runaway

KIADA you love each other, you do, and here's the tragedy; it's not enough. There is much to think about – her absence, her reappearance, her friends (family), and the new crown. It’s almost too much that she wants to shift into a vulture and vanish from this world, to return to her old one and reunite with Khairi – maybe in another world, she could reunite with Ru’in too. But there’s no portals here, and she can’t leave Amalia and Deimos (certainly not Deimos again) and so instead of leaving, the Harpy takes to the streets aimlessly. Her feet originally bring her to the army listings, and she sees familiar names there yet none of them hurt as much as seeing Deimos’ handwriting. She sighs, and continues to move, her feet now bring her toward a place she’s never been, the Bone Bridge, and she looks out over the foggy side of the bridge into the depthless white to mull over everything. She isn’t alone, though, Auni has accompanied her again as though the Luxere would never let her leave his sight again. Part of her is thankful for it, and she sinks to the side of the bridge onto the stone (or is it bone?) and sits there as Auni presses himself into her lap and consoles her with his fuzzy head – he is careful of his antlers, and they glow a small amount with the happiness he’s experiencing with the love and attention. He’s aiming to calm her down, yet all Kiada can think of is Deimos being shipped off to fight the Fae. She remembers Delah and the nets, the magic and the creatures, and grits her teeth and stares with her sharpened, icy gaze down to Auni – absolutely terrified to lose someone else she loved again. {set before the KQ!!} you are allowed; to watch the sun swallow him whole and burn him up, to stain your fingers to the bone holding him together. to count the constellations in his eyes as they blink out. but you are not allowed to save him...