THE BLOOD'S RUN STALE

*Morphine* · 04-07-2013, 04:24 AM

Thank you Chesh ♥

A cacophony of alerting noises drew Morphine back to the real world, causing her ears to flicker incessantly with each crackling of a twig and each rustle of leaves and caused her to flip back onto her stomach with an air of caution. She scrambled to face in the direction the noises had emanated from, half expecting an intruder, half expecting an idiotic prey animal, but her pupils instead graced fiery depths that she had now been so familiar with. Kaien? she asked, her tones hinting her surprise with the behemoth's presence as her pulse slowed and her breathing returned from its rapid state to a rhythmatic pattern. She hadn't expected him to be out and about this late, and it only aroused curiosity within her as she wondered why he wasn't sleeping like the rest of Tortuga. Perhaps he had been consumed with worries akin to her own -- after all, he had the same issues on his plate that she had. Despite the desire for knowledge, she refrained from asking, and merely nodded at his request, using her muzzle to point to an area near her to offer him a place to rest if he felt inclined to do so. She wasn't about to snub her nose up at his company -- especially if he desired to meet with her to speak of important things that she was unaware of.

Dread crept into her as realization hit her: maybe he had sought her out to chide her on her loss to the Valhallan King. Surely she had felt embarrassment with the loss and bitter resentment towards the entire situation, but she would somehow manage to feel worse if he were to pick fun at her for it or even reprimand her for losing out on the opportunity to kill the traitorous Cyanide. Although an awkward silence followed his set of words, Morphine could not help but fear he would eventually bring it up. She did not want to grant him that opportunity, but a part of her needed to speak along the subject of it. There was the subject of Neo to be discussed, and, even more importantly, Tortuga as a whole.

I fear Tortuga is failing, she voiced her opinion solemnly, allowing her gaze to be brought back to the vast territory below their vantage point before it fell to her own paws. Maybe I should not be thinking too much about a traitor's words.. but Cyanide stated that there is 'discontent in the ranks.' I don't understand why - why there is a decrease in Tortugans all of a sudden, as well. A frown fell across her visage to grant Kaien an insight to her current emotions, a rare sight to behold for the amused smirk she usually retained was missing this time. A lump formed within her throat as another fear slipped into her brain, but she did not voice this one aloud. A part of her believed that it somehow might have been her fault for the drop in numbers, but she would be damned before she gave Kaien that piece of information -- it was too risky. She didn't want him to tell her she was right and to prove her theory correct that everything was falling apart because of her rule. She would have rather suffered in silence than face that humiliation.

Speech. Thought. 561.

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