Noe
Best believe I'm still bejeweled
When I walk in the room, I can still make the whole place shimmer
When I walk in the room, I can still make the whole place shimmer
It was hard to believe that today was Noe's birthday.
It had been a weird couple of seasons. Sohalia had disappeared, leaving Stormbreak in the hands of the Family. Noe might not have liked the former Heart, but she hadn't wished kidnapping on her, either, and she certainly wouldn't have traded her for Dahlia. Koa had disappeared for a while, too, apparently after trying to rescue Sohalia, which Noe both did and did not understand. The Luminary had broken his heart, so why risk everything to save her? But, at the same time... that was just who Koa was.
For her part, Noe had kept her head down, applying herself to her studies and staying home to be near her father, just in case. In case of what, she wasn't sure. There was just all this tension in the air, this feeling that something was coming. And Noe suspected that, after all of the weird broadcasts into her head, that that somethingwas not going to be good.
Now that she'd completed her training and was ready to be released into the world, she felt... flat. She was turning twenty today, and yet she felt like she hadn't changed in years. She still felt like a little girl, not quite ready to step into the shoes of an adult and make her mark on the world.
Noe walked through the Celestine, meandering this way and that to look at the various animals there. The mata mata were still her favorite, for some reason. She was sure that others would prefer more exciting animals, but the mata mata were just... adorable, for one. Little snakes with raven's wings? Yes, please. But for another, they were a bit of a nuisance. Just like her.
She sat on a bench near the mata mata enclosure, propping her elbow on her knee and her head on her hand, and decided to sit and stay a while. At least here, she didn't have to have it all together.
It had been a weird couple of seasons. Sohalia had disappeared, leaving Stormbreak in the hands of the Family. Noe might not have liked the former Heart, but she hadn't wished kidnapping on her, either, and she certainly wouldn't have traded her for Dahlia. Koa had disappeared for a while, too, apparently after trying to rescue Sohalia, which Noe both did and did not understand. The Luminary had broken his heart, so why risk everything to save her? But, at the same time... that was just who Koa was.
For her part, Noe had kept her head down, applying herself to her studies and staying home to be near her father, just in case. In case of what, she wasn't sure. There was just all this tension in the air, this feeling that something was coming. And Noe suspected that, after all of the weird broadcasts into her head, that that somethingwas not going to be good.
Now that she'd completed her training and was ready to be released into the world, she felt... flat. She was turning twenty today, and yet she felt like she hadn't changed in years. She still felt like a little girl, not quite ready to step into the shoes of an adult and make her mark on the world.
Noe walked through the Celestine, meandering this way and that to look at the various animals there. The mata mata were still her favorite, for some reason. She was sure that others would prefer more exciting animals, but the mata mata were just... adorable, for one. Little snakes with raven's wings? Yes, please. But for another, they were a bit of a nuisance. Just like her.
She sat on a bench near the mata mata enclosure, propping her elbow on her knee and her head on her hand, and decided to sit and stay a while. At least here, she didn't have to have it all together.
And when I meet the band, they ask, "Do you have a man?"
I can still say, "I don't remember"
I can still say, "I don't remember"
