It's a terrible day for rain

*Proserpina* · 12-21-2020, 12:09 AM

Proserpina

She hung back from the gathering, though she'd been present from the beginning, watching as Eligos built and lit the pyre. Her brother was dead. Although she wasn't the child of Malleus and Serene, she had been raised alongside their pups when her own mother abandoned her. Eligos, Aureus, Amaris, Felicity...they were more than just cousins. They were practically her siblings. Malleus had taken her under his wing when she felt like she had nobody else, and it had pained her immensely when he had passed away. The only difference was...they were unable to recover Malleus and give him a proper send-off. But Aureus? His body was here. Lifeless. A young life was gone too soon. She knew Eligos was hurting. Knew they were all hurting. She watched as one by one, they approached the pyre and left their offerings.

She glanced down to the stag pelt she had. It was a brown and white piebald pelt. The first of its kind she had ever seen. She had tracked the elusive beast for days, and when she had finally caught it, she skinned it and took its antlers. She had been saving it so she could make herself a nice set of armor and weapons...but...it seemed more fitting that Aureus have the rarity she had found. It was, after all, one of a kind. Just like him...

She carefully picked it up in her jaws and weaved her through the group until she stood beside the pyre. Her eyes glistened with tears, but she dared not cry just yet. Her attention was solely on him, and ever so carefully, she placed the bundle beside him and watched as the fire consumed it. "Travel safely, Brother." Her breath hitched as she swallowed past the lump forming in her throat. While she had come to terms that he was dead...it still hurt to know that she'd never see him again.

After a few moments, she turned towards Eligos when he was done with Asmodeus. She held his gaze for a moment, sharing in the sorrow they both felt before she reached forward to touch her nose to his cheek. "I am sorry, Eligos..." She wasn't sure what to say. She wanted to reassure him that Aureus was walking with their God now...but there was a slight prickle of doubt since Malleus had been so cruelly taken from them. Even so, she hoped with her entire being that they were both up there together. Two of the Abraxas Gods greatest warriors.

When she was done, she returned to the others and sat among them. Sitting still as the tears finally did begin to fall in silence.

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