The time will come...

[petal_storm]

Who: Any
When: The height of Egyptian civilization.
What: Saving Elora's life.

Elora stretched her wings to the sky and yawned, staring
upward; it was such a brilliantly blue sky...clean and empty of anything she was used to. This was the first day she'd managed to be on her feet; time travel was hard on a body, especially as far back as they'd gone. She was honestly shocked her mother had managed to be up and BUILD A TEMPLE prior...

...granted it was Dahlia. The woman managed miracles on short notice. It would be intimidating if it wasn't so useful honestly.

Egypt.

Land of sands and...green lush plant life. They had arrived before the death cult had poisoned the Nile Valley; all the better honestly. She wouldn't do well in a dead land. Not after her mate had attacked her no...

The scars were a silvery river down her left side. Monstrous, painful...gods it had hurt. She idly traced fingers down the scars and watched people mill beyond the walls. He was here; somewhere. Her mate. Mother had promised and it made her...breathe again. She'd been dying they said, hence the extreme measures. Sh just say it as...and extension. A brief, clean moment between nightmares. She'd had a lot of those recently. Ever since being bitten her mind was...full of darker things.

But the light didn't hurt.

Gods the sun didn't hurt and she took that as a good sign.

"We taught you the language while you slept," Markux noted softly behind her. "We all learned. Here we can...find a better way."

"...thank you father," she breathed, still staring up at the sun. "If I fail..."

"You won't child. We won't lose you."

She...really wished they'd face facts. That they'd focus on her twin yet...here they were. "I'll try. Jaeger's going to hate it..."

"So he's told us," Markux agreed quietly.

"...does he hate me?"

"Never dear."

She wasn't certain she believed him honestly but she let it go for now as she aired her wings. "People will be confused."

"Let them be," Markux chuckled softly. "We're good at making people listen anyway."

"I'm sorry to have scared you."

"Never dear, just keep breathing," he smiled, touching her hair. "And be with Corvus when we say hello to to the people?"

...ah. "Of course." How not? This was Egypt after all, animal mixes...were a good thing.

Comments

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Workarounds," she grinned.

"That's the essence of a bond," Dahlia laughed.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Hmm, yes."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"We'll celebrate a bond once you're settled and comfortable?" Dahlia chuckled.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"I... don't think that's best... Elora is.... already... ah..."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Once she'd settled too. She's...in pieces but she's been scanning everyone, trying to find a way to balance."

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"I hope we find him soon..."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"We...don't know who he'd be in this time. It's...all her." Dahlia didn't like that any more than he did.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"I know what he looks like too. I think Ixi does too we both saw...."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Ahhhh, useful when you talk to us you know," she snorted.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"... I know but she needed your attention not us... and we were going to hunt and... yeah."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"There are several of us for many reasons, Jaeger. There is always attention for everyone, even in emergency."

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"We chose."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Yes and I respect that choice to a point and want to shake you silly beyond that."

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

...Elora too."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Yes, well, she can have first shaking."

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Yeah, I'm sure."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"I understand priorities," Dahlia chuckled.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Yeah..."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Mmmm, they're returning g..." Dahlia tilted her head, hearing wings.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"There's my sister."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

They'd actually returned with part of a water deer to take home for their own food stores and a waterskin full of blood for those who preferred it? And Elora at least looked a little better? "ah...you...multiplied?" Then she blinked and sighed, "wrong word, sorry."

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"It's okay. Elora this is my mate Orchid."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

::...you say that so easily compared to a few hours ago...:: she noted quietly. ::Sorry we didn't bring any...non meat options?" Um?

Dahlia chuckled and reached out to touch her own mate's feathers.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

::I feel settled.:: He admitted. ::There was a hiccup and I panicked straight into marking her...::

"We've other options." Shinose chuckled. "You should get some iron today Anna."

Corvus churred for her and settled next to her leaning.

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

::...ah. You left.:: Yeah. So. She felt a bit like and...seventh wheel now? More than a bit.

"Of course," Ana chuckled, rising to get cups for those who'd be drinking blood yes. Warm and fresh was a nice treat even from a hunt.

Dahlia scritched fingers through his lovely wings and sighed, ::not...doing well is she?::