life unfolds in pools of gold; Heartfire / any

[Nayl]

I am not afraid... I was born to do this.

”They keep appearing like fucking flies,” Nayl grumbles as she arrives at Heartfire’s side shortly after the stallion’s ungraceful arrival. Her eyes of hardened steel sweep across him before giving a sidelong glance to her kingdom sister. ”Seriously, foreigners keep trespassing and I’m getting bloody well sick of it.” Her lip curls in utter distaste, but she inhales a prolonged breath to steady her nerves and address the matter with more composure despite the irritation already washing across her pretty face.

The stallion has humor, she notes, but she isn’t entirely amused just yet. ”And what, exactly, prompted you to take a swim and fight the current?” Nayl has only ventured as far into the water as her shoulders, refusing to ever lift herself and swim in its embrace. Although she can control it, there is still an element of suspicion that repels her from ever taking the plunge. The Jungle never had an ocean, only a river that gurgled along the border that troubled outsiders fairly often. Much to her dismay, Nerine does not have a similar bank of security; only Hyaline separates her home from the great majority of Beqanna, and she partially controls that newborn land.

While most others have wandered into her home by foot, this one has decided to stand out by washing ashore. ”You’re in Nerine.”

When Nayl looks at him, however, there are features that stand out to her even despite how soaked he is to the bone, his locks matted against his skin. Beneath her forelock, her fiery gaze narrows. Her mind reels, but she cannot yet determine why he is seemingly familiar. ”Do I know you from somewhere?” Never would she think it was her sibling. No, they’ve all disappeared… Right?

queen of nerine
daughter of covet & myrina