[SE] what is victory

where I save you and you save me

Melding the air into the earthen elements and enchantments, it became a bit easier to sway the sand into his favor. Even more so as the abstract portions began to form into something coherent and tangible; and thereafter, he added some portions of water to contort darkened portions into something suitable, textures of dampened dunes meant to look like other proportions, signifying shading and depth.

By the time he was done, he took a step back, tilting his head to ensure what’d he created rippled along the shoreline – Safrin, in all her glory, depicted in a massive image carved out of the sand. Little lines of starlight had been dug and carved, to embellish and exemplify, though her beauty would likely never be able to portion wholly into something like sand.

He snorted at Alys just the same, having never utilized illusion credentials. “Now there is a thought. Though I would like my family to be able to find me.” Just not many others. “Maybe it will be like last time, with dancing and such.” Evie had picked him out immediately; much to their own amusements.

Deimos

and we save each other over and over, a hundred times, endlessly

Alys

When Deimos finished his rendering of Safrin, Alys peered at it with interest. Was it permanent, she wondered, or would it wash away with the next good rain or passing tide? Either way, it was stunningly beautiful, a depiction of the goddess that would surely please her, were she to see it. As for its accuracy, however, Alys couldn't speak to that - she'd never met Safrin, which, now that she thought about it, seemed rather silly.

In any case, she turned her gaze back to her own meager offerings. "I wonder if I could illusion you to look like you to your family, but someone else to everyone else," she mused aloud, turning the idea over in her mind as she considered the difficulty of such a spell. Either way, she shook her head, clearing her mind of any such ludicrous notions. "Anyway, maybe with everything calming down, people will just say hi for fun instead of needing you for things. And then, vacation."

sometimes i think all i'm ever doing is
trying to convince myself i'm alive

where I save you and you save me

While the arrangement to Safrin wasn’t meant to be permanent, he was certain she’d be able to see it from every aspect, no matter the time spent and passed. Brushing a glaze of sheen and shine over it regardless, he then turned to Alys at her statement. “Sounds complicated, but amusing nonetheless.” It was good to hear the Seer confident in her abilities, wiling and ready to stretch boundaries and limitations; he could recall her at a much different interval and interim, and much less eager to strive and try.

Amused at her confidence, he snorted, shrugging again. “We will have to see. But vacation at some point, yes,” that they could both agree on – a much-needed break from the semblances of the world. “Want to head back now?” As he was already pondering lunch.

[FIN]

Deimos

and we save each other over and over, a hundred times, endlessly