Common
Force-claiming is allowed here once a week per character, as is blocking force-claims by the Peak/Lagoon (as a whole) once a week. Rollover is on Sundays.
Posted on January 14, 2022 at 10:56:12 PM by ANATH
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The islands called them all back in the end. It was how things worked around here. Even after all her time away, Anath had been drawn back in… a siren’s song. Not just a siren, though. No. It was her home that had called to her. All of the homes that she’d had on the Islands, even. She still had nightmares of the Badlands, standing by the sides of Sanctus and her father as the man that gave her life took his last breath. She still had nightmares of the Inlet, and watching Ro and Ko both cast them into the sea. She had nightmares of waking up alone in the Peak, day after day, with Heart… with her Heart gone. Wait. No, the last one was the nightmare she lived every single fucking day. But that was beside the point. Life carried on. They’re dead, and we’re here, and the only thing we can do is keep going. The words echoed in her head, nearly on repeat. Whatever hung between her and Rade… Anath was trying not to think about it. As with everything else she got close enough to touch, he was dying. They were all dying, some of them faster than others. The ragged old general figured that she probably wasn’t long for this world either, and they had to do what they could with the time they had left. She’d spent time with her sons, putting some sort of actual effort into them. Effort the others hadn’t seen. For the best or the worst, the boys were… well, they were the legacy she had left. Them, and the Peak. She’d trained with another of the Peak mares, and it was more clear than it had been that she was aging. Twenty five this year. Hell, who would have thought she’d make it this far. Even Anath herself was surprised. After her father’s death, she figured turning in early was her fate as well. She’d lived nearly every day like it was her last, and none of them had been so far. There was no reason to slow down now. Leaving the twins tucked away in the safety of the Peak, Anath came down from the mountain. The Common had been quiet lately, for all its danger. She’d been keeping an eye from a distance, watching the comings and goings, ready to step in if it looked necessary. It wasn’t necessary… from what she could tell. Still, there were things other than necessity that could catch her eye too. Sabino did a good job hiding many of the greys that came with aging, as did roaning, but some still shined through. There was a certain posture that came with age as well… Anath knew what she was looking at. Her greeting was a quiet, wordless sound as she crossed to the mare’s side. The sun on her back, warming away the stiffness of the winter, was more than welcome. With green eyes ever watchful on the world around her, careful for any wayward men (or women, she supposed, but Anath wasn’t quite used to that social shift yet), Anath lowered her head to graze as well. It was more of a formality, something to physically do to fill the space and time. “You know these Islands, and they’ve called you home too,” it’s a quiet assumption. At her age, making the swim for any other reason seemed… strange. Still, stranger things had happened. Maybe Anath was wrong. Maybe she was off base, or had offended the stranger. Or maybe she was right, and they were kindred spirits with unfinished business. Anath "HEROES GET REMEMBERED LEGENDS NEVER DIE " |
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