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and i, i will pretend it didn't hurt // any - echis - 05-01-2020 echis
“ I will love you until we run out of mornings. Then I will love you in the dark. ”
She wakes, covered in morning dew and shivering. This is not the first time and so she lifts her head to scan the meadow with wide, green eyes. Her mother always glows like the morning sun but the day is still dark in every direction she turns to look. Echis rises onto spindly legs and swallows the lump building in the back of her throat. A soft, timid cry leaves her lips as she stumbles forward a few steps, then back to where she slept. It isn’t like her to be loud and demanding. Not yet. The small girl tucks her chin downward as she spins. “Wh-where did you go…” she whispers as the tears build in her soft doe eyes. Her pulse quickens until her knobby knees begin to quake. Echis takes a deep breath and tries to gather some semblance of courage around her hummingbird heart, and then she takes a step forward. Mother smells like warmth and sleep, and she does her best to follow that scent. She peeks up above the tall grasses. She cranes her neck as tall as it will go. But her unsteady legs grow tired so quickly already that she resigns herself to wading through the grasses. Echis gives a small snort at the bugs her wandering summons from the dirt, which fly in her face and frustrate her further. When she nearly collides into someone’s shoulder, she startles back and tumbles into a heap of slender legs with a yelp. The dark girl untangles herself from the stalks of wild meadow grasses and rolls onto her belly with a hushed grunt of effort. “I’m sorry. I’m just.. I’m lost,” she explains as she lifts her chin to pout up at the stranger. “Have you seen any angels around here?” She begins the daunting task of rising up onto her still shaking legs with bits of grass and dirt clinging to her body. She doesn’t mean to, but she blinks and sends the tears she’d been fighting back rolling down her cheeks. RE: and i, i will pretend it didn't hurt // any - Skeleton Ghoul - 05-01-2020 if i stare into the abyss, will it stare into me? SKELETON GHOUL @[Echis] RE: and i, i will pretend it didn't hurt // any - echis - 05-03-2020 echis
“ I will love you until we run out of mornings. Then I will love you in the dark. ”
She rises onto her small hooves and brings her gaze to meet his when he leans down. He’s very tall and that in itself makes her rather nervous. Echis keeps her chin down timidly as she continues to stare up at him with bright green eyes. It’s hard to see in the dark but seeing his pointed teeth when he speaks draws a soft gasp from her, sending her stumbling back once more. Her mother’s teeth aren’t anything like that and neither are hers. Was he one of the monsters that Ryatah had warned her about in her bedtime stories? Her brow furrows in worry and a nervous whimper squeaks from her lungs. He isn’t coming closer, though, and he isn’t growling or snarling the way she half expects him to. What sort of angel? The question confuses her and she looks from side to side in the hopes that her mother will come back any second now. She swallows the lump in her throat and forces herself to meet his gaze once more. “The kind my mom is?” she whispers softly. “She’s pretty and white and yellow. She answers to Mom, and I’m Echis.” Her heart hammers against her ribs despite her efforts to remain calm in the face of all this danger. Little glistening scales creep across her cheeks and down her spine, spilling over to her shoulders and tiny hips. She doesn’t notice any of these changes until her pupils grow thin and reptilian. Suddenly, it’s easier to see in the dark and she can tell his expression isn’t as menacing as it initially seemed. It becomes a little easier to breathe, then, and she sniffles as the final tear rolls off her chin. “Are those scars? Did they hurt?” she asks as her head perks up just a little. RE: and i, i will pretend it didn't hurt // any - Skeleton Ghoul - 05-07-2020 if i stare into the abyss, will it stare into me? SKELETON GHOUL @[Echis] ooc; awwww poor little fileh |