trying to find the right switch
kitsune
03-20-2022, 11:42 PM
The trees... they were so strange. The land around it too, it was as if the place had been sucked dry of its lifeforce. She's never seen anything like it, and Asteria isn't quite sure if she'd like to see anything like it again. A strange ache, a pull, at her sides. She shouldn't be here. She's been sidetracked from her goal. Maybe it was one of the places that was filled with fae creatures, dangerous and deceitful. No, that couldn't be it. They were just stories, and she wasn't superstitious... was she? No. No, she didn't believe the tales. Asteria would put them out of her mind for now. She'd put them out of her mind for as long as she could, honestly. A voice. The voice of a girl, one that drew Asteria's gaze away from the trees. She had been lurking, yes. The girl had an unsettling way about her, one that came from being on her own for too long. Looking to the red girl, she took a long moment to study her. A name, longer than any Asteria was accustomed to. A title that went with it. Empire? Selene hadn't spoken of an empire within these lands, and yet here she was, looking at the very princess of it. Still, the star-soaked creature remains relaxed as she studies this princess. A nod of her elegant head to acknowledge her words, her question. "Good day," the pleasantry of it all was strange to her, Asteria's tone gentle despite her voice cracking a bit over the words. Is that what not speaking for so long will do? Social situations always managed to feel stilted, forced. Those with a princess? Right. Manners. "I'm Asteria. I was actually hoping for directions, I'm looking for Fiori." Right, her name. After all this time, her own name felt strange in her mouth. How often did she need to say it? Rarely, if ever. And here she was... here she was. Asteria knows that this is Boreas, as long as the last child hadn't played some sort of cruel prank on her. She didn't think that was the case. If this was Boreas, she had to be near enough to Fiori for this princess to know where it was, or at least know someone who did... right? |