divine absolution

KIADA troy falls a thousand times in every dream i dream She watched her friend, perhaps her best friend now, waiting for him to mention that he was here for perhaps a more devious reason, to fight Kisamoa and work on demolishing his hold on the world. So the Harpy was surprised when his muzzle touched hers gently, velvet and scales she never remembered lingered for the moment while he spoke of a trial, answering vengeful spirits. She tilted her head to him slightly as a smile reached her lips and a small laugh escaped her lungs. “Whatever for?” She questioned, eyeing him and noticing the snake beard he happened to grow. Then, in a moment of surprise, the drowning feeling crashed over her once more and she spent the next few minutes trying to gain control of her cough. She shook her head afterward, offering him an apologetic smile. “I’m sorry, it’s a side effect from the river.” She announced to him, hoping he remembered the River of the dead they had both found themselves at. Then, he offered his assistance and she nodded in agreement. “Perhaps they’re both down here?” She questioned, turning her head back to the dark channel – so similar to an alley that seemed to go down and down until the center of this world. But it had to stop, didn’t it? At some point, she imagined, it would end. And perhaps there is where they’d find the spirits and the magnus metus, but how long would it take to get there? He grinned to her, asking if they should move to the task at hand, and she offered her own sly smile with an agreeing nod. “Yes.” She answered, stepping aside and lighting her headdress ablaze in the same blue-black fire that adorned Kisamoa’s body. She began the decent, noticing that the darkness continued to pour in until she could barely see Erebos’ shadow along the walls. Though, she imagined she shouldn’t have been surprised, he was the color of darkness, after all. It made her uneasy, however, not being able to see the task ahead, the creatures of the night that might be after their blood and lives. She knew there would be a fight. It was only a matter of time before they came across it. "Talk." like ashes, like ashes, like a star burning out —

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@Erebos <3