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    Assailant -- Year 226

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    "But the dream, the echo, slips from him as quickly as he had found it and as consciousness comes to him (a slap and not the gentle waves of oceanic tides), it dissolves entirely. His muscles relax as the cold claims him again, as the numbness sets in, and when his grey eyes open, there’s nothing but the faint after burn of a dream often trod and never remembered." --Brigade, written by Laura


    [private]  he laid low the warriors of old; burnt
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    he laid low the warriors of old
    The world is still bright and a beautiful place through the eyes of the once-spotted horse. In some ways it had been a blessing to be born, ignorant of the world in its mixed ways of beauty and disaster. As a young colt, he had been born with a clean slate, a past that did not hold him down or obligations to keep him on one place. The world is his and always would be. 

    However, there had been circumstances that shaped and ripped at his blank canvas—creating a masterpiece, not yet, and maybe never, a disaster. As for Rome, he had been one of the lucky ones (or so he has not yet figured out). He has yet to find anything in this world to crush his childlike mindset. There still, and might always be, a purity that disappears often when you grow up. But for Rome, it was a different story. He looked at the world with a different idea—a mindset that he might never lose his innocent curiosity of the world and all that it entails.

    Rome did not fret when the world took away his ocelot features. Instead, he was quite pleased with his new set of wings and strange set of hooves that replaced his paws. His new physical features had been daunting at first but Rome made sure to make the best of it. He found it he enjoyed the feel of the hooves, but thought little of missing his paws. Maybe one day he would be able to run on his paws and be the fastest horse again. As for his wings, well, he hasn’t quite figured them out—maybe in time he might.

    The dense forest is often a place he has gone and visited during his childhood, so it is not out of his character to be found here. Rome is glad to find the forest outside of the meadow has not changed since the mountain came. In fact, it meant more than anything to him to know this. There is a very favorite spot of his here in the forest (somewhere close to the meadow) where once a beautiful flower grew and stood tall with life—it reminds him of Eight.

    So, he finds himself in that spot today, the winter days are fading into spring. Rome can feel that this afternoon will be warmer than the other passing days. The flowers and greenery around him are blossoming with color and life. He can smell the fragrance of the coming season—spring was almost here. Rome smiles at that fact now—spring coming in just a few short days—as he stares at a pink flower just below his front legs. His muzzle is almost touching the very petals of the flower, and he ruffles his wings in excitement. However, he would’ve liked to see the same flower Eight had made come to life that one day but Rome knows this flower would just have to settle for now. He has always been easy to please and enjoy the simplest of things.
    ROME
    tarnished x lucrezia
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    burnt.
    There is no God and we are his prophets.

    Burnt seethes;
    Her gifts are diminished, if not outright stolen from her!

    Sure, she has wings still but they are uglier than she could ever think possible.
    (It is only because they do not smoke and spit embers like before.)
    They are snowy white like before, but they resemble something pure that she is not nor will ever be.

    Briefly, she thinks of her family - Sinew and Extinct; how changed are they? Sinew, her mother is probably not changed much and if she had been, she’d not care or show it. Extinct though… half-mammoth must now be all horse and uglier than usual. Burnt does not dare look for them, believing that all of this has happened for a reason though she cannot fathom why the constant burn of her wings is gone or her telepathy has been taken. Now, her mind seems so small and narrow, too shut in for her to stomach and it makes her sick to think that she cannot touch upon other’s brains and pick through the lovely dark halls of them.

    Even more briefly, she thinks of Topsail - the dark queen that shared the same ability as her to rifle through minds. How has the grulla mare fared? Beyond that faint first spark of caring, Burnt cares no more and passes like a swift dark shadow through the forest. She knows this place well enough though maybe not half as well as the meadow. The bubbly gold of his fur catches her pale storm-laden eyes in the midst of the forest dark; the lines of him are fierce and soldierly but he looks oddly at peace, his lips hovering scant inches above the petals of a sickeningly pink flower. She still seethes, like a storm contained in bay roan frame overo flesh, at the loss of the things that made her who she was. Burnt feels a little lost now, not that she could openly admit it and she envies his outward projection of peace in the face of so much upheaval.

    His calm bites at her, as she comes close and she harbors sinister thoughts of stomping that pretty pink flower to bits. She can imagine the horror that would chase the calm from his face if she did this very thing, and it brings a smile to her lips, sly like a fox’s. “Does it smell good?” she barks at him, the snap and pop of timber burning is how her voice sounds - crackling, and fierce.
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    he laid low the warriors of old
    For some reason, there always seems to be a calamity just as soon as there is peace in the world. However, Rome knows nothing about disaster and loss of things. He has not experienced the loss of a home and family. He is too simple, too easy to go with the flow. If anything he is quick to adapt to the situation that he finds himself in when the mountain came. He did not cry when he found himself loss for his paws and cat-like traits; instead he had found something new to draw any feeling of loss from.

    His mind ticked like a clock, working and questioning all that happened around him now. This sort of perspective could have easily come from his mother. She had found the world in many ways to be fascinating and information him of it all. She had pushed for Rome to be more adventurous and question all that came to his mind. She had pushed for him to find simple joy in the littlest of things. And some day this sort of mindset, this innocent worldview of his, would push him to the very limits. There will be days he will struggle and might even throw it all away.

    But for now, he is at peace with it all.

    That is until she comes.

    She comes in like a raging storm, a wildfire that is just beginning to burst. His nutmeg eyes are quick to find her as her voice disturbs the peace he shares with the flower. The mare’s bark does not make him grind his teeth or want to fight her back for her sarcastic words. Instead, he only smiles softly at her and takes a step back. “You should smell it for yourself,” he suggests with a tilt of his head. Rome then takes another couple steps back, allowing room for her to step forward.
    ROME
    tarnished x lucrezia
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