09-11-2021, 10:06 AM
LILLIBET
a star burning with the
light of a thousand suns
light of a thousand suns
From the inky shadows, a chimera manifests itself. Herself. She blends into the darkness, illuminated only by Lillibet's own ethereal glow. The soft light shines against feather and dapple, though there is no equal softness in the brief way the young filly's muscles tense or lanky legs scramble to distance herself from the foreboding surprise.
Though she is naive to the source of the inexplicable peace that so swiftly floods her, the feeling is paired with an inkling of confusion. Her brows furrow and her mouth falls ajar to question the mahogany intruder, but this, too, is short-lived.
“M-manny!” The exclamation is tentative at first, her mind still uncertain until finally she has pressed the name from her lips. The slack-jawed fear disappears, replaced by the comfort of her old friend's company. A soft giggle escapes the young girl as the chimera circles her and expresses, what she assumes to be, mock affront. “Of course I haven't,” the rebuttal is offered in conjunction with a playful roll of her brilliant amber eyes -- a look that tightens into something reproachful, with pupils that narrow, as she turns them onto their unexpected assailant.
She's met with something similar from Link, a pout that begins sharp-toothed and ends blunted as he transforms before the pair of them. “Link!” Despite her pleasure in seeing her twin, she can't help the quick fear that he will offend Manny with his ignorance.
“If you hadn't been spending all of your time in the playground, you would know Manny already. She lives here.” The young Lillibet turns her gaze back to the chimera and offers her an apologetic smile, one flooded with the effects of the peaceful air that envelopes them. “This is my twin brother, Link.”
Though she is naive to the source of the inexplicable peace that so swiftly floods her, the feeling is paired with an inkling of confusion. Her brows furrow and her mouth falls ajar to question the mahogany intruder, but this, too, is short-lived.
“M-manny!” The exclamation is tentative at first, her mind still uncertain until finally she has pressed the name from her lips. The slack-jawed fear disappears, replaced by the comfort of her old friend's company. A soft giggle escapes the young girl as the chimera circles her and expresses, what she assumes to be, mock affront. “Of course I haven't,” the rebuttal is offered in conjunction with a playful roll of her brilliant amber eyes -- a look that tightens into something reproachful, with pupils that narrow, as she turns them onto their unexpected assailant.
She's met with something similar from Link, a pout that begins sharp-toothed and ends blunted as he transforms before the pair of them. “Link!” Despite her pleasure in seeing her twin, she can't help the quick fear that he will offend Manny with his ignorance.
“If you hadn't been spending all of your time in the playground, you would know Manny already. She lives here.” The young Lillibet turns her gaze back to the chimera and offers her an apologetic smile, one flooded with the effects of the peaceful air that envelopes them. “This is my twin brother, Link.”