raise atlantis

raise atlantis

Mihtal Posts: 26

Dragon's Throat Mare atk: 5.5 | def: 8.5 | dam: 3.5

Mare :: Unicorn :: 15.0 :: 8 years HP: 56.0 | Buff: Novice

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#17

03-23-2017, 01:25 AM

I close my eyes as soon as I hear the thundering call.

I should have strayed father away— I lament to myself, wishing that the summer’s heat had not driven me to a patch of shrubbery so close to the Sultan’s choice of meeting place, and wishing altogether (not for the first time, and far from the last) that I could disappear completely. I stifle a groan, but something of a moaning sigh still manages to leak slowly from my lips, my warm breath rustling the sand around my face and nostrils. Just stay, a voice tempts in the not-so-back of my mind, who will really notice if you don’t show up? The words seem to linger in my consciousness, haunting.

Truly, would anyone notice if I ignored the summons? Would anyone notice if I turned my face the other way, towards the ocean, and wandered into its depths without looking back? Would anyone notice if I were to lie here, and not get up? There is something morbidly romantic about the idea of simply fading out of existence. It seems so effortless, so easy—like releasing a breath you hadn’t realized you’d been holding.

(Why do I cling to that breath so?)

Furrowing my brow and puckering my lips, flinching as though someone has personally tortured me, I finally drag myself to my feet. The Throat’s red sand clings stubbornly to the curves of my willowy body, but I don’t bother to shake it off. Like a stray dog, I wander into the fringes of the herd meeting, keeping my head low and my ears turned back.

The recently-selected Sultan—I haven’t the energy to recall his name—addresses his congregation with many words, appointing names I don’t recognize and instructing changes I hadn’t even known were in place.

However, there is a flicker of life in my expression when the names Sunjata and Najya are proclaimed, acknowledgement causing me to lift my eyes in search of them, if only to offer my silent (wordless, small) congratulations. The winged stallion is not hard to find (so bright is he), and I discover that the russet mare is not alone—the babe at her side leaves twisting, black scars to fester across my broken mind—and with barely a glance to each of them, I lower my head again, leaning backwards and towards the safety of solitude.

notes; Mentions @Sunjata and @Najya but doesn't interact with anyone.
“Speech.”

Run away—

run away if you can’t speak

Turn a page on a world that you don’t need

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raise atlantis - by Volterra - 03-14-2017, 01:44 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Ampere - 03-15-2017, 02:03 AM

RE: raise atlantis - by Vitani - 03-15-2017, 02:38 AM

RE: raise atlantis - by Sunjata - 03-15-2017, 02:47 AM

RE: raise atlantis - by Saoirse - 03-15-2017, 04:01 AM

RE: raise atlantis - by Syrena - 03-15-2017, 09:40 AM

RE: raise atlantis - by Farah - 03-15-2017, 04:29 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Astarot - 03-15-2017, 05:46 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Ilios - 03-16-2017, 01:58 AM

RE: raise atlantis - by Melita - 03-16-2017, 05:17 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Iskra - 03-18-2017, 07:06 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Mathèo - 03-20-2017, 02:11 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Vastra - 03-20-2017, 04:38 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Pippigrin - 03-20-2017, 05:02 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Maren - 03-22-2017, 02:44 AM

RE: raise atlantis - by Najya - 03-22-2017, 08:19 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Mihtal - 03-23-2017, 01:25 AM

RE: raise atlantis - by Arakh - 03-23-2017, 03:35 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Iskra - 03-26-2017, 01:41 PM

RE: raise atlantis - by Ampere - 03-29-2017, 01:17 AM

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