AGH A DEAD BODY!

Hanako looked more like a seal than a koi these days, all round at the sides like she'd just feasted on fish. She knew she shouldn't wander far from the Armada's borders, she was in no condition to flee if she had to, but the air back home was so stifling. The vibes wildly off as everyone fretted and worried, feared the dark nights and the strangeness that came with it. And yeah, she couldn't disagree. For all they knew the world was indeed coming to an end, but if she was gonna die she wanted...to do it her way, she supposed. Morbid thoughts that made her heart ache, knowing her poor little babies might die before they had a chance to live.

And thus she wandered, making a point of keeping the Empire in sight as she headed east and soon came across the opening of Time's Cavern. She'd been here before and wasn't at all concerned about the glow, it was always like this. Or at least that was her line of thought till she spotted something white and jagged poking out of the ground, as though the tide had wrenched it out of its resting place.

It was a wolf skull, missing its bottom jaw but still mostly intact. And if that wasn't creepy enough purplish crystalline stones jutted through is eye sockets. Giving Hanako a sinking feeling, as though it was watching her. Staring into the pit of her soul with its cranky, judgemental gaze. Skittering away, Hanako nearly tripped over her own paws. Nope. She did not like this at all!