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the forest grows dark


The waves roll gently onto the beach, slow and steady as a lullaby. Back and forth they ebb, dusting the beach with sea foam and salty bubbles that release laughter when they pop. Laughter at the unicorn that walks across the beach, laughter at the way the trees flattened beneath her dragon’s feet pop back up behind them as if nothing has happened, as bark knits itself back together and seals itself with sap, and felled leaves return to their branches to tremble and shake another day.

No matter how many times Fable may lay the trees down, they’ll return right as rain as soon as his back is turned. And the magic howls with joy because of it.

It appears with a single flame, cackling blue and white as it dances in the air. It’s there for only a moment, just long enough for the huntress to catch a single glimpse of sapphire before it disappears. The forest grows silent and dark in its absence. 

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After the pair have walked some distance further, a second flaming orb will appear, hovering in the air to their left. It spins and twirls, as if unable to contain itself as the horse and dragon approach. A soft blue light emanates from the fire and bathes the surrounding trees, cool and ethereal. 

When Isra is close enough to reach out and touch it, it winks out of existence much like the first.

This time, Isra does not have to wait long for another to appear.

A flame illuminates the shadows in the distance, its flames seeming to wave at the unicorn from afar, inviting her closer. Perhaps it is now that she turns away and searches for a lighter part of the forest; or perhaps she lets the lights draw her into its depths, where the trees grow tall and their boughs twist themselves together overhead. 

This time when the flame disappears, a trail of them will appear in its stead, hovering and dancing in the air.

Yet every time either horse or dragon approaches one it will die with a laugh, its flames dispersing harmlessly into the forest. 

On and on into the forest they go, a seemingly endless trail. 

Until the path they follow diverges into two - and down each path leads a trail of flaming orbs. The companions have a choice to make.




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a trail of fire - by Random Events - 07-05-2019, 02:28 PM
RE: a trail of fire - by Isra - 08-04-2019, 08:32 PM
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