MAEA
Apparently not! And while the idea of being trapped on a farm for her whole life was appalling, it was no more so than the notion of a box in a box in a box. What had the Hollowed Grounds ever been except a cage to trap wild things?
"Yeah," Maea replied enthusiastically, baring her fangs in a bloodthirsty grin as she managed to take out a whole heap of spider with the stomp of her bare foot. The crunch beneath her sole was very satisfying, easing the burn of Bloodlust in her throat like a gentle tonic. "Maea Valair - we farmed apples and sheep." Until one LongNight, when the rest of the household fell victim to the monsters. There had only been one more delivery of Valair Cider to the bars of the Grounds after that.
Meeting others who had experienced the barrier in earnest always brought on a strange sense of kinship in the albino woman. No one else could truly know the depth of despair they had lived, or the dual love-hate relation towards the region. It had been all their world, once, and many still had yet to set foot outside its borders, even after all these years. For all that it had been a cage, it was their cage.
For the first time in many years, Maea found that the ownership of the place still hadn't quite burned out of her.
The onslaught of spiders let up for a bit. Taking a moment to breathe, she shook the gore from her blades and turned to get a better look at her new companion. "You Ascended?" she inquired, upon catching sight of the horns on their ivory head. No judgement - she just tried to place timelines in her mind, sorting out ages and events that death and petrification had made hazy.
The crow came without warning; swooping down from behind Maea, it snatched at her pocket where a compass lay tucked away, causing the singed fabric to bulge. Crying out in vexation, she swatted at it - but before she could cut it down, the bird was airborne and about to get away.
"Yeah," Maea replied enthusiastically, baring her fangs in a bloodthirsty grin as she managed to take out a whole heap of spider with the stomp of her bare foot. The crunch beneath her sole was very satisfying, easing the burn of Bloodlust in her throat like a gentle tonic. "Maea Valair - we farmed apples and sheep." Until one LongNight, when the rest of the household fell victim to the monsters. There had only been one more delivery of Valair Cider to the bars of the Grounds after that.
Meeting others who had experienced the barrier in earnest always brought on a strange sense of kinship in the albino woman. No one else could truly know the depth of despair they had lived, or the dual love-hate relation towards the region. It had been all their world, once, and many still had yet to set foot outside its borders, even after all these years. For all that it had been a cage, it was their cage.
For the first time in many years, Maea found that the ownership of the place still hadn't quite burned out of her.
The onslaught of spiders let up for a bit. Taking a moment to breathe, she shook the gore from her blades and turned to get a better look at her new companion. "You Ascended?" she inquired, upon catching sight of the horns on their ivory head. No judgement - she just tried to place timelines in her mind, sorting out ages and events that death and petrification had made hazy.
The crow came without warning; swooping down from behind Maea, it snatched at her pocket where a compass lay tucked away, causing the singed fabric to bulge. Crying out in vexation, she swatted at it - but before she could cut it down, the bird was airborne and about to get away.
Light is easy to love
Show me your darkness
Show me your darkness
BASE INSPIRED BY ODD <3
