The Beginning
SilverFeathers
Ruler of the Sky
Vaguely follows on from the thread [Isekai Hell] A Saviour & Student.
Cast & Goals:
Every now and then, it would beat; that gnarled orb of twisted magic and golden hunger. As it sent a frigid pulse of mana through its connected trunks, branches and vines, a vivid blue glow was visible, coursing through its network like a living, breathing being.
The golden glow that burned in its core roared like flames, but if one wandered closer they'd find no hint of warmth, as if it's flickering vitality was all just a mirage. Somehow, the bright orange hues only made its surroundings seem more lifeless and cold in comparison, as the only speck of a futile, warming colour in this otherwise dim grove.
The feeble glow from the dead, dangling mushrooms that once shone colourfully, and from the tree-embedded crystals encased by thick sheets of ice, barely illuminated a thing. But due to their great numbers, littered throughout the clearing like weeds, the many meagre, icy blue lights shimmered and dangled collectively like a wintry wonderland.
Soft snowflakes fell gently from the canopies, cascading and colliding haphazardly as they materialized out of seemingly nowhere.
But if one looked closer, there was only more strangeness.
The central area was frozen over, almost entirely, with little greenery left uncovered by ice and snow. But only a few metres away, the scenery was haphazard, as if someone had randomly painted ice and snow over the otherwise luscious and bright greenery. Icicles dripped from flowers without a hint of ice on its petals, snow embedded itself into the trunks of trees in splattered patterns and a frozen flower lay perfectly still against its unfrozen and lively neighbour.
It was a very strange sight.
But perhaps more than that, was a very out of place item of clothing. Laid on the lone tree stump by the center of the clearing, was a single boot. It was beautifully white and pristine, its colour visible even whilst lightly submerged in snow. What was most concerning however, was that this boot was clearly made to fit a child, and there was no child in sight.
Location: The See, Lodeli Woods, Inner Rings, A Clearing
Time: Evening?
Weather: Gentle snowstorm, windy, frosty air
A tiny fairy-winged figure fluttered by the dangling frozen lights, causing them to collide with each other inadvertently. Cascading, they played a melodiously sweet but slightly eerie tune amidst the backdrop of silence, reminiscent of a siren's warning song.
"Where could he be? How could there be no sign of him?" Ninelle spoke aloud in exasperation, bringing a hand to her head from all the stress.
As much as it was strange to voice her thoughts out loud, amidst the silence of the woods, her mutterings were a little relieving. She couldn't help but continue to do so to fill the silence, and ease the ominousness from the complete lack of living life that surrounded her. "Please be fine..."
Cast & Goals:
- Ninelle (#54d1b0)
- Destroy the Plaguebearer of Lodeli
- Retrieve Deacon Masa's lost son
- Fulfill her agreement with Deacon Masa
- Deliverence (#FFFACD)
- Further his reputation as a researcher of the Ethereal
- Study the space-distorting and Ethereal properties of Plaguebearing Hearts
The golden glow that burned in its core roared like flames, but if one wandered closer they'd find no hint of warmth, as if it's flickering vitality was all just a mirage. Somehow, the bright orange hues only made its surroundings seem more lifeless and cold in comparison, as the only speck of a futile, warming colour in this otherwise dim grove.
The feeble glow from the dead, dangling mushrooms that once shone colourfully, and from the tree-embedded crystals encased by thick sheets of ice, barely illuminated a thing. But due to their great numbers, littered throughout the clearing like weeds, the many meagre, icy blue lights shimmered and dangled collectively like a wintry wonderland.
Soft snowflakes fell gently from the canopies, cascading and colliding haphazardly as they materialized out of seemingly nowhere.
But if one looked closer, there was only more strangeness.
The central area was frozen over, almost entirely, with little greenery left uncovered by ice and snow. But only a few metres away, the scenery was haphazard, as if someone had randomly painted ice and snow over the otherwise luscious and bright greenery. Icicles dripped from flowers without a hint of ice on its petals, snow embedded itself into the trunks of trees in splattered patterns and a frozen flower lay perfectly still against its unfrozen and lively neighbour.
It was a very strange sight.
But perhaps more than that, was a very out of place item of clothing. Laid on the lone tree stump by the center of the clearing, was a single boot. It was beautifully white and pristine, its colour visible even whilst lightly submerged in snow. What was most concerning however, was that this boot was clearly made to fit a child, and there was no child in sight.
Location: The See, Lodeli Woods, Inner Rings, A Clearing
Time: Evening?
Weather: Gentle snowstorm, windy, frosty air
Ninelle (#54d1b0)
A tiny fairy-winged figure fluttered by the dangling frozen lights, causing them to collide with each other inadvertently. Cascading, they played a melodiously sweet but slightly eerie tune amidst the backdrop of silence, reminiscent of a siren's warning song.
"Where could he be? How could there be no sign of him?" Ninelle spoke aloud in exasperation, bringing a hand to her head from all the stress.
As much as it was strange to voice her thoughts out loud, amidst the silence of the woods, her mutterings were a little relieving. She couldn't help but continue to do so to fill the silence, and ease the ominousness from the complete lack of living life that surrounded her. "Please be fine..."
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