Monsters Are Real

*Elias* · (This post was last modified: 03-18-2018, 01:45 AM by Elias.)

After the hunt, he'd decided to hang around the Oasis a bit more often. It was a nice escape from the rest of the West, and while he wanted in between meetings with Zuriel, he had the mind to stay close. Plus, he was curious about the rest of the children that lived in Lirim...

He was resting beside the withered pool, some water still collecting in the center but not much. The back half of a mule deer was mostly eaten, it's spinal cord still holding some meat, though the legs seemed mostly picked. It would still feed him for today, at least. The foliage was still green, though he suspected it wouldn't be long before they suffered from the dehydration, as well. He would enjoy the oasis while he could, enjoy his meal while he could.

The heat was beginning to get to the stone-gray wolf, the shade of the skinny trees surrounding the oasis hardly putting up a worthy protest against the strength of the sun. He sighed and shifted in the grass as the wind moved in from the dunes, carrying with them the scent of someone he'd said goodbye to forever ago. He immediately shot up from his laying position, his muscles in his chest and shoulders tensing and twitching while he raised his head. His ruby stare surveyed the horizon and gave off a glint as if they were lasers when he locked his eyes on the walking ghost.

Between the possibility of the heat and the desert inducing a mirage, as well as his history with hallucinations... he was not too sure that this gargantuan male walking toward him was actually real. He did not move at all, but his usually emotionless expression was slacked with absolute astonishment. He could hear his heartbeat ringing in his ears as it raised in his chest, raising his blood pressure and making him sweat. Was it real, was this Ace? They had once been inseparable, and the memories of their youth and all their adventures with Eliana were possibly the only positive ones from their childhood that he could recollect on with a smile.

He did not forget why they had parted ways, however. He could never forget the way Acere looked at him, it was different... but, Elias was different after that day. They both knew it, and after they killed Dae... Elias was pained to say goodbye to his brother, but he understood why. His heartbeat continued to drum with a growing fervor as he remembered all this, making Elias raise his ears as if begging for some other sound to breach the repetitive beat. He could say nothing, he was stunned... and at the mercy of his mind if this really was another hallucination. He would not participate in this illusion, but he would not look away, either. He wanted to see his brother, even if it were make-believe. He missed him and would allow this little scene to play out for as long as his insanity permitted.

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