a whispering of jokers [Echidna] Posted on July 10, 2020 at 05:40:55 PM by p a c i n o
close your eyes and see the skies are falling
This place is new to him, but many places have been new before. Something feels different though and as he takes a deep breath while meandering through the trees, he can’t quite place it. The air is lighter, the ground is softer, there is no weight on his mind. Even the water had felt different, even the chorus of the night sounds strange. He feels that he has wandered so far and so long that he even wonders if he is still on the same plane as before. His mind has drifted along with his attention, only waking when need be, but now as he walks, as the trees part and he finds himself in a new meadow, does he refocus and lift his mismatched eyes.
It is quiet and as the crickets chirp around him and the gentle night breeze whispers through the grass, he feels calm, almost peaceful. But it seems that something is missing and he looks up to the stars in question, shuddering off an odd chill in the autumnal night. Everything sounds so quiet around him and it unsettles him a bit - he feels anxious and flinches at each movement. This place is unfamiliar to him but he reminds himself to be strong, to be astute, to remain stolid. He takes a deep breath and continues onward.
But then, hardly a few yards ahead, he sees a face he recognizes. He knows the pattern of her coat, he knows the look of her eyes - he had basically raised her, after all. But how is she here too? he asks himself. He halts and stares for a moment because he surely must be dreaming. But after a few moment’s time of assessing it all… he knows. It’s her.
He approaches with slow steps, cautious since they hadn’t always been on the best of terms, and speaks quietly. “Echidna?” He waits for a moment, blue and brown eyes gazing for hers, uncertain if she would even acknowledge him. “How.... Why... why are you here?” He glances around them and is clearly surprised, amazed that this may not be some kind of afterlife.