Echoes of the words she had spoken just days before ring through her mind as each individual moment flashes by.
Alas! Alas! What crime have the men of today committed that Heaven sends down upon them confusion and death?
She is stumbling, feet unsteady beneath her as she feels a force pulling her back. She is looking wildly around, a hiss of pain and anger escaping her as her tail lashes back and forth. A blur of green and purple flashing by. The barest glimpse of a wild expression of raw hatred. An explosion of smoke. A thrust of her hand.
“No, Donn — “
And then a hideous crack.
…
Adolfus has fallen somewhere behind the smokescreen. Shu does not care to look.
She focuses her eyes on the turtlekin instead, reaching with her free hand towards his shoulder as she clambers to her feet. If he allows, she will pull him gently towards her, something close to an embrace. When she speaks again, it is with the same calm assurance that he knows.
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Date: 2024-08-20 10:19 pm (UTC)Alas! Alas! What crime have the men of today committed that Heaven sends down upon them confusion and death?
She is stumbling, feet unsteady beneath her as she feels a force pulling her back. She is looking wildly around, a hiss of pain and anger escaping her as her tail lashes back and forth. A blur of green and purple flashing by. The barest glimpse of a wild expression of raw hatred. An explosion of smoke. A thrust of her hand.
“No, Donn — “
And then a hideous crack.
…
Adolfus has fallen somewhere behind the smokescreen. Shu does not care to look.
She focuses her eyes on the turtlekin instead, reaching with her free hand towards his shoulder as she clambers to her feet. If he allows, she will pull him gently towards her, something close to an embrace. When she speaks again, it is with the same calm assurance that he knows.
“Let’s go.”
Her smile seems to say, “It will be alright.”