The Portal
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KI’IRHA
She has been getting used to the silence that has consumed her world, her sight has grown slightly more keen, and her sense of smell has nearly colored the world in totally new shades. She finds herself returning to the portal in hopes of discovering her lost family, praying that her daughter, and perhaps miraculously her son, made it through the portal unscathed. But besides that, she was encouraged by some unseen force to return to this place, for perhaps it would hold an answer to recovering her hearing. Suddenly, she feels the smallest vibration shake the ground beneath her, and as soon as it vanishes, another small quake replaces the stillness. Again and again, the steps are rhythmic, and anything capable of shaking the ground like this must be massive. In this world, massive probably meant more dangerous, leaving the star-swept woman more cautious than ever. A flash of golden light sends gilded silhouettes along the trees, and though she can’t get any honest detail from the fleeting sight, her heart sinks, because it was a dark body and wings and a crown, and something was attacking it. ”Vesper!”“The word is nearly a cry, and she careens off at a gallop, not caring about the branches and underbrush that claw at her, trying to hold her back. She will not be subdued, she will not be stopped. If that is her baby, she will be sure to kill whatever has dared to threaten her child. As she breaks free of the thicket, she can't see the equine, but knows the monstrous beast is in pursuit. She pulls at her magic, feeling its weakness compared to its power She breaks into the clearing, silver eyes panicked as she searches for her daughter. Had she been able to escape? That moment of pause was all that the monster needed, and her distraction was enough to allow the hydra a chance to strike. I’ll taste the night sky & feel alive again |
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