"You are from Helovia?" The curiosity was anything but mistakable in the stallion's voice and gaze as his seemingly glowing emeralds turned to catch the nearly neon blue of my own. Were there others from Helovia that had ran into this antlered creature much like I had? Full of wonder and concern over what had happened to our once astonishing lands. Dark tipped ears swiveled forward as I drew my gaze away from the stunning creature who had stayed in the shadows for the majority of our meeting, likely to keep me from running away in fear. I locked eyes with the antlered one as I watched his rosy lips part again...and I couldn't help but wonder how a single being could have so much to talk about, words were something I preferred to save for necessity.
"I myself am not from Helovia, but the name has come up many times over the course of my travels. There are horses here who have informed me that Helovia was once their home, too." I could feel the electricity that traveled through my veins constantly crackle as excitement jumped between nerve gaps until my entire body felt as if I were caught in the middle of a storm cloud, a wide smile spread across my inky features as I looked between the two members of my welcoming committee.
"It is unfortunate you never got to see Helovia, it was once glorious, now it is merely a dark shell of what it once was."
"We can take you to them if you wish." Rixen, the antlered, spoke up as my charged feathers ruffled against my sides settling more comfortably where the electricity could move more easily and with less notice.
"Before making any final decisions, however, I assume you’ll want to know the basics. Where we are now is known as the Portal, and it is the path everyone seems to have taken to come to the Rift. Halyven, our home, is a beautiful place not too far from here. Our numbers are small, but the folk are genuine, pure of heart, and strong. We would certainly value your company back to the city, where you might find comfort and shelter from the cold." Ears flicked back momentarily and then relaxed while I listened to Rixen speak. He wasn't only offering me company out of the Portal but somewhere I could call home while I hunted down the rest of my family...if any of them even still existed. Movement from the tri-breed stallion drew my attention away from thoughts of finding my family, unsure as to if they perished in Helovia like the lands did or if they had managed to fall down the rabbit hole into these strange parts as I had.
"You are welcome to rest your head until you decide which direction you wish to go, or if you'd like to remain. We're more than happy to answer any questions you have about this world. It is actually quite beautiful, though the Portal does not give one the best first impression." The world grew hazy for a moment when the massive creature moved, but it cleared right back up, as did my mind.
As much as I had just wanted to find my family and get out of Dodge, joining up with these two and their band of misfits seemed to be my best chance at survival in these dark lands. My dented tiara nodded in affirmation as both stallions stood silent.
"Your home sounds lovely and I would love to add one more to the population." I smiled as I took a few steps closer to the stallions, cutting in between where the two of them stood and stepped gingerly in the direction they had arrived from, glancing over my primitively striped shoulders I shot a smile and a wink back to the stallions.
"It is this way...right?"
"Speech."
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ooc; sorry this took me so long and it kind of sucks~ maybe after a reply from each of you we can call this one done and start up a new one going to Halyven? Can be all three of them, or just Rosco and Zeno or whatever!
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The Portal
