Twilight cast its shadows across Torchline, the stars of Longheat fading into sight one by one as the purple velvet of the sky grew darker to the east. The heat of the day still radiated from the stones of the recently cleaned and re-painted lighthouse, though the wind off the water was already turning cooler as the sun slipped beneath the horizon.
Hadama was climbing the stairs of the shrine once more, his Queen beside him as they sought the altar at the top on which to lay their offerings. He had brought a shawl of silk so thin it settled on the skin like smoke. The dark gauze of the fabric had stars picked out in silver across it: the midnight constellations of Longheat as seen from the shores of Aumakua recreated with painstaking faithfulness.
The Tidebreaker knelt to light the candles, remaining on his knees while Flora joined him. When she was ready as well he bowed his head, organizing his thoughts on their request before he spoke. They had discussed the matter at length, considering and discarding several options before settling on the refurbishing of an existing blessing to make it easier to use, rather than pursuing a new one. "Safrin, we ask your help to protect Torchline further," he rumbled. "The Fortis Patera Constellation is difficult to make use of." Emergencies had not tended to happen in easy reach of the activation pedestal. And the time it took to abandon combat and reach it to activate it was generally better spent dealing damage against whatever threatened their region. "We would like to request a way to make it easier. If the activation could be done by an item small enough for one of Torchline's rulers to carry with them?" He paused, looking to Flora with a tilt of his head to welcome any clarifications or additions she could add.
Hadama was climbing the stairs of the shrine once more, his Queen beside him as they sought the altar at the top on which to lay their offerings. He had brought a shawl of silk so thin it settled on the skin like smoke. The dark gauze of the fabric had stars picked out in silver across it: the midnight constellations of Longheat as seen from the shores of Aumakua recreated with painstaking faithfulness.
The Tidebreaker knelt to light the candles, remaining on his knees while Flora joined him. When she was ready as well he bowed his head, organizing his thoughts on their request before he spoke. They had discussed the matter at length, considering and discarding several options before settling on the refurbishing of an existing blessing to make it easier to use, rather than pursuing a new one. "Safrin, we ask your help to protect Torchline further," he rumbled. "The Fortis Patera Constellation is difficult to make use of." Emergencies had not tended to happen in easy reach of the activation pedestal. And the time it took to abandon combat and reach it to activate it was generally better spent dealing damage against whatever threatened their region. "We would like to request a way to make it easier. If the activation could be done by an item small enough for one of Torchline's rulers to carry with them?" He paused, looking to Flora with a tilt of his head to welcome any clarifications or additions she could add.
