I crave marble arches
black rock, tourmaline
black rock, tourmaline
Lieve'tel
Denocte was wondrous, a place she couldn’t have even imagined in her wildest dreams. It was nothing like home, and while she still missed the place she had initially been raised, she was quickly learning to love this strange new land just as much.
The markets held treasures unlike any she’d seen before, from handmade toys crafted with love to garish outfits made for queens; she wanted to stop and see it all, and luckily her father seemed all but powerless to oblige every time she stopped to browse, and answered her avalanche of questions without complaint.
What captivated her most, however, were the various performers set up along the streets. There were sword swallowers who made her skin crawl, actors playing out a tender tale of love, fire eaters who took her breath away, but what captivated her most was the conglomeration of singers and dancers they happened across. They were a lively bunch, spinning and twirling with ribbons whipping this way and that, fine silks moving in rhythm to their upbeat tune. Lieve looked on from her father’s side with bright eyes of joy until it all started to fall apart.
Her thin legs threatened to give out beneath her, and as the trembling of the earth grew more violent, one knee bent and smacked into the street. It wasn’t the quaking of the ground that scared her the most, but rather the panic that quickly took over the previously joyous faces around them, their smiles stolen. Straightening back up and pressing close against her father for comfort and support, she made a fearful sound in the back of her throat but nodded, her chest clenching when she looked up to see the blackened sky.
”O-Okay,” she stammered in response, knowing that he knew best. If he wasn’t afraid of what was happening and the absurd terror that consumed almost everyone around them didn’t effect him, what reason did she have to be afraid? She swallowed past the lump that had formed in her throat, and at one point she squeezed her eyes shut as they made their way back to the Scarab, trying her best to be brave despite her own rising fear.
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A little rushed buuut she made it!
"Speaking."
The markets held treasures unlike any she’d seen before, from handmade toys crafted with love to garish outfits made for queens; she wanted to stop and see it all, and luckily her father seemed all but powerless to oblige every time she stopped to browse, and answered her avalanche of questions without complaint.
What captivated her most, however, were the various performers set up along the streets. There were sword swallowers who made her skin crawl, actors playing out a tender tale of love, fire eaters who took her breath away, but what captivated her most was the conglomeration of singers and dancers they happened across. They were a lively bunch, spinning and twirling with ribbons whipping this way and that, fine silks moving in rhythm to their upbeat tune. Lieve looked on from her father’s side with bright eyes of joy until it all started to fall apart.
Her thin legs threatened to give out beneath her, and as the trembling of the earth grew more violent, one knee bent and smacked into the street. It wasn’t the quaking of the ground that scared her the most, but rather the panic that quickly took over the previously joyous faces around them, their smiles stolen. Straightening back up and pressing close against her father for comfort and support, she made a fearful sound in the back of her throat but nodded, her chest clenching when she looked up to see the blackened sky.
”O-Okay,” she stammered in response, knowing that he knew best. If he wasn’t afraid of what was happening and the absurd terror that consumed almost everyone around them didn’t effect him, what reason did she have to be afraid? She swallowed past the lump that had formed in her throat, and at one point she squeezed her eyes shut as they made their way back to the Scarab, trying her best to be brave despite her own rising fear.
———-
A little rushed buuut she made it!
***STAFF EDIT
@lieve'tel has rolled a 4! SHe has been awarded +80 signos
