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

[code_jaeger]

"A type of deer, I'm not sure if Egypt has t hem."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"...ah, I have no idea what a deer is so likely not?" she admitted. Occasionally antelope or Impala was traded from further South but...

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Maybe you have Ibex, though I'm not sure."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Ahhhh...yes. From hunters when the royals go out," she mused, considering.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Hmm, yes." He smiled.

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

Ana served more tea and got rice cooking before settling with mahjong tiles to let people play to pass time? Yes. Entertaining was a little...different here.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Would you pick out what you'd like and chop it up for me?"

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"....yes thank you. I...do not idle well." Odd for a deity but...it meant she could push Jaeger gently toward his sister and stand for a bit?

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[code_jaeger]

Jaeger did go sit next to his sister. He wanted to flop on her but he wasn't sure how she'd take that at the moment.

"Thank you."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

Well...Elora leaned on him?

"Thank you. And I may chop meats as needed just not eat?"

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[code_jaeger]

Jaeger relaxed a little and leaned on her yes. "I regret how this has made you feel, but I can't regret taking that hideous infection from you. I hate seeing my favorite sister like this."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

She slipped a wing around him, sighing, "only sister." Dork.

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[code_jaeger]

"Still my favorite. I have missed you."

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[petal_storm]

"I'm not all here," she admitted, hair poofing a bit. "I don't...know where all my pieces went but I'm working on it. And it was....quiet. Too quiet in the dark."

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[code_jaeger]

"I'm sorry... we couldn't risk reinfecting you."

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[petal_storm]

"I don't know what I am."

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[code_jaeger]

"Elora. You are Elora. Still my sister."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"I didn't say who. I'm not black. Or red. Or white. I can feel all three, don't resonate."

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[code_jaeger]

"Some are all three." Shinose noted from the stove. "Fairly rare, but they are usually ambassadors for the courts."

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[petal_storm]

"...they don't have a court?" Elora winced.

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[code_jaeger]

"They belong to whatever court they want if they decide not to be ambassadors."

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[petal_storm]

"...ah." But not from the start. Not belonging. She missed her crows honestly.

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[code_jaeger]

"You can choose where you want to be?" Shinose noted. "Quite a few do. Your siblings did?"

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[petal_storm]

"I cannot be altered. Further infected. I am what I am now."

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[code_jaeger]

"Yes, but I know at least two courts will accept you if you want a court. I will and the Madame will."