehow, this felt like only the beginning of her journey.

She was exhausted, covered in burn marks and deep wounds across much of her body, and somehow she remained standing, dragging a piece of the wyvern she had slain behind her back to Elysium’s camp. Although she was limping, exhaustion gripping her entire body and mind, she pressed forward, unrelenting, the crackle of electricity surrounding her body as well as a small outline of crimson fire further emphasizing her newly awakened soul.

Each pawstep shook Playerone to her core, her muscles screaming in agony as she pressed onwards to her home, blood dripping from her injuries. Still, she persisted- this unfathomable energy and power she now had unleashed kept her going. Her white, scaled dragon wings hung limply at her sides, the underside of them glowing a faint green much like her eyes, the marking on her shoulder, and the newest markings of stars around the corner of her left eye.

This energy and power overflowing from the feline-fox hybrid could only be described as ‘otherworldly’, and her presence that of a god. Those are things the others would take notice of, as Player was too focused on trying to keep moving and get to Rin to even realize the drastic changes she had undergone during her battle with Erinya.

Her entire being was tired. Exhausted. But also felt free.

The hybrid’s body felt like it was on fire- the long trek from the middle of the territory to the fight of her life cost her much of her energy. She barely made it to the entrance of camp before summoning up a desperate call for help.

“R-Rin-! Kade! C-Coop-”

Before she let go of the wyvern’s leg and collapsed, the fiery aura and electrical crackles that once surrounded her dissipating. Her energy, which she had not been aware of, probably was more than enough to draw attention before she even spoke due to the nature of it.

She was conscious, barely able to speak, and the pain was catching up with her quickly. She couldn’t move- there was no energy left in her worn out body. Her wounds would require immediate medical treatment, and it was a wonder how she even made it back, much less how she was even able to remain conscious.

//tl;dr- Playerone returns from her battle with Erinya carrying the opponent’s leg with her bearing a strange marking. Play has also been awakened into godhood/realizing that she is a ‘god’, and has found her way miraculously just outside of camp with multiple deep lacerations and electrical burn wounds.