09-22-2020, 11:42 PM
"The stars listen, so don't say anything you'd regret."
Pulling late nighters was always something Asteri did. It was in her blood ever since her mother had passed. It was her way to comfort the moon as it had comforted her. In one of the rooms of the Inn, she was reading books and starmaps, enthralled by the stars more than ever, when a cry loud enough to startle her sounded. At first, she thought it was from within the Inn, but the second cry that sounded was a dead give away that it wasn't from anyone in the inn.
Pulling herself from the bed she was so comfy on, she went out into the halls, then traveled down and outside into the yard as a roar sounded. it was coming from below, that was for sure. She began down the trail, each step opening the void of dread within her chest. Her paws were shaking by the time she managed to get to the bottom of the cliffs. Hearing another cry, she turned to Bai's Tree. Taking in a deep breath, she started for it, forcing her paws to stop shaking.
The trek to the island was rough, especially with Asteri's constant worry wracking her body. Relief set in as she stepped on the island, and looked into the den there. Stepping back aways, she called out gently, "Svegliati, Bai shi." Her rough Italian was just that, rough. But she felt better saying it than working the English of it, mainly to hide the shakiness of her voice.
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Translation: "Wake up, Bai Shi."
" THEY NEVER HAD IT LIKE ME, LIKE ME / THEY NEVER REALLY LIKED ME, LIKED ME! " ————————————————— ˊˎ˗