Pixellated Dreams

another mind, another soul, another body to grow old. it's not complicated. Spread hope, that's what they were meant to do. When Otem had first heard this command, she didn't think it was going to be so literal. But, as the Matron had shown when they delivered balls of glowing light into the darkest depths of the lake where the Sirens resided, that was exactly what they were supposed to do. Where else could one find those who would be without light? Why at the portal of course. A shape blurred to Otem's right. Turning the sap and soil coloured mare had time to see a shape move past, walking with purpose, as if she were trying to run while at the same time continuing to walk. What better indication of someone who had just been violently birthed through the portal than the slightly panicked walk-run Otem thought she saw before her. "Hey!"  Otem called out, trying to get the stranger's attention. There were so many things she wanted to say; Has it happened to you yet, being one of the main ones. If the thing that lurked in this place and stole magic hadn't come yet, perhaps there was time to warn and try and calm the stranger. Though perhaps that was why the mare seemed to be in such a hurry to get out of this place. If that was the case, Otem could at least reassure her by saying that once the thing had come, it wouldn't come again. "Wait! I have something for you!" On long dirt coloured limbs Otem tried to follow in the wake of the mare, hoping to catch her before the rift creature did.

_{art by Chloe!}