parasite eve

Hardly audible over the gentle rasping of the willow branches against each other and the steady burbling of the thin streams that crisscrossed the landscape, he heard a voice. Pausing mid step, the delicate wraith scanned the landscape in search of the source. It had been close by, a quiet voice wouldn't have carried much further than a few tail lengths. Cautiously, he poked his tapered skull through the overhanging branches of the nearest willow, and found a gruesome vision ensconced within its canopy. "Oh Ikigai..." brows furrowed with pain, concern overtaking common sense as he stepped fully into the umbrella of the willow's boughs. Her delicate skull was adorned with magenta crystals, emitting a soft light that pulsed like a sluggish heartbeat. "I had prayed that Ashen would be overlooked by the plagues," crooning vocals laden with sorrow, he carefully lowered himself to the soft grasses just in front of her. Two toned gaze drifted over the diluted cherry staining her cheeks, swirling over the once clear silver of her eyes.

"What happened, Iki?" he questioned softly, lowering his head closer to her level so she wouldn't have to strain her voice to speak loudly. They would better evade detection by any unfamiliar wolves if they stayed quiet.

"Pontifex" || "Hallux" || "others"