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: The Fields: 2/2

[worthathousand]

...I'm sorry.

[ And she disappears. Now it's just the two of you, and ruined fields as far as the eye can see. ]

Re: The Fields: 2/2

[stakesthesame]

[ Stares at the place where she disappeared, then out over the fields, but-- slowly gets up, still tightly holding her arms around herself. ]

Even in her dreams I'm a freakin' monster. What a joke.

[ --but. she'll start walking back, shoulders hunched, without turning to Shrike again. ]

Re: The Fields: 2/2

[softlyfalling]

I'm quite certain that's not what it meant to her, but—

[ glancing out over the once-beautiful fields—

this is all feeling very very bad. ]

...I think the dream's almost over, anyway.

Re: The Fields: 2/2

[stakesthesame]

[ whips around again, gesturing widely with her claws. ]

Good! Then I can make sure she never has to worry about putting me down like a rabid dog or somethin'!

Re: The Fields: 2/2

[softlyfalling]

...that memory she associates with a great injustice that she was a party to, so—I think she'd like to not worry about that, too.

But, ah... I suppose I'll look for where she went.

Re: The Fields: 2/2

[stakesthesame]

[ doesn't seem at all convinced-- she grimaces slightly, but lets Shrike go, remaining where she is for a long moment before once again hugging herself with her clawed paws.

-- no, normal arms. She changes back to normal, shoulders hunched, and slowly follows after Shrike. ]

Re: The Fields: 2/2

[fallingflowers]

[ There she is. ]