DEIMOS
ache first, but then let the cuts close
spit out the blood
spit out the blood
Overall, the task took far longer than Deimos had hoped for. There were a few stumbles and bumbles here and there; logs rolling haphazardly, stocking snakes slithering out of the way (perhaps being ignored had been the best solution), and his Air incantations lifting, but then lilting off to the side. Eventually, they gathered them all together into the sleigh, but everyone would end up with labored, fatigued muscles by the end of it.
He kept his frustrations to a minimum, breathing in the calm distinction of his usual nonchalant composure, before rounding back to the other pair with the slightest of smiles. Almost as if he’d been plotting out the particulars. “Would you both like to shift to haul them?” None of his would quite benefit in this situation, save for perhaps the grizzly, and he’d unfolded the straps he’d contorted and created from within the sled. Besides, some of it was bemusing, tied with the season. Too bad he hadn’t made any bells to go along the sides.
And then, because the beast was always plotting, perhaps a flaw in some distinction too, he tilted his head, drew back into Attuned calculations and meanderings while he tied the trees together, ensuring they’d stay put in the imminent journey. I have been thinking, a warning in its own regard, do you think Isla and Bastien were aware Wessex went to attack Halo? And the implications layered within – extended to both of them. Had it been something sanctioned by the Hollowed Grounds itself? Something the Wraith and all her constituents conducted independently? And if so – why hadn’t she been given the same treatment Deimos had been given, like the evening he set Sunjata’s guild aflame?
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The logs are on the sled with some difficulty, and they can haul them back (if Noah and Cordelia want to shift into deer forms, of course ;D).
He kept his frustrations to a minimum, breathing in the calm distinction of his usual nonchalant composure, before rounding back to the other pair with the slightest of smiles. Almost as if he’d been plotting out the particulars. “Would you both like to shift to haul them?” None of his would quite benefit in this situation, save for perhaps the grizzly, and he’d unfolded the straps he’d contorted and created from within the sled. Besides, some of it was bemusing, tied with the season. Too bad he hadn’t made any bells to go along the sides.
And then, because the beast was always plotting, perhaps a flaw in some distinction too, he tilted his head, drew back into Attuned calculations and meanderings while he tied the trees together, ensuring they’d stay put in the imminent journey. I have been thinking, a warning in its own regard, do you think Isla and Bastien were aware Wessex went to attack Halo? And the implications layered within – extended to both of them. Had it been something sanctioned by the Hollowed Grounds itself? Something the Wraith and all her constituents conducted independently? And if so – why hadn’t she been given the same treatment Deimos had been given, like the evening he set Sunjata’s guild aflame?
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The logs are on the sled with some difficulty, and they can haul them back (if Noah and Cordelia want to shift into deer forms, of course ;D).
watch your body pull itself back together
then let your soul do the same
then let your soul do the same
