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[ATBASH CIPHER.]

ATBASH CIPHER

you laugh and smile at me, but you don't see a thing !

After the fall of Snowbound, Atbash hadn't joined any of the other groups. At the time, the savannah wanted to be alone, she wanted to find a place to rebuild her home, but as the days went by, she lost faith in her abilities to even gain a following again. After all, the tribe had only a few members in it at the time of its downfall and they all had scattered after the camp was set ablaze; how was she supposed to find them when she had no idea where they had all gone? So Atbash wallowed in her guilt and stayed by herself.

Then Caesar contacted her through telepathy, urging her to meet him so he can apologize for the things he had done. Atbash should have considered it odd when he refused to ask Vigenere to come and instead seemed more wary of their elder brother. But of course, like the naïve sister she was, Atbash agreed to meet Caesar, where she was once again tricked and held captive under Stryker's paw. Stryker had used her to get to Vigenere and when he killed the Tangler, Atbash once again felt guilt rise within her. So in a way, coming to Tanglewood was her way of trying to make up for what she had done.

The swamp was much different than the cold home of Snowbound, but Atbash quickly got used to it. She had been used to her paws being wet, given how she used to be surrounded by snow all the time, but the grime was... less than ideal. Still, the Shaderunner convinced herself that this was all to make up for what she has done and no amount of disgust would make her leave. Atbash hadn't seen or heard Beaumont's fall, but she did happen to cross the other female as she trudged along. "Oh, hey there!" The savannah called out, switching up her direction to approach Beaumont. "You okay?" She asked, realizing that the other had gotten quite dirty with the fall she went through. "Are you hurt, or anything? I can grab one of our medics." Suddenly realizing that Beaumont may not know there was a group living here, Atbash quickly added, "You're on Tanglewood's grounds, by the way. My name's Atbash Cipher."

female | shaderunner [shp] of tanglewood

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