AESIOR OPHELES
✯ — no more begging for the bench to call you clean
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The thunder crashing overhead was finally growing to a standstill. It was noise he could not stand, not without the past being dredged back up. The past he didn't want to remember. The feelings of being pressed into his lover's side after a stormy evening, that feels g haunted him now, bundled up in his nest as he watched the flashing lightning growing further apart in its bursts of energy. The storm was leaving, and he was aching to get up and walk around.
The day had been filled with thunderstorms from the late morning on. It had been nice at first, until the very first crack of thunder had sent him running indoors, leaving his forge's fire to be drenched by the vicious downpour. He'd stayed within his nest from the time it had chased him inside in a frantic race, his pelt drying and fluffing out over the long solitary hours. He had fallen asleep in the lulls between, reading by candlelight when the wind wasn't harsh and simply watching the storm and praying for it to end.
It had been a while since he'd received the threatening letter alongside the letter from his reaper. He'd been extra vigilant from that point onwards. He couldn't afford not to be. The crows and ravens that hung around the camp hadn't given him any ease, he'd been able to feel their eyes following him everywhere. He prayed to the gods that they would leave already. They were causing him to lose the precious little sleep he already had, their screeches at night often enough to wake him.
Now that the storm was retreating, he was on the move as he heard their wing beats. It was time for his patrol, the mealtime-based patrols that they were. He often came back too tired to do much else than to drop into his nest and sleep. Now, he'd missed his patrols for the day due to the storms, and the memories that lingered in his head but he was out. He needed to patrol to soothe his own mind and thoughts, to soothe a need that had sprung out of nowhere to further ensure everyone's safety.
Heading out of camp alone, the small tom would inhale the scents left by the rain, heavily washing away any previous scents. He was headed towards the border, his soaked avian 'friends' following after him with low croaks, not afraid in the dying light. He knew his paths well - it could be joked that he'd grown up here. Reaching the border, the tom would carry along, replacing scent markers confidently before picking up on a foreign yet familiar scent. It was newer, but he couldn't place the familiarity in the scent. It wasn't like he could call out either - he simply had to look around and try to trace it before giving up. It hadn't crossed their borders, and it didn't remind him of the grims - the scent of death upon it was not the same.
The day had been filled with thunderstorms from the late morning on. It had been nice at first, until the very first crack of thunder had sent him running indoors, leaving his forge's fire to be drenched by the vicious downpour. He'd stayed within his nest from the time it had chased him inside in a frantic race, his pelt drying and fluffing out over the long solitary hours. He had fallen asleep in the lulls between, reading by candlelight when the wind wasn't harsh and simply watching the storm and praying for it to end.
It had been a while since he'd received the threatening letter alongside the letter from his reaper. He'd been extra vigilant from that point onwards. He couldn't afford not to be. The crows and ravens that hung around the camp hadn't given him any ease, he'd been able to feel their eyes following him everywhere. He prayed to the gods that they would leave already. They were causing him to lose the precious little sleep he already had, their screeches at night often enough to wake him.
Now that the storm was retreating, he was on the move as he heard their wing beats. It was time for his patrol, the mealtime-based patrols that they were. He often came back too tired to do much else than to drop into his nest and sleep. Now, he'd missed his patrols for the day due to the storms, and the memories that lingered in his head but he was out. He needed to patrol to soothe his own mind and thoughts, to soothe a need that had sprung out of nowhere to further ensure everyone's safety.
Heading out of camp alone, the small tom would inhale the scents left by the rain, heavily washing away any previous scents. He was headed towards the border, his soaked avian 'friends' following after him with low croaks, not afraid in the dying light. He knew his paths well - it could be joked that he'd grown up here. Reaching the border, the tom would carry along, replacing scent markers confidently before picking up on a foreign yet familiar scent. It was newer, but he couldn't place the familiarity in the scent. It wasn't like he could call out either - he simply had to look around and try to trace it before giving up. It hadn't crossed their borders, and it didn't remind him of the grims - the scent of death upon it was not the same.
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THE FLOWER BURNS