flora
Flora barely has time to clock the shriek before instinct screams louder—Noe moving, and fast. There’s no time to think, no time to flinch. She ducks low and pivots, toes kicking up sand as she scrambles out of the path of what looks to her like a melting purple tentacle missile aimed straight for her ribs. One hand flies out to keep her balance as she moves, but then she catches the sound of Koa 's voice, cutting through the noise like a whipcrack. The queen twists just in time to catch sight of him and Kaisel launching in after Noe like coordinated chaos incarnate. It’s such a them moment—messy and loud and made of good intentions that are going to leave everyone sore later—and it makes her grin, even as adrenaline thrums through her limbs.
And then—yes! Her breath catches, eyes snapping toward the Dad Group and then to Pierce just in time to see her plan (aka her dagger) land. Deimos ’s strike hits clean, and for one golden heartbeat, everything aligns.
Until she realises something awful.
"Oh—shit." The grin falters, eyes widening with a spark of panic as the wheels turn too fast and not fast enough. She hadn't told him how the recall worked. Her heels slip once, nearly sending her careening into a sunburned stranger with a tray of mocktails, but she catches herself and keeps going, scanning for the invisible Sword. "Deimos!" she calls out, cupping her hands around her mouth. "Drop the recall charm!"
She’s looking—desperately—for that golden shimmer which would indicate he'd done as she'd said. For all of the back and forth between she and the Warden about how this plan was meant to work, Flora may have forgotten one tiny detail: Deimos wasn’t a telepath and he wouldn't know what to do and in what order.
Oops.
Once she sees the charm she'll grasp at it, recalling the dagger already lodged into Pierce's side.
Flora uses her movement to get the fuck away from the Carpenter family drama and holds her action until Deimos has dropped the recall charm, at which point she'll recall the dagger in Pierce!
Regional Score bonus: +15 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +15 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
And then—yes! Her breath catches, eyes snapping toward the Dad Group and then to Pierce just in time to see her plan (aka her dagger) land. Deimos ’s strike hits clean, and for one golden heartbeat, everything aligns.
Until she realises something awful.
"Oh—shit." The grin falters, eyes widening with a spark of panic as the wheels turn too fast and not fast enough. She hadn't told him how the recall worked. Her heels slip once, nearly sending her careening into a sunburned stranger with a tray of mocktails, but she catches herself and keeps going, scanning for the invisible Sword. "Deimos!" she calls out, cupping her hands around her mouth. "Drop the recall charm!"
She’s looking—desperately—for that golden shimmer which would indicate he'd done as she'd said. For all of the back and forth between she and the Warden about how this plan was meant to work, Flora may have forgotten one tiny detail: Deimos wasn’t a telepath and he wouldn't know what to do and in what order.
Oops.
Once she sees the charm she'll grasp at it, recalling the dagger already lodged into Pierce's side.
Flora uses her movement to get the fuck away from the Carpenter family drama and holds her action until Deimos has dropped the recall charm, at which point she'll recall the dagger in Pierce!
Regional Score bonus: +15 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +15 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
The rumors are terrible and cruel
But honey, most of them are true
But honey, most of them are true
