A Long Time Coming but it's Bittersweet~

Aslatiel · 05-01-2021, 08:54 AM

"Aslatiel Fatalis"

Today was supposed to be a happy day. There should have been celebration and laughter, camaraderie, family... Instead, the day was swathed in sorrow. A curtain of darkness hung over the second birthday of the Fatalis children. Three of them, anyway. One of them had wandered off, away from family and responsibility, and where was he now? Dead, according to her father. Dead and burnt. Gone. Gone. Gone.

With her father a mess, the leadership of the pack fell to her. As Reaper, she would take up the slack and do what needed to be done. Before all of this though, she'd made a promise. A promise to the most important one in her life. She wouldn't break it, not for the death of her mother and brother. Not for anything. If things didn't go the way that they had planned, then so be it, but she would be there.

Aslatiel had given power to Naiche today, claiming that she needed time to herself to grieve and sort her thoughts. It was partly true. She did need to clear her mind and process recent events. Mostly, she needed Indigo.

After the funeral, she'd told Indy where to meet her; out in the Soulless Forest, her favorite tree. It was close enough to home that she could rush back but far enough away for some privacy. They might need that privacy or they might not. Either way, they would be alone. Moving towards the canopy that Naiche had crafted, Aslatiel dusted away a bit of snow. She pushed her collection of bones and skulls aside, making a comfortable space in the center. Unrolling the hide that she'd brought with her, she lay it out within that space, then lay herself down upon it. Using one bent paw as a pillow, she watched for her brother.

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