The Bones of What Was

In all the time since she had washed up on this continent, she hadn't been out on her own. Usually she was within the Hallow's lands or she was accompanied by Mercury. She didn't mind that in the least, but there was more of Auster she wanted to see and while she couldn't remember all of her former life she did seem to remember being fairly independent back then. At this point she was clinging to any scrap of her memory, doing things like making more of the wreaths she remembered and going to places that felt familiar in the hopes that it would spark something and bring some other memory back. She had made several visits to the cedar woods that she had visited with Mercury since the trees there felt familiar and comfortable, but today she had other things in mind and instead moved through the forest to the lands beyond. The trip took most of the day so by the time she reached the opposite shore it was pretty late.

She had really only planned on going to see the beach on the other side since she was curious about how wide Auster was and how difficult it was to cross. When she got there, however, she quickly noticed the island that sat moderately close to the shore. She looked at it curiously for a moment, glancing back over her shoulder the way she came as she tried to decide what to do. Considering how late it had gotten she was pretty sure she was't going to be heading back tonight as it was so she'd have to find somewhere to stay the night. If she was having to find a place to stay anyway why not visit the island while she was at it? With her choice made, Anthea waded out into the water, swimming across to the beach on the other side. After the stint she had spent in the ocean before she was rescued she had nearly sworn off swimming in the ocean entirely, but she could clearly see her destination and the water felt fairly calm so she decided to risk it.

Stepping up onto the beach, she gave herself a good shake to try and dry her blue-hued fur as much as possible before she started exploring. Her blue and green gradient gaze roamed over the tropical landscape curiously, peering up at the palm trees as she passed them. There was something in the back of her mind like a tickle of something that was nagging at her as she walked along the beach and looked at the palm trees, but she couldn't exactly say why. They felt familiar, but not in the same way the cedar trees did. They weren't comforting, but instead quite unsettling. She sighed softly and brought her gaze down from the leaves as she passed under another palm tree, her gaze landing on a large rock that was only a handful of feet away right in her path—with a woman stretched out across it. She jumped a bit, realizing very quickly that being so lost in thought had made her painfully oblivious. "Oh! Sorry, I... uh... I didn't see you there," she said awkwardly with a bit of a chuckle, giving the stranger a hint of a grin.

"Anthea Dásos"