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    Assailant -- Year 226

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    "But the dream, the echo, slips from him as quickly as he had found it and as consciousness comes to him (a slap and not the gentle waves of oceanic tides), it dissolves entirely. His muscles relax as the cold claims him again, as the numbness sets in, and when his grey eyes open, there’s nothing but the faint after burn of a dream often trod and never remembered." --Brigade, written by Laura


    the ghost is me; Puce/Any, birthing
    #1
    you and I both know, the ghost is me

    She hadn’t been sure of whether she intended to join Carwyn and Brennen in Nerine – neither one of them had really asked her, so much as assumed she would continue to float along in their little family unit with no objections. So the purple girl had lingered instead in the Forest and the Meadow, stubborn, trying to figure out how to earn back her powers from the Fae, so that she could convince the ghosts to help her find her mother instead. Because while Kellyn wasn’t the greatest mother, and hadn’t bothered to come looking for Cassady, going to live with her would hurt and annoy her little sister and her grandfather, and Cassie wanted to make them work harder to get her to come with them.


    It was wrong of them to assume she’d follow them. To assume she had no goals, or life, or aspirations of her own.

    The purple ghost-girl lasted several months. She lasted until it became very clear that she was pregnant. And then she lasted through winter, through growing unwieldy and fat, and until her own dark thoughts of her mother caught up to her. Kellyn was a subpar mother, but Brennen had loved them and raised them. Cassady didn’t forgive them for leaving her behind, but she didn’t know how to be a mother by herself. Once again, she needed them.

    The weather is growing steadily warmer, spring firmly here, when she finally wanders into the seaside Kingdom, following the path Carwyn had described for her. The thing growing inside of her has been active today, kicking and moving, and she is slow as she wanders the sand, wondering why someone would do this more than once. It’s uncomfortable, and it’s painful, and it’s unpleasant; and then it is suddenly so much more. The steadily increasing pain has plagued her all day, but now it spikes and nearly drives the purple girl to her knees, leaving her gasping. The girl lifts her brown gaze to the horizon seeking shelter but nothing immediately catches her attention and she can’t wait any more.

    She lowers herself to the ground, and doesn’t remember much more after that. Not until she comes around again, blinking through the haze, sweaty and exhausted, and stares at the little dark creature sprawled on the ground behind her. A colt, she notes distractedly, and rolls onto her belly to nudge at him, cleaning some of the birth gunk from his face, and his neck, and admiring the bright color of his mane and tail that matches hers.



    @[Lena]/Any
    #2

    what makes you think I'm enjoying being led to the flood?

    It's warm and comforting, within his mother's womb. The sweet echoing of her heart thundering between his ears, and the warmth that wraps him in a ribbon of safety. But eventually, his mother's womb grows too small for him, or in fact he grows a bit too big. At this point, he feels trapped as the walls of his mother's womb push against him, and he squirms in immense protest. Until he's free, but he's cold, and his mother's heart no longer bellows between his inky lobes. And he feels alone, until she comes, and she embraces him.

    He trembles, as she cleanses him of birth debris, his hazel gaze meeting hers as she fussed over him. Laying dormant, the little boy reaches out his muzzle, towards her, with a need. The ebony nares of his nostrils flare gently, as he intakes her scent, remembering her, his momma. His gaze falters for a moment, allowing his eyes to study her purple limbs, only for a moment until something clicked.

    Like instinct, he untucked all four spindles from beneath his inky body, preparing himself he knew he had to stand. So as the undead child filled every ounce of himself with undeniable determination, he forced himself up staggering for a moment, until plop! He fell right back down onto the hard sanded ground, his brows furrowed with frustration, as his lavender tail stirred at his hind. But he still was determined, so the purple maned lad tried, and tried again until finally with triumph he takes his first shaky steps, his first victory. Pride wells within his chest, as he shares a glance up at his momma, seeking her approval.

    Until a pain interrupts his little victory march, targeting his little empty stomach his body, tells him instinctively that he needs food. And he's hesitant at first, with long, lanky appendages he comes up beside his momma. He allows his body to lean against hers, as he is still quite unstable upon his legs. With is sweet hazel gaze, the boy nudges her shoulder hungrily his brows furrowed in a questionate tone, as if to say, Momma, where's the food at?

    we've got another thing coming undone



    Trying to figure him out still




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