From being an Abandoned who had rarely left the Hollowed Grounds, to embracing the call of adventure, to dying and being reborn first as an Ascended and then as an Ancient, Maea has gone through quite the amount of changes in her life. One thing remains common, though, in her attempts to find out just where she belongs; she’s always had a craving for knowledge which has brought her to so many places and to meet so many people here in Caido. We can’t wait to see what else is in store for her!
Congratulations, Maea!
Credits
Court of the Fallen was created in October of 2018 by Odd, Honey, and Crooked.
Skinning and hosting by the epically talented Kaons, and functionality fanciness by the coding magic of Neowulf. If you ever see either of them around, make sure to show them some love!
It was a journey she needed to make, even if she felt that those not taking the Voice's cure were stubborn fools. Morgan could not willingly hold onto something that kept others from recovering, not when she knew where to take it; following directions from those that had been to give lilies, she had ventured into the Climb with Eunike and a few guards. It had taken a while to find the waterfall, the spaces where the flowers belonged, but she did: with an almost reverent silence she stepped forwards to place the bloom inside.
She wasn't sure if she was expecting anything to happen, but she did watch for a moment. Eventually Morgan nodded, turned to leave and held Eunike's reins; she had done her part and those that had left flowers before her had too. Hopefully soon enough of them would that the illness could be a memory long left behind.
Treasures and crowns wouldn't mean a thing If I only had a heart
God, it hurts to be human
Without you, I'd be losing
All the drama surrounding the extraction of the full instructions had been lost on Chuy - he'd been too busy caring for the sick, but also feeding the region. On top of everything else, he had continued to be a delivery boy, to support the frosty region with a common place to store excess foods from hunts and trades with the other regions, to prepare for the harsher seasons that were on their way.
But he had read the instructions all the same. And besides, he had wanted to take Auni to the Climb, for similar reasons as to why he had ventured to the Climb originally, all those weeks ago. The luxere had been bonded to Kiada after all, and held similar impulses and desires for adventure and exploration - not nearly as many as his original bondmate, of course.
They travelled carefully, far more prepared this time than they had been previously. They rested regularly, and drank some of the water they had collected from the pools to keep energy levels up. And when they found the place where some lillies had already been placed, they paused and reflected, and placed the lily Chuy had found in an empty hold.
There were still spots to be filled, and he hoped others would find more of the mysterious flowers and work together to place them before it was too late. Then, man and luxere turned and made their way out once again, much the same as before - slow and steady, with plenty of breaks and rests.
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Fin for Chuy
And someday, we'll face the music
God, it hurts to be human
