Changing Winter
Gwynevere
10-10-2021, 09:17 AM
Serenity may have had an upper hand on the strange changes that the late winter brought. She had noticed the prey reacting differently from on top of her perch on the castle walls. The changing colors of the moon, the strange fireflies growing in numbers. It certainly wasn't overnight, and after so long she had come to realize that the animals down below, outside of the pack lands, they knew exactly where she was as she was spotting them staring right back up at her. It was eerie, and she knew she had to be careful when she left the pack, maybe even the castle. And that maybe the castle would need more protection too.
She traveled out a short distance to the garden, just wandering on the look out for supplies to bring back to the pack. She wasn't knowledgeable about herbs really, but she would take what she knew. And she took any chance she got to take down prey that didn't seem to be possessed by the moon.
Base By WatermelonCreature
Field Medic
10-10-2021, 11:58 AM
Gwynevere really hadn't been out of the castle much at all since she was attacked and the thought of going beyond the castle walls was seemingly out of the question. She had tried a couple of times, but she hardly made it half way to the plains before the anxiety finally got the best of her and she had to turnaround and go back. Her mother had given her Blue to hopefully keep her company and feel a bit better about trying to venture out a bit since she had trained the lemur to help her in fights, but so far Gwyn had only made use of the lemur's dexterous hands that had turned out to be very helpful when it came to picking apart herbs and making things like poultices.
Today though she felt slightly more up to the task of venturing out. It was nearly a full season if not more since that man attacked her—long enough in fact for Artorias to return from the Armada, get into a fight with the man, and fully recover from that fight. Surely if her brother could go through even worse than she had and be out in the world leading a pack then she could manage to go out to the neighboring gardens to replenish some basic herbs for their pharmacy. It was later in the day, but she didn't want to miss out on the determination she felt so with Blue riding on her back and Eilwen keeping watch from above she went out to the gardens with her satchel to see what she could find. The dark of night crept up on her much more quickly than she had anticipated, but as had been the case for the last couple of weeks the moon was bright and full, lighting up the world more than enough for her to see by.
She still had yet to determine whether the glow some of the plants carried actually effected the herbs or not. When she picked the leaves and flowers she wanted the glow faded from them pretty quickly and from what she had seen the next day after she gathered them they seemed normal enough so she continued on with her gathering all the same, slowly filling up her satchel with things like marigolds, lavender, motherwort, and boneset. Eventually she rounded a corner around one of the low walls of the garden and jumped a little when she suddenly found herself face to face with Serenity. "Oh! Oh, hi, Serenity," she said with a sigh and a slight chuckle, her ears flicking a bit at how jumpy she still was.
10-10-2021, 05:53 PM
Serenity too was surprised by the sudden company, but brushed off her own little jolt realizing quickly it was Gwynevere. "Oh, hi, wasn't expecting to meet anyone out here." She looked around for a second, as if feeling the eerie air around them. Maybe it was her imagination, or anxiety since she had enough time watching the animals change come night time. She didn't know if maybe it would extend out to them during the day since it started so subtly, "I guess it's better that you're here with me though." She confessed, not knowing if Gwynevere had experienced the strange happenings of Auster too. She knew she wasn't just imagining it, but she felt like she had seen more than others.
Base By WatermelonCreature
10-10-2021, 10:20 PM
Her heart thudded in her chest a bit more than it probably should from the quick startle Serenity had given her, but everything startled her more than it should these days. She nodded in agreement when Serenity said how it was better that she was here, thinking the same about Serenity. "Yes, I'm glad I'm not out here alone either," she replied, glancing around at the garden that was steadily beginning to glow brighter and brighter as time went on. Some of the fireflies that had been seemingly everywhere since mid winter started to pop up around them, lazily floating by from plant to plant, seemingly looking for something to do like they were bored.
Then she saw a few of them start to move toward a certain part of the garden and she gave a curious tilt of her head. She glanced toward Serenity again before padding around a dense section of the garden so she could see what was going on. When she peeked around the edge of one of the hedges she saw what looked like a whole family of rabbits sitting in the middle of a small clearing, but her brows lifted with surprise when she saw them. They were all glowing some shade of blue or purple, their fur no longer the usual tan or brown. One of them looked toward her with glowing eyes and she gasped, jumping back behind the cover of the hedge.
10-11-2021, 06:16 AM
Serenity felt like none of her packmates should have felt safe out here. She was well capable of taking care of and defending herself but even she was on edge.
She walked gently behind Gwynevere as she moved towards the glowing brush, the fireflies that seemed to appear from no where gathered around them and almost directed their attention to the brush. Serenity's hair stood on end at the events, she hadn't really interacted with the strange creatures or fireflies and she would have rather kept it that way. She was barely peering over Gwynevere's shoulder like a scared child when the other young woman jumped making Serenity fly upwards and back herself from the scare. One of the rabbits had jumped out from the brush, still staring back at them like it was ready for a meal. A rabbit eating a wolf though? Sounded kind of silly. Serenity didn't want to take any chances. "Come on, let's get out of here." She turned her shoulder into Gwynevere hoping that she had the same idea.
Base By WatermelonCreature
10-11-2021, 07:20 PM
Serenity getting startled made her even more startled and she was back to breathing heavily with her heart pounding again. Blue was gripping onto her scruff to keep from getting thrown off with all her jumps and spooks and was grumbling with irritation about getting brought out here in the first place. She looked to Serenity when the woman suggested that they get out of there and she was more than happy to agree, nodding eagerly. "Yeah, lets go," she said before turning and high tailing it out of there, hurrying away from the glowing gardens and back up toward the castle. Luckily they weren't far from home, but she still wanted no part of this whole strange, glowing, mysterious phenomenon that was happening. All of it was too unsettling for her taste whether she was still dealing with her own trauma or not. The sooner she was back inside the castle with several closed doors between her and anything that glowed the better.
