Tormented Tarns days replace days

for @Alarian / the trio B) -- keeping it vague

 oh, yeah, blackfeather's probably fine, and sascha will eventually give in to the guilt at the thought of disappointing their fathers and go back, but right now all sascha thinks is fuck the plan. they've never been a particularly disciplined child -- that was the whole point of sending them away, after all -- and they do not handle changes in structure well. they had instructions. a plan. except of course it was never going to be that simple because meldresi's claim lived on without her and there's politics and cousins and obligations. they caught a glimpse of that gaping maw and thought, it can wait a moon or two.

bugger it. they walk over the iced over tarns they pass, slipping slightly but maintaining their dignity -- until they slide across a larger patch of ice and end up sideways in the snow, feeling all the more a disgruntled cat. they rise and shake themselves off, casting their gaze back the way they came. maybe they just need to suck it up and get it over with. it's not as if they aren't proud to be a melonii or they don't want to contribute, it's just. a lot of work. the gods surely understand taking a day of rest. surely.