05-25-2021, 07:17 PM
MAURTIA
Maurtia was sure hoping that this place was haunted. Where would the fun be if there wasn’t even just one, measly little ghost for her to talk to? She hadn’t yet tried to see if there were any bones for her to dig up - that particular magic of hers was still a little tricky anyway. She’d only done it once so far, while she was sleeping in a pile with her sisters and accidentally crafted a bone bed around them. Her mom had done what she could to temper that ability, just in case she accidentally speared herself or one of the others.
Their mom could fix anything but even Maurtia had been a little disturbed by waking up cradled among some not-quite-clean bones, so she didn’t really think too much about keeping that trick dormant for now. She’d learn how to use it properly, she was told. Not really understanding what it had been that inspired them to move to this tropical place, Maurtia is sure her dad’s going to show up any day and teach her how to play with bones. Just like any good dad would.
Tonight though, she’s not thinking about bones but those ghosts - and she’s on a mission to find one. She can hear them most times, but the voices are mostly hard to distinguish nonsense and occasional criticisms about her singing.
Her white eyes glow bright in the darkness and the fog that follows her obscures the long tail that is just beginning to drag a little behind her as she wanders. A shriek that does not sound very ghost-like pulls at her attention and she quickly follows the noise, eager to be wherever the action is - and she spots something that’s glowing moving through the ferns and vines.
At first she thinks it's a ghost, which is very exciting - and the reality is only slightly less exciting. It's a stranger. Maurtia's bright eyes try to figure out what the glowing girl is chasing but she can't see well through the foliage as she wades through the large ferns to catch up. “Hey! Are you chasing ghosts too?!”
Their mom could fix anything but even Maurtia had been a little disturbed by waking up cradled among some not-quite-clean bones, so she didn’t really think too much about keeping that trick dormant for now. She’d learn how to use it properly, she was told. Not really understanding what it had been that inspired them to move to this tropical place, Maurtia is sure her dad’s going to show up any day and teach her how to play with bones. Just like any good dad would.
Tonight though, she’s not thinking about bones but those ghosts - and she’s on a mission to find one. She can hear them most times, but the voices are mostly hard to distinguish nonsense and occasional criticisms about her singing.
Her white eyes glow bright in the darkness and the fog that follows her obscures the long tail that is just beginning to drag a little behind her as she wanders. A shriek that does not sound very ghost-like pulls at her attention and she quickly follows the noise, eager to be wherever the action is - and she spots something that’s glowing moving through the ferns and vines.
At first she thinks it's a ghost, which is very exciting - and the reality is only slightly less exciting. It's a stranger. Maurtia's bright eyes try to figure out what the glowing girl is chasing but she can't see well through the foliage as she wades through the large ferns to catch up. “Hey! Are you chasing ghosts too?!”
@[Acionna]