Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"Ah, nice to meet you. You must be proud of your daughter. Have you met Ihra's gift to her yet?"

He looks at Stephanie.
"I'm glad to know I'm still appreciated. How's Abigail?"

 

"Yes, Sgavrinn is a fine beast, and an excellent present for Artemis." Myria says happily.

"Abigail's been her usual self. I'm not sure where she is, though." Stephanie says.

"She flew off after Drake. God knows where they went, I just hope they're safe." I say.

 

"I suppose I'll hear more of the slurs she has for me. As for Sgavrinn, I'm glad you like him. It means a lot that Ihra gave him to your daughter."

"Rineth, I'm glad you're back."
"I'm here for you, Ihra. Don't worry..."

 

"I feel as if a reunion with Ihra isn't enough to pay back for Sgavrinn, for he is truly something special." Myria says, smiling.

Artemis seems happy with the current situation. Stephanie summon a small, purple, glowing phial and puts it in her cloak.

"I might as well ask what's on everyone's mind: What's it like being dead?" I ask.

"You could simply ask me, Aj. I've been dead for far longer than Rineth has." Myria says.

"I know, but I want Rineth's input." I say.

Myria sighs.

 

Sgavrinn nuzzles Myria from behind.

"Well, it's like being at rest. You have time to reflect until your soul runs out of energy, then you don't feel anything."

 

Myria turns around, before petting Sgavrinn lightly.

"I guess we work a little differently, or maybe you just weren't dead long enough for your spirit to move on." Myria says, continuing to pet Sgavrinn.

I walk over to Katie's spring, sitting down next to it.

 

"Not quite long enough."

He lays down, his head next to the spring.
"Sorry if I scared you, Katie. And, who is the Aquos with you?"
"You must be the Rineth Ihra spoke of. I am Ragnyon."
"The prophet?!"
"Yes."
"You're safe with them, I promise. This is a good group, you're lucky to have fallen in their hands."

 

I smile.

"It was just a little shocking to have you suddenly appear like that," Katie says, "Also...sorry about when we first met. I sort of half-drowned Ihra, and I didn't mean to."

Katie seems ashamed with herself.

 

"Nothing to feel bad about. You'd just gotten here and you weren't aware of her."

 

"Yeah, thanks." Katie says happily.

"You know, I was going to ask about Brisingr, but I feel a sort of disturbance about that place. Like, a sense of foreboding," I say, "Maybe we could visit a town or something instead? It'd be nice to see people here who aren't trying to either kill us or have us stop them from being killed."

I shiver, thinking about Brisingr.

 

"As long as you don't visit to find a corpse to eat, I don't see why not. I suppose I'm the transport again."
"Rineth? Can we wait for a while? There are some people who haven't come back yet."
"Oh? Sure, we can wait for them."

 

"Yeah, I wasn't saying we should leave immediately. It's just if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Better to know what we're doing, right?" I say.

"I think we just need to wait for Ruby, Drake and Abigail." Katie says.

I disappear.

 

"Ruby?"
"So you really can't see what's behind your tail."
"Ah, so it was you who introduced themselves as a preserver telepathically."
"Yep."

 

"Gotta know what's around you, Rineth." I say, appearing on Rineth's back, grinning.

 

"Alright then."
The hair clip is intricately made. It looks like someone spent a great deal of time on it. She eventually finds what resembles the skull of a dragon in the pile.

"One last thing. Have you any mind on who shall take over for the next three days? It may be wiser to pick from your suggestions."

 

Abigail picks up the dragon skull and puts it on her head.

"Do I look like a dragon slayer?" Abigail says, moving the dragon skull's jaw to make it look like it's talking as she talks.

 

"You should refrain from telling that to a dragon. Wait, why are you still here anyways?"

 

"I dunno, but we're both alone in this cave together. Anything could happen," Abigail says suggestively, grinning, "I bet nobody would hear or disturb us if something were to happen."

 

DH rolls his eyes. "Just tell me when you're going to go already so I can get some rest." DH says, before proceeding to start rummaging through a pile of things.

 

Abigail walks up to DH, "Maybe we could rest with each other, keep each other warm with just our body heat." She says, getting close.