Something… wasn't right. Her eyes were shut, she'd been sleeping… she must have been sleeping. Dozing. It was disorienting, not to feel the gentle rock and sway of the Siren's Call beneath her bare feet. Strange not to feel soft hair running through her fingers, the steady breathing of.. of..
When Vanya opened her eyes, she stood entire frozen for a minute. Two. She glanced about her, struggling to reconcile what was happening. Where was she? Where were all of them? Her eyes slowly travelled up that imposing spire, and her heart started thumping in her chest. Where was the Ocean? Her ship? Her family? Her hands started shaking, but she forced herself to take a few careful breaths around the air choked with ash.
Wherever this was… it certainly was a far cry from the place in the Center she last remembered being in. Resting her hand over her exposed stomach, blinking rapidly.. she suddenly heard a voice ringing clearly through the din and the haze. Vanya's head snapped around to the source, zeroing in on him. The eldest Hali sister let out sharp breath, sending a silent thank you to her Ocean that felt suddenly so far away.
Van made her feet move, and she didn't even look around as she ran forward. Her bare feet hurt against sharp edges of stone, but she didn't care. ” Ronin ,” she gasped, and she threw her arms around him, burying her face into his neck and breathing in. Her body shook, and their names kept repeating over and over and over in her head. ’Saiden. Gideon. Xenos. Aramis. Zephira.’ Where were her siblings?
Vanya pulled back only enough to look up at Ronin, entirely uncaring of anyone around them. She didn't fucking care - Ronin was there, and by the Ocean… Vanya, fearless, bold Vanya.. she was scared. ”Do you know what happened yet?”
When Vanya opened her eyes, she stood entire frozen for a minute. Two. She glanced about her, struggling to reconcile what was happening. Where was she? Where were all of them? Her eyes slowly travelled up that imposing spire, and her heart started thumping in her chest. Where was the Ocean? Her ship? Her family? Her hands started shaking, but she forced herself to take a few careful breaths around the air choked with ash.
Wherever this was… it certainly was a far cry from the place in the Center she last remembered being in. Resting her hand over her exposed stomach, blinking rapidly.. she suddenly heard a voice ringing clearly through the din and the haze. Vanya's head snapped around to the source, zeroing in on him. The eldest Hali sister let out sharp breath, sending a silent thank you to her Ocean that felt suddenly so far away.
Van made her feet move, and she didn't even look around as she ran forward. Her bare feet hurt against sharp edges of stone, but she didn't care. ” Ronin ,” she gasped, and she threw her arms around him, burying her face into his neck and breathing in. Her body shook, and their names kept repeating over and over and over in her head. ’Saiden. Gideon. Xenos. Aramis. Zephira.’ Where were her siblings?
Vanya pulled back only enough to look up at Ronin, entirely uncaring of anyone around them. She didn't fucking care - Ronin was there, and by the Ocean… Vanya, fearless, bold Vanya.. she was scared. ”Do you know what happened yet?”
