flora
Relief crashes into her like a wave—dizzying, heady, a blur of gold light and familiar voices.
Ronin’s here.
Then Remi.
Then Sunjata.
Her fingers shake as they twist the ring on her hand, dropping the invisibility at last, though there’s nothing graceful about the way she’s slumped, collapsed and soaked through with blood. She’s crying—though whether from pain or gratitude, it’s impossible to tell. Maybe both, definitely the former. She doesn’t even know what they’re saying, not really. Just that they’re here. Her dads are here and for one impossible second, it feels like the world might be right again.
Until it’s not.
She doesn’t see Dahlia reappear. She doesn’t need to. She feels her. Feels the claws sink into her back again with precision so cruel it feels like it tears through her soul. Her body arches instinctively, mouth parting in a scream so raw it sounds like something being unmade. It rips through the air like shattered glass, ragged and keening, and when she collapses again, it’s with a sob that trembles all the way down her spine.
“She can follow me,” Flora gasps, clutching at the gravel, her voice shaking and splintered. “I don’t know how, but she followed me.” Crawling won’t save her. Nothing will—not when even escape leads back to teeth and blood.
She fumbles blindly for the ring on her other hand—the one that pulses with gentle light—and presses. There’s a surge of warmth that floods her torso, trying to knit broken skin and shredded muscle, but it’s barely enough to staunch the tide. Not enough to undo what’s already been done.
Flora uses her healing ring.
Magic: Foe of the Family | Is able to see the true form of the Family and those who are Friends of the Family. Void damage is super effective.
Type: Dark | Rank: Mastered
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.
Type: Light | Style: Other | Level: Mastered
Healing Ring | A golden ring made by the fae, capable of delivering mastered
Type: Light | Style: Other | Level: Basic
Lucky you | A ring that when worn grants +3 luck. Must be included in all PQ/PQ+/KQ/DROP posts to be counted. healing via touch.
Ronin’s here.
Then Remi.
Then Sunjata.
Her fingers shake as they twist the ring on her hand, dropping the invisibility at last, though there’s nothing graceful about the way she’s slumped, collapsed and soaked through with blood. She’s crying—though whether from pain or gratitude, it’s impossible to tell. Maybe both, definitely the former. She doesn’t even know what they’re saying, not really. Just that they’re here. Her dads are here and for one impossible second, it feels like the world might be right again.
Until it’s not.
She doesn’t see Dahlia reappear. She doesn’t need to. She feels her. Feels the claws sink into her back again with precision so cruel it feels like it tears through her soul. Her body arches instinctively, mouth parting in a scream so raw it sounds like something being unmade. It rips through the air like shattered glass, ragged and keening, and when she collapses again, it’s with a sob that trembles all the way down her spine.
“She can follow me,” Flora gasps, clutching at the gravel, her voice shaking and splintered. “I don’t know how, but she followed me.” Crawling won’t save her. Nothing will—not when even escape leads back to teeth and blood.
She fumbles blindly for the ring on her other hand—the one that pulses with gentle light—and presses. There’s a surge of warmth that floods her torso, trying to knit broken skin and shredded muscle, but it’s barely enough to staunch the tide. Not enough to undo what’s already been done.
Flora uses her healing ring.
Magic: Foe of the Family | Is able to see the true form of the Family and those who are Friends of the Family. Void damage is super effective.
Type: Dark | Rank: Mastered
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.
Type: Light | Style: Other | Level: Mastered
Healing Ring | A golden ring made by the fae, capable of delivering mastered
Type: Light | Style: Other | Level: Basic
Lucky you | A ring that when worn grants +3 luck. Must be included in all PQ/PQ+/KQ/DROP posts to be counted. healing via touch.
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I'm covered in you
And now I'm covered in you
