EVENT: ORIGIN'S ORIGINS

[fairwind]

Who: explorers!
When: Day 31, night
Where: The Jungle

[The sun has gone down when the heroes receive an unmarked message:

This Star has secrets you should know. If you want to find them, follow the light.

Should they look outside, they will in fact see a light -- a thin but bright pillar rising from the overgrown town out in the jungle.

It's still raining, still covered in frogs, but there's definitely something going on.

And in the direction of the beach, there's also a faint, bell-like ringing. But that's not what's calling you right now... is it?]

[PREMINGLE ★ NOTES ★ SESSIONS ★ AFTERMINGLE]

Comments

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[desirestruth]

I could...I could smell it.

[It was a not insignificant amount of blood. It was a not insignificant amount of noise. She strokes the top of Eliza's head, slowly, shakily, as gently as she can...Naeva's not practiced at this, but she's been through all this before, so she has to help Eliza through it now.]

It's okay. It's not your fault. [A pause.] Hazel said...they'll be revived.

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[bowtiedbones]

T-they will. They— last time they were.

[it's not the first time to feel like she almost died. it's not the first time they've left someone behind escaping, not even the second time now. but it is the first time she's seen someone die like that.]

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[desirestruth]

...It is alright, Eliza. You should not have had to see--well.

[She sighs, gently, and continues applying pets.] We are made to act as soldiers, and healers, and well-adjusted civilians, all at once. It is unfair of them, to ask us to bear so much. People like Lucien and I, we were...bred to this.

You should never have had to bear this burden. You don't have to put on a brave face.

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[bowtiedbones]

[shakes her head-- only slightly, not enough to dislodge Naeva's hand]

I know that. I know it, but...

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[desirestruth]

It still hurts. I feel it, too.

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[bowtiedbones]

[curls up tighter]

I don't know what to do.