she walked in moondust
and stars were sprinkled in her hair
and stars were sprinkled in her hair
Something blossomed in her chest; the unmistakable rush of joy and wonder flooding her in an invisible, warm glow. She cherished it — craved it — almost as if she was addicted to the drug that was her undeniable wanderlust. Her basic need to travel was ingrained into every cell, her DNA. She could not ignore the call that had her legs moving, her wings aching to catch the summertide winds blowing from the sea.
Only once had she seen the cliffs in all of her migrations from place to place. Her mother tribe had always been on the move; only to stay in one place for maybe a week, perhaps two or more on a rare occasion. She had seen every nook and cranny of Denocte, every hidden crevice and cave, save for a few. Even the neutral lands were not entirely unknown to her. The other court lands, however.. they remained a tempestuous stranger that whispered to her, ever nudging her in their direction. Since the rise of the new kinglings and queenlings, Aislinn had held her breath; hesitant to answer the call in her blood to roam across the borders. But now.. she pushed down her feelings for too long. Having locked her neediness into a box of obsidian adamant, frozen over until she could relish in her own guilty pleasures at the right moment.
There was no perfect time than now. Her bliss a living, tangible thing that burst forth from it's cage in the far reaches of her mind. She had rushed out of the sleeping castle of Night like the storm she was, surrendering to her need to be free.
Wildness coursed through her veins, the sweet victory of retreating from her newfound life in Court like honey on her tongue. The stormsinger had galloped through the rest of the slumbering hours Calligo ruled; until at last, she slowed, her pace faltering as she neared the edge of the world. Rocks tumbled under her hooves, falling over the sudden edge of the crag and into the raging fathoms below. Hot air blew through her nostrils as she panted, catching her breath, the first licks of glimmering sunlight stretching across the open sea as the sun yawned awake. A slick layer of sweat had her coat shining, her starlight-colored mane fluttering in the ocean breeze in a lovely, tangled mess. Aislinn smiled, relishing the moment, azure orbs matching her own happiness as dawn began to break.
This is what she lived for; what she craved. Her soul sang as she stood there on the toe's edge of the cliff, adrenaline flooding her. Finally.. somewhere sweet and new; somewhere she had not ever been before.
@isorath here you go darling <3
"Aislinn speech."
