12-04-2021, 10:50 PM
She is rarely all that far from Tsilutsuli, even if the Queen doesn't know it. Once upon a time she had drifted much farther, chafing under the responsibility of the title she wore, a bit of a rebellious youth back then. Time is always the best refiner though, and Rezza has grown more accustomed to the weight of responsibility over the century she has spent beneath her Queen. Time has taught her that it is best to be nearby, rather than needing to rush back or be unavailable in the event of something catastrophic. In some other lifetime, perhaps, there wasn't an endless slew of catastrophic events that pummeled them, but her entire life has been spent in the shadow of the Great War. The beginning was so long ago that she didn't quite know it's origin story anymore, and she could not imagine a future without it. Needless to say, she has grown accustomed to chaos, and has learned to be perpetually ready for the worst.
Today is no different. She knows Tsilutsuli's habits well, and as the Queen rests in her conch, Rezza drifts along with some jellyfish. Though she can take many forms, her ability to shift into a jellyfish is the only one that is widely known. Her other talents are kept secret, for she is of far more use that way. But she has always had a penchant for jellyfish, and besides, it would be suspicious should she demonstrate no magical powers at all.
It is sometime in the midst of drifting along peacefully that the world begins to shake, and Rezza is pulled out of her drowzy state. Today is absolutely different.
There is something wrong, something different about this shake than the ones she has come to associate with war. She is tempted to take off swimming, to try and understand what is happening, but she knows that she is better off meeting her Queen first. She shifts back to horse form as she swims, a skill made easy from so many years of practice. She's barely come into view when one of the Queen's heads spots her. Not that she was trying to be sneaky, of course, but it really was impossible to go unnoticed around the Queen's two heads.
"Don't I always?" Rezza says to the commanding voice. It is the sort of voice that can leave the Baltian's flat on their face in fear, though Rezza has never had such a reaction. She has known Tsilutsuli for too long and shared far too much loss with her to fear whatever words may issue from her mouth. That does not mean she does not respect her Queen though, and Rezza bows her head as she approaches. "I do not believe that was an ordinary quake, your Highness. Though I am curious what you think." Rezza knows how to respond to war, but this wasn't war. This was something...new. Had something truly new ever happened in Baltia?
Today is no different. She knows Tsilutsuli's habits well, and as the Queen rests in her conch, Rezza drifts along with some jellyfish. Though she can take many forms, her ability to shift into a jellyfish is the only one that is widely known. Her other talents are kept secret, for she is of far more use that way. But she has always had a penchant for jellyfish, and besides, it would be suspicious should she demonstrate no magical powers at all.
It is sometime in the midst of drifting along peacefully that the world begins to shake, and Rezza is pulled out of her drowzy state. Today is absolutely different.
There is something wrong, something different about this shake than the ones she has come to associate with war. She is tempted to take off swimming, to try and understand what is happening, but she knows that she is better off meeting her Queen first. She shifts back to horse form as she swims, a skill made easy from so many years of practice. She's barely come into view when one of the Queen's heads spots her. Not that she was trying to be sneaky, of course, but it really was impossible to go unnoticed around the Queen's two heads.
"Don't I always?" Rezza says to the commanding voice. It is the sort of voice that can leave the Baltian's flat on their face in fear, though Rezza has never had such a reaction. She has known Tsilutsuli for too long and shared far too much loss with her to fear whatever words may issue from her mouth. That does not mean she does not respect her Queen though, and Rezza bows her head as she approaches. "I do not believe that was an ordinary quake, your Highness. Though I am curious what you think." Rezza knows how to respond to war, but this wasn't war. This was something...new. Had something truly new ever happened in Baltia?