Keep me locked up in your broken mind
02-29-2016, 08:58 PM
A season. Upon reflection it seemed such a long time. A season everything had changed: his sister left, his mother disappeared, another sister disappeared and two other members of the pack as well. Life as he knew it was falling apart, and despair was threatening to overwhelm. He missed Marina, he missed Zephyra, he missed Kaitlyn... he missed having someone to talk to. The pack was gone, and who was left? No one. No one to really talk to. No one he was close to. Nixie was generally off doing her own thing, so there was... nothing. He did not trust the other members of his pack, not yet.
The suffocation, the silence. The deadening air. Why? He didn't know. Irritably, he rose from atop his den, leaping down smoothly to go prowling near the border. That was always something to do. Perhaps he could find someone nearby... he actually had to go recruit soon, see if anyone would. He almost didn't want to, to just let the pack die, but then what would he do? Go to Donostrea? He knew he had family there - Anais. He knew Voltage and Glacier. But... He didn't really want to.
As if the day could get worse, he heard a strong, familiar call. There was no mistaking that voice, and who it was calling for. Zephyra. With a start, Ren realized that she didn't know about Marina, Kaitlyn, anyone. He was going to tell her at the challenge... but things happened to quickly, she left too quickly. And he forgot. How could he forget? What kind of brother was he?
He had to answer the call. As much as he dreaded it, he had to. Even if every fiber of his being dreaded her response. Slowly, he made his way to the border, tail low. Regret filled him, and when he arrived and saw his larger green he drooped even further, his entire posture one of defeat.
"Oh, Zeph. I'm so sorry," he whispered, voice broken as he bowed his head, stopped about ten feet away. He couldn't face his sister; he couldn't.
The suffocation, the silence. The deadening air. Why? He didn't know. Irritably, he rose from atop his den, leaping down smoothly to go prowling near the border. That was always something to do. Perhaps he could find someone nearby... he actually had to go recruit soon, see if anyone would. He almost didn't want to, to just let the pack die, but then what would he do? Go to Donostrea? He knew he had family there - Anais. He knew Voltage and Glacier. But... He didn't really want to.
As if the day could get worse, he heard a strong, familiar call. There was no mistaking that voice, and who it was calling for. Zephyra. With a start, Ren realized that she didn't know about Marina, Kaitlyn, anyone. He was going to tell her at the challenge... but things happened to quickly, she left too quickly. And he forgot. How could he forget? What kind of brother was he?
He had to answer the call. As much as he dreaded it, he had to. Even if every fiber of his being dreaded her response. Slowly, he made his way to the border, tail low. Regret filled him, and when he arrived and saw his larger green he drooped even further, his entire posture one of defeat.
"Oh, Zeph. I'm so sorry," he whispered, voice broken as he bowed his head, stopped about ten feet away. He couldn't face his sister; he couldn't.
"Speech"
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