Like so many others before her, the black babe tumbles gracelessly through the portal of worlds, falling into this new place with a hard
thump of her little body against the sodden ground. A shrill whimper is forced from her velvet lips, the impact vibrating through the warped tendons in her legs, and sending shockwaves of fiery pain through every nerve in her legs, spine, and neck. Moisture pools along the edges of her eyes, but she tries not to weep, even if a few tears betray her as they stream wordlessly down her cheek.
For a long moment, Arleigh lies where she has fallen, shell-shocked from this massive (terrible, cruel, and
frightening) ordeal that she has been forced to experience. Her fledgling mind does not know how to comprehend it all. She had not known Helovia as it had been alive and thriving, she had not gotten attached to the land that had been the birthplace of her parents, and she cannot personally understand the weight of its loss. Even so, the babe can
feel the overwhelming sense of grief and despair that hangs over all of them—it is almost tangible.
Furthermore, the innate knowledge of
predators is born within any new soul, no matter how young and inexperienced.
She feels uneasy in this dark forest, with its fluorescent eyes and choking shadows (shadows that remind her of those monsters that had plagued Helovia’s final moments, shadows of destruction and
death).
All at once, the young girl feels a surge of terror swelling within her little heart, fresh memories still dancing in her eyes as the world had been torn to pieces.
“Mama!” She cries suddenly, her child’s voice frantic, the word something between a call for help and a bleat of horror. Ignoring the pain that sears through her sore tendons, Arleigh pushes herself to her feet, balancing on her bowing legs as she limps forward. The shadows seems to rise and fall around her, moving of their own accord, and she pins her ears against them, frightened.
“Mama!” She cries again, searching for either of her parents,
“Papa!”
tag; @
Mordecai
“Speech.”
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{SWP participation}
Magics:
{*](SAFE) SparkxWater | The ability to electrify bodily fluids.\n\nEnchanted items\n{*}None!\n\nRift-god / Kaos items\n{*}None!\n\nAmulets : 1\n\nCompanion/s : \n[*}None!
Requests: Bringing over her item:
:: [ Item: Jewelry | A thin silver chain that is connected to her ear and braided into her mane, decorated with one of Mordecai's feathers and a small lock of Rikyn's gold hair. ]
The Portal
