divine absolution

KIADA troy falls a thousand times in every dream i dream She had travelled back to a place familiar to her. A place that had so much history for the girl in her youth in Helovia. The place she had found her companion, the bearded vulture that studied the sky and their trails as if their lives depended on it – to try and save them from danger when danger literally surrounded every corner. But whatever they were doing, they were doing it right. They were alive and had been since their arrival, with minimal injuries that had healed over time. The only thing remaining was the constant drowning sensation Kiada’s throat gave her. It had been months since she got it, and while it had been incredibly difficult to live with at first, she had gotten used to it – realizing that she was still able to breathe even if it didn’t feel like she could. It didn’t keep her from coughing here and there, though. And so she began her trial, to try and find a way to fix this mess. She felt the black tar as it clung to her soul and suggested things for her to do to try and remedy her problem. The tar remained, even if the instructions did not. She needed to challenge the Magnus Metus in the Green Labyrinth, and so here she was – stepping onto familiar yet unfamiliar land to tackle a monster she had never even seen before. Apprehensive was a great word to describe the daughter of a war general and a thief. But she knew she’d have to do it if she ever wanted to rid herself of the terrible feeling of constant drowning. She paused half way through the maze, uncertain if she was heading in the correct direction to find this beast. But the further she went, the darker and mistier the long green stalks of bamboo surrounding her became. Kiada sighed to herself, glancing up at Khairi to trailed from one stalk of bamboo to another. “What have I gotten myself into? She thought to herself, swishing her charcoal tail against her spotted rump before reaching down and pressing gently onto the rose gold plate of armor on her shoulder. It suddenly expanded, covering the top half of her body in a thick metal shield, except for her spine which was covered by another piece of armor in the shape of spines that she dared not to activate for fear of harming herself in the process. Then, with the help of Khairi, she slid her rose gold face mask on, feathers made of blades trailed from the top of her head partially down her neck before flattening away into plates, and then when she activated it, the bladed feathers began to glimmer with a teal-blue fire much like Kisamoa’s own colors. When she felt ready, she inhaled and offered a small smile to Khairi and lifted one foot to go forward into the darkness – but she couldn’t. She felt ready, but something didn’t feel right in the air. And so she waited, on guard in the hope that it wasn’t something dangerous. "Talk." like ashes, like ashes, like a star burning out —

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Only for @Erebos please <3 Getting both parts of our trials done at once :3
Kiada has to challenge the Magnus Metus which looks like this for reference!