kingdom announcement & activity check - ALL

[Ilma]

I hope that you catch me, ‘cause I’m already falling

Ilma

Ilma is not the first to respond - she blames the fact that she has more than herself to carry, but in reality, she doesn't really want to make haste. It's a large gathering that Solace has asked for, and it will include all the male horses in this kingdom - a muskiness to their scent that sometimes still makes her nervous, makes her want to look back to make sure she isn't followed. Some days are better than others, and some days she just has to deal with it. They're not Him. So, she can get over it. With a little patience.

She greets Solace up close - an exchange of scents which helps her calm down, honestly; like when Kag came to meet her first when Baltas arrived, the scent of a familiar mare helps suppress the ideas that would rise in her nightmares. She smiles at the pinto mare shortly, before taking a step back, half into the crowd. She's not here to make her own announcements today, so even if she is a council member - for what it's worth, because they haven't really met since that night when Kag told them about Hestia and Abysm - she does not need to stand in the spotlights today.

Not that she ever felt like standing in a spotlight, to be honest.

She notices a young woman joining them that she has not seen before, she thinks; no wait, she has, she was one of those who came from Sylva, she thinks. Sochi joins them as well, though she says nothing - here to watch, to wait for the announcement, just like Ilma really. The white pegasus mare smiles at the young girl, wondering if she'd like to pick a caste to learn from or like Svedka just do whatever felt right at the moment. She follows the mahogany girl's gaze to her horned friend - now her Queen also, bound to Solace by love and devotion. Ilma nods to the two queens slowly, wondering in the back of her mind - but now is not yet the time when she hasn't spoken yet - who will take on the role as Protector; or perhaps she will continue to do so for as long as necessary.

don't let the fear of flying stop you from falling