This is the time

*Anais* · 03-18-2015, 02:10 AM

Walk | Talk | Think

Not since the incident had Anais tread beyond the borders of the Fjord unattended. She had been too frightened at first, scared that her would be captor would return for her. After meeting Glacier and learning to trust him, she had not needed to fear leaving her home as he accompanied her on the outings she wished to take and those he planned for her. There was still a hesitance in her, a worry that to leave home alone would bring trouble, and it was the last thing she wanted to do to her family. But as she heard the call, faint over the distance, of Voltage and then Glacier, Ani could hardly stay put. And had she not already been invited anyway?

A quick double check on things with Lebrah and Lior left her with a clean conscience as she headed out of the Fjord and just north along the coastline. She smiled as she remembered searching for the perfect area with Glacier and was happy that he had been successful. Or so she hoped. During her first visit with his family she had not met the full extent of the Elementas line, but she had heard enough to know that they were many and varied widely in their tastes. And now they were becoming her neighbors!

There was no dallying. She was quick to cover the distance between her home and theirs, eager to be out of unclaimed lands and safe once again within a border that she could trust. Only after she reached the dark, Obsidian Beach did she begin to relax, though the wary anxiety of before was only overtaken by a different kind of anxiety, one more excited and eager. Anais's yellow-gold eyes sought out the familiar figures that she could recognize on sight, and as she approached the slowly growing gathering she spotted them.

There was Voltage, looking immensely pleased and proud and as lively as ever. And there on his other side was Glacier, her "preferred Elementas" according to Voltage. She felt her heart give a little jolt seeing him there, surrounded by family and those he cared about the most. It made her feel self conscious and out of place to be among them, enough so for her not to waltz right into the heart of their group or boldly up to Glacier. But drawing attention to herself had never been her style anyway. Though she smiled and glanced at both leading Elementas, she remained as inconspicuous as she could as she stopped behind their gathered siblings, trying not to fidget or shrink in place because of her nervousness.

Art by Arin

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