01-25-2022, 07:55 PM
Cheri was lost in her thoughts. They were worrisome questions about the whereabouts of her mentors - Oceane, Ledger, and Tarian. Concern grew inside of her like one of the many blossoms Obscene produced out of thin air, supplying the grounds and forested areas with a blanket of fresh, edible flowerbeds. Where had they gone? North? And what of her Uncle Nash and cousin Reave?
The names and familiar faces were all present in her forethoughts, piling on top of one another like a jury holding court inside her headspace. Disappointment radiated off each one, reflecting Cheri’s failure as a Queen.
She was so busy with her own guilt that at first, Aela and Obscene’s biting conversation sounded like bird chatter. The comments were hardly worth listening to; not until the Fae Prince asked when exactly had the South fallen.
Then the tri-colored pegasus lifted her head, focusing on the thousand-yard-stare radiating in her direction. Obscene’s bloodred eyes bored holes into her skin, making Cheri shift uncomfortably under the weight of Aela’s answer.
Nearly a year. Not as long as she’d calculated, but clearly enough time to lose everything they’d built.
“And you haven’t seen hide or hair of anyone since then?” She purposefully avoided the mystery surrounding their untimely departure, uncomfortable with the idea of Aela knowing more than she already did.
“Were there warning signs at least? Earthquakes, endless storms, something that would give the Southerners time to escape?” The crystal mare pushed for further information, sucking in her hollow cheeks.
The entire time she kept her gaze centered on Aela, the one who’d lived through an ordeal neither she nor Obscene could fathom. Of the two, only Cheri remembered what pulled them away from this world - and what she remembered was hazy at best. Not exactly memories… more like daydreams. The past year or so stayed out of focus, coming back and forth like fringe waves on a deserted beach.
The sea of Cheri’s splintered recollections would crash over her one second, only to recede the next, taking everything with them. The only surefire proof of it ever happening was Aela’s confirmation that they’d left in the first place, and Cheri’s deteriorated body. Obscene, for some unknown reason, seemed mostly unaffected.
The names and familiar faces were all present in her forethoughts, piling on top of one another like a jury holding court inside her headspace. Disappointment radiated off each one, reflecting Cheri’s failure as a Queen.
She was so busy with her own guilt that at first, Aela and Obscene’s biting conversation sounded like bird chatter. The comments were hardly worth listening to; not until the Fae Prince asked when exactly had the South fallen.
Then the tri-colored pegasus lifted her head, focusing on the thousand-yard-stare radiating in her direction. Obscene’s bloodred eyes bored holes into her skin, making Cheri shift uncomfortably under the weight of Aela’s answer.
Nearly a year. Not as long as she’d calculated, but clearly enough time to lose everything they’d built.
“And you haven’t seen hide or hair of anyone since then?” She purposefully avoided the mystery surrounding their untimely departure, uncomfortable with the idea of Aela knowing more than she already did.
“Were there warning signs at least? Earthquakes, endless storms, something that would give the Southerners time to escape?” The crystal mare pushed for further information, sucking in her hollow cheeks.
The entire time she kept her gaze centered on Aela, the one who’d lived through an ordeal neither she nor Obscene could fathom. Of the two, only Cheri remembered what pulled them away from this world - and what she remembered was hazy at best. Not exactly memories… more like daydreams. The past year or so stayed out of focus, coming back and forth like fringe waves on a deserted beach.
The sea of Cheri’s splintered recollections would crash over her one second, only to recede the next, taking everything with them. The only surefire proof of it ever happening was Aela’s confirmation that they’d left in the first place, and Cheri’s deteriorated body. Obscene, for some unknown reason, seemed mostly unaffected.
@Obscene this is crap but I wanted to keep things rolling D: