King's End might have been the April 25th of regions, but Tal still preferred Halo in his heart. Still, King's End was where his house was, and all his stuff that didn't fit on the Peregrine, and the shrine to Vi and Safrin was pretty spectacular, especially at night.
Not as spectacular as the goddess who answered his prayers, though. Tal swallowed hard and bit his lip against the beauty of Safrin in a dress as dark and beautiful as midnight as she accepted his offering. Even more than that, however, it was her words of praise that sent the courier to cloud nine. People didn't usually praise his strategy, and he beamed like a small sun under her approval. "I wasn't sure it would work," he confided, his voice almost shy as his ears turned pink with pleasure. The monster had been way bigger than he'd anticipated in his wildest nightmares, and it had hit his friends so hard that he'd been scared half to death of losing Flora or Noah along the way. But in the end they'd managed to keep it together and bring the beast down, and now that Safrin was adding his offering into the altar itself for everyone who came after to see?
Hail, it had been worth it.
As she handed out the tasks required, Tal bowed his head to hide the faint winces at the first two. Those were going to hurt, but the last two weren't bad at all and he relaxed as he looked up again at the goddess in gratitude. "Thanks, Safrin! I'll see y'again, an' soon!" He hoped. Barring any further Void interference, at least.
~fin
Not as spectacular as the goddess who answered his prayers, though. Tal swallowed hard and bit his lip against the beauty of Safrin in a dress as dark and beautiful as midnight as she accepted his offering. Even more than that, however, it was her words of praise that sent the courier to cloud nine. People didn't usually praise his strategy, and he beamed like a small sun under her approval. "I wasn't sure it would work," he confided, his voice almost shy as his ears turned pink with pleasure. The monster had been way bigger than he'd anticipated in his wildest nightmares, and it had hit his friends so hard that he'd been scared half to death of losing Flora or Noah along the way. But in the end they'd managed to keep it together and bring the beast down, and now that Safrin was adding his offering into the altar itself for everyone who came after to see?
Hail, it had been worth it.
As she handed out the tasks required, Tal bowed his head to hide the faint winces at the first two. Those were going to hurt, but the last two weren't bad at all and he relaxed as he looked up again at the goddess in gratitude. "Thanks, Safrin! I'll see y'again, an' soon!" He hoped. Barring any further Void interference, at least.
~fin
