Lingering Storm Clouds

After she found Artorias in the training gym, she made it her personal mission to cheer him up. Even if it was just for a little while before something worsened or changed. She didn't know exactly how she was going to do it yet, but she had to try. She couldn't just leave him again after seeing him cry like this. She had truly planned to just be in and out so hopefully her father would be none the wiser. But seeing Artorias like this... It hurt a lot more than she had expected it to. She led him away from the training gym, coaxing him away from the room he had destroyed as she insisted that they should go up to the tower again.

As they neared a crossing point in the castle where some hallways and doors met, she saw a door open ahead of them and she froze in place. Her father. She saw his distinctive, saber toothed head emerge from a doorway and her heart dropped into her stomach. She felt like she was holding her breath as she stopped Artorias and started to slowly back away, but as she watched her father for a moment longer she saw the snarl cross his face and watched as he hit the wall hard. Her expression changed from fear of getting caught to actual, genuine worry. She had never seen her father lose his cool before. Not even when that pack of dire wolves attacked their pack. He had obviously been worried, but he had taken charge and directed them where to go. This... this felt deferent.

She saw him snarl again and start to turn toward them and a gasp escaped her as she turned to duck into one of the near by rooms, pulling Art along with her. Not more than a moment after they had hidden themselves away, she heard him yell for her, and she didn't even want to look at Artorias as the real fear settled over her. Sure, she had gotten in trouble plenty of times before, but... she'd never heard him be this angry before. She gave Blue Boy a worried glance before slipping out of the room, and continuing down the corridor to face him, her ears pinned back and head low as she approached him with guilt written all over her face.

"Briar" | "Marigold"