it's fine to fake it 'till you make it
Safrin’s eyes, still clouded with the weight of loss, softened as her daughters lifted their wrists for her inspection. The matching bracelets—one silver, one gold—gleamed in the soft glow of the shrine, their opals shimmering like captured fragments of the cosmos. Tiny stars dangled delicately from the chains, swaying gently with each movement, and despite the lingering ache in her chest, a smile curled at the corners of her lips.
She reached out, tracing the opal on Nova’s bracelet with the tip of her finger before doing the same to Caly’s, her touch infusing the stones with the faintest pulse of starlight, as if breathing a sliver of herself into their creation. "These are beautiful," she murmured, pride clear in her voice despite the lingering sorrow beneath it. "You have done well, my darlings."
For a moment, she simply held their hands, brushing her thumbs over the dried remnants of blood still caught in the settings of the stones, evidence of the price they had paid to complete what she had asked of them. "You have always been my brightest," she whispered, gaze flicking between them. "But even the brightest stars know when to burn slow instead of fast, okay?" Releasing their hands with a final, lingering touch, Safrin tilted her head, warmth seeping back into her expression.
Caly and Nova have each received:
Never Far Bracelet | A starlight-infused bracelet that, when activated, teleports the wearer to the bracelet's twin. Must be within the same board.
She reached out, tracing the opal on Nova’s bracelet with the tip of her finger before doing the same to Caly’s, her touch infusing the stones with the faintest pulse of starlight, as if breathing a sliver of herself into their creation. "These are beautiful," she murmured, pride clear in her voice despite the lingering sorrow beneath it. "You have done well, my darlings."
For a moment, she simply held their hands, brushing her thumbs over the dried remnants of blood still caught in the settings of the stones, evidence of the price they had paid to complete what she had asked of them. "You have always been my brightest," she whispered, gaze flicking between them. "But even the brightest stars know when to burn slow instead of fast, okay?" Releasing their hands with a final, lingering touch, Safrin tilted her head, warmth seeping back into her expression.
Caly and Nova have each received:
Never Far Bracelet | A starlight-infused bracelet that, when activated, teleports the wearer to the bracelet's twin. Must be within the same board.
'till you do. 'till it's true.
