Porcupine Ridge amygdala

anything goes, sans death; need drama for her

@Sundance had gone upon a pilgrimage of sorts. his voice had invited her, and she had wanted to go, even taking several steps after the priest. but in the end she had not, for it had occurred to teya that she might use this time to become a faerie herself. and so, bring a smile to his face when he returned.
and so she had not come back to the court, deciding instead to go into the mountains. @Bridget would be all right without her; teya was somewhat jealous of izumi's austere beauty and opted to stay away for the present, perturbed by her reaction. 
the girl's time within the empire had halfheartedly honed her for stonepath travel, but the cold deluge that caught her unawares sent teya shivering into a glen, curling beneath a bevy of ferns to outwait the rain with an ironic reget seizing her heart.