Safrin
Safrin's expression flickered—just barely. A ripple, subtle and brief, like the first star breaking through the veil of dusk. She did not withdraw her hand, even as his cheek leaned gratefully into her touch. Her fingers stilled, holding him there, as if weighing the broken edges of the boy she had once found so promising.
"You are not just a mortal," she said softly, though there was no comfort in the words. There was expectation. Pressure. Heat forged in the center of stars. "You are mine." Her thumb brushed faintly against his cheekbone again, slower this time, thoughtful. "And that means you do not drift. Even when the path is unclear, even when the world turns away."
Her hand finally lowered, but not coldly. As her fingers left his skin, a warm, subtle pressure lingered in their place—a gift not of magic, but of meaning. "You want strength?" she mused, almost to herself, stepping slowly around him, orbiting now like the moon around a tethered world. " I will give you something no shadow can touch." Her voice dropped, low and dangerous and divine. "And when you hurt them, they will know it was me who sent you."
And then, very gently, with a tilt of her head that spoke more fondness than she had let show until now: "You’ve never disappointed me, Koa. You’ve just forgotten how to burn."
Koa has been given a quest!
He must
1. Experience something heavier than expected (interpretation up to you)
2. Complete a training thread while physically weighed down
3. Complete a thread where he uses gravity to his advantage
4. Complete a thread where gravity is a disadvantage
"You are not just a mortal," she said softly, though there was no comfort in the words. There was expectation. Pressure. Heat forged in the center of stars. "You are mine." Her thumb brushed faintly against his cheekbone again, slower this time, thoughtful. "And that means you do not drift. Even when the path is unclear, even when the world turns away."
Her hand finally lowered, but not coldly. As her fingers left his skin, a warm, subtle pressure lingered in their place—a gift not of magic, but of meaning. "You want strength?" she mused, almost to herself, stepping slowly around him, orbiting now like the moon around a tethered world. " I will give you something no shadow can touch." Her voice dropped, low and dangerous and divine. "And when you hurt them, they will know it was me who sent you."
And then, very gently, with a tilt of her head that spoke more fondness than she had let show until now: "You’ve never disappointed me, Koa. You’ve just forgotten how to burn."
Koa has been given a quest!
He must
1. Experience something heavier than expected (interpretation up to you)
2. Complete a training thread while physically weighed down
3. Complete a thread where he uses gravity to his advantage
4. Complete a thread where gravity is a disadvantage
