show them the joy and the pain and the ending
As is her habit, she is keeping watch. Not in the traditional sense, but she has eyes everywhere. Quite literally. And this particular stallion, well, he is of great interest to her. So she is aware almost immediately when he approaches the borders of her new home.
She waits for him to pass. Pangea is not so far away that it would be entirely unlikely he might pass this direction as he moves on elsewhere. But when he doesn't move on, when he lingers at their borders, several terrible emotions well within her.
She contemplates briefly not approaching him. She is not yet ready for the showdown she knows is coming, but it is not an opportunity she can allow to pass by.
But she does not come as herself. At least not to him. Nayl, who has already greeted him, would see her as she truly is. She has no need to meddle with her sight. But Bruise would see something entirely different. A hulking beast with spiny ridges marching down its back, long talons that kneed the sand and needle-like teeth filling a mouth that occasionally drools saliva. The black skin is thick and leathery, the yellow eyes small and fierce.
The form is not true, of course, but it would appear true enough to him.
It is a test of sorts, perhaps a cliched one, but she wishes to see his reaction. Alternately, there are plenty of cliffs around here. She could always change the landscape he sees and, er, help him off of one. Unlikely to be fatal, but it would certainly get her point across.
”Bruise.” The name is hissed in response to Nayl’s question. Nayl would see her true face, lips pressed into a thin, hard line and eyes filled with a chilly ferocity. Bruise would only see the word dripping from the lipless mouth of that monstrous creature. The voice is hers, a fact she could do nothing about, but she had never uttered his name before, not even to him. And she is equally glad she had never told him her name.
It is not a guise meant to last, only one meant to elicit a response. And his response would tell her all she needed to know.
heartfire
i filled up my senses with thoughts from the ghosts
I couldn't resist :|