With so much going on in the world- death, and the serial murderer, the disappearance of the beautiful island above the veins, the Lady Moon being banished to the Edge, and Father Earth approaching her about birthing his child, the Sunshower had found little time to complete the quest he had sent her on. Still, with the Lady Moon and her darkness settled within the Edge, the queen knew that now, more than ever, she needed to be thinking of her family and the quest that he had sent her on.

It was Tandavi’s brain that had really helped her through figuring the quest all out- the poor queen hadn’t really understood what entailed sterilizing water. Unfortunately, the queen had run off from that meeting before anything could really be decided… bad memories and all. Memories of Aurelia’s challenge against her, and the snake companion that she had killed, were too strong for her. Shaking her head to rid herself of thoughts of that terrible time, the queen instead focused on what needed to be done now.

Around her neck, the vial that Parelia had made for her was hung by a vine that was tied around the neck of the bottle. Khan had been kind enough to help her with that small project. The lid that fit on the bottle was just perfect- a snug fit so that once the water was sterilized by Tandavi (if she could be found again) it would not become re-contaminated. Perhaps unhelpfully, but often present on her adventures, her metal scorpion rode in her forelock, clicking and whirring in time with the music that the earth around her created.

Perhaps best of all, was that she had company on this early morning trip (better to travel before the sun rose too high, during Tallsun). She was ashamed to say that she had not gotten to know Archibald nearly as well as she would have liked, but Kaj seemed to care for him quite deeply and so she had not been distrustful when the Stormbringer had suggested the Dauntless be promoted. Still, despite the lighthearted nature of their trip together, the queen could not help but worry about her people.

“What do you think of the moon goddess being amongst our herd?” she asked with a sigh, turning a blue eye skyward as she waddled along beside the massive beast. If her belly wide with foal wasn’t enough to remind her of the time she had spent in Father Earth’s gentle embrace, Archibald’s size was reminiscent of that time. Truth be told, it wasn’t her fondest memory.

@[Archibald]