Flora
"Promise?" Even raising her eyebrows hurts, but it's the only way for Flora to try and emphasize the importance to Ronin.
"Mmm." The queen agrees, her body sagging back against the pillows, her strength waning. She fights against the fingers of sleep already clawing at her, trying to blink away the exhaustion. "He couldn't do anything. I don't... I don't even know if my compass would have worked." She hadn't tried, and given that the only magical ability used while Pierce had been around was the killing blow, Flora wasn't really in a position to definitively say what would or wouldn't have worked.
"A... ?" A message? With the two-way parchment being so new, Flora's first thought was that someone from Torchline was reaching out for something. She'd been unconscious during Vox's broadcast—so as far as she knew, only Remi, Ronin, and Jack knew she had died. Her eyes flickered in confusion until she turned enough to catch sight of the parchment, recognition dawning slowly. Her heart began to race, warmth blooming in her chest as the realization hit her. The smile that spreads across the queen's lips is one she's helpless to stop as she reaches eagerly, if not shakily, for the parchment.
are you safe.
Laughter slips clumsily from her lips, a sound both shaky and bright as she looks to Ronin, her eyes glistening with tears. "A pen. I need a pen." The words come out almost breathless, a rush of hope cutting through the exhaustion, her heart pounding with something that felt a lot like relief. Jack was out there, and he was reaching for her, and that was everything she needed.
"Mmm." The queen agrees, her body sagging back against the pillows, her strength waning. She fights against the fingers of sleep already clawing at her, trying to blink away the exhaustion. "He couldn't do anything. I don't... I don't even know if my compass would have worked." She hadn't tried, and given that the only magical ability used while Pierce had been around was the killing blow, Flora wasn't really in a position to definitively say what would or wouldn't have worked.
"A... ?" A message? With the two-way parchment being so new, Flora's first thought was that someone from Torchline was reaching out for something. She'd been unconscious during Vox's broadcast—so as far as she knew, only Remi, Ronin, and Jack knew she had died. Her eyes flickered in confusion until she turned enough to catch sight of the parchment, recognition dawning slowly. Her heart began to race, warmth blooming in her chest as the realization hit her. The smile that spreads across the queen's lips is one she's helpless to stop as she reaches eagerly, if not shakily, for the parchment.
are you safe.
Laughter slips clumsily from her lips, a sound both shaky and bright as she looks to Ronin, her eyes glistening with tears. "A pen. I need a pen." The words come out almost breathless, a rush of hope cutting through the exhaustion, her heart pounding with something that felt a lot like relief. Jack was out there, and he was reaching for her, and that was everything she needed.
I don't like slow motion double vision in rose blush
I don't like that falling feels like flying 'til the bone crush
I don't like that falling feels like flying 'til the bone crush
Code stolen from Queen Sky
