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.

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Re: ANOTHER CHANGE

[fallingflowers]

[ Do you recognize it, Shrike?

In your hand, the seed doesn't feel evil. But it is heavy as a stone. It feels like anguish. It feels like not being enough.

So anyway!
Inventory:
- mom's sword
- accursèd seed ]

Re: ANOTHER CHANGE

[softlyfalling]

[ THANK ]

Re: ANOTHER CHANGE

[inspiteful]

[ HEY SO, THAT SEED, ]

Uhm...

Re: ANOTHER CHANGE

[softlyfalling]

It's really bad.

But I think it'd convince Amaranth that this isn't actually a place she wants to be.

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[inspiteful]

You know what it is?

Re: ANOTHER CHANGE

[softlyfalling]

...she had it in that house. I remember that much.

Re: ANOTHER CHANGE

[inspiteful]

...Lilis' ghostly goal was to plant it in the hearts of other people.To, uh, extremely messy results, I believe.

Re: ANOTHER CHANGE

[softlyfalling]

...yes. And—I know all of that weighed on her, quite a bit. Still does, in fact.

Re: ANOTHER CHANGE

[inspiteful]

...

[ ...Wait this means shit did go down in the house and he's having that extremely belated moment of fridge horror that the last time he saw her in that she might have already gotten possessed.

Man, this sure is a time for that realisation. ]

I'm going to head over to the shrine.

Re: ANOTHER CHANGE

[softlyfalling]

[ ............oh no. ]

Mm—

...it does seem significant. I wonder if that's the shrine Persephone served at, when he was younger...?

I was going to go try and find her at her home, though, so—I'll try and find you if there's anything further amiss.

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[inspiteful]

I kept getting told I can't go there, so I'm pretty sure it is. [ Said in that way of, "I'm going to do the thing people say I can't."]

Try to stay safe?

Re: ANOTHER CHANGE

[softlyfalling]

[ she claps a hand on his shoulder. ]

Well, you too.