FF PSL | ❝ two-toned echoes tumbling through time. ❞

[crystallinedreams]

song of hope

BOOK 3: TWO-TONED ECHOES

One brings shadow, one brings light
To this riddle all souls are tied
Brief our moments, brazen and bright
Forged in fury, tempered in iceCODE BY TESSISAMESS

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[shepherdtostars]

[ Alkaid watches him leave, her ears tilted up as her heart pounds. The moment he is gone from view makes her heart feel as if it is made of metal, despite how heavy it beats. Ears atop her head tilt down and her gaze drops to the bed below her. How silly it must be that she misses him the moment she can no longer see him, even if they are in the same building.

Her name catches her attention, and Alkaid tilts her head to look at her sister. She gently pushes herself to sit up against the headboard before guiding her sister to lay in her lap. One hand goes to her sister's darker dyed hair, brushing the strands soothingly. ]

Aymeric has gone to get us something to help your aches.

[elpides]

[ Similarly, no sooner than Aymeric leaves than a feeling of missing her even though she is not far away at all settles in on him. Still, he asked for an errand and now he has one, and he means to perform it as best as he can.

K'thisru, meanwhile, is still trying to reach for her sister and position herself into her lap. Movement is, of course, still difficult, and she accidentally lets a low moan escape before she can control it and hold it in. She feels nothing short of ridiculous, because she ought not to be lying here like this, and yet she can't seem to summon the strength to position herself differently.

She tries to shake her head, and she manages to, but the action makes her head swim, forcing her to stop. ]

I- I'm all right, Lantaa. [ Her words are hesitant and faint, but she is determined to make an effort. ] I must be.

[ Warriors of Light don't get knocked down like this. At least, that is what she's telling herself. ]

[shepherdtostars]

[ Her ears stand on end at the sound of the moan that comes from her sister. Immediately, she takes to brushing the hair by K'thisru's ears and holding her hand. A smile is given to the younger Miqo'te. ]

Of course... we both must be alright to everyone else. [ Alkaid tilts her head knowingly. ] But, to each other, there's no point in hiding it. Especially to the one who has healed you her whole life.

[ Alkaid's fingers move to her bangs then. ] Tell me where it hurts the most. I'll see to it that is where the hot press goes first.

[elpides]

[ Even with her sister's words ringing in her ears, she still feels as though she ought not to be acting like this. Whatever hurts she has will heal with time, or with her sister's care, and others have had it far worse.

She tries to pinpoint just what it is that hurts the most, but the answer seems to be everything: her head is pounding and her legs still seem to ache. Just where exactly she was hit, she is having trouble recalling. Her legs draw up again once more and she shifts just a little to curl up, her head still in Alkaid's lap.

Turning her head just a little so that half of her face is hidden in her sister's lap, she half-mumbles: ] Anywhere you want to put it is fine.

[ Because everything seems to hurt and even one place that hurts less will help. ]

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[shepherdtostars]

I see.

[ The hand at her head continues to brush through the darker locks. Alkaid has always found it interesting her sister dyed her hair dark, for now the two of them do look like sisters instead of mispaired ones. She smiles gently at the thought and moves her fingers to brush the back of K'thisru's ears. The other hand moves down to her sister's back, attempting to find the source of most the pain by following her aether trail. ]

So, I take it to mean our mysterious caller is the one you have been seeing? [ She has already surmised as much, but, feels its best to get clarification. ] He looks rather ornate, doesn't he? And, he is most certainly mysterious.

[ To the First... to avoid the Calamity... ]