Never thought I'd hear from you again

Ever speaking the Venom and the strange instance with Ikigai he had only gotten more and more unsettled with the state of the world. They sunk more and more into darkness with just the faintest of lights coming through during the day. Steaks of light and the ever present full moon gave them light to see by, but that didn't mean he was able to rest easy. Sleep was hard to come by and he had put everything on pause. He couldn't even imagine attempting to build his family in this kind of world so until things went back to normal things were going to be put on hold. As much as he wanted all of these things, he didn't want to risk bringing his children into this.

He walked through the pale trees of the forest after finishing his usual patrol, nearing the shrine that had been such a fixture of much of his life, and was about to pass by it like any other day when he heard a whisper of a voice that he didn't immediately recognize. It made his steps slow uncertainly, and his emerald eyes searched the trees, trying to figure out where the voice had come from and who had spoken to him. He was about to brush it off, wondering if perhaps he had just mistaken a rustle of branches as a voice, but he heard it again, louder and more clear than before.

"Plague." The whisper sounded like it was right behind him and it made his hackles raise as he spun around to face whoever it was, but when he turned around there was no one there. A chill settled over him and his eyes scanned the trees while he tried to place the voice and why it felt so familiar. It was someone he certainly had known at one time, but it was hard to place, like it had been a long, long time since he heard it last. Whatever it was he tried to brush it off, assuming that his lack of sleep was finally catching up to him.

Plague | Viridis | Procella