I FEEL DIVINITY IN MY BONES LIKE ACHING; LIKE FIRE.
Aletheia viewed the stranger contently, her ears flicked forward and her eyes slightly wide with curiosity. The creature before her was not one of glamorous beauty, nor did they carry an ethereal sense of grace. They were earthly, they were real. There was no sense of falsities emanating from the stallion, only a sense of genuine existence. Aletheia's gaze traced the creature's frame as they spoke, her eyes lingering upon the mess of braids that sprouted from the arch of their neck. 'tree roots' her brain had whispered as she looked briefly upon the dark chunks that wove their way through the stallion's mane, spilling onto his face in a way that only further cemented together her ideas that this creature before her and the earth were one and the same. Exceptionally mortal and real in one of the most beautiful ways one could be.
It was with a confident, charming smile upon her lips that the pegasus had replied, "I go by Aletheia," There was a small moment of hesitation, a pause, before Aletheia had responded, a rather unusual tone of caution winding its threads through her words as they spilled from her lips, " I'm not quite familiar with this land myself quite yet," The hesitation soon fled as her voice continued, morphing into something more confident and playful, ringing through the air in a rather rejuvenating way,"I'm a traveler, similar to you, I assume. I've heard that despite the rather unpleasant landscape, there is some sort of civilization past this." There was a harsher edge of determination that had latched onto Aletheia's words at the end of that phrase, as if there was a part of herself that was perhaps still unsure of those grand tales, a part of her that she desperately tried to stuff away, back into the dark depths from which it had ventured from. Awful creatures, those thoughts were.
A small pause occupied Aletheia's mind once more as she glance at the stallion once more, taking note of his posture, the exhaustion that looked as though it were invisible weights upon his frame. It wasn't a heartbeat later that the creature before her muttered his own name. Feliks. It was oddly fitting. Earthly in every way. Short, blunt, and rough. If someone had spoken such a name to Aletheia before she had met the one who stood before her, she had a good feeling that a similar appearance would flicker through her mind.
A small 'hm' left her lips as she took a stride forward, words following as she moved, "I'm not too much of use at the moment with my wing being as it is - no scouting for me - but I would like to think that it would be fair of me to assume that you are someone who finds the sun to be rather unfavorable at the moment with that dark coat of yours." It was with a small huff that Aletheia paused on one side of Feliks, stretching out her left wing so that a dark shadow fell over him. It felt nice to stretch her wing after such a long walk, the slight breeze playing with the golden feathers that lined the underside of her wing.
A small grin slipped upon her features as she entertained herself of the idea of providing for someone such as this. Like a proper god ought to! To provide for those who are fortunate enough to be graced with her presence! A golden gaze locked onto Feliks, waiting and watching for a reaction, gratitude, but also watching for the next move. If nothing else, Aletheia was someone who loved an audience. She had been wandering for a great deal of time without so much of a word tossed towards her. Now that there was a creature before her that has acknowledged her? That she may aid? Oh dear, what an opportunity! Certainly one that should not be lost. Aletheia was happy for the company and to have someone who may not find her to be a horrible creature. She certainly didn't read the stallion as someone who would be fawning over her in extreme adoration. She wasn't looking for that. She knew that wasn't something achievable out here in these wastes. Despite that, she certainly wasn't deterred from wishing that Feliks would be appreciative in some way, shape, or form. Surely, it shouldn't be asking much for people to view you as a god when you're basically already one, right?
The small grin that had made a home on Aletheia's lips soon slipped away as such grand thoughts became muffled, a much smaller whisper taking its place as she looked upon Feliks. She couldn't help but think that he looked as though he was a creature that would smell of the earth along the forest floor after rainfall.
@Feliks
OOC - idk if this is considered a nice moment or not at this point lol
It was with a confident, charming smile upon her lips that the pegasus had replied, "I go by Aletheia," There was a small moment of hesitation, a pause, before Aletheia had responded, a rather unusual tone of caution winding its threads through her words as they spilled from her lips, " I'm not quite familiar with this land myself quite yet," The hesitation soon fled as her voice continued, morphing into something more confident and playful, ringing through the air in a rather rejuvenating way,"I'm a traveler, similar to you, I assume. I've heard that despite the rather unpleasant landscape, there is some sort of civilization past this." There was a harsher edge of determination that had latched onto Aletheia's words at the end of that phrase, as if there was a part of herself that was perhaps still unsure of those grand tales, a part of her that she desperately tried to stuff away, back into the dark depths from which it had ventured from. Awful creatures, those thoughts were.
A small pause occupied Aletheia's mind once more as she glance at the stallion once more, taking note of his posture, the exhaustion that looked as though it were invisible weights upon his frame. It wasn't a heartbeat later that the creature before her muttered his own name. Feliks. It was oddly fitting. Earthly in every way. Short, blunt, and rough. If someone had spoken such a name to Aletheia before she had met the one who stood before her, she had a good feeling that a similar appearance would flicker through her mind.
A small 'hm' left her lips as she took a stride forward, words following as she moved, "I'm not too much of use at the moment with my wing being as it is - no scouting for me - but I would like to think that it would be fair of me to assume that you are someone who finds the sun to be rather unfavorable at the moment with that dark coat of yours." It was with a small huff that Aletheia paused on one side of Feliks, stretching out her left wing so that a dark shadow fell over him. It felt nice to stretch her wing after such a long walk, the slight breeze playing with the golden feathers that lined the underside of her wing.
A small grin slipped upon her features as she entertained herself of the idea of providing for someone such as this. Like a proper god ought to! To provide for those who are fortunate enough to be graced with her presence! A golden gaze locked onto Feliks, waiting and watching for a reaction, gratitude, but also watching for the next move. If nothing else, Aletheia was someone who loved an audience. She had been wandering for a great deal of time without so much of a word tossed towards her. Now that there was a creature before her that has acknowledged her? That she may aid? Oh dear, what an opportunity! Certainly one that should not be lost. Aletheia was happy for the company and to have someone who may not find her to be a horrible creature. She certainly didn't read the stallion as someone who would be fawning over her in extreme adoration. She wasn't looking for that. She knew that wasn't something achievable out here in these wastes. Despite that, she certainly wasn't deterred from wishing that Feliks would be appreciative in some way, shape, or form. Surely, it shouldn't be asking much for people to view you as a god when you're basically already one, right?
The small grin that had made a home on Aletheia's lips soon slipped away as such grand thoughts became muffled, a much smaller whisper taking its place as she looked upon Feliks. She couldn't help but think that he looked as though he was a creature that would smell of the earth along the forest floor after rainfall.
@Feliks
OOC - idk if this is considered a nice moment or not at this point lol
MADE BY MINNIE OF BTN
