King Elk Forest The End of Burke Rochester.

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delight is still riding the high from sharing stories with his packmates, feeling like, for once, he's got a hand on the wheel of this morwinyon thing. the moon is soft and red above and maybe that should have been a warning, but when nathaniel's call goes out the androgyne's heart stops. he doesn't know what that call means but he has a feeling.

the little group is in the midst of dispersing as delight pulls away, following the call through the snowy forest. the snow-covered body does not shock him -- burke's time had been so, so close -- but a lump crawls into his throat anyway. nathaniel is not there as far as he can tell. did he call for delight and then vanish? why? fuck. he should have brought @Mato with him -- he calls for him now, short and fumbling, and then calls again for anyone else nearby - hoping for @Queenie or @Jomyo. they need to do something with the body, bury it, move it somewhere to be properly decomposed. and they'll need to mourn, too.