[AW] || flashback forest {relic contest}

[Reichenbach]

R E I C H E N B A C H The initial reaction was one that Reich had not been expecting - near panic entered the strangers eyes, as if revisiting some dark event from his past. There was a surge of emotion in the atmosphere, as if the terror felt within the teal stallion echoed through the trees and into the damp, teeming earth below them. Reich remained still, silver eyes burdened with empathy - though the times he descended into his memories they were not laced with fear, but shame. Long moments passed as the stag fought to keep himself under control (something Reichenbach could applaud, for he fell into his memory and shame wholeheartedly and without a single thought to try and escape) until finally there was a weak smile, a watered down version of what Reichenbach suspected was the true thing. He responded with a small shrug - these things happened, and he was in no position to judge what fears haunted this mans mind.  He was about to say as much when the man spoke again, and so instead he listened, nodding thoughtfully until the deep reverberation of a growl cut their conversation short. Reich stilled, glancing at his frozen companion and then to the trees where another deep roar began. Amusement coloured his eyes, the dark lashes surrounding them lowering as he gave a wry smile - he knew that sound, and who it came from. Only from piecing together the long silken strands of Damascus' eternal tail could Reich find the sable beast it belonged to, and in doing so he also saw Dohv leaping about atop of him. A low, musical chuckle escaped him and he glanced back to the teal man before him.  "Do not be afraid - he is a sleeping giant, and also a good friend of mine." He stepped closer, reassuring. He offered safety in that gesture, whether he knew it or not, happy to invite the stranger into his comfort, into a world of ebony curls and woodsmoke.  "I am Reichenbach, a warrior of the Night Court." He paused "and he is -" Reich stared upward, contemplating whether he could leap high enough to give a tug on that vast tail, before returning his gaze to his companion and finishing wryly "Damascus, lord of sweet dreams and thunderous snores" ooc; @Venari @Damascus