Amaranth: A Dream

[idolpro]

Once, there was a maiden...

...whose battles called her far from home.
She slew the thing she feared most, and conquered the land that feared her.
As she fought, far away, she knew her children needed guidance.
She knew they faced tyrants.
She knew they faced fear.
In her homeland, things were broken.
So, she held up her hand before the sun, and cast a shadow on the world, and drowned the troubles of her home in darkness.

"Survival's a long reach," she said.

Comments

Re: BEGIN: The Road to Sange Village

[inspiteful]

[ This! Is kind of disconcerting to see happening, even if he should have known better! ]

Why can't I?

Re: BEGIN: The Road to Sange Village

[fallingflowers]

His work is very sacred. Precious above all else, even.

Without your brother's work channeling our prayers, the River God would not ensure a bountiful harvest for us each year.

Re: BEGIN: The Road to Sange Village

[inspiteful]

[ Oh. it's not hard to figure out how the 'brother' most likely is.

He already doesn't like where this seems to be going. ]

All the more reason that I want to visit him. Can't I check up on him?

Re: BEGIN: The Road to Sange Village

[fallingflowers]

No.

[ The guard's expression her solemn, her voice almost sad. ]

There is no bridge.

Re: BEGIN: The Road to Sange Village

[inspiteful]

... Is there no other way to get there?

[ And Eclipse is going to keep an ear out to see whether the answer he gets is honest or not. ]

Re: BEGIN: The Road to Sange Village

[fallingflowers]

[ Your essence responds to the charm with eager purpose, as natural as if you'd never been away from this world. ]

There—

[ The guard wavers. From the corner of your eye, a red camellia wilts, and the blossoms on a single sprig of a cherry tree crumble to ash.

Then she comes back to herself, though the small bit of damage doesn't revert this time. ]

I know of no way. The bridge has been gone ever since General Amakura first took her son there.

[ It is, as far is the guard can comprehend, the truth. ]

Re: BEGIN: The Road to Sange Village

[inspiteful]

[ He's on the right track then, even if he didn't get much information. ]

...I see. Thank you for telling me, anyway.

The Road to Sange Village: 1/2

[fallingflowers]

[ The guard dips her head. ]

I am glad I could provide information, if nothing else.

[ Speaking of the shrine! Just then there is a distant but awful sound. ]

The Road to Sange Village: 2/2

[fallingflowers]

[ ...Within a minute of that first sound, things go to shit. ]