[AW] || flashback forest {relic contest}

[Reichenbach]

R E I C H E N B A C H The softest of whispers graced his keen ears, the trees speaking secrets in a language only they could understand. The moment he had tread the soft, virile earth of the Dawn Court he had known which realm he had entered. The sun was warm, but not enough for his liking, and the greenery around them belied their location - everything in the Courts was archaic, but perhaps the forests here bypassed even that sense. The trees were like ancient sentinels, a continuous circle of life erupting around them, filled with the constant sound of insects and other secretive wildlife all underneath an emerald blanket that hid them from the outside world.  Stepping underneath that blanket felt like walking into the worlds oldest trap - who knew what lurked in the long forgotten shadows of these giants? In truth, he'd never felt comfortable in forests, everything was too close, too confined for comfort - not to mention to live there would mean to live in constant shadow. The breaks in the canopy were few and far between, and not nearly enough to ignite relief within his chest. For a court that honoured the dawn, there was a distinct lack of sunlight.  Admittedly, when searching for an ancient relic a forest as timeworn as this one seemed to be the ideal place. It could have been lost in the depth of the trees for centuries, millennia even. If it had been wrapped in the gnarled old roots of one of these giants it could be lost forever - the forest was alive and moving, and it would take less than a lifetime for the relic to be buried underneath all of the forest bones and matter. Pausing, Reich watched the shift of teal through the trees and melted backward into the brush, only his silver eyes visible as they watched the movement. He pieced together the stallion as he wandered through the trees, looking for something - the relic?  The stranger was built with slender bones and azure skin, antlers erupting from his skull like thorns. He was striking to look at as he meandered, gazing skyward and then downward, leaving no stone unturned. Reich paused for a moment, then brashly exited his hiding place - stepping forward with a smile. "Searching for the relic?" ooc; @Venari