Ashetta
THE STORMBRINGER
Remi assured her they were alive, they were okay, but gods she couldn't breathe. Tiny lungs struggled for air through the poison trapped with them, and she tried to see anything, tried to wriggle her way up so that she could just see over Remi's wing. She couldn't be trapped down here, couldn't be left in the dark, buried, forgotten, not again, she couldn't forget her name again. Her mind lurched for an empty space in her heart and her soul, searching for that bright tether that had gone so silent and dark. Kalt wasn't there, though, and she was trapped, trapped.
Amalia's voice sounded then, another beacon for her focus. Remi was with her. She wasn't alone, and she wasn't going to be left here. Her body trembled against Remi as he shifted, her heart in a frenzy now. Remi, I can't---I can't--- She wasn't sure what it is she was trying to say. Couldn't breathe. Couldn't stay down here. Couldn't remain in this tiny, helpless form. He didn't understand, he didn't know, did anyone know? Had she ever told anyone? Why hadn't she ever told anyone?
Stay where you are, Remi had told her, but she couldn't, oh, gods she couldn't. Her ears were ringing, everything in her seized with ice, seized with panic. The hummingbird's form flickered unreliable, growing larger before meeting the resistance of Remi's hand. Her wings beat against his chest and his palm, and.. and then there was light, brilliant like starlight as it filtered through the boulders. Ronin? she gasped, the hummingbird's small form shuddering. He was out there, he was right there. They're getting you both out, she told herself, again and again.
Ashe is following instruction (barely) and staying as she is. Still panicking.
Amalia's voice sounded then, another beacon for her focus. Remi was with her. She wasn't alone, and she wasn't going to be left here. Her body trembled against Remi as he shifted, her heart in a frenzy now. Remi, I can't---I can't--- She wasn't sure what it is she was trying to say. Couldn't breathe. Couldn't stay down here. Couldn't remain in this tiny, helpless form. He didn't understand, he didn't know, did anyone know? Had she ever told anyone? Why hadn't she ever told anyone?
Stay where you are, Remi had told her, but she couldn't, oh, gods she couldn't. Her ears were ringing, everything in her seized with ice, seized with panic. The hummingbird's form flickered unreliable, growing larger before meeting the resistance of Remi's hand. Her wings beat against his chest and his palm, and.. and then there was light, brilliant like starlight as it filtered through the boulders. Ronin? she gasped, the hummingbird's small form shuddering. He was out there, he was right there. They're getting you both out, she told herself, again and again.
Ashe is following instruction (barely) and staying as she is. Still panicking.
this is where the end is written, every battle scar forgiven
howling in the wind, tingle in your skinthunder and the rain as the storm rolls in & destroys it all
Are you ready for the landfall?
