Vesper lifts his head and whinnies, the sound sharp and echoing through the jungle like a question with no patience left for its answer. It does nothing, of course. The vines don’t stir. The leaves don’t rustle with threat. Just the buzz of insects and the low throb of heat rising from the earth, thick and humid and maddening. Her shout had teeth, and even so, the jungle does not bite back.
He tosses his head once, ears pinning in shared exasperation, before slowing beneath the sagging bough. Colt presses against his neck again, and the breath she huffs into him sends a tremor down his back—not from exhaustion, not from pain. Just...frustration.
He considers the cluster of fever-blooming plants to their right. Their petals twitch with the thrum of waiting, heavy with hallucinogenic dust. A few steps closer and it’ll rise in a glittering cloud, unseen monsters just a lungful away.
The temptation is real. Imaginary enemies are still enemies, right? If Frey wanted them to encounter something, surely that would count. Vesper’s sure Colt would put on a damn good show, blade flashing through some phantom threat while her mind lost its grip on heat and reason. He’d been dragged through worse for dumber reasons.
He tosses his head once, ears pinning in shared exasperation, before slowing beneath the sagging bough. Colt presses against his neck again, and the breath she huffs into him sends a tremor down his back—not from exhaustion, not from pain. Just...frustration.
He considers the cluster of fever-blooming plants to their right. Their petals twitch with the thrum of waiting, heavy with hallucinogenic dust. A few steps closer and it’ll rise in a glittering cloud, unseen monsters just a lungful away.
The temptation is real. Imaginary enemies are still enemies, right? If Frey wanted them to encounter something, surely that would count. Vesper’s sure Colt would put on a damn good show, blade flashing through some phantom threat while her mind lost its grip on heat and reason. He’d been dragged through worse for dumber reasons.
You know it's all just a game that I'm playin'
☆ has a pale star tattoo beneath his left eye, and freckle-sized constellations move across his skin
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
