Maea
My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on the limb
In the early morning, the Temple lay quiet. Stealing in through a crack in the heavy gate, Maea paused just past the threshold to remove the damp cloak. It was drizzling outside, a thin misting rain that soaked through everything and left her feeling colder than the temperature warranted. The contrast of stepping inside the warm temple brought a contented sigh to her lips; shuddering as the chill worked itself out if her bones she raked damp curls out of her face and slowly approached the altar. Fortunately she was alone. It was always a gamble to come here, whether she would happen upon anyone she knew. Some would be nice to see again, while it was better for everyone to steer clear of others. Yet with this being the closest and safest shrine to Dygra on this side of the continent, Maea chose to risk it. Embraced chaos, so to speak, in a gamble against the odds; or perhaps she simply refused to ban herself completely from her homeland, no matter how different it had become from what she once knew.
Stopping by the massive obsidian slab, the moon-haired ancient delved into the satchel she wore slung over one shoulder and brought out the velvet dress. After laying it out before the shrine, she ran a thumb along the edge of her chakram, so that a thin line opened in the skin that wept with crimson.
"Dark Mother," she murmured softly, as blood dripped onto obsbidian stone, "I have returned. All the tasks you set me have been completed - to your liking, I hope."
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Maea has completed her tasks for upgrading her armor to mastered:
Third time is the charm
Stopping by the massive obsidian slab, the moon-haired ancient delved into the satchel she wore slung over one shoulder and brought out the velvet dress. After laying it out before the shrine, she ran a thumb along the edge of her chakram, so that a thin line opened in the skin that wept with crimson.
"Dark Mother," she murmured softly, as blood dripped onto obsbidian stone, "I have returned. All the tasks you set me have been completed - to your liking, I hope."
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Maea has completed her tasks for upgrading her armor to mastered:
Third time is the charm
- 1. Complete a training thread wearing the armour, using only unarmed strikes. (No weapons or magic allowed!)
– [Training] all I ever desired is here with me
- 2. Complete a training thread allowing someone else to wear the armour, using only unarmed strikes. (No weapons or magic allowed!)
– [Training] Past the event horizon
- 3. Complete a thread spending a night out in the Boneyard in Hak Etme with only her armour and abilities to survive.
– [o] upon whom the pale moon gleams
- 4. Complete a thread sating her bloodlust on a Lial in The Climb whilst wearing the armour. No shifts may be used.
– [SE] So many things I need to say to you
And I remember thinking — I want to be like them
