it's a mystery to me
we have a greed with which we have agreed. you think you have to want more than you need; until you have it all you won't be free. and when you think more than you want, your thoughts begin to bleed.
The Curse’s threats and Sickle’s experience combine into a force that drives Wishbone outside her kingdom. She’s had the same dream several times in the weeks since Gale’s arrival — he is always in the healing waterfall, watching her with the olive eyes that belong to Wolfbane, and his spine heals immediately no matter how many times she snaps it. She hasn’t forgotten the simple fact that she had found him watching the waterfall, nor the fact she found him in Tephra at all.
Tephra is a kingdom, and Wishbone is disgusted to think that a stranger would’ve had such easy access to the healing falls. She’s disappointed in her kingdom, and she’s disappointed in herself. The purple queen has truly never been one to remain quiet when changes need to be made, so after a brief conversation with Warden she turns her attention toward their neighboring kingdom.
Wishbone can remember her first diplomatic visit with Wound, when she had first met her half-siblings in Hyaline. It had felt like such an adventure to her, and it was her first time exploring beyond Tephra. She had been around the same age that the twins are now, so the queen contemplates bringing Sickle and Malik along for the trip. Malik has rarely left her side since Sickle came home bloodstained and crying, and Wishbone hopes that the visit to Loess will focus his mind on something helpful.
She leaves Sickle with Malou and Warden, encouraging her jaguar companion to let her know if there’s even a slight concern for the girl’s safety. They reach Loess by mid-morning, and Wishbone stops Malik at the border with a gentle touch to his shoulder. “We shouldn’t walk into Loess until someone greets us,” she explains. “It’s important to be polite and respectful when we’re suggesting an alliance, or even simply visiting another land.” Wishbone turns her glowing amber eyes toward the wide, red expanse of the neighboring kingdom and lets a greeting fall from her mouth into the open air.
Tephra is a kingdom, and Wishbone is disgusted to think that a stranger would’ve had such easy access to the healing falls. She’s disappointed in her kingdom, and she’s disappointed in herself. The purple queen has truly never been one to remain quiet when changes need to be made, so after a brief conversation with Warden she turns her attention toward their neighboring kingdom.
Wishbone can remember her first diplomatic visit with Wound, when she had first met her half-siblings in Hyaline. It had felt like such an adventure to her, and it was her first time exploring beyond Tephra. She had been around the same age that the twins are now, so the queen contemplates bringing Sickle and Malik along for the trip. Malik has rarely left her side since Sickle came home bloodstained and crying, and Wishbone hopes that the visit to Loess will focus his mind on something helpful.
She leaves Sickle with Malou and Warden, encouraging her jaguar companion to let her know if there’s even a slight concern for the girl’s safety. They reach Loess by mid-morning, and Wishbone stops Malik at the border with a gentle touch to his shoulder. “We shouldn’t walk into Loess until someone greets us,” she explains. “It’s important to be polite and respectful when we’re suggesting an alliance, or even simply visiting another land.” Wishbone turns her glowing amber eyes toward the wide, red expanse of the neighboring kingdom and lets a greeting fall from her mouth into the open air.
@Malik
@Oceane
Any other Loessian is welcome to join as well!