The pit | I fell in the pit

The roars were terrible and endless and they had all been warned about the monster in the pit. Only it wasn't a monster, not to Vervain. It was the closest thing she had to a son down there, if Ronin Taliesin's words were to be believed, and she had no idea why or what had happened to force the transformation in him. Still, she had abided by the ex-captain's words and she had waited. Waited for a day and a night and then rinse and repeat, and still there was no change in the gentle alchemist turned beast. So Vai had decided that enough was enough and, at last, in the mist and rain of the morning, she approached the pit. She wore a hooded coat to ward off the downpour, and from her belt she had strung a few fresh rabbits (the non-going for the throat kind, as it would happen). Taking a deep breath, she tossed the rabbits into the pit before approaching herself, sinking down to sit in the mud near the edge, but not quite enough to see Remi. "It's me," she called. "Remi, it's Vai. I'm here." vervain where the wild things are