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

[newmodelblade]

We have had scant opportunity to prepare for these things.

[He reaches out, and gently, slowly runs a hand through her hair.]

You needn't be so hard on yourself.

[desirestruth]

I am--it is my duty to protect them.

[She sighs, and leans into his hand, closing her eyes.]

And on another level, it is frustrating, to have pushed myself this hard, and even then...

[newmodelblade]

To have done your best, and still have fallen short, is the essence of existence. We cannot win every battle.

[He will continue to pet this yipper until she calms down though.]

[desirestruth]

[She does lean into him, after a while, taking a long, shuddering breath.]

I cannot--will not accept this is the limit of what I can do.

[She's going back in, bruh.]

[newmodelblade]

Naeva, I--

[He sighs a bit, then, looking down at her.]

I've reached my limit, for the moment. I cannot join you, though I wish to.

[desirestruth]

[She realizes, it must hurt his pride a great deal, to have to admit that...even without all his memories. So while she is quiet a while, and digs in her pocket, pulls out a small but intricate watch, the metal worked to look like a rose, thorns and all, to press into his hands.]

It's alright. I'll come back for this. For you.