"Immortality is the only true success."
Even in the wake of Solterra’s tumult, the Oasis remains perfectly calm. The water ripples in a mirror reflection of the clear blue sky up above, promising a refreshing reprieve from the hot, dry wind that circles the dunes. Palm trees bend deep over the shore. And the only sign of life to be seen for miles—besides the sparse green of bushes lining the pool—is a snake so black it seems opalescent, pulling itself out of the water.
It is a water snake, not common in Solterra for obvious reasons, but not altogether impossible. Except for all the little details that pop out upon second glance: the horrible darkness of its scales, the way its milky silver eyes seem to drip. As it slithers through the dusty water, the silver sloughs away from its eyes and into the oasis, leaving trails of bright mercury lying against the bottom of the pool. By the time it makes it onto the shore it’s eyes are completely gone, just black slits in a black head.
Its movement is leisurely but quick. A few minutes later it has completely disappeated, leaving only a faintly wet trough in the sand. But the water is still reeling from whatever magic it left. The trails of twining quicksilver are beginning to move on their own, twisting almost like their predecessor: they burn black tracks at the bottom of the pool that turn and interlock to form a sigil, something dark and sharp. A cage of iron bars, a bear trap. No, a set of teeth, gnashing together, on top of a burnt patch that looks almost like a heart—
Hours pass, and eventually the silver is absorbed by the water, and the tracks washed away. But the Oasis is still in charge of the magic that the snake has left it—has to find some way to pass it on, as all magic is supposed to be, eventually—and Solterra’s ex-warden is the lucky (or unlucky) first to stumble upon it.
It is a water snake, not common in Solterra for obvious reasons, but not altogether impossible. Except for all the little details that pop out upon second glance: the horrible darkness of its scales, the way its milky silver eyes seem to drip. As it slithers through the dusty water, the silver sloughs away from its eyes and into the oasis, leaving trails of bright mercury lying against the bottom of the pool. By the time it makes it onto the shore it’s eyes are completely gone, just black slits in a black head.
Its movement is leisurely but quick. A few minutes later it has completely disappeated, leaving only a faintly wet trough in the sand. But the water is still reeling from whatever magic it left. The trails of twining quicksilver are beginning to move on their own, twisting almost like their predecessor: they burn black tracks at the bottom of the pool that turn and interlock to form a sigil, something dark and sharp. A cage of iron bars, a bear trap. No, a set of teeth, gnashing together, on top of a burnt patch that looks almost like a heart—
Hours pass, and eventually the silver is absorbed by the water, and the tracks washed away. But the Oasis is still in charge of the magic that the snake has left it—has to find some way to pass it on, as all magic is supposed to be, eventually—and Solterra’s ex-warden is the lucky (or unlucky) first to stumble upon it.
The oasis is strange these days. It's full of animals that don't belong and strange things seem to be taking shape just below the water. No one seems to no if it's new animals let loose by those days past when the gods walked, or if it's just the shadows of clouds passing over head. The water still looks tempting as each day is starting to seem hotter and hotter than the last. But as of yet not a single soul has been brave enough to wade into the deep, is @Torstein?
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