ERD
By the time they reached Veneror Peak, Erd’s curiosity was getting the best of him. The older twin let his wings relax after he and Ard had landed, grateful from the respite after days of constant travel, and curious turquoise eyes inspected the sights revealed to them as the two bothers caught their breath. The clearing was grand and mysterious all the same, and he couldn’t help but wonder just what was so important that some sort of magical force had sent a mystical goose to Terrastella with such an imposing message.
There was far more going on than he knew. They were new to Novus and hardly knew anything deeper than the sunrises and the sunsets of Terrastella, yet Erd could feel the magic of this place brimming through his veins. It settled into his bones and cradled his heart, and the young warlock eagerly embraced the feeling of being completely swallowed by an earthly magic of the kind he was feeling here. A glance in Ard’s direction and he knew that his twin was feeling the exact same. Good. If Ard was curious about the magic, he probably wouldn’t have time to be anxious.
“C’mon. Let’s check this place out.” That was the plan, at least. Erd stepped forward, his silver form crossing the earth and skirting by trees or brush with nimble ease. Their small statures allowed for quick, easy movements, and traipsing upon this earth was no different. As he assumed, Ard followed just at his side.
Erd’s gaze was quick to find a solitary figure pacing about the trunks of the large trees, and the taupe youth tilted his head back to stare at the canopy that loomed so very high overhead. What kind of place was this? He knew nothing of this world’s customs or deities, other than Vespera, yet this magic… It was strange. Foreign. It was an old magic, he could tell, perhaps older than time itself.
“… Guess we weren’t the only ones who were too curious to pass this place up, huh?” Erd called out jovially enough to the pastel, scaled stranger, stepping closer to Ard as he did so and letting his shoulders brush against his twin’s left side. They stood remarkably close to one another with a familiar intimacy, Erd’s expression eager and his brother’s one of defensive annoyance. Clearly his twin was not pleased to have found a nosy stranger, always at the defensive and poised to flee. And if this stranger wasn’t as innocent as they appeared? Well, Erd was certain that they could defend themselves if need be.
They definitely handled far worse.
@Rigel
