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Dante's Inferno

Isopia the Mountain That Knows Posts: 780
Dragon's Throat Apostle atk: 6.5 | def: 10 | dam: 8.0
Mare :: Tribrid :: 18hh :: 3 - is now aging slowly HP: 90 | Buff: NUMB
Hubris :: Royal Bronze Dragon :: Shock Breath & Frost Breath & Babel :: Royal Gold Dragon :: Fire Breath Odd
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Isopia felt a swell of gratitude serge unbidden from her mind, directed towards Hubris. Perhaps it was because she no longer possessed the memories of the foal that she had murdered, but without the dragon's assistance in these last few crucial moments, Isopia wasn't entirely sure whether or not she could have completed the task she had agreed to.

Hubris did not turn to look back at Isopia, but instead stared at Virgil as life left his body. With a hand that did not shake or hesitate,  he reached out, gently folding the stallion's eyelids down, to hide his death-stare. For a long moment, neither of them moved. Virgil seemed so much smaller now. Was life - a soul - really so large as to animate a body in such a way that it was immediately obvious when it was gone? Isopia thought that perhaps it was.

She breathed in deeply, feeling her limbs wanting to shake. Her left eye was still closed, but she thought that if she tried, she could probably open it. 

"Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars." She whispered, the final line of Dante's inferno which in this moment seemed particularly apt. 

Though Isopia did not cry, her internal states matched those of one who was crying. She felt heavy, dissatisfied, and lost. Hubris had known what to do and she had not, and that was not the normal way of things. Though, asking for a fight to the death was not normally the way of things either. 

"Thank you." She said to Hubris, who had still not turned around. The dragon made no motion or indication that he had heard her, but of course he must have. 

The night was still and dark, like any other night.

And yet it was not. 




Attack: Closing "defence"
WC: 296


isopia
in places deep with roots entwined
i live among you, well disguised

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Isopia's last sentence is from dante alighieri!


Messages In This Thread
Dante's Inferno - by Isopia - 01-03-2017, 11:20 AM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Virgil - 01-17-2017, 05:05 PM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Isopia - 01-17-2017, 07:05 PM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Virgil - 01-17-2017, 09:21 PM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Isopia - 01-17-2017, 10:05 PM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Virgil - 01-18-2017, 07:52 PM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Isopia - 01-18-2017, 09:23 PM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Virgil - 01-18-2017, 11:57 PM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Isopia - 01-19-2017, 11:19 AM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Virgil - 01-19-2017, 11:46 AM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Isopia - 01-19-2017, 12:09 PM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Virgil - 01-19-2017, 12:32 PM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Isopia - 01-19-2017, 12:40 PM
RE: Dante's Inferno - by Blu - 01-19-2017, 10:18 PM

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