The coldest blood runs through my veins
The Tangleweed was decimated beneath the furious claws of the Valkyrie, and soon the landscape lay silent around them. The only sounds now came from the merchants that slowly got to their feet, and the injured horse whose heavy breathing came interspersed with quiet rumbling... and Maea.
She had grabbed onto the little dragon like Boreal was her last and only tether to reality. Heedless of sharp scale edges and prickly horn protrusions, she neither knew or care that her hands were being sliced up. Biting down on her own arm, the fangs were far more painful anyway - and slowly, gradually, something strange was taking place. A hum in her veins that wasn't poison, a burn that tasted of blood and Gold, of midnight and power. The harder she bit down on her arm the stronger it became, until it quite literally burned the nightmarish hallucinations out of her system.
It took a while, but by the time anyone - Tal, likely - came to check on her, Maea's eyes had cleared and the was able to pry her grip off of Boreal and sit up.
Looking at the remnants of the Void creature, then at her friends, she rubbed at her arm, hoping the bleeding would slow down on its own soon. "I'm... okay." Not really, but better than expected. "Ru, are you..?" She didn't really look okay either.
"I don't know about you guys, but I think I'd like to go home now."
Once the horse was healed, and the sled righted, and the shaken, terrified men had been spoken to. It might be a while yet before anyone could actually leave.
Void Tumbleweed: 0/350 HP
Final round, let's wrap up <3
She had grabbed onto the little dragon like Boreal was her last and only tether to reality. Heedless of sharp scale edges and prickly horn protrusions, she neither knew or care that her hands were being sliced up. Biting down on her own arm, the fangs were far more painful anyway - and slowly, gradually, something strange was taking place. A hum in her veins that wasn't poison, a burn that tasted of blood and Gold, of midnight and power. The harder she bit down on her arm the stronger it became, until it quite literally burned the nightmarish hallucinations out of her system.
It took a while, but by the time anyone - Tal, likely - came to check on her, Maea's eyes had cleared and the was able to pry her grip off of Boreal and sit up.
Looking at the remnants of the Void creature, then at her friends, she rubbed at her arm, hoping the bleeding would slow down on its own soon. "I'm... okay." Not really, but better than expected. "Ru, are you..?" She didn't really look okay either.
"I don't know about you guys, but I think I'd like to go home now."
Once the horse was healed, and the sled righted, and the shaken, terrified men had been spoken to. It might be a while yet before anyone could actually leave.
Void Tumbleweed: 0/350 HP
Final round, let's wrap up <3
You know my name
Table by Skylark
