Hushed Willows ohana

@Delight, @Olive, @Lily, @Koume, @Khali, @Drakonis, @Ibis, @Okeanos, @Mali
Tentative tag for @Korei Julia and @Alarian since idk what is happening with this thread.

She is tucked between her lover and her friend when the Sanctuary arrives in Hushed Willows.  It is every bit as beautiful as she had imagined — no, more!

But she cannot enjoy it as she should be able to.  Delight disappeared shortly before they left, his children just before.  She assumes that he is looking for them, and she prays he has found them, or that if he has not, he is at least safe.  As she turns to address the party (something that should not be her duty, but Alarian's) she realizes that he is not here either.  Neither is the white sylph that is his friend.

Her smile falters.  The weight upon her shoulders is wholly unfair.  She knows Alarian is prone to unannounced departures; maybe the stress is getting to him, or some phantom guilt she does not know.  But with her stragglers behind her she knows that she must push forward.  She cannot fail them as others have failed her before.  Nightfall settles around them as she addresses the group.  I know we have all traveled a long way.  I appreciate you all for sticking it out this long.  We will rest here, and in the morning, we will begin marking our new territory.  Sleep, now.  Lily will take us to shelter.

She turns her attention to her dark friend, and offers a thin, tired smile.  Tomorrow was a new day.